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How to start a payments app for wedding suppliers, venues and planners

By SendPay Business · · 2 min read

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  2. Tap it to pay in a shop
  3. See every payment as it happens

Photographers, florists, caterers, venues and planners usually take a deposit, one or more staged payments and a final balance, often months apart. A payments app built for them, under your own brand, can handle each step with links and invoices, and you can offer it to suppliers across a region or wedding network.

What wedding suppliers need

  • A payment link to take the booking deposit.
  • Staged invoices with clear due dates.
  • A final balance invoice before the big day.
  • An account that shows what each couple has paid so far.
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Who could launch it

A wedding venue group, a supplier directory or association, a large planning business or an entrepreneur who knows the wedding 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

Build mine

Design and preview your whole platform free, then launch when you are ready.

How to get your first users

Start with suppliers who already work together at the same venues. When couples see the same simple way to pay across several suppliers, word spreads quickly.

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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 isn't a bank and doesn't offer lending.

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How it works

Your own money app
  1. Name it and pick your colours
  2. Choose what it does
  3. Launch 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.