How to grow your payments app with wedding celebrants
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Wedding celebrants write and lead personal ceremonies for weddings, vow renewals, naming days and sometimes funerals. Most take a booking fee to hold the date, often a year ahead, and the rest a few weeks before the day. A payments app that takes the booking fee straight away and sends a link for the balance can win these celebrants, and every couple who pays sees your app.
Talk to celebrants
Ask local celebrants:
- How do couples pay you today?
- How much is your booking fee, and when?
- How do you remind couples about the balance?
- What would make taking payment easier?
Take the booking fee straight away
A payment link for the booking fee holds the date the moment the couple says yes.
Send a link for the balance
A link a few weeks before the ceremony means the celebrant is paid before the day, with nothing to chase.
Grow through wedding suppliers
Celebrants work alongside venues, photographers and florists. One celebrant on your app can bring other wedding suppliers to 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 wedding suppliers?
The wedding suppliers guide covers deposits months ahead and final payments later.
Wedding suppliers →What about venues?
The venue and hall hire guide covers bookings, deposits and final payments for events.
Venues →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.