Keep the Navigator independent
The Navigator tracks 301 clubs and 616 published fees so a family can see what club soccer costs before tryouts, not after. Clubs cannot pay for any of it. If it saved you a phone call, an evening, or a surprise, this is the place to chip in.
Stripe handles the payment on its own page. We never see your card. Suggested $10; the minimum is $2 and there is no account to create.
Support the Navigator — you choose the amountPitchDreams is a one-person project, not a charity, so this is support rather than a tax-deductible donation.
What it costs to run, this month
Real numbers, read live where they can be. The model line updates as club sites are read; everything else is a flat monthly bill.
| Line | What it is | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | Vercel Pro. The plan that allows a site to accept support. | $20 |
| Reading club websites | Claude reads each club's pages and extracts the fees. Roughly a cent a page. $2.22 so far this month, capped at $40. | $2.22live |
| Database | Supabase, currently within the free tier. | $0 |
| Resend, for fee alerts and claim verification. Free at this volume. | $0 | |
| Headless browser | Browserless, for club sites that refuse a plain request. Free tier. | $0 |
| Domain | pitchdreams.com, about $12 a year. | $1 |
| So far this month · worst case if the model budget is fully used | $23.22 · $61 | |
Anything above costs goes first to reading more club sites more often. That is the whole point of the site, and the only thing more money buys.
No listings, badges, sponsorships, or softer numbers for sale. Ever.
Supporting does not put you on a list. Fee alerts are a separate, opt-in thing.
Supporters see the same data as everyone else. There is no premium tier.
Your support buys more checking, not different answers.
Questions about the money? How we make money explains every source, including the ones that do not exist yet.