Onsides is online.
The logistics app for youth sports parents is now live on iOS and Android and currently connects to seven major platforms, founder and CEO Dave Yoo told Buying Sandlot.
Onsides offers:
Schedules consolidated into a single view, sync in real time
RSVPs and other updates that flow back to main platform
More platform connections expected to come
Free to use; no ads or subscriptions
Onsides has also begun to layer in non-scheduling functions, starting with partnerships with Athletes Untapped and EventPipe.
AU has over 3K vetted private coaches on its platform. Parents will be able to identify training opportunities that mesh to their schedules.
EventPipe will connect hotel bookings to family schedules, simplifying logistics.
Yoo said Onsides plans to add camps and clinic listings and booking in the future.
"We call it the all-in-one youth sports app for parents,” he said. “This sort of model has a ton of legs to provide tremendous value to not only the consumer, but the parties who specialize in their own verticals. Our thinking is there are tons of fragments out there. Let’s not built another fragment and fight that battle. Let’s just unify it all and present the most relevant, frictionless and rewarding experience for parents.”
Scheduling was the obvious on-ramp for aggregating the user experience, but it’s just the tip of the spear. Fragmentation in the industry goes well beyond the registration platforms (though that’s a big piece). Onsides aims to be the parent everything app (my words) for the industry— a unifying experience that sits atop the main platforms. Done right, a consumer-centric app like this one can achieve extraordinary scale. The challenge is integration and interoperability with existing platforms, something that Onsides’ parent-focused-app peer Orgo is aiming to solve (next section in this email).
[Full disclosure: I’m an advisor to Onsides.]
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