Football pitch software for bookings, hours and takings

Your product is an hour, and they're not worth the same

Nine in the morning on a Tuesday and eight at night on a Friday are the same pitch and completely different businesses. One is nearly empty and costs you almost nothing; the other is full, charges more, and burns floodlights the whole time.

Most pitches know their busy times by feel and price accordingly. What they can't usually say is whether the floodlit hours, after the power bill, actually earn more than the daylight ones — or how much of the week's slots simply went unsold.

Recording each booking with its hour and its price makes both answerable. It's the difference between knowing you're busy and knowing you're profitable.

How a pitch runs it

1. Record the booking when it's paidWhich slot, what they paid, cash or Mobile Money. Deposits count as part payment; the balance sits against the team's name until they settle.
2. Price daylight and floodlit separatelyTwo services, not one. That's the only way the evening premium can be weighed against the evening power bill.
3. Put the power bill inFloodlights, water, security, turf repairs and rent are what stand between a busy month and a profitable one.
4. Add the canteen to the same booksWater, sodas and energy drinks sold at the side come out of stock and land in the same profit figure.

Your slots and rates, ready to price

Pick "Football pitch / turf" at sign-up and your list is loaded, grouped into Pitch hire, Events and Extras — plus a small canteen list. Set your own rates and add what's missing.

A monthly team slot is set up as its own line, so a regular side paying up front doesn't get lost among the walk-up bookings.

A week on one pitch

The floodlit hours still win — but they cost UGX 620,000 to run. Charge the same as daylight for them, as some pitches do, and the evening becomes the least profitable part of the week.

Regular teams are the whole business

A side that takes the same slot every Wednesday for a year is worth far more than the walk-up bookings that fill the gaps, and it's the thing most worth protecting.

Recorded as a customer rather than a cash entry, you can see what each team has paid over a season, who is behind, and which slots they hold. When a regular quietly stops coming, that shows up too — usually before you would have noticed.

PesaScope isn't a booking diary; most pitches run the schedule on WhatsApp and that works. What it adds is the money behind the schedule.

Where pitches lose money

1. Slots played and not paid for"They'll pay next week" is normal and fine — until nobody can say how many next weeks there have been. Recorded as credit, it has a name and a date.
2. Cash taken at the gate after darkEvening is the busy shift and often the least supervised. Recording each booking as it's paid gives you a count to check the cash against.
3. Tournaments priced by feelA full day costs you a full day of power, staff and wear. Recorded separately, you find out whether it beat simply selling the slots.

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