How to grow your payments app with welders and metal fabricators
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Welders and metal fabricators make gates, railings, balustrades, staircases, brackets and trailers, and repair farm machinery, vehicles and equipment. Custom work means buying steel and materials first, so a deposit is needed before starting, and mobile welders are often called out for urgent repairs on farms, building sites and driveways. A payments app that sends a deposit link with the quote, takes the balance on collection or fitting and gets call-outs paid on the spot can win these businesses, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to welders and fabricators
Ask local welders and fabricators:
- How do customers pay a deposit for custom work today?
- How do you get paid for urgent repairs on site?
- How do trade customers pay their invoices?
- How much time goes on chasing payments?
Take a deposit before buying steel
A payment link sent with the quote means the fabricator can buy steel and materials without paying for them out of their own pocket.
Get paid on site
A mobile welder can take a tap or send a link as soon as a repair is done on a farm, building site or driveway.
Grow through trades
Fabricators work alongside builders, gate installers and garages. One fabricator on your app can introduce the others.
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 garage door and gate installers?
The garage door and gate installers guide covers fitting, automating and repairing garage doors and driveway gates, usually with a deposit for made-to-measure work.
Gate installers →What about mechanics and garages?
The mechanics and garages guide covers big bills, parts deposits and customers who want to pay later.
Mechanics →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.