How to grow your payments app with woodturners
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Woodturners make bowls, platters, pens, lamps and other pieces on a lathe, often from local wood. They sell at craft fairs, markets and shows, online and through social media, and many take commissions such as a bowl from a family tree or a set of pieces for a wedding. Some also run beginner courses in their workshop. A payments app that takes card payments at the stall, sends deposit links for commissions and handles course bookings can win these makers, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to woodturners
Ask local woodturners:
- Where do you sell, and how do customers pay at fairs and markets?
- Do you take a deposit for commissions?
- Do you sell through social media or your own website?
- Do you run courses or demonstrations?
Take card payments at fairs and markets
Taking card and phone payments at craft fairs and shows helps woodturners sell bigger pieces, since many buyers carry little cash.
Send deposit links for commissions and courses
A payment link for the deposit on a commission, and payment at the time of booking for course places, mean less chasing and fewer no-shows.
Grow through makers and craft shops
Woodturners share fairs with other makers and buy from craft and hobby shops. One turner on your app can bring the makers around them.
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 furniture makers and carpenters?
The furniture makers and carpenters guide covers deposits for made-to-order work and final payments on delivery.
Furniture makers and carpenters →What about makers selling online?
The makers and online sellers guide covers people selling crafts, clothes and homemade goods through social media who often take payment by hand.
Makers and online sellers →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.