How to grow your payments app with T-shirt printers and embroiderers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
T-shirt printers and embroiderers make custom clothing: printed T-shirts and hoodies, embroidered workwear, team kits for sports clubs, and merchandise for bands, events and small businesses. Most take a deposit before starting a run and the rest when the order is collected or posted. Group orders are common, where a club or school wants each member to pay for their own item. A payments app that sends deposit and balance links, lets each person in a group pay for their own order, and takes payment on collection can win these businesses, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to printers and embroiderers
Ask local T-shirt printers and embroiderers:
- How do customers pay a deposit before a run today?
- How do clubs and schools collect money for group orders?
- How do customers pay the rest on collection or delivery?
- What do you pay in card and bank fees?
Take deposits and balances by link
A deposit link when the design is approved and a balance link when the order is ready means the printer isn't left out of pocket for blank stock.
Make group orders easy
One link that each club member or parent can use to pay for their own size and item saves the organiser from collecting cash.
Grow through clubs and local business
Printers know sports clubs, sign makers and print shops. One printer on your app can introduce the others.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about sign makers?
The sign makers guide covers deposits before production and final payments on fitting for shop signs, vehicle graphics and banners.
Sign makers →What about print shops?
The print shops and internet cafes guide covers the many small payments they take every day from students, job seekers and small businesses.
Print shops and internet cafes →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.