Reaching a wider audience with London Sport & Get Active London London Sport, supported by Sport England, is on a mission to get 1,000,000 more Londoners active by 2020. They’ve created Get Active London to make it easy to find interesting activities around London. We’re delighted that Makesweat is one…
The easy way to move to Makesweat
We are passionate about making Makesweat the absolutely easiest, simplest way for clubs to get online. This is a short guide to the steps that will make it simple for your clubs members to get online. It’s absolutely normal to encounter a little resistance to change, and great planning and…
Widgets 101 – Making your site better with Makesweat Widgets
In this article, we explain how Makesweat’s widgets can benefit your existing website – with no technical knowledge! This article is suitable for you if you either have an existing website, or are thinking of creating one for your sport or activity. What’s a widget? Let’s start from the beginning…
The benefits of Makesweat in your club
Makesweat helps sports clubs provide online services for their members. So what does Makesweat give your members, and your management? The benefits Convenience for your members Book and pay for sessions and events anywhere, by desktop or mobile No need to remember cash to pay for sessions Easy to…
Why clubs are going online
Nick Bailey is the founder of Makesweat, and has been a member of various amateur sports clubs since he joined a tennis club aged 8. He’s also a professional IT Project Manager. In this article, he explores the increasing expectations of online services, and how amateur sports clubs need to…
Payment handling cost comparison
If a member buys a £5 pass, how much will your club receive? Cash : £4.96 Makesweat : £4.63 (37p cost) Paypal : £4.63 (37p cost) Eventbrite : £4.23 (77p cost) All sports clubs want to make the best use of the income they receive from members, so we’ve…
Working with Open Active
We’re pleased to work with Open Active to publish all events run through Makesweat onto their central data exchange. This means that when you use Makesweat to list your sessions, they’ll not only appear on Makesweat.com, they will also be available on Get London Active. You don’t need to do…
Kinds words from our customers
“Success! That is really easy.” Louis, Cityhash, 8th Jan (Editing events) “You will initially have to input some personal data which takes a minute or two. I was a little sceptical first time but I have used it 3 times and it’s dead easy. No need to look for…
How to increase the efficiency and finances of your sports club
(This is only part of our series “Top 9 challenges & solutions for UK sports clubs owners”. If you want to download the whole eBook at once you can click this link) Sports clubs in the UK consistently identify financial performance as one of the biggest challenges. They are faced…
How to acquire new sports clubs members: Contract-free / pop-up sports events
(This is only part of our series “Top 9 challenges & solutions for UK sports clubs owners”. If you want to download the whole eBook at once you can click this link) The British sports industry is growing, and changing at a faster pace than ever. Buoyed by the Rio…