Meet the average C-grader and begrudging team manager
Let’s be honest: nobody campaigns to become a social sports team manager. You usually inherit the job by default because no one else put their hand up to do it.
That's exactly how I ended up doing it. I’m an average player in a C-grade social cricket team and an indoor cricket team. Before long, I was spending way too much of my free time chasing match fees, reconciling bank transfers and trying to figure out who’d paid and who hadn’t. Don’t even ask about the spreadsheet.
I was done fumbling with messy spreadsheets and chasing people for money on WhatsApp. There had to be a better way. Fees Please is the result.
But don’t let my average performance on the field fool you. I’m no rookie when it comes to working in the software field. My day job for the last 20 years has been in software-as-a-service (SaaS) production, implementation and support. Now as an IT Consultant, I roll out enterprise collaboration and service solutions for large-scale organisations.
Fees Please isn’t a rushed weekend vibe coded prototype. It's a fully architected, highly secure and horizontally scalable SaaS platform based on years of user-centred design expertise.
Built on trusted foundations
Fees Please uses industry-leading, compliant platforms to secure data and process payments safely.
Google Gemini AI
This powers our helpful automated assistant and match commentators. No need to worry about privacy because our AI chats run in a totally secure, private space. Your data is never used to train public models.
Supabase (DB)
This is our main database, and we keep it strictly locked down so no one else can access your information. We keep all your data close to home - everything is stored on secure, physical servers right here in Australia.
Square Payments
We partner with Square to handle all credit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay checkouts. Fees Please never touches or stores your credit card details, so your financial info stays completely private.
Resend Email
This powers our emails, sending team selections, availability requests and reminders instantly to your team’s inbox. We use verified signatures to prove it’s us so your email provider trusts it.
Vercel Edge
We host and run Fees Please on a secure, global network. This gives us fast loading speeds, built-in protection against cyber attacks and makes sure the system is always online when you need it.
PlayHQ Integration
We connect with official grassroots platforms like PlayHQ to import your season schedule automatically. We only ever read public information, so your team's personal league registrations and privacy remain completely untouched and secure.
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