Are you using an outdated and costly youth sport website solution for your organization?

This article is intended for youth sports organizations that are currently using a website solution from one of the following vendors; eteamz, Home Teams ONLINE, LeagueLineup, Youth Leagues USA, or League Athletics.

**How much does your youth sport website cost?**
	Annual Fees	Online Registration Cost	ecommerce storefronts, Fundraising, Ad free site	3 year cost comparision*
eteamz*	- $109.95 for a website with just 50 MB for your entire league! - $19.95 for additional storage. - Add $25.90 for custom domain and domain privacy. - Total per year $155.70	You do not have the option of choosing your own merchant account. esteamz offers organizations two choices; Thriva and Active.com. Both methods are not integrated with eteamz league management software. You register on their site and not your site. They hold your funds for up to 2 weeks and then deduct their fee's and then deposit YOUR money into your account. For a sample registration fee of $150 - Active charges 6.75% plus $1.25 per transaction. For Thriva you pay a setup fee of $825 plus 2.95% and $4.00 per registration.	League Plus option with the Remove "annoying banner or pop-up ads" feature eteamz does not offer leagues their own ecommerce/shopping cart solution. You do have an option to use a eteamz sponsored store and that sells merchandise at their own prices. Any profit is SHARED between eteamz and your organization. For donations and fund raising eteamz charges $250 for the setup plus a per transaction fee of %6.5 and $1	Year 1 - $3,355.70 Year 2 - $3,355.70 Year 3 - $3,355.70 3 YR TOTAL $10,067.10
HometeamsOnline	- $1,640 for a website system with just 125 MB of storage. This website is Ad free, has online registration, ecommerce store, is for 40 teams. For additional teams please add approximately $30 per team. For additional storage requirements add $1 MB/yr	You do not have the option of choosing your own merchant account. You are forced to use PayPal. You must fill out your own application. PayPal rates start at 2.9% plus .30c per transaction.	The CHAMPION package has premium features for busy sports organizations like yours. Featuring online registration forms, an easy online store for tickets, uniforms, and merchandise, and a way to recognize your sponsors and contributors with the ad banner tool.	Year 1 - $2,920 Year 2 - $2,920 Year 3 - $2,920 3 YR TOTAL $8,760
LeagueLineup*	- $249.95 for a website with just 70 MB of storage. The website is Ad free and can accomodate up to 400 players.	4.95% + $0.30 per transaction	LeagueLineup PRO - with 70 MB of storage "Custom site header -- LeagueLineup's graphic designers will create a site header featuring your logo, organization's colors and name. No Ads -- All 3rd-party advertising links and graphics are removed from your site." LeagueLineup does not offer leagues their own ecommerce/shopping cart solution. You do have an option to use a LeagueLineup sponsored store and that sells merchandise at their own prices. Any profit is SHARED between LeagueLineup and your organization.	Year 1 - $2,349.95 Year 2 - $2,349.95 Year 3 - $2,349.95 3 YR TOTAL $7,049.85
League Athletics*	$675 annual fee for an organization with up to 40 teams. Each additional team is $10 $200 set up fee $95 - Dedicated email server	.20c per transaction plus one of the following rates: 3.05% - Non-Qualified (branded, or rewards -- most common card) Rate for Visa and M/C 2.20% - Qualified (non branded, non rewards, debit) Rate for Visa and M/C 2.55% - Mid-Qualified (users that enter incorrect information) Rate for Visa and M/C	No Ads if you stay current with your bill. Google Ads if you do not stay current with your bill. League Athletics does include a ecommerce storefront but you are charged their merchant account credit card rates.	Year 1 - $2,070 Year 2 - $1,870 Year 3 - $1,870 3 YR TOTAL $5,810
Youth Leagues USA*	$750 - annual fee $5 - $8 - per team for scheduling $$$$ - for ecommerce capabilities	$1000 - for online registration services $150 - fee to connect your merchant account to the online registration system 2.6% plus .30c per transaction for qualified, they do have downgrades (i.e. branded or reward credit cards) which will result in a higher fees.	Ad free system. Use a 3rd party ecommerce package called MIVA that is not integrated with the rest of their system. There are setup and monthly fees starting at $60 per month.	Year 1 - $3,060 Year 2 - $3,060 Year 3 - $3,060 3 YR TOTAL $9,180
ClubSetup*	No annual fees for a website with unlimited storage and fully featured	1.9% plus .07c per transaction for Visa, MasterCard, and Discover. There are no downgrades to Non-Qualified (branded and reward credit cards). Funds deposited into your account every 24 hours. .25c per transaction for electronic checks $2.50 per online registration	Ecommerce storefront, Ad free system with an Ad module, unlimited storage, Team Pages, Player Pages, scheduling, alerting system, social media connect, unlimited email and text messages, and your merchant account with the lowest rates anywhere!	Year 1 - $1,788 Year 2 - $1,788 Year 3 - $1,788 3 YR TOTAL $5,364

* Click on vendor name to direct you to vendor pricing on their website

**for costing example above, League size is 400 members, with 1 registration per year costing $100 per registration, plus annual fees.

