The Parent Registration Link

The Parent Registration Link

The Parent Registration Link is a public page where a parent or guardian can register themselves with your club and link their child's player record — no SquadTracker account needed on their side. It's built for collecting contact and payment details quickly, for example at a sign-up event or in a club group chat.

It's a different tool from a Player Hub invite — see How this differs from a Player Hub invite below before you decide which to use.

What you'll learn

• What the registration link actually does and creates
• Where to find and share your club's link
• What happens automatically if your club collects payments
• How this differs from a Player Hub invite
• What a parent sees when they use the link

Quick Steps

1. Find your link — If your club has Payments connected, open Payments and press Share Registration Link — it opens your phone's share sheet, or copies the link straight to your clipboard. If payments aren't connected yet, your link still works: it's squadtracker.co.uk/register/ followed by your club id — find your club id in the address bar on any club page.
2. Share it however suits you — text, email, a club group chat, or printed at the pitch. The page needs no SquadTracker account to open.
3. The parent fills in their details — First name, last name and email (required), plus phone (optional), on the Parent/Guardian Registration page.
4. The parent selects their player(s) — They choose a team under Select Your Player(s), then search and tick their child — more than one if they have multiple children at the club.
5. The parent presses Register — They see Registration Complete, and the club is only notified directly if a payment was triggered (see below).

What this creates

Registering creates a contact record for your club with the parent's name, email and phone, and links it to each player they selected. It does not create a SquadTracker login, and it doesn't ask for or record any consent choices — it's a contact and billing record, not an account.

If your club collects payments

If your club has Stripe connected and has a plan set to auto-subscribe for that player's team (or club-wide), registering immediately starts a subscription for each linked player and emails the parent a checkout link to complete it. See How Payments Work and Club Platform Billing for setting plans up.

How this differs from a Player Hub invite

The registration link is open to anyone who has it — there's no per-family invite, and no login is created, so it suits a quick sign-up moment rather than day-to-day app access. A Player Hub invite is the opposite: your coach sends it to one specific email, it creates a real login, and it's consent-gated for stats and photo sharing. Use the registration link to capture contacts and payments quickly; use a Hub invite for a family's ongoing access to fixtures, chat and stats.

Registering again

If a parent uses the link a second time with the same email, SquadTracker updates their details and links any newly selected players — it won't create a duplicate contact.

A note on who's represented

Registration is aimed at the parent or guardian, since the players listed are generally under-16s represented by a parent — a player aged 16 or over can act for themselves instead, including through their own Player Hub account.

See also Inviting Parents and Players to the Hub, How Payments Work and Club Roles and Permissions.