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Sidout never invoices your facility — no setup fee, no monthly fee, no percentage, no contract. Registrations settle directly to your Stripe account, where Stripe's standard processing fee is the only deduction.

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  • ✓ Stripe-powered payment processing
  • ✓ Automatic confirmation emails
  • ✓ Revenue flows directly to your Stripe account
  • ✓ Supports leagues, tournaments & events
  • ✓ Real-time standings & live scoring
  • ✓ Sub finder tool
  • ✓ No app download or account required for players
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Explore the full platform
before your first player registers.

When you create your account, it comes preloaded with a demo season, teams, and tournament — so you can explore every feature in a real environment before going live. Click through the schedule, score a match, check standings. No guesswork.

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See exactly what
players pay.

Here's how it works at common price points. The Sidout fee is added to the player's checkout as its own line. Because your facility is the merchant of record, Stripe's processing fee applies to the whole charged amount and comes out of your payout — so the last column is what actually lands in your bank account.

Registration Type Players Your Price Sidout Fee They Pay Stripe Fee* Your Payout
Quads league (per team) 4 $350 $8.00 $358.00 $10.68 $339.32
6s league (per team) 6 $425 $8.00 $433.00 $12.86 $412.14
Juniors (per player) 1 $150 $2.00 $152.00 $4.71 $145.29
Quads tournament (per team) 4 $120 $4.00 $124.00 $3.90 $116.10
Doubles tournament (per team) 2 $60 $2.00 $62.00 $2.10 $57.90
Court rental (per booking) — $40 $2.00 $42.00 $1.52 $38.48

* Stripe's standard processing fee, currently 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction in the US. Your facility is the merchant of record, so Stripe charges it on the full amount collected — your registration price and the Sidout fee — and deducts it from your payout. Sidout deducts nothing beyond the fee shown. Note the 6s league row: six players would be $12 at $2 each, but the $8 per-team cap holds it at $8. Prices shown are examples; you set your own.

These rows assume the default — the fee is added at checkout and paid by the player. If your facility chooses to absorb it instead, the "They Pay" column becomes your registration price exactly, and the Sidout fee comes out of your payout rather than the player's card.

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Pick an event type, enter your price and team size, and see the exact breakdown — including what actually lands in your bank account.

Your registration price $350.00
Sidout fee $8.00
Team pays at checkout $358.00
Stripe processing (2.9% + $0.30) −$10.68
Your payout $339.32

Payments flow
directly to you.

Sidout uses Stripe Connect. Your revenue goes straight to your Stripe account — we never hold your money.

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Team Registers

Team captain signs up through your branded app and pays your registration price plus the Sidout fee — $2 per player for a league, capped at $8 per team, or $1 per player for a tournament — shown as its own line at checkout. If you've chosen to absorb it, they pay your price exactly and see no fee line at all.

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Stripe Processes Payment

The payment settles to your Stripe account, not ours — we never hold your money. Your facility is the merchant of record, so Stripe's standard processing fee comes out of that payout.

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You Get Paid

Your money lands in your bank account on Stripe's standard payout schedule. Sidout takes no cut of it, charges no monthly fee and bills you nothing — Stripe's processing fee is the only deduction.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do my players need to download an app or create an account?
No. Sidout runs in any phone browser — players tap your registration link and they're in. No app store, no password, no account to remember. Players who want it can add Sidout to their home screen in two taps, which makes it launch like a regular app and enables notifications, but it's entirely optional.
What does Sidout cost?
Nothing. No setup fee, no monthly fee, no contracts, and no percentage of your revenue. Sidout is paid at the player's checkout: $2 per player for leagues, capped at $8 per team, $1 per player for tournaments, and $2 per court rental booking. By default that fee is added on top of your price and paid by the player, so it costs your facility nothing; you can also choose to absorb it, in which case it comes out of your payout instead. Either way Sidout never bills your facility directly — Stripe's standard processing fee is the only other deduction.
How are the fees calculated?
From the division's format, server-side — not from how many players are typed into a roster, so it can't be reduced by entering fewer names and doesn't change when someone adds a teammate later.

Leagues are $2 per player, capped at $8 per team. A quads team is 4 × $2 = $8. A 6s team would be $12 at $2 each, but the cap holds it at $8 — a 6s team and a quads team pay the same. Juniors registering individually are one player, so $2.

Tournaments are $1 per player, with no cap. A quads tournament team is $4, a doubles team is $2.

