# Sportscertify

> Sportscertify is a public sports certificate registry. Sports organizations issue digital certificates; athletes and coaches claim them on a public profile; anyone verifies a certificate from its QR code or link without an account.

Sportscertify International operates sportscertify.org. Organizations pay approximately €4.99 per certificate issued (pay per issuance via Stripe; no subscription required to start). Verification and athlete claims are free.

## What a certificate can record

- Tournament result, including placement and a public stat
- Participation
- Coaching license
- Referee or umpire grade
- Camp or clinic completion
- Selection to a squad, including trials
- Sportsmanship award
- Record

The issuing organization's logo is copied onto the certificate when it is issued. A later logo change does not alter certificates already issued. The name, result, and verification id are frozen. Revocation adds a public reason and does not rewrite the original facts.

## Important distinction

A Sportscertify page is a **verifiable issuance record** from the issuing organization. It is not, by itself, federation accreditation, government licensing, or independent validation of athletic ability — unless that authority is the issuer shown on the certificate.

## Privacy and indexing

- Certificate pages are **not** search-indexed by default. The holder may opt in.
- Individual profiles respect a searchable preference.
- Account, dashboard, checkout, and legal pages are not for indexing.

## Pages

- / : product overview and sample certificate
- /digital-sports-certificates : how digital sports certificates work for clubs
- /pricing : €4.99 per certificate
- /faq : issuance, claim, verification, revocation
- /about : who runs the registry
- /join : create an account (organization or individual)
- /u/{username} : public profile and claimed certificates
- /cert/{cert_hash} : public verification page for one certificate
- /o/{slug} : public organization page

## Verification

A certificate id is a SHA-256 hex digest. The public page is /cert/{cert_hash}. The page states whether the credential is valid or revoked.