How to start a payments app for car garages, mechanics and MOT centres
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
- 1Your card appears in your app
- 2Tap it to pay in a shop
- 3See every payment as it happens
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.
Try it
Name your platform and watch it come to life
Type a name, tap a colour and pick what it does. The phone changes as you go.
Colour
What it does
Design and preview your whole platform free, then launch when you are ready.
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.
How it works
Your own money app- 1Name it and pick your colours
- 2Choose what it does
- 3Launch when you are ready
Why sign up
Create your free SendPay account
It's all about creating your own financial platform with ease. Start with a free account today.
- 🪪A free business accountOpen it in about a minute with your business name, email, password and mobile. No card and no documents to start.
- 💳Get paid from day oneTake card payments, and share your own payment link and invoices so customers pay in a click.
- 🌐A free business websiteFree to build, free to publish and free to keep, with unlimited visits.
- 🚀Your own financial platformDesign and preview your whole platform free, then launch when you are ready.
SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank. Accounts, cards and payments are powered by licensed partners.
Questions people ask
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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. Other companies named in this guide are reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.