How to grow your payments app with taxidermists
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Taxidermists preserve and mount birds, fish and animals for private clients and collectors, and restore older pieces for museums, schools and dealers. Work can take months, so most jobs start with a deposit when the specimen is booked in, with the balance due when the finished piece is collected or sent. Museums and schools often pay by invoice. A payments app that sends deposit and balance links and keeps a clear record of each commission can win taxidermists, and every customer who pays them sees your app.
Talk to taxidermists
Ask local taxidermists:
- How do customers pay a deposit when they book work in?
- How do you remind people to pay the balance when a piece is ready?
- How do museums, schools and dealers pay your invoices?
- How do customers pay when you post or deliver a finished piece?
Send deposit and balance links
A payment link at booking and another when the piece is ready means customers can pay from their phone, and the taxidermist is not left holding finished work that nobody has paid for.
Keep a clear record for each commission
Each deposit and payment is tied to one order, so after months of work there is no confusion about what has been paid and what is still owed.
Grow through makers and restorers
Taxidermists work alongside picture framers, cabinet makers and engravers who make cases, bases and plaques. When those businesses take payments through your app, each taxidermist can bring more of them onto it.
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 picture framers?
The picture framers guide covers framers making custom frames for art, photos and keepsakes, usually with a deposit when the order is placed and the rest on collection.
Picture framers →What about trophy and engraving shops?
The trophy and engraving shops guide covers shops making trophies, medals, plaques and engraved gifts for clubs, schools, businesses and families, often with a deposit for big orders.
Trophy and engraving shops →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.