How to start a payments app for car garages, mechanics and MOT centres
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Garages and mechanics often wait to be paid for repairs, chase deposits for parts and bill fleet customers monthly. A payments app built for them, under your own brand, can send a payment link the moment a job is done and keep every invoice in one place, and you can offer it to garages across a region.
What garages need
- A payment link sent when the car is ready, so customers pay before collecting.
- A deposit link for expensive parts.
- Monthly invoices for fleet and trade customers.
- An account that shows what's paid and what's owed.
Who could launch it
A group of independent garages, a trade association, a parts supplier with many garage customers or an entrepreneur who knows the motor trade.
How to get your first users
Start with a garage you know well, show how paying by link speeds up collections, then share the results with nearby garages and parts suppliers.
Where SendPay fits
SendPay lets you launch your own payments platform under your brand, with GBP, EUR and USD accounts, transfers, branded Visa cards, payment links, invoices and subscriptions, powered by licensed partners. SendPay doesn't offer card machines, isn't a bank and doesn't offer lending.
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
Are there card machine alternatives?
Ways to take payment without a card machine.
Card machine alternatives →Can I offer business accounts?
How to launch a business account platform under your brand.
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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.