KeepsYa™ vs Jersey Watch
An affordable hosted club website with registration, or a free plugin on the site you already own. Here are both sides.
Updated August 18, 2026 · KeepsYa 0.185.2 + KeepsYa Pro 0.26.55 · Jersey Watch pricing, verified June 19, 2026
The short version: Jersey Watch is a friendly, affordable hosted platform: a club website plus registration and communication for $29 to $79 a month, with setup help included. If you do not have a website and do not want to run WordPress, that simplicity is real. KeepsYa is the other path: free core on the WordPress site you own, a flat Pro license rather than a monthly subscription, and no platform between you and your families.
The honest trade is hosted-convenience versus ownership. Jersey Watch hosts your site and data and charges every month; KeepsYa lives in your own WordPress, so the site, the SEO and the data are yours and the core is free forever. Both keep registration simple for parents; the difference is who holds the keys and whether the bill ever stops.
Side by side
| KeepsYa | Jersey Watch | |
|---|---|---|
| You own your data ⓘ | ✓ | — |
| Monthly subscription | — free core; flat yearly Pro license |
✓ $29 to $79/mo |
| Runs on your own WordPress site and domain | ✓ | — hosted; custom domain included |
| Online payment processing | your own processor’s rate | 3.5% + $1 per transaction |
| Offline payments tracked (cash, Zelle, Venmo, check) | ✓ | card-first |
| Family accounts, rosters, registration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Done-for-you website + migration help | you build on WordPress | ✓ |
| Punch cards, prepaid packages, affiliates | ✓ Pro |
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| Referral program with store credit | ✓ | — |
| Rename the app to your program’s words (participant, coach, roster) | ✓ | fixed platform terms |
| Built-in AI (discovery interview, content & ad writer, flyer maker, parent chatbot) | ✓ Pro: discovery interview, writers, flyer maker, chatbot |
— no native AI suite |
Where KeepsYa wins
No monthly bill
A free core plus a flat yearly Pro license, instead of a subscription that never stops while you run.
You own the site
Your WordPress, your domain, your SEO and your data, not a hosted account you rent month to month.
Cash-friendly and growth tools
Tracked offline payments, punch cards, referrals and affiliates built in.
Where Jersey Watch fits better
No website, no WordPress
If you want a done-for-you site without touching WordPress, the hosted setup and migration help are genuinely easy.
All-in-one simplicity
Website, registration and communication in one affordable monthly plan, with support included.
Fast launch
Sign up and be live quickly, with a custom domain included in every plan.
The money math
KeepsYa’s cost never scales with your success: the core plugin is free forever, and KeepsYa Pro is one flat yearly license. Platforms priced per month, per player or per registration take a growing cut as you grow. Run your season’s numbers against their pricing page; the gap usually pays for your whole website.
What they cost
Free account to start, then Basic $29/mo, Plus $49/mo or Pro $79/mo (any plan is $19 for the first month); a custom domain is included. Online payment processing is 3.5% + $1 per transaction. See their pricing →
Keepsa: free core, flat yearly Pro license. We re-check these figures weekly; tell us if you spot a change.
or lock founders pricing: KeepsYa Pro at $149/yr for the first 500 (regular $199/yr)
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Our 30-day, no-questions-asked guarantee
Try KeepsYa Pro and love it, or get a full refund, automatically. If Pro is not right for your program, just log in and cancel within 30 days of your purchase and we will refund your charge automatically. No emails, no hoops, no questions. And if you ever get stuck before then, a real person replies within one business day.
More than an affiliate program: a growth flywheel
KeepsYa Pro turns your own families into your marketing engine and rewards them for it. Affiliate commissions, family referrals and the stored-value ledger are not three features, they are one self-perpetuating loop:
A family shares their link
Every family gets a personal referral link, and partners get an affiliate link, straight from your KeepsYa site.
A friend signs up
The new registration is tracked automatically and attributed to the referrer, first-touch, no codes to chase.
The family earns spendable credit
They receive real, owner-funded account credit (or a cash commission), held in your stored-value ledger and payable after the service is delivered.
They come back and spend it
That credit pulls the family into next season, and their friend now has a link of their own.
The result: your customers promote you, get rewarded, and keep coming back, while you keep every dollar and own all the data. One referral can pay for a whole year of Pro. See how the Pro flywheel works →