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Setting up your camp on PlayaOS takes about five minutes. You’ll create an account, give your camp a name and URL slug, choose a preset that matches your camp type, and optionally invite your admin team — all before your portal is live and accepting applications.

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Create your account

Before you can create a camp, you need a PlayaOS account. Go to app.playaos.app and sign up with your email address. If you already have an account from a previous season, sign in instead.

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Create your camp organization

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Click 'New Camp'

After signing in, you’ll land on the platform console. Click New Camp to open the camp creation form.
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Enter your camp name

Type your full camp display name — for example, BRC Pickleball Club or Camp Wanderlust. This name appears in your portal header, emails, and meta titles throughout PlayaOS. You can update it later in your branding settings.
3

Choose your URL slug

Your slug becomes your camp’s subdomain: yourslug.playaos.app. Type a short, readable identifier — lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens only, between 2 and 30 characters.
Choose your slug carefully. It becomes part of every URL you share with applicants and members — on social media, in emails, and on your website. Changing it later requires updating those links everywhere. Keep it short, on-brand, and easy to type (e.g., waffles, camp-fire, brc-pickle).
A few slugs are reserved and can’t be used: app, www, api, studio, status, docs, help, and admin. If your preferred slug is taken, try adding a short suffix (e.g., yourcamp-brc).
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Select a camp type preset

Choose the preset that best describes your organization. Presets tailor the default features and terminology in your portal so they fit your situation from day one.You can adjust individual features in your settings after setup — the preset just sets sensible defaults.
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Invite your admin team (optional)

If other people will help you manage the camp, add their email addresses now. Each invite requires a role:
  • Admin — can manage members, applications, shifts, and payments
  • Super admin — everything an admin can do, plus manage other admins and camp settings
You can skip this step and invite admins later from the Settings → Team section of your portal.
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Submit and go live

Click Create camp. PlayaOS provisions your portal, seeds your default role permissions, and assigns you the super_admin role automatically.Within a few seconds you’ll be redirected to your new portal at yourslug.playaos.app. Your camp is live.

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What happens next

Once your camp is created:
  • Your portal is live at yourslug.playaos.app
  • Any invited admins receive an email with a link to join
  • Your application page is available at yourslug.playaos.app/apply — though you’ll want to configure your branding and settings before sharing it publicly
New camps start on the Free plan, which supports up to 10 members and 5 admins. If you’re setting up a camp with a larger roster or need the member portal, upgrade to the Camp or Network plan in Settings → Billing. See Plans and billing for a full comparison.

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Next steps

Branding and config

Set your camp name, contact email, Givebutter URL, and custom domain.

Plans and billing

Compare plans and upgrade when you’re ready.

Payment integration

Connect Givebutter so dues payments sync automatically.

Managing applications

Start reviewing applicants once your portal is configured.