These days, if your youth sports organization does not have a website, people wonder if you’re a real organization. That’s how they check you out — before they call. Your website is a method for communicating information and benefits to your members and prospects. The only thing worse than not having a website for your youth sports organization is having one that is out of date and costly to keep.

Your youth sports website solution should provide a positive experience for every member of your youth sports community and encourage participation from players, parents, volunteers, and fans. In addition, it should enable your organization to generate much needed funds above and beyond your website cost.

Most existing youth sport website vendors are built on older proprietary frameworks that simply do not keep up with technology advances. These outdated website solutions are increasingly expensive to maintain and the cost is usually passed on to the youth sports organization in the form of higher fees, forced advertising or a nickel and dime upgrade cost. Today's youth sports websites need a robust and scalable framework that can grow with their organizations needs over time. The framework needs to be easy to use, support unlimited web pages, accommodate multiple media types, connect and enable social computing platforms, have advanced two-way communication and notification systems, and have a flexible LEGO^tm like building block framework to quickly incorporate constantly changing technologies.

Imagine asking your current youth sports website vendor for the latest feature such as: enabling a less costlier payment gateway system, or including an Ad module because you want your website to make money by advertising, or you want to add your own e-commerce storefront to sell on your own merchandise - GOOD LUCK! Most vendors are just not able to accommodate these type of requests, because they are inherently stuck with older inflexible technology. I am sure for a fee, some website vendors would be wiling to try!

Today, the new generation of websites are built utilizing a Content Management System (CMS). A content management system (CMS) supports the creation, management, distribution, publishing, and discovery of multiple types of website information. It covers the complete lifecycle of the pages on your site, from providing an intuitive WYSIWYG interface to create the content, through to publishing, and finally to archiving. It also provides the ability to manage the structure of the site, the appearance of the published pages, and the navigation provided to the users. ClubSetup is designed using a Content Managment System framework.

Youth Sports Organizations are social communities that share common sporting interests, values, cultural values, organization goals, and attitudes. What binds a youth sports organization is a community culture of social rules and group dynamics that identify members. Successful youth sports communities need sustainable development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations.

Lets examine what features a youth sports website need to have to achieve sustainable development. The three feature areas that are most critical to any youth sports website product are: Organization Management Tools, League Management Tools, and Marketing/Sales/Communication Tools

**Does your current youth sport website solution have these tools? Do they charge extra for these basic features?**
Organization Management Tools	League Management Tools	Marketing/Sales/Communications Tools
Integrated online registration with your league web site	League scheduling software with advanced importing capabilities.	An Ad free system with your own custom Ad module where 100% of the funds are sent to your organization. The Ad module supports the random display and tracking of graphical (banner) and text ads. Ads can easily be displayed anywhere in your theme or embedded in site content. The module records comprehensive statistics about when and how often ads are viewed and clicked, including generating graphical time-based reports. to generate funds for your organization
Your own merchant account with the lowest transaction rates for youth leagues anywhere. This will instantly save your members and your organization money. Registration funds get deposited nightly into your account, NOT your website vendors account	An auto team page creator that is automatically populated and updated with game schedules, results, standings, and an alert-enabled game calendar. The team page also has photo albums, and a coach message area.	An e-commerce/shopping cart system with reporting software to help your organization generate additional funds
Integrated reporting with your online registration system	Team Scoreboard pages that dynamically get pre-populated with team results, team standing, and the latest recent results of all teams within the selected division	Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tools to make your web site easily recognizable by all the major search engines and easily searchable by your community.
Webform building software to generate any form to capture important member information	Team Rosters with with password protected player pages	Advanced 2-way Notification and Communication systems that will automatically notify your members of events (which they can individually choose to be notified of) by either text message or email.
A website system that supports multiple sports, with multiple divisions, unlimited teams, and password protected groups.	Game and Practice alerts	Multi-dimensional peer to peer communication that facilitate communication amongst members, member to organization, and organization to member. This allows your members to communicate and collaborate more freely and to get involved and contribute to the organization. Most websites allow only one way communication where the website can only communicate one way to your members.
Free hosted platform with unlimited storage and unlimited emails to reach your entire organization, group, or team.		Photo Album with unlimited photo's, Group Forums, Interactive Polls, Blogs, RSS, Facebook and Twitter connect, and Personal Journals

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Changing your youth sports website to another solution is easier said than done. Who is going to convert the old system? How much will it cost? How long will it take? Unfortunately many youth sports organizations are stuck with an older solution and are financially supporting the costly business models of these companies. Most youth sports organizations will not risk change unless there is a way to mitigate negative change and risk while exploring the benefits of positive change. There has not been a compelling reason to switch website solutions until NOW! ClubSetup has a risk free offer for you!

ClubSetup will convert your existing website content over to a ClubSetup test server where you can compare and contrast. If you are satisfied with the ClubSetup solution we convert this solution to become your production site. There will be no charge for the migration effort, the merchant account, and creating your online registration. If you are not satisfied you just keep your existing website and nothing is lost.

To qualify for this limited offer your youth sports organization must have at least 250 members.