How to grow your payments app with veg box schemes and farm shops
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Veg box schemes, farm shops and small growers who sell direct often have loyal customers who buy every week. Collecting payment for each box, or chasing people who forgot to pay, takes time away from growing. Regular payments and simple order links can make selling direct much easier.
Talk to a few growers
Ask veg box schemes and farm shop owners:
- How do customers order and pay each week?
- How many customers buy regularly?
- How often do you chase a missed payment?
- How do customers pay at the farm gate or market stall?
Make weekly boxes easy to pay
A regular payment set up once means the box is paid for every week without reminders. Let customers pause it when they go away.
Take orders and payment together
A simple order link that takes payment at the same time saves the grower from matching orders to payments by hand.
Grow through local food networks
Growers know other farms, markets and local food groups. One scheme that likes your app can introduce you to many more.
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 farmers?
The farmers guide covers getting paid for crops and saving between harvests.
Farmers →What about market traders?
The market traders guide covers taking payments at stalls.
Market traders →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.