For the person who chases the dues

The treasurer's one-pager

Four numbers, every fee, and six questions to ask any vendor. Built to be printed and handed across a board table.

Four things worth knowing before you renew

98.2% vs 83.6%

Online collection versus offline

A 2026 study of 337 youth sports clubs found dues collected online came in at 98.2%. Dues collected offline, meaning checks, cash, and payment apps, came in at 83.6%. Same families, different rails.

Per team

Money routes to the team that earned it

Across the ten platforms benchmarked in July 2026, none offered per-team payout routing. Every one of them pools registration money into a single organization account and leaves the club to do its own internal fund accounting. Clubside routes each payment to that team's own connected account at the moment of the charge.

$0 extra

Payment plans do not multiply fees

A two-pay or three-pay costs a family exactly what paying in full costs. Per SportsEngine’s published fee schedule, a $100 registration split into three payments carries an effective fee of 9.25%, because the fixed per-transaction fee repeats on each installment.

Your bank

Your club is the merchant of record

Your organization connects its own Stripe account. Registration money lands in your bank on Stripe’s schedule. Nobody holds it, nobody disburses it back to you, and the account stays yours if you leave.

Sources: collection rates from a 2026 study of 337 youth sports clubs. Per-team payout finding from a benchmark of ten youth sports platforms, July 2026. Installment figures per SportsEngine's published fee schedule. Clubside figures as published on clubside.io/pricing.

Every Clubside fee, in one place

This is the whole list. There is no seventh fee on a page you have not read.

  • $3.50 per registration

    Paid by the family at checkout as its own labeled line item. Capped at $7 per family per season, so the third sibling on is free. Non-refundable.

  • A platform percentage on online payments

    At the rate published on your plan. 1.5% on Starter and Club, 1.0% on Pro, 0.5% on Enterprise. Nothing on money you record manually.

  • Card processing at Stripe’s published rate

    2.9% + $0.30, paid directly to Stripe on your own account. We never mark it up and we never bundle it into a single number you cannot take apart.

  • Software: free, $49, or $99 per month

    Starter is free with 3 teams and 75 players. Club is $49 per month, Pro is $99 per month, both discounted annually. No setup fee, no contract.

Money moves through your organization's own Stripe account. Your club is the merchant of record and payouts land in your bank on Stripe's schedule, not ours. See the full platform fee benchmark if you want to check our numbers against everyone else's.

Six questions to ask any vendor

Including us. If a vendor will not answer these in writing, that is the answer.

  1. 1Is the payment rate bundled with card processing, or can we see both separately?
  2. 2Who is the merchant of record, and how long until money reaches our bank?
  3. 3What does a three-installment payment plan cost, in writing?
  4. 4Can registration money route to individual teams, or does it pool?
  5. 5If we leave, what comes with us and what stays behind?
  6. 6What is the total per family with two players registered?
In the field

Miami Valley Xpress, a ten-team Ohio travel fastpitch club, runs its season on Clubside. Ten teams, per-team payout routing, and every fee on the page their families see.

I set their registration up myself. That is the offer for your club too: send me your team list, your age cutoff, and last season's form in whatever format you have it, and I will build it for you.

Frequently asked questions

How much do clubs lose collecting dues offline?

A 2026 study of 337 youth sports clubs found online collection came in at 98.2% while offline collection, meaning checks, cash, and payment apps, came in at 83.6%. On a $150,000 season that gap is roughly $22,000 that has to be chased or written off.

Can each team have its own money?

On Clubside, yes. Each payment routes to that team’s own connected Stripe account at the moment of the charge, so the 12U team’s registration money is in the 12U team’s account with nobody moving it. Across the ten platforms benchmarked in July 2026, none offered this.

What does a payment plan cost the club?

On Clubside, nothing extra. A two-pay or three-pay costs the same as paying in full, because we never repeat a fee across installments. That is not true everywhere: per SportsEngine’s published fee schedule, a $100 registration split into three payments carries an effective fee of 9.25%.

Who is the merchant of record?

Your organization. You connect your own Stripe account, registration money lands in your bank on Stripe’s schedule, and the account stays yours if you ever leave Clubside.

Can I still record a check or a cash payment?

Yes. Admins and head coaches can mark an invoice paid manually, so the ledger stays complete even for money that never touched a card. Your dashboard shows the split between on-platform and manually recorded collection.

Take this to your board

Print the one-pager, or open the demo and show them a real club running.