playGrades

Set up your Rookie page in about 15 minutes

You don't need to be technical. If you can post on Facebook, you can set up a good-looking playGrades page.

What's the Rookie plan? $10/month with a 14-day free trial. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing. Rookie adds photos & a banner on your organization, replies to parent reviews, event flyers on your registration and tryout dates, and a pinned "best review." Claiming your organization is always free. Rookie just adds the extras.

Do these in order. You can stop and come back anytime, your progress saves as you go.

1

Claim your organization Free

Your organization is probably already listed. We add local programs automatically.

  1. Go to playgrades.app and sign in (top-right) with the email you want on the account.
  2. Find your organization via search, or tap Orgs and scroll.
  3. Open it and tap Is this your org? → Claim it free.
  4. Fill out the short claim form and submit.
We review claims by hand (usually same day) so the right person controls each page. You'll get an email when you're approved, and then you own the page. Not listed yet? Open Pricing from the menu and tap Create your organization.
[ Screenshot: the "Is this your org? → Claim it free" prompt ]
2

Start your Rookie trial, 14 days free

Once your claim is approved, open your organization and tap ✨ Upgrade this organization → Start Rookie · $10/mo, then enter your card (handled securely by Stripe) to begin the 14-day free trial.

You won't be charged during the trial. Billing ($10/month) only starts when the 14 days end. Cancel anytime before then and you pay nothing. The photo, banner, reply, and flyer tools turn on as soon as your trial starts.
3

Polish your profile

Open your organization and tap ✏️ Edit Org. The more you fill in, the more parents trust the page:

  • Logo & brand color shown everywhere; the color themes your page.
  • Description, a short paragraph on who you are.
  • Website & phone so parents can reach you.
  • Social links: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube.
4

Add your programs

Programs are what parents browse and review (for example, "U8 Rec Soccer" or "Summer Day Camp").

  1. On your organization page, tap + Add Program.
  2. Add a name, activity, age range, season, price, and a short description.
  3. Save, and repeat for each program. Edit one later with ✏️ Edit.
5

Add photos & your banner Rookie

Photos are the biggest upgrade. On Rookie you build one photo gallery on your organization, and the first photo becomes the banner across the top of your page.

  1. Open your organization and tap 📷 Add at the top.
  2. Add up to 10 photos. The first is your banner; to feature another, open it and tap ⭐ Set as banner.
  3. Drag the banner up or down to reposition so faces aren't cropped.
ShapeWide ~3:1
Best upload1280 × 420
Max size5 MB · JPG/PNG
Your program pages automatically show your organization's photos, so one upload dresses up everything. Want a different banner and gallery on each program? That's an All Star feature.
[ Screenshot: the org banner + "📷 Add" tile on a set-up org ]
6

Add registration & tryout dates

Tell parents when to sign up or try out. Your cards light up with a blue "soon" glow as the date nears.

  1. Open a program, tap ✏️ Edit, then + Add event.
  2. Pick Registration or Tryouts, set the date (or a window up to 30 days), and add a note.
  3. Rookie: attach a flyer image so parents see the details at a glance.
Editing an event is free and unlimited, so update it instead of deleting and re-adding.
7

Reply to reviews Rookie

Replying to reviews matters. Thank a happy parent, or answer a concern directly. Open a program, scroll to its reviews, and add an owner reply. It appears in a branded bubble right under the review, and you can edit it anytime.

[ Screenshot: an owner reply bubble under a review ]
8

Pin your best review Rookie

Open a program, find a review you love, and tap 📌. It jumps to the top with a highlighted outline and a "📌 Pinned" tag. One pin per program; pinning a new one replaces the last.

Your quick checklist

A complete page gives parents every reason to pick you over a bare listing.

Running several programs? All Star ($25/mo) adds per-program photos and banners and a page-view analytics dashboard. See the All Star guide.