How to start a payments app for market traders, stallholders and pop-ups
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Market traders, stallholders and pop-up sellers are seeing fewer customers carry cash. A payments app built for them, under your own brand, can give each trader a payment link or QR code for the stall, pre-orders and an account for their takings, and you can offer it to traders across a market, town or region.
What traders need
- A payment link shown as a QR code on the stall for customers to scan and pay.
- Pre-order links so regulars can pay ahead and collect.
- Invoices for wholesale and catering orders.
- An account that keeps takings apart from personal money.
Who could launch it
A market operator, a traders' association, a local council-run market team or an entrepreneur who knows the market scene.
How to get your first users
Start with a handful of stalls at one market, print their QR codes and show customers the sign. Once shoppers get used to scanning, other traders will ask for the same.
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.
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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.