Release: Free Options on Option-Based Registrations

Jake Hirabayashi, Founder & CEO of The Futures App

By Jake Hirabayashi, Founder & CEO

Admins can now set any option on an option-based registration to $0, so free and paid choices can live in the same registration.

  • Mix free and paid options. Offer a free option, such as a tryout or a free age group, next to paid options without building a separate registration.

  • No payment step for free sign-ups. Families who pick the free option sign up without paying, the same way a free registration works today.

  • Mixed carts charge only what’s paid. If a family checks out with a free option and paid items together, only the paid items are charged.

  • Discounts and payment plans stay on paid options. Early-bird pricing only needs to sit below your paid options’ prices, and installment plans don’t apply to the free option.

  • Free on purpose. An empty price field no longer shows a placeholder, so a $0 option is always set deliberately.

Who it helps: club admins running tryouts, evaluations, or free intro programs who want one registration link instead of two.

Building on Registration Options.

Jake Hirabayashi, Founder & CEO of The Futures App

Jake Hirabayashi

Founder & CEO, The Futures App

Jake founded The Futures App to give youth and travel sports organizations one platform for registration, payments, scheduling, and player development. He works directly with club directors, facility owners, and coaches across baseball, softball, and other youth sports.

The Futures App is the all-in-one platform for youth and travel sports organizations, bringing registration and payments, facility booking, team communication, player development, and websites into one app. Clubs, academies, and training facilities across baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, and more use it to run their entire operation.

The Futures App is the all-in-one platform built for youth and travel sports organizations. We help coaches, club directors, facility owners, and independent trainers run their entire operation from a single app — so they can spend less time on administration and more time developing players.

The platform combines everything a modern sports organization needs: player development tools for tracking video, metrics, and drills; facility and booking management with real-time availability; payments and registration for memberships, teams, camps, and bulk invoicing; team communication through structured channels and direct messaging; and professional website hosting built for sports organizations.

The Futures App is used by clubs, academies, and training facilities across baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, volleyball, lacrosse, football, and more. Whether you're running a 200-family travel club or a single-sport training facility, the platform is designed to grow with your organization.

If you're ready to stop duct-taping tools together and run your organization the way it deserves to be run, book a demo and see The Futures App in action.