How to grow your payments app with water and gas delivery sellers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
In many places, households buy drinking water and cooking gas from local sellers who deliver to the door. These are regular payments, often in cash, and drivers carry money all day. A payments app that lets households pay on delivery by phone can win these sellers, and they visit many homes every week.
Talk to sellers, drivers and households
Ask local water and gas sellers, their drivers and customers:
- How do households pay for deliveries today?
- How much cash do drivers carry, and how do they hand it in?
- How do regular customers order their next delivery?
- What would make paying easier at the door?
Get paid at the door
The driver shows a QR code or sends a payment link, the customer pays by phone and gets a receipt, and the driver carries less cash.
Let regulars order and pay ahead
Regular customers can pay for their next delivery by link when they order, so the driver just drops off and moves on.
Grow house by house
Delivery sellers visit many homes every week. A seller that likes your app can show it to every customer on the round.
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 drivers and delivery riders?
The drivers and delivery riders guide covers how drivers get paid and manage their money.
Drivers and delivery riders →What about local agents?
The local agents guide covers how agents help people pay in and take out money.
Local agents →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.