For Facebook group admins
A control tower for the Facebook group you already run.
We’re dink.one - an early-stage startup building out of Southwest Florida. If you’re the admin of a pickleball group on Facebook, we take the weekly RSVP-wrangling, level-arguing, and announcement-reposting off your plate. Your group keeps living on Facebook - the admin grind moves here. We’re looking for 10 Charter Organizers.
Prefer to look around first? See the manager view.
What we take off your plate
Today
“Reading 60 comments on a Facebook post every week just to figure out who's actually showing up.”
With dink.one
One-tap RSVPs, live roster, automatic waitlist. No more comment-thread archaeology, no more “Join the reply chain to hold your spot.”
Today
“Arguing in the comments about who's what level because everyone's self-reporting a different number.”
With dink.one
Club-wide d1R rating (Cayman Protocol v3.2, Glicko-2 math). One scale everyone agrees on.
Today
“Posting the same announcement three times because the Facebook feed buries it and half your members never see it.”
With dink.one
Broadcast once to every member via in-app + push. No feed algorithm sitting between you and your group.
Today
“A Facebook group for chatter, a spreadsheet for the ladder, a group chat for scheduling, a payment app for dues - nothing in one place.”
With dink.one
Games + rankings + messaging + a member directory in one surface. Your Facebook group stays where the conversation lives; the admin work moves here.
What's built and what isn't
No vaporware. Here’s an honest status on every feature organizers care about.
- Works today
Game scheduling + RSVPs
Create games, cap attendance, auto-waitlist, check in at the court. Works today.
- Works today
Member directory
Invite-link-based - admin shares a link, members self-sign-up. No CSV imports, no email harvesting.
- Works today
d1R ratings + group leaderboard
Every logged match updates the active rating. Fully transparent math. Works today.
- Works today
Messaging + broadcasts
DMs, group chats, admin broadcasts to all members. Works today.
- Actively building
Ladder / tournament brackets
Round-robin + single-elim scheduling with auto-pairing. Actively being improved.
- On the roadmap
Payments (dues, event fees)
Stripe-based operator tier. Coming as soon as we have three Charter Organizers who want it.
Limited · Capped at 10
Charter Organizers
The first 10 organizers who adopt dink.one with their group get named on our launch story, direct access to the team, and waived fees for year one. If something’s missing, you’ll feel like you built it — because you did.
- Named "Charter Organizer" - permanent badge on your admin profile, capped at the first 10.
- Direct feedback channel to the team - your requests land at the top of the build queue.
- Operator-tier fees waived for your first year. No "startup tax" while we earn it.
- Co-brand on our launch story: your group's name alongside dink.one.
Southwest Florida first. If you run a group outside SW Florida, talk to us anyway — we’ll keep you in the loop and reach out when we come to your area.
How onboarding works
20-min demo with Robin. No deck. We walk through the manager view on a real pickleball group, answer questions, and you tell us what’s missing.
Create your facility, get your invite link. Every facility on dink.one gets a short invite code — we give you a link like
dink.one/join/YOURCODE. Pin it to your Facebook group (or drop it in the description). Members tap it, sign up themselves, and land inside your facility. No CSV import, no mass invite, no email harvesting, and no Facebook login required — we literally don’t have those tools. Everyone opts in individually.Run one real game through dink.one. We’ll help set it up. Usually a regular weekly session. That’s when it clicks.
Weekly check-in for the first month.15 minutes, what’s working, what isn’t, what we should build next. Your feedback shapes the product.
Let's talk.
If you admin a pickleball group on Facebook in Southwest Florida (or anywhere, really), we’d love 20 minutes. No deck, no pressure — just a demo and your honest reaction. Or skip the call and sign up free right now — your first game takes minutes to set up.
How it all fits together →