FAQ
Questions families ask.
Straight answers. If yours isn't here, ask us.
Why ProspectMade
01Why pay for this when free profiles exist?
Keep the profiles you have. A free profile is one listing on someone else's site; this is one place with your athlete's name on it that links out to all of them.
A coach can size your athlete up in 30 seconds, every number has a date and a source, and your family owns the web address. On Recruit and Pro you can also see who's watching the film.
02How is this different from a recruiting service?
We build the platform and the presence: the site, the film and the profile PDF, at a web address your family owns. Recruit adds a private activity dashboard and a camp and showcase shortlist each season. Pro adds a monthly report and call, and a seasonal update email we prepare for you to approve and send.
We never promise offers, scholarships, roster spots or replies from coaches. Your athlete earns those.
03Can you guarantee a scholarship or an offer?
No. No one can do that honestly. We build a professional site that puts your athlete's film, numbers and story in one place, so coaches and scouts can evaluate them faster. We don't promise scholarships, offers, roster spots, replies from coaches or pro opportunities. Your athlete earns the rest.
04What if a number is wrong, or we can't prove it?
A number goes on the site with its date and where it came from. A number you measured yourself is labeled "Family-reported" with the month.
If two sources disagree, we ask you before anything goes live. A stat the source didn't record shows as "—", never as a zero.
05Which accounts does ProspectMade connect to?
None automatically. We bring it all together by hand: film from Hudl, YouTube or GameChanger, numbers from MaxPreps, event results, testing reports and scorebooks, each with its date and source.
Your athlete's site then links out to every public profile they already have, so nothing you've built is lost.
Outreach
01Do you contact coaches for us?
No. We prepare outreach for your family to approve and send. At launch every family gets email templates, an email signature, the site link and how to share it. On Pro we also prepare one seasonal "what's new" email for the school contacts you choose.
Your athlete or a parent sends it from your own email, so coaches hear from your family and replies come straight to you.
02Who can see the activity dashboard (/stats)?
Your family. It's behind a password on your athlete's own site and never shows up in search. Coaches can't see it, and no other family can see yours.
03What does the activity dashboard actually show?
Activity shows who opened your links, not whether a coach is interested.
It counts profile visits, video plays, PDF downloads and contact messages. Each school you email gets a unique link (a tracked link), and a school's name shows only when the visit came through that link. Links can be forwarded, a play means the film started, and known bots are filtered out, though some automated visits get through. Interest is what a coach tells you directly.
04How do camp and showcase picks work?
Once a season on Recruit and Pro, we send a shortlist of 3 to 5 camps or showcases that fit your athlete's goals, location and budget, and any school interest a coach has confirmed.
Where an event publishes its coach list, we check it and tell you which coaches are listed to attend. That's never a promise a coach will be there, evaluate your athlete or reach out.
Ownership and cancelling
01Who owns the web address (the domain)?
Your family owns your athlete's web address (the domain) from day one. If you'd like help, we buy and set it up for you, registered in a parent's name (or the athlete's, if they're an adult), ideally in a registrar account you control. You get the login, a recovery email that isn't on the site's own domain, and two-step sign-in where it's offered. We keep technical access so we can manage it, and we never hold the domain back or tie it to staying with us.
02Who owns the website?
Your family owns the finished website once the build fee is paid in full, and it's built with open-source tools you can keep using on any host (details in our terms).
Photos and film stay with whoever owns them now; we only ask permission to use them.
03What happens if we cancel?
Cancel any time by email. There's no cancellation fee, and your site stays up through the billing period you've paid for. Partial months aren't refunded unless the law requires it. Your web address stays yours, and once the build fee is paid in full, so does the website: on request we send the website files and help with domain access within 10 business days, with no release fee. Cancelling hosting doesn't cancel a build payment plan, and after the paid period the site goes offline unless it's been moved. After you cancel, domain renewals are yours, and any registration time already paid for stays with the domain until it expires.
04Can we move the site to another host?
Yes. A fully paid site and your domain can move to another provider. We send the website files and help with domain access within 10 business days, with no release fee. Hosting elsewhere and any migration work are separate services.
The contact form, tracked links and /stats run on our hosting. On another host they need to be set up again or replaced.
Updates
01Can we see the site before it goes live?
Yes. We build it on a private preview that only your family can open. Nothing goes live until a parent approves it (or you do, for college and pro).
02How long does it take to build?
Once we receive your completed intake and required materials, your athlete's website typically launches within two to three weeks (10 to 15 business days). We confirm a target date at kickoff. Missing content, late approvals or added scope can move it.
03How do updates work?
After each tournament, send new stats, results, film or photos. Once we have the complete details, media and any approvals, we update your private preview within 48 hours. It goes live once you approve, and the profile PDF updates with it.
04How soon do you reply?
We'll respond to your inquiry or call request within one business day. After your consultation, we'll send your proposal and next steps within one business day.
05What do we need to send you?
Film clips or links, recent photos with the photographer's name, stats with where each came from, a few lines from your athlete about themselves, and the schools you're targeting. The full checklist is on How it works.
See the checklistPrivacy
01What do you keep private for a minor?
No home address, no birth date, no school schedule, and no personal phone number unless you approve it in writing. A parent approves the site before it goes live and approves each update.
02What's different for a younger athlete?
Youth sites use first name and last initial and never show a school. A parent owns the account and approves everything. There's no outreach and no per-school tracking.
NCAA
01Does your fee depend on an offer or a commitment?
Never. Our fee is for the site and the services we deliver, never tied to an offer, a scholarship, a roster spot or any recruiting result. No success bonuses and no "pay when you commit".
Nothing on this site is NCAA approval or eligibility advice. Rules vary by sport, division and athlete status, so check with the compliance office at the schools your athlete is talking to.
02What are the NCAA rules on contact with coaches?
They depend on the sport, the division and your athlete's class year, and they change. We don't interpret them for you.
Check the NCAA's current recruiting calendar for your sport, or ask the compliance office at a college your athlete is talking to.
Any email we prepare is sent by your athlete or a parent, after you approve it. We don't contact coaches on your behalf.
Pricing
01What does the first year cost?
The build fee plus 12 months of the care plan, before discounts: Showcase $1,347, Recruit $2,583, Pro $4,443. Monthly billing starts at launch.
02What does the monthly fee cover?
It starts when your site launches. It covers hosting, your personal domain, and updates within 48 hours of receiving complete tournament details, media and approvals. Changes go to your private preview first and go live once you approve. Recruit and Pro add the services listed on each package.
03Why does the monthly fee differ by package?
Recruit adds a private activity dashboard (/stats) and a shortlist of 3 to 5 camps or showcases each season. Pro adds a monthly engagement report, a 20-minute call each month, one seasonal "what's new" email prepared for you to send, and up to 2 social graphics a month.
Text alerts are planned. They're not part of any package yet.
04Can we pay the build fee over time?
Yes. Pay the build fee in 3 monthly payments, no extra charge.
Sports
01Which sports do you work with?
Every sport. Baseball, softball, basketball, football, soccer, volleyball, track and field, and more.
Each site is built around your athlete's sport: the measurables its coaches look for, the stat lines it keeps, and film sorted the way its coaches watch.
Where we work
01Where do you work?
Nationwide and remote.
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