Working site vs Academy OS: which one do you need first

Two CCCM products serve schools, clubs, and academies. They solve different pains. Buying the wrong one first wastes a season.

The short rule

- Need strangers to find you, compare packages, Register, and pay **you**? Start with a **working site**. - Need coaches to run attendance, clearance, travel lists, and permissions without spreadsheet fights? Talk **Academy OS**. - Need both eventually? Common. Order depends on which fire is burning now.

Working site — public door

CCCM builds and runs a public Register / Book site. Families finish on a phone. Money goes to your school or club — CCCM never holds it.

Commercial terms for the site rental: **$149 first month, then $99/month, three-month minimum.** Checkout: https://www.getcccm.com/checkout Clubs and sports-leaning programs: https://www.getcccm.com/sports

Use the site when Facebook or Instagram is your only storefront, when tuition is a mystery, when tryout interest dies in DMs, or when the board asks why you still lack a real URL.

Academy OS — staff desk

Academy OS is ops software for who-showed, who-is-cleared, roster moves, travel weekends, and coach roles. It is **talk-first**. We quote after conversation. **No online checkout. No public OS price on this page.** Start at https://www.getcccm.com/academy-os

Use the OS conversation when enrollment already works but daily staff chaos is the tax.

Decision guide

Ask:

1. Can a new family enroll without texting you? If no → site first. 2. Can coaches answer clearance and attendance without arguing? If no → OS talk (after or beside a decent Register path). 3. Are you about to open seats with no URL? → site before ops software shopping. 4. Are you mid-season with eighty athletes and a melting Sheet? → OS conversation now; keep the public door as-is if it works.

Invented sample (not a client)

"Beacon Hybrid Athletics (invented) bought ops hopes before they had a Register page and spent months demoing software strangers never saw. They reversed course: rented a CCCM working site for fall seats, then booked Academy OS when spreadsheet pain returned in winter." Invented — not a live program.

Pricing honesty

Site rental prices are public on checkout ($149 then $99/mo, three-month minimum). Academy OS has no public buy-online price because scope varies by locations, sports, and parent-view needs. Do not expect OS dollars in a blog post. Do not paste site prices onto OS.

One-sentence pitches for your team

Site: "Parents can enroll on a phone and pay us direct." OS: "Coaches can see who is cleared and who showed up without fighting a Sheet." If your leadership cannot tell those apart, pause buying until they can.

Budget sequencing

If cash is tight, rent the public door first so revenue seats can flow. Ops software without applicants is expensive calm. Applicants without ops becomes expensive chaos later — plan the second step before peak season if symptoms already show.

Plain next step

If the public door is the gap: https://www.getcccm.com/checkout or https://www.getcccm.com/sports. If the staff desk is the gap: https://www.getcccm.com/academy-os. Email hello@getcccm.com with school or club name, city, and which pain is louder.