Court rentals are $2 per booking, regardless of how many people play.

There is no percentage component, so the fee never grows just because your registration price does.
What does Stripe charge on top of the Sidout fee?
Registrations are processed by Stripe at its standard rate, currently 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction in the US, deducted from your payout. Your facility is the merchant of record, so Stripe charges that on the full amount collected — your registration price plus the Sidout fee. On a $350 quads team the card is charged $358, Stripe takes $10.68, and $339.32 lands in your account. Sidout charges your facility no platform fee, so apart from the player fee shown at checkout, Stripe's is the only deduction. Every online payment processor charges a similar fee.
Do players see any Sidout fees at checkout?
By default yes, and it is shown to them before they pay. The fee appears as its own named line at checkout, labelled with the rate it was actually charged at — a quads league team sees $350 plus an $8 Sidout fee, and a 6s team sees the cap stated rather than a multiplication that wouldn't match the total. Nothing is hidden.

You can also turn this off. If your facility would rather players paid exactly your advertised price, you can choose to absorb the fee: no fee line appears at checkout, the player is charged your price and nothing more, and the fee comes out of your payout instead.
What happens if we refund a registration?
You can refund a registration at any time from your Stripe dashboard. Note that Stripe's processing fee and the Sidout fee are not returned — Stripe does not refund processing fees, and the Sidout fee is non-refundable. This is stated to the player at the point of payment as well.
What is included for messaging?
Unlimited email and unlimited push notifications, always. Text messages are included up to a monthly allowance that scales with your registered player count, with any overage billed at cost. Most facilities never come close — texting captains about a schedule change uses a fraction of it. Email is the better channel for anything detailed or going to your full list.
Who owns our data?
You do. Your facility owns its data and can export it at any time — teams, players, schedules, standings and registration records. No lock-in, no contract, and nothing to request from us to get it.
Do I need a Stripe account?
Yes, you'll connect a Stripe account during setup. If you don't have one, Stripe's onboarding takes about 2 minutes. Sidout uses Stripe Connect so payments flow directly to your account — we never hold your funds.
Can I accept cash or Venmo instead?
Sidout is designed around online Stripe payments for the best experience — automatic confirmations, instant team creation, and no manual tracking. Contact us if you need to discuss alternatives for your specific situation.
Is there a pro tier with more features?
We're developing a pro tier that will include features like custom domain support (e.g., play.yoursite.com instead of yourname.sidout.com), specific facility branding, integrated email and text marketing functionality, and priority support. The core product — leagues, tournaments, live scoring, payments, SMS — has no monthly fee and no contract. You pay only when players register.
What happens if I want to cancel?
There's nothing to cancel — there's no subscription. If you stop using Sidout, you stop using it. Your data stays available. There are no cancellation fees, no lock-in periods, and no penalties.
What happens if a ref's phone loses signal during a match?
She keeps scoring. Sidout saves every point on her phone the moment the connection drops and uploads it automatically when signal returns — no button to press, nothing for her to remember. A banner shows she's offline and how many changes are waiting to sync. Scores can't drift or double-count: they sync as final values ("this set is 21–18"), never as individual taps.
Do we need reliable wifi at our facility?
No — and that's deliberate. Gyms and beach facilities are among the worst network environments there are: metal buildings, concrete, and a few hundred phones hitting the same tower at 6pm on a league night. Sidout keeps working through it, so you don't have to solve your connectivity problem before you can run your leagues.
What if the internet goes down in the middle of league night?
Scoring continues on every court. This is the failure that matters most at scale — when coverage drops it doesn't affect one court, it affects all of them at once. Each ref's phone holds its own scores and syncs independently as soon as the connection is back, so a network outage doesn't become a lost night. Scoring is the one thing that can't be reconstructed after the fact: a registration or a payment can be fixed the next day, but a point that was never recorded is gone. That's exactly why we built scoring to work without a network instead of assuming one.
How does this compare to TeamSideline or other platforms?
Most league management platforms charge monthly fees starting at $50–200+/month regardless of how many registrations you process. Sidout has no monthly fee and no contract — you pay only when players register. Additionally, Sidout is purpose-built for volleyball with features like real-time live scoring, side switch reminders, service order tracking, sub tracking, and playoff eligibility tracking that generic platforms don't offer. And there's zero friction for players — they don't need an app, an account, or a password. One click and they're in.

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