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Stop being a part-time debt collector for your kid's travel team — one link per family, every wallet works, balances update on their own

Problem

Родитель-казначей travel-команды кладёт $600 турнирной пошлины на личную кредитку, потом три недели гоняется за 12 семьями через Venmo / Zelle / Cash App / cash в зале — никакой aggregation, никакого 'кто заплатил полностью / частично / ничего'.

Audience

Volunteer parent-treasurers of US youth travel-sports teams (baseball / soccer / basketball / hockey), 10-14 families, season budget $3-15K, no business account

Reasoning

Source signals

  • SIG-20260426-us-community-coordinator-team-treasurer-venmo-zelle-chasing — "playing part-time debt collector... checking your Venmo notifications at two AM" (RECURRING, HIGH)

What we ship

**Core features (MVP)**

  • Team season budget broken into line-items (jerseys, tournaments, refs, pizza fund) with per-family assignment
  • One public link per family with unique balance
  • Multi-wallet checkout: Stripe card / Venmo deep-link / Zelle (manual + email match) / Cash App / PayPal
  • Auto-reminders 7 / 3 / 0 days before deadline
  • Treasurer dashboard with paid/partial/none status grid
  • 1099-K-friendly export at season end

**Primary user flow**

1. Treasurer creates team, imports roster CSV

2. Creates line-item ("Spring Tournament — $200/family, due May 15")

3. Each family receives SMS with personalized link

4. Family picks wallet, pays, gets receipt

5. Treasurer dashboard updates live

**What it looks like**

  • **Landing**: "Stop chasing 12 parents on 4 different apps. One link. Every wallet."
  • **Family screen**: "You owe $245 for Spring Tournament. Pay with card / Venmo / Zelle"
  • **Treasurer dashboard**: color-coded family × line-item grid

**MVP build plan (12 days)**

  • Day 1-3: schema, Stripe Connect, multi-tenant auth
  • Day 4-7: family payment flow + multi-wallet deep links, webhook reconciliation
  • Day 8-10: treasurer dashboard, reminders, exports
  • Day 11-12: landing, deploy

Reasoning

The pain signal is razor-specific with named comparable products (Waresport, Finli, Snap! Mobile, JerseyWatch, CheddarUp) — none dominate. The market is established (parents already pay Venmo/Stripe fees), but no winner has nailed treasurer-first UX with multi-wallet aggregation. Marketplace-fee monetization (2.9% on card volume) sidesteps subscription friction. Stripe Connect + a few wallet deep-links is a 12-day build.

Quick competitive read

  • **Snap! Mobile**: market leader, but requires team registration via coach
  • **JerseyWatch**: full team-management; payments are a sub-feature
  • **CheddarUp**: generic, not team-specific
  • **Finli**: closest positioning, but low awareness
  • **Venmo / Zelle**: pure P2P, no aggregation

White-space: treasurer-first onboarding, multi-wallet aggregation, sharp "no more debt collector" positioning. **Competitive pressure: 4/10**.

Initial pricing hypothesis

Free for cash-only mode. 2.9% + $0.30 on Stripe card (standard). Pro $9/mo for auto-reminders, 1099 export, team branding.

Distribution hypothesis

Reddit r/CoachingYouthSports, travel-sports Facebook groups, partnerships with team-mom blogs (Sideline Legends, Parendipity), SEO on "travel team payment app".

Source signals (1)

  • SIG-20260426-us-community-coordinator-team-treasurer-venmo-zelle-chasing