Getting started guide
Three steps to launch your organization on Pathfinder: create your account, set up your organization, and connect Stripe so you can start collecting registration and sponsorship payments online.
1. Create your account
Signing up takes a couple of minutes and only asks for an email address.
- Go to the sign-up page and enter your email address (or continue with Google, if that option is shown).
- Choose a password, then check your inbox for a verification code or link from Pathfinder and confirm it.
- Once verified, you’re signed in automatically and taken straight to the “set up your organization” screen — there’s no separate login step.
Already have an account? Use Sign ininstead — no need to sign up again.
2. Set up your organization
This step creates your organization’s workspace and makes you its Owner.
- Enter your organization’s name — for example, “Riverside Youth Soccer League.” This is the only information needed at this step.
- Submit the form. Pathfinder creates your organization and makes you its Owner.
- You’re taken directly to your dashboard Overview — your organization is live and ready to configure.
Good to know: Your logo, brand colors, and a custom web address aren’t part of this step. Add those whenever you’re ready from Website and Domain in your dashboard sidebar — there’s no rush.
3. Connect Stripe to get paid
To collect registration fees and sponsorship payments directly through your site, connect a Stripe account. Stripe handles the payment processing and sends money straight to your organization’s bank account — Pathfinder never sees or stores your bank details.
What you’ll need
- Your organization’s legal business details (business type and address)
- A tax ID (EIN) or Social Security number, depending on how your organization is structured
- Basic identity details for one representative or owner
- A bank account and routing number for payouts
- In your dashboard, open Payments from the sidebar.
- Click Connect Stripe. Pathfinder creates a secure Stripe account for your organization and sends you to Stripe’s own onboarding pages.
- Fill in your business and bank details directly with Stripe.
- When you’re finished, Stripe brings you back to your Payments page automatically.
What the status banner means
- Payment account not connected — you haven’t started yet. Click Connect Stripe to begin.
- Finish payment account setup— you started, but Stripe still needs a bit more information. Click Resume onboarding to pick up right where you left off, or Sync status if you already finished but the page hasn’t updated yet.
- Payment account active— you’re all set. Registrations and sponsorships can now be paid online, and you can open your full Stripe dashboard anytime from this page.
Tip: If your onboarding link expires before you finish, that’s fine — just click Resume onboarding again and Pathfinder will generate a fresh link.
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