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Sports Carnival is a vertical SaaS platform for sports and entertainment venues, positioned as “All-in-One Booking, Waiver & POS Software.” It covers the full workflow from customer discovery and online booking to on-site check-in, digital waivers, POS spending, memberships/leagues, and follow-up email/SMS marketing plus Google review prompts. It is designed for scenarios such as axe throwing, paintball, pickleball, golf simulators, escape rooms, and youth sports leagues.
The product centers on real-time online booking, deposit/confirmation/cancellation controls, digital waivers, QR check-in, site or lane/court allocation, POS sales, package discounts, and membership and league management. On the marketing side, it offers automated emails, SMS, abandoned-cart recovery, review prompts, and targeted promotions. On the management side, reporting and analytics help track revenue generated by activities and locations. For franchises and multi-location organizations, the materials explicitly mention centralized control over products/pricing/promotions, flexible local management by role and location, granular permissions, and cross-location analytics. Enterprise also supports SSO via SAML/OAuth, custom SLAs, and a dedicated CSM.
Pricing is relatively transparent: Starter is $99/month and includes unlimited bookings and digital waivers, but is marked with a +5.5% fee; Growth is $199/month and adds POS and payments, unlimited admins, reporting, unlimited support, automated/marketing emails, forms, gift cards, and coupons; Pro is $299/month and adds leagues, memberships, automated SMS, API access, and multi-location tools; Enterprise is custom-priced. The official site also shows another naming structure such as Pro at $199 and Ultimate at $299, so buyers should confirm the latest plans before purchasing. Payment integrations explicitly support Stripe and Square. There are no setup fees, cancellation is available at any time, and annual billing saves up to 15%.
Its strengths are a focused use case and a complete feature chain, allowing it to replace multiple tools for booking, forms, POS, marketing, and reporting. It also provides relatively clear support for franchises and multi-venue operations. Customer reviews frequently mention ease of use and responsive support. The drawbacks are that no free plan is disclosed, only a free demo; Starter’s transaction costs may scale up significantly with sales volume; security and compliance information is limited, with no visible mention of SOC 2, PCI, GDPR, etc.; and API access only appears in the Pro description, with insufficient developer documentation. It is best suited for North American sports and entertainment venues, multi-activity facilities, and chain operators. If you run a single small venue with low transaction volume, you should carefully calculate the subscription fee and transaction rate.
The available materials do not specify access conditions from China. Payments mainly rely on Stripe/Square, which may limit usage and payment collection for Mainland China entities. Network connectivity, SMS deliverability, and Google review functionality also need to be tested in practice. For China-local use cases, alternatives to compare include Meituan/Dianping booking, WeChat Mini Programs, Weimob, Youzan, or local ticketing and reservation systems.
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sportscarnival.com is an United States SaaS provider. TG4G tracks its product information, with monthly pricing from $99.00, an overall rating of 7.0/10, and a China-accessibility score of Workable. Click "Visit Official Site" to reach sportscarnival.com directly.