Switch to Team Scout / From GroupMe

Keep the chat. Add the schedule, the roster and the RSVPs.

GroupMe is a chat. A Team Scout group is a chat plus the schedule, roster, RSVPs and volunteer slots, and it is free. Any coach or admin in the group can move a practice, and everyone hears about it.

What moves over

  • The people. Families come over through a join link posted in the old GroupMe.
  • The schedule. It comes in from a photo or PDF of the printed schedule, and the coach reviews it before it posts.
  • Old chat history stays in GroupMe.

Nobody has to move mid-season. Your old tool keeps running as long as you keep paying for it, so it stays the safety net while families settle in.

What your families see in week one

A link in the GroupMe chat, a texted sign-in code, and they are in the team group. Practices land on their phone's calendar, and they get a push notification when something moves. Nobody gets in without the link, and there are no ads.

  1. Day 1

    Create the group and import the schedule.

  2. Day 2

    Post the join link in GroupMe with one line: “Schedule and updates live here now.”

  3. Days 3 to 6

    Post everything in Team Scout and point to it from GroupMe.

  4. Day 7

    Change GroupMe to announcements-only, with a pinned link.

Straight answer

What Team Scout does not do today

  • Group posts delivered by text message. Families read them in the app or at app.teamscout.co.

What it costs

Every price, printed

The group, the calendar, the roster and volunteer sign-ups are free. When the program starts collecting money, registration and tickets are in the same app.

CommunityFree
Groups, messaging, the calendar, rosters, volunteer sign-ups and a website.
Team$39 a month
Registration with payment plans, invoices, sponsorships. Plus 3.9% of what you collect.
Club$105 a month
Everything in Team at 2.9% of what you collect.

Card processing is passed through at cost. Tickets cost the buyer $1 up to $10, then $1 plus 4%. Donations are free to the program, with an optional tip from the donor.

See the full pricing page

The migration offer

We do the move with you

Send us your export. We move your forms, rosters and history into Team Scout, check every family against it, and hand you an organization that is ready for next season.

We took one Kansas City program's five years of SportsEngine exports, 82 files, and loaded all of it, 847 payouts and 1,455 payments, into one reference database in a single evening.

  • Free on an annual Club plan.
  • Otherwise a flat fee. Ask for a quote on the call.

We verify every family and every open balance before cutover. If a figure does not tie, we do not cut over.

How the migration plan works

Call request

Book a 20-minute migration call

Leave your email and Peter writes back with times. On the call we look at your export, how your program is set up, and when a cutover makes sense.

Not ready today?

Leave an email and you get one email from Peter about switching from GroupMe: what moves over, what is free, and when to move. Reply to it and it reaches him.

Free to start

Start free tonight. Keep GroupMe as the safety net.

Create the org, add your groups, invite families with a link.