Want to get up and running quickly? Here's a summary of the steps you need to complete:
- Initialize Your Merchant Services
- Configure your Site Settings and Defaults
- Setup Some Programs
After completing these steps, you're ready to start collecting registrations, online payments and managing your programs. Some partners have launched their LeagueApps solutions in just a few hours. For more advanced customizations, there are a few more steps to complete. These are described in the Customization Checklist.
Step 1: Initialize Your Merchant Services
Before you can start accepting online payments, you need to setup a payment gateway in your LeagueApps account. Setting up a payment gateway also requires you to have a merchant account. These concepts are explained in How Online Payment Processing Works.
This process may take only a few minutes if you already have an existing merchant account, or it may take up to a couple days if you first need to create a new merchant account.
You may choose from one of our supported Payment Gateways:
This is the best option for organizations that already have an existing merchant account, or that want to get one at a deal. Click here for Authorize.net setup instructions.
PayPal Website Payments Pro
This is an all-in-one quick setup solution for existing PayPal users, or those that don’t want to open their own merchant account. Click here for PayPal setup instructions.
Need help deciding which gateway to use? See our blog post: What’s The Right Payment Processing Solution For Your League?
Step 2: Configure Your Site Settings and Defaults
There are a few settings you'll want to edit before going live. These are outlined here:
Email SettingsCustomize various elements of your outgoing emails. Find this under "Settings > Email Settings."
-- See Customizing Email Settings for more details.
Default Registration Options
Decide what you want your default registration settings to be when you create new programs. This is found under "Settings > Registration > Options." These can then be changed for each individual program.
-- See Registration Options Explained for more details.
Default Registration Form Fields
Decide what fields you'd like to include on your default registration forms. This is located under "Settings > Registration > Form Fields." These can then be changed for each program.
-- See Customizing Registration Forms for more details.
Standings Rules
Set the rules you want to use for calculating and displaying your standings, found under "Settings > Standings."
-- See Customizing Standings Rules for full details.
Step 3: Setup Programs
This is the fun part. Start setting up programs that you plan to manage -- leagues, events and tournaments. As you add new programs, the default settings that you setup in the above step will be used (i.e. registration options, forms). You have the option to override these defaults on a per-program basis.
To get started in creating programs, see Creating (and Copying) Programs. (You can also try a Practice Drill first to walk through the steps of creating a program.)