Guide to Getting Started on Jersey Watch (in 15 minutes or less)
Tim Gusweiler Last updated: June 17, 2025
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Jersey Watch is built for busy sports volunteers - you can create a website you're proud of, build registration forms, and start registering players in just a few minutes.
Follow this guide to launch your website and online registration in 15 minutes or less.
Create your Website
When you create an account with Jersey Watch, you'll be able to generate a sports website in just a few clicks. Here are the most important things to do as you get started:
Choose at least one sport
When you first create your account, you'll be able to select as many sports as your organization offers. This will help us customize your website, registration forms and schedules.
Upload your logo and generate an initial design
Start by uploading your logo. We'll use this as the basis of your website design. From there, add a subheading, set your website colors and choose a new background. All of this can be customized later so nothing is set in stone.
Generate Initial Website Content
Remember when we said this process would just take a few minutes? That's partially because our website generator tool creates a handful of pages to help get you started.
Here are just a few things that you'll see immediately added to your website
- A Mission Statement template to showcase key goals of your organization
- An announcement sharing the latest news about your new website
- A slideshow photo to represent the sport(s) selected for your organization. We'd recommend adding a few of your highest action quality images from recent games.
- A Coaching Staff page to showcase current staff (you can include profiles including title, bio, contact information, and photos too)
A youth sports website created on Jersey Watch
Add content to your website
But, don't just stop there! Visitors to your website will want to know what your organization is all about and who is involved. Here are a few more things you should consider adding:
- Description of your organization - including sports you offer, season start dates, registration dates, and age groups
- Collect donations on your homepage by connecting your bank account to the donation module
- Important events so visitors can head to your Events page and view details by season, schedule or team.
⚡ BONUS - Our team can help transfer content from your current website
Do you have an existing website with lots of information? Don't worry about starting from scratch. Our team is happy to help transfer content when you sign up for a plan.
Set up online registration
Jersey Watch is built to set up powerful registration forms for your organization and help you register more players. Default questions (like athlete name, birth date, and contact information) are built into your form automatically.
Here are some of the built-in features you can use:
- Discount codes - if you want to give discounts to volunteers, scholarship recipients, etc.
- Multi-registrant discounts - automatic discounts for families with more than one player
- Payment plans - give registrants the option to pay in automatic installments
- Waivers and acknowledgements - if you want parents or players to acknowledge waivers, codes of conduct, or other agreements
- Price modifying questions - for additional purchases like apparel during registration
- Document uploads - if you need players to upload a document like birth certificates or photos
- Donation widget - to encourage donations at the end of registration
Sign up for a Plan
Sign up for a subscription plan to activate your website and turn on registration. Learn more about pricing plans here: Jersey Watch Pricing Information (there are no contracts or setup fees with any of the plans 😀).
Here's a few tips once you launch your website:
- If you have an existing domain name from a prior website, you can use it! It's quick to connect within your account, or you can contact our support team at help@jerseywatch.com if you need a hand.
- Select a short domain if you don't already own one (for example, if your organization is named Eastland Bobcats Youth Sports Association you should select eastlandbobcats.com as your domain if it is available)
- Add additional Administrators from your organization to edit the website and access registration.
- Publish your website to all of your social media channels
Grow your organization
Running your sports organization is a year round activity - even if your season only lasts part of the year.
Here are some strategies to continue to grow once you have your website and registration up and running.
- Improve communication - Your account will store all of the contact information for parents, coaches, volunteers, and anyone else involved with your organization. You can send email or text notifications to groups (like teams or divisions) or your entire organization with just a couple of clicks.
- Create 10+ Website pages - Aim to have at least 10 pages on your website at all times. You can change your website's navigation throughout the year depending on priorities. For example, during registration you can make registration information most prominent. Once the season starts, list your schedules at the top of your website.
- Set up sponsorship pages - Your website can be a great place to promote your sponsors and get new support from local businesses. Once your website is up and running you should make sure to list all of your sponsors on the website, create sponsorship packages, and set up online payments for new sponsors.
- Post game and event schedules - Once your season gets started you should publish practice and game schedules on your website. You can manually add events or generate a sports schedule.
- Recruit volunteers - Don't try to do everything yourself! Your website can be a great place to list volunteer opportunities and encourage others to get involved. Consider creating a menu on your website with available positions, volunteer requirements (including background checks), advantages to volunteer (like registration discounts), and make it easy for people to reach out to volunteer!
One Minute Video Tutorial
Prefer to see our design tools in action? Check out this quick video where we walk you through how to generate and design your own sports website using Jersey Watch.
Questions about getting started?
Our team is here to help with anything you need to get started growing your sports organization.
Feel free to visit our FAQ page or contact our team directly at help@jerseywatch.com - we'd be happy to hear from you!
