How to grow your payments app with wedding and function bands
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Wedding and function bands play weddings, birthday parties, festivals and corporate events. They usually take a deposit to hold the date, often months ahead, and ask for the balance a few weeks before the event. After the gig, one member often has to split the fee between the rest of the band. A payments app that sends a link for the deposit and the balance, reminds clients when the balance is due and makes it simple to pay each band member their share can win these bands, and every couple or client who pays sees your app.
Talk to bands
Ask local wedding and function bands:
- How do clients pay your deposit and balance today?
- How far ahead do you take bookings?
- How do you split the fee between band members after a gig?
- Do you ever wait to be paid after the event?
Take deposits and balances by link
A payment link for the deposit holds the date straight away, and a second link for the balance, sent before the event, means the band is paid before it plays.
Pay the band quickly
Sending each member their share from the app after the gig saves the band leader time and keeps everyone happy.
Grow through the wedding scene
Bands work alongside DJs, venues, planners and photographers at every event. One band on your app can lead you to many other suppliers.
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 DJs?
The DJs guide covers weddings, parties, clubs and corporate events, usually with a deposit to hold the date and the rest before the night.
DJs →What about musicians and music teachers?
The musicians and music teachers guide covers chasing lesson fees, gig fees and merch sales.
Musicians and music teachers →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.