How to grow your payments app with zoos and wildlife parks
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Zoos, safari parks, aquariums and wildlife parks sell day tickets, annual passes, keeper-for-a-day and animal feeding experiences, school trips and birthday parties. On site they also take payments at cafés, gift shops and kiosks. A payments app that sells tickets and experiences by link, renews annual passes and takes payments around the park can win these attractions, and every visitor who pays sees your app.
Talk to zoos and wildlife parks
Ask local parks:
- How do visitors pay for tickets and passes today?
- Do you sell animal experiences or keeper days?
- How do schools pay for trips?
- How do you take payments at cafés, kiosks and the gift shop?
Sell tickets and experiences by link
A payment link for a day ticket or an animal experience lets visitors book ahead, so queues at the gate are shorter.
Renew annual passes
A reminder with a payment link when a pass runs out makes it easy for families to renew for another year.
Grow through days out
Zoos sit alongside farm parks, trampoline parks and other family attractions, and the same families visit many of them. One park 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 farm parks?
The farm parks guide covers entry tickets, animal feed, school trips and birthday parties.
Farm parks →What about cinemas and theatres?
The cinemas and theatres guide covers selling tickets at the door and online, plus snacks and drinks.
Cinemas →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.