How to grow your payments app with virtual assistants
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Virtual assistants look after admin, email, diaries, bookings and social media for small business owners, working from home for clients who may be in another town or another country. Most bill by the hour or for a monthly package, and many wait weeks for invoices to be paid. A payments app that sends a link with every invoice, or takes a monthly payment, can win these VAs, and every client who pays sees your app.
Talk to virtual assistants
Ask local virtual assistants:
- How do clients pay you today?
- Do you bill by the hour or for a monthly package?
- How long do you wait for invoices to be paid?
- What would make getting paid easier?
Put a link on every invoice
A payment link on each invoice lets clients pay in a tap instead of setting up a bank transfer.
Take monthly packages up front
A link for next month's package means the VA is paid before the work starts, not weeks after.
Grow through their clients
Every VA works for several small business owners. Each one who pays through your app is a business that could take payments with it too.
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 bookkeepers?
The accountants and bookkeepers guide covers winning advisers who can bring you many small business customers.
Bookkeepers →What about translators?
The translators and interpreters guide covers getting paid faster by clients in other countries.
Translators →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.