Krewe & Kin — a website studio for krewes

The problem you already have

Five platforms. None of them talking to each other.

Our krewe didn't run on one system. It ran on five, and every gap between them got filled in by hand. If that sounds familiar, it isn't a discipline problem. It's a plumbing problem.

Showing: after

five places to look

Eventbrite

Tickets for one event

✕Attendees never reach the roster

◆Buyers land in the roster automatically

Facebook

All the other events

✕Gone from the feed inside a week

◆Every event on one calendar, with RSVPs

Membership software

The member list

✕Built for chambers of commerce, not krewes

◆A directory shaped like a krewe

A separate store

Merch and ball tickets

✕Another login, another set of fees

◆One checkout, on your own site

A spreadsheet

Dues

✕One person holds the whole process

◆Dues tracking that sends its own reminders

Nobody quits a krewe over a spreadsheet. They quit because they stopped feeling like they belonged to something — and on five disconnected platforms, there is no way to see who's drifting until they're gone. Why I built this

What gets built

Two halves, one platform.

A public side that recruits members and carries your krewe's story. A members' side that runs the season. Same site, one login between them.

The side everyone sees

Your story, out front

Open to the public. Built to be found and to bring people in.

History and heritage. The founding, the traditions, the costume, the years — the things that make someone want to belong.
Your charity work, where people can see it. The beads get photographed. The giving is the point.
Parade, ball and event pages that turn up when someone searches for a krewe to join.
A membership application that lands in front of your membership director instead of a shared inbox.
Galleries and video your members fill themselves, so the site stays alive between seasons.

The side that runs the season

Behind the member login

Officers get the keys. Members get one place to go.

A directory that stays current — members update themselves, so nobody maintains it by hand.
Event RSVPs. Know your headcount before parade day, not on it.
Dues tracking with automatic reminders. The site nudges late payers so your treasurer doesn't have to.
Raffles, carpools, van pools, lockers and a parade-ready checklist — the krewe-shaped things no membership platform does.
An engagement view so you can see who's drifting while there's still time to call them.
Officer reports — who's paid, who's ready, who's active, at a glance.

The rules you already live by

A new krewe's name must be unlike any established krewe's, and its costume must be original and distinguishing.

— Inter-Krewe Council membership requirements

Distinctiveness isn't a preference in this world. It's written into the rules of belonging. Your krewe spent years building a name, a costume and a story that are yours alone — because you were required to. So why would you let your website look like a chamber of commerce?

Tell me your krewe's vision and I'll give you back something that surprises you.

Why it's me

I've sat in the chair where these problems land.

A friend brought me to a parade and I fell in love with the happy people and the Gasparilla craziness. But I said yes to krewe life when I understood the fundraising and philanthropic side of it. The krewes of Tampa Bay support charities and groups that wouldn't have funding any other way. The beads and the costumes get photographed. The giving is the point.

I've served as Shamrock's social coordinator and run our raffle events, which means I've been the person chasing the headcount and the person running the raffle table. When I went looking for something that handled all of it, there wasn't one. So I built what our krewe actually needed, and then other krewes started asking.

Every hour a treasurer spends chasing dues on a spreadsheet is an hour not spent raising money for kids.

Nobody has to explain to me why parade-day headcount matters, or why dues season is miserable, or why the real job is making people feel like they're part of something. I believe in the Tampa Bay krewe world — not as a market, as a place I belong.

What I'm not going to tell you

I'm not going to show you a case study with numbers on it, because I'd be making them up.

The Krewe of Shamrock has adopted this platform and we're migrating off Wild Apricot now. That migration is underway, not finished — so if you look us up today, you'll still find our old site. That's the point. Here's what's replacing it.

I'd rather you click through the working demo, member side included, and judge it yourself than take a percentage from me that I can't stand behind.

Open the demo krewe

What it costs

Priced so a board can approve it.

I'm taking four krewes this season at a founding rate. In exchange I get to publish what happens — with your approval on anything I write. After those four, it's the standard rate.

Parade Page

The public side only. History, events, gallery and a join form — for a new or small krewe that needs to be findable.

$1,800$2,800

then $75 / month

Krewe Portal

Most krewes start here

Public site plus the member login: directory, event RSVPs, dues tracking with reminders, and member content.

$3,950$6,500

then $125 / month

Krewe HQ

Everything, for a large krewe: raffles, carpools, lockers, parade-ready checklists, officer reports, engagement tracking and email automations.

$6,900$11,500

then $195 / month

The honest version of the math. In year one this usually costs more than what you're paying now. From year two on, your running cost is lower than it is today — and unlike a subscription, it stops climbing. Add-ons are priced separately: custom domain setup, content migration from an old site, extra automations, additional training.

Half to start, half at launch. If your treasurer needs it split into thirds, that's fine — volunteer boards manage cash flow tightly.

Need to carry this into a board meeting I'm not in? I'll write you a one-page summary: what it costs, what it replaces, what you'd stop paying for.

Ask for the board summary

The questions every board asks

Fair ones. Here are the answers.

What happens if you disappear?

The right question to ask about anything custom. Three answers. Your krewe owns the code and the database outright — that's in the agreement, not a promise I make on a call. It's built on standard tools any developer can pick up, not something only I understand. And I document as I go, so you're not dependent on my memory.

If I got hit by a bus tomorrow, your krewe still has its site and its data.

Can our officers edit it themselves?

Yes. Officers get their own tools — post events, take RSVPs, mark dues paid, add photos, run a raffle — without touching code or calling me. Members maintain their own directory entries. My retainer covers the things you shouldn't have to do: hosting, backups, updates, seasonal changes and new features.

Isn't this just a template with our logo on it?

No — and the Inter-Krewe Council's own rules are why. Your name has to be unlike anyone else's and your costume has to be original. Handing you the same layout every other krewe gets would contradict the thing that makes you a krewe. Tell me your krewe's vision and I'll build you something nobody else has.

How long does it take, and what do you need from us?

Roughly six weeks for a full portal build, faster for the public site alone. What I need from you: your logo and photos, your history in whatever rough form it exists, your current member list, and your event calendar. I'll send a checklist so nobody has to guess.

If you want something live before Krewe Rush, work backwards from that date and start now.

We already pay for membership software. Why switch?

So did we, for years, and it handled a member list perfectly well. But it was built for chambers of commerce and alumni associations, so everything actually krewe-shaped still happened by hand — headcount in a group text, dues chased one member at a time, carpools in a thread nobody could find two days later.

I'm not trying to be cheaper than your platform this year. I'm trying to make sure your krewe isn't paying more every year for something it will never own.

Next step

Fifteen minutes, screen shared, no deck.

You tell me what your krewe would genuinely use and what's noise. If it's not a fit, no hard feelings — I know everyone here is donating their time.

Book fifteen minutes Walk through the demo first