> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://clubdock.co.uk/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Sign up your club

> Create your club on ClubDock with its name, web address and your email — no password and no card needed.

Creating a club takes a couple of minutes. You need your club's name and an email address you can read now. There is no password, and you are not asked for a card.

## Create your club

**1. Open the signup form**

Go to [clubdock.co.uk](https://clubdock.co.uk) and choose to create a club. The form is headed **Create your club**.

**2. Name your club and choose its web address**

Type your club's name. ClubDock suggests a web address from it — "Sunshine Clubs" becomes `sunshine-clubs` — and checks it as you type. Change it if you like.

This is the link you share with parents, `clubdock.co.uk/sunshine-clubs`. **It cannot be changed later**, so choose carefully.

**3. Add your name and email**

Your first name, surname and email. You become the club's first **Manager**.

**4. Accept the terms**

Tick the box to accept ClubDock's terms of service. **Create club** stays greyed out until you do.

**5. Enter your code**

Press **Create club**. We email you a six-digit code. Type or paste it into **Your code**. The sixth digit sends it, so you don't need to press anything else.

Your club is created and you are signed in as its manager. The next step is [setting it up](https://clubdock.co.uk/docs/getting-started/set-up-your-club.md).

![The Create your club form with a club name filled in and the web address shown as available](https://mintcdn.com/club-dock/i5cYbq0jP2hBThbX/getting-started/sign-up-form.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=i5cYbq0jP2hBThbX\&q=85\&s=0179d0d371128e75ae1d48725616d920)

## Things to know

* **Nothing exists until you enter the code.** Your club, and its web address, are only created when you prove the email is yours. Until then the address is free for anyone.
* **The code lasts ten minutes, and your signup thirty.** If you wait longer than thirty minutes you are asked to start again, and what you typed is still on the form.
* **A name that matches a page on our site** — "App" or "Pricing", say — is offered with a number on the end, such as `app-2`. Otherwise your parents would reach our page instead of your club.
* **A web address someone else has** is refused before you submit.
* **You can run more than one club.** Signing up again with the same email gives you a second club on the same account.

## If something goes wrong

| What you see | What to do |
| - | - |
| The code didn't arrive | Check your spam folder, then press **Send another**. Your club's name and address are kept. |
| You typed your email wrong | Press **Use a different email**. You go back to the form with everything you typed still there. Nothing was created, so this costs nothing. |
| "That code was not right" | Check the latest email and try again. A wrong code creates nothing. After five wrong tries in fifteen minutes you have to wait a while. |
| Told something went wrong at our end | Your code was right. Wait a moment and try again. |
| Told the signup has expired | It has been more than thirty minutes. Press create again; your details are still on the form. |

## What your new club starts with

* **One venue**, named after your club. Add its address in [setup](https://clubdock.co.uk/docs/getting-started/set-up-your-club.md).
* **Registration questions** for parents and children, ready to check. See [Registration questions](https://clubdock.co.uk/docs/families/registration-questions.md).
* **Monthly bills, and nothing to pay yet.** A month costs nothing unless its sessions come to £500 or more. See [Your ClubDock subscription](https://clubdock.co.uk/docs/settings/subscription.md).


## Related topics

- [FAQs](https://clubdock.co.uk/docs/help/faqs.md)
- [ClubDock Help](https://clubdock.co.uk/docs/index.md)
- [Set up your club](https://clubdock.co.uk/docs/getting-started/set-up-your-club.md)
- [Finding your club and signing in](https://clubdock.co.uk/docs/parents/finding-your-club-and-signing-in.md)
- [Taking a register](https://clubdock.co.uk/docs/registers/taking-a-register.md)


This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.