How to grow your payments app with wood-fired pizza vans
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Wood-fired pizza vans and trailers trade at farmers' markets, pub car parks, festivals and village events, and cater weddings, birthdays and work parties. On public pitches they take many quick payments in a rush, often with customers ordering ahead so pizzas come out in turn. Private events are booked with a deposit, with the balance due before the day and extras like extra guests paid after. A payments app that takes fast payments at the hatch, handles pre-orders and sends deposit and balance links can win pizza vans, and every customer who pays them sees your app.
Talk to pizza van owners
Ask local wood-fired pizza vans:
- How do customers pay at the hatch when the queue is long?
- Do people order ahead, and how do they pay?
- How do couples and hosts pay a deposit and balance for private events?
- How do pubs and event organisers pay any pitch fees or guarantees?
Take fast payments and pre-orders
A tap-to-pay link or QR code at the hatch keeps the queue moving, and a pre-order link lets customers pay ahead and collect when their pizza is ready.
Send deposit and balance links for events
Couples and party hosts can pay a deposit to book the date and the balance before the day, so the van owner buys dough, toppings and wood with the money already in.
Grow through street food and events
Pizza vans trade next to coffee vans, street food stalls and mobile bars at the same markets and events. When those businesses take payments through your app, each pizza van can bring more of them onto 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 coffee vans?
The coffee vans guide covers vans and carts serving commuters, parks, markets and events, taking many small payments in a rush.
Coffee vans →What about caterers?
The caterers guide covers caterers who take deposits for events, buy food up front and chase final payments.
Caterers →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.