Community club, 80 members, 3 courts
Free Events tier. Tuesday social play 6-9pm, 12 court-slots (4 per court). Saturday mixed doubles, 16 slots. Member-only gating. WhatsApp share. Free for members, $10 guest fee via Stripe.
Built for community padel + racquet club coordinators
Padel court sign-ups, ladder play, and tournaments — without the booking-platform fees
Free RSVPs for weekly social play. Per-court capacity (4 players + waitlist). Ladder leagues with auto-promoted matches. Tournament ticketing through Stripe at 2.7%. Built for clubs of 30 to 300 members.
Freefor social play
2.7%on tournament entries
Apple + Google Paywallet passes
Padel club coordination is its own beast
Padel is one of the fastest-growing racquet sports — and most clubs are running their booking through a WhatsApp group, a Google Sheet, or a court-only platform that doesn't handle social play, leagues, or tournaments well.
Who's In gives padel coordinators one platform for all of it. Per-court capacity (4 players, plus a waitlist for round-robin shuffling). Ladder leagues with weekly auto-promoted matches based on standings. Mixed doubles pairings with skill-level questions. Member-only events restricted to active members. Tournament ticketing — singles, doubles, mixed — at 2.7% vs Eventbrite's 6%+.
Free for social play. Studio plan ($15.83/mo annual) adds member packs, court bundles, and committee admin tools.
Sound familiar?
You're not alone. These are the challenges we hear every day.
Court capacity is exactly 4 — not approximate
Padel is doubles. Always. 4 players per court. WhatsApp polls give you "yes I'll come" from 12 people. Now you're sorting who plays which slot, manually, while your café-au-lait goes cold.
Avg padel club has 3-6 courts running 30+ slots per week
Ladder leagues need automatic standings
You run an 8-week ladder league. 16 players, 8 weeks, 56 matches. Manually tracking who beat whom, who's promoted, who's relegated — by week 3 you've abandoned the spreadsheet.
~80% of community padel ladder leagues collapse by week 5 due to admin overhead
Tournament fees on Eventbrite eat club revenue
Annual mixed-doubles tournament. 32 pairs at $40 entry. Eventbrite takes 6%+ = $77+ per pair = ~$2,500 in fees on a $5,000 tournament. The local charity sees less.
Eventbrite tournament fees: $1,500+ on a 60-pair $40 tournament
Member-only events are a manual gate
Saturday social mixer is members-only. Members and guests both reply. You manually check the membership list, message the non-members to upgrade or pay guest fee. Annoying for everyone.
~25% of "member-only" RSVPs are non-members trying their luck
Built for the way padel clubs actually run
Per-court 4-player slots + waitlist
Set up Court 1 / Court 2 / Court 3 each as a 4-player slot. Members RSVP for the court slot they want. Waitlist for round-robin shuffling. Captain pairs in advance or shuffles at the club.
Ladder leagues with auto-standings
8-week ladder, 16 players. Each week's match plan + a member directory of registered players. Scores tracked manually by the organiser (auto ladder/standings is on the roadmap). Final week is the championship.
Skill-level mixed-doubles pairing
Custom signup question: "What's your padel skill level (1-7)?". Mixed doubles events pair up balanced couples (high+low, high+low). Coordinator can override pairings before the day.
Member-only event gating
Mark an event as "members only". Only people on your active member list can book. Non-members see "membership required". Studio / Clubs plan adds member portal where guests can upgrade in 30 seconds.
Tournament ticketing at 2.7%
Singles / doubles / mixed tournaments. Multiple entry types per tournament. Stripe checkout. Apple Wallet pass with the player's start time, court assignment, and bracket position.
Recurring weekly play sessions
Tuesday + Thursday social play, Saturday mixed-doubles. Set up once, recurring forever. Members find their slot in the same place every week.
Three padel clubs, three setups
Ladder league, 32 players, 8 weeks
Studio plan ($15.83/mo annual). Auto-scheduled weekly matches. Standings update on score submission. Final week tournament. Apple Wallet match pass each week. $40 league fee per player.
Annual charity mixed-doubles tournament
Free Events tier with paid bookings. 64 pairs, $40 entry, 5 brackets by skill level. 2.7% Stripe fee = $115. Eventbrite would have charged $1,500+. Difference goes to charity.
Why padel clubs don't fit standard booking software
vs Court-booking-only platforms
Great for "book a court" but no league management, no tournament ticketing, no member-only event gating. You'd still need a second tool for everything beyond court bookings.
vs WhatsApp polls
Fine for 8 friends. Breaks at 30 members. No 4-player capacity per court, no waitlist, no league standings.
vs Eventbrite for tournaments
~6% fees on every entry. Charity tournaments lose thousands. And your weekly social play still lives somewhere else.
“We're a 120-member padel club running 6 courts and an annual ladder. Coming off WhatsApp + a spreadsheet, Who's In has cut my admin time in half. The auto-shuffling waitlist for social play is brilliant. Members love it.”
Frequently asked
Real questions from padel club coordinators.
- Can I cap each court at exactly 4 players with a waitlist?
- Yes. Set up each court as its own slot (Court 1 / Court 2 / Court 3) with capacity 4. The waitlist auto-promotes when someone drops. For round-robin shuffling, you can let the waitlist drive who plays which match.
- Does the platform handle ladder league standings?
- Partially. The Clubs plan helps you schedule the matches + maintain a member directory. Score reporting + standings + promotion/relegation are tracked manually by the organiser today (auto-ladder + standings are on the Clubs roadmap).
- Can I restrict events to active members only?
- Yes. Mark an event as "members only". Only people on your active member list (managed in the Clubs plan) can book. Non-members see "membership required" with an option to join your club for the membership fee.
- What about pairing players by skill level?
- Add a custom signup question — "Skill level 1-7". For mixed doubles, the coordinator can pair high-low or randomize within skill bands. Apple Wallet pass shows the player's pairing and court assignment.
- How much do we save vs Eventbrite for our annual tournament?
- Eventbrite charges ~6% per entry. Who's In charges 2.7%. On a 64-pair $40 tournament: Eventbrite ~$1,540 in fees, Who's In ~$200. Difference of $1,300+ — typically goes to your local charity, prize pool, or court rental.
Run your padel club without the spreadsheet
Free for social play. 2.7% on tournaments. No app for your members.
Free for community social play
2.7% on tournament entries
Member-only event gating
Apple + Google Wallet match passes
