Bothy is not solving authentication. It is solving something older and bigger: portable belonging and recognition. A community hands its members one pass. That pass lives in the member's phone, it cannot be copied or sold, and it works everywhere the community wants it to count: on the website, in the store, at the counter, and online at any partner that chooses to honor it.

Same pass. Every place you belong.

The Bothy toolkit

One Skye license turns all of this on. Members never pay. Mix and match the pieces your community actually needs.

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The Pass

A membership card that lives in your member's phone wallet. They carry it everywhere. It cannot be copied, forwarded or sold.

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SkyeGate

Members-only pages, posts and downloads on your website. The content simply is not there unless the pass checks out.

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SkyeWoo

Automatic member pricing in your online store. The right price shows up at checkout, no coupon code to type or leak.

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The Scanner

Recognize a member in person. They tap or show their pass at the counter or the door, and staff never see a wallet address.

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Browser recognition

Members get their discount automatically as they shop online, even on other stores that choose to honor the pass.

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One license

A single Skye license runs every tool above. Set your rules once. Founding communities get the first year free.

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Find your community in here

These look like very different markets on the surface. Underneath, they all want the same thing: take care of the people who belong, without building an app or leaking a list.

Youth sports leagues & club teams

Coaches and league admins keep game film, schedules and team news for players and parents, and run a team store on the side.

What they use today

  • A team group chat plus a shared Drive folder for game film that anyone can forward
  • A coach's spreadsheet of who paid and who is on the roster
  • A cash box at the snack bar and no real store, or a store with no way to reward families

What they would use with Bothy

PassSkyeGateSkyeWooScanner
  • Pass to every player's family
  • SkyeGate keeps game film and schedules for the team only
  • SkyeWoo runs the team store with automatic family pricing on jerseys and gear
  • Scanner at tournaments applies the member price at the snack bar or the gate

Why it is better: game film and strategy stay inside the team instead of getting screenshotted around the league, the store rewards the families who show up, and there is no password to leak. The family already carries the pass.

How you would set it up

  1. Create your club in the dashboard, free. Add your crest and create your team pass.

  2. Email every family an invite. They tap once and the pass lands in their phone wallet. No app, no account to make.

  3. Add SkyeGate to your team site, point it at your pass, and game film plus schedules turn members-only.

  4. Open your store with SkyeWoo and set a family price. At tournaments, open the Scanner and tap a pass to give the member price at the snack bar.

  5. Film stays with the team, the store rewards the families who show up, and there is never a password to leak.

Read the full youth-sports guide →

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K-12 PTAs & school parent groups

Parent associations coordinate volunteers, fundraising and class news, and guard a family directory that should never go public.

What they use today

  • A printed or Google Sheet family directory that ends up with a telemarketer
  • Shared Docs for volunteer signups that anyone with the link can open
  • A password on the "parents page" that gets forwarded the first week

What they would use with Bothy

PassSkyeGate
  • Pass to every enrolled family
  • SkyeGate gates the directory, fundraising info and volunteer pages to families only

Why it is better: the directory cannot be screenshotted into a marketing list, access follows enrollment automatically, and there is no shared password to chase down at the end of the year.

How you would set it up

  1. Set up your PTA in the dashboard, free, and create your family pass.

  2. Invite every enrolled family by email. One tap and they are in, nothing to download.

  3. Add SkyeGate to your school site and put the directory, fundraising pages and volunteer signups behind the pass.

  4. The directory can never be screenshotted into a telemarketer's list, and access follows enrollment with no password to manage.

Read the full PTA guide →

Independent cafes, coffee shops & bars

Local spots want to treat regulars like regulars, both at the counter and online, without making anyone download an app.

What they use today

  • A paper punch card, or a loyalty app nobody downloads
  • A coupon code online that spreads to strangers
  • No way to recognize the same regular in person and on the website

What they would use with Bothy

PassScannerSkyeWooBrowser recognition
  • A regulars pass their community already carries
  • Scanner applies the regular's price on a tap at the counter
  • SkyeWoo gives the same member price in the online shop
  • Browser recognition can honor nearby school, team or alumni passes too

Why it is better: loyalty without a custom app or a drawer full of punch cards, the same regular recognized in person and online, and the option to pull in the whole neighborhood by honoring the passes of the groups next door.

How you would set it up

  1. Create your regulars club in the dashboard, free, and make your regulars pass.

  2. Hand it out: a card on the counter, a link in your newsletter, a tap at the register. It lands in the customer's wallet.

  3. Open the Scanner on a tablet or phone at the counter. A regular taps, the regular's price applies, and you never see a wallet.

  4. Add SkyeWoo for the same member price online, and set your recognition rulebook to honor the local school or team passes too.

  5. Real loyalty with no app and no punch cards, and an open door to every community next door.

Read the full cafe guide →

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Local independent bookstores

A bookstore can be the place that quietly rewards everyone in town who belongs to something local.

What they use today

  • Punch cards and an email list
  • A generic "members 10% off" code that travels far beyond members
  • No clean way to honor a neighbor group without building a database

What they would use with Bothy

ScannerBrowser recognitionSkyeWoo
  • Recognize passes from nearby schools, alumni groups and clubs
  • Browser recognition applies community pricing online
  • Scanner applies it at the register in the store

Why it is better: grassroots loyalty without punch cards or apps. The store reads an inbound pass, confirms one condition, and stores nothing personal. It becomes a hub of local community pricing.

How you would set it up

  1. Sign in to the dashboard and set your recognition rulebook: the school, alumni and club passes you want to welcome, and the discount each one earns.

  2. Add SkyeWoo so community pricing applies online the moment a recognized pass is present.

  3. Open the Scanner at the register to honor those same passes in the shop.

  4. You become the store that rewards everyone in town who belongs to something, and you store none of their data to do it.

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University alumni associations & foundations

Alumni groups offer perks to verified graduates and donors: briefings, events, reunion and store pricing, and standing in the local community.

What they use today

  • A massive CRM list and "Sign in with Google" that hands data to a tech giant
  • A separate ticketing tool for every event
  • Manual cleanup every time someone lapses or renews

What they would use with Bothy

PassSkyeGateSkyeWooBrowser recognition
  • Pass to verified grads and donors
  • SkyeGate gates the alumni portal and private briefings
  • SkyeWoo runs reunion and merch member pricing
  • Local merchants recognize alumni passes around campus

Why it is better: access tracks qualification on its own, so a lapse quietly removes access with no admin cleanup. Alumni identity becomes portable across local merchants, and no member data is surrendered to a tech giant.

How you would set it up

  1. Create your association in the dashboard and issue your alumni pass.

  2. Invite verified grads and donors by email. The pass lives in their wallet and travels with them.

  3. Gate the alumni portal and private briefings with SkyeGate, and run reunion and merch pricing with SkyeWoo.

  4. Invite local merchants to recognize the alumni pass around campus.

  5. Lapsed members lose access on their own with no cleanup, and alumni status becomes a perk that works all over town.

Read the full alumni guide →

Churches & faith congregations

Congregations know belonging better than anyone. They need private member communication and simple, trustworthy gatherings.

What they use today

  • A directory binder or spreadsheet and a group text thread
  • A shared Zoom link that gets forwarded outside the congregation
  • Paper sign-up sheets for events and volunteering

What they would use with Bothy

PassSkyeGateScanner
  • Pass to members
  • SkyeGate protects member communications and schedules
  • Scanner handles event check-ins and member-only gatherings

Why it is better: directories and internal schedules stay protected, a private gathering link becomes a pass condition instead of a forwardable secret, and volunteer coordination lives in one place.

How you would set it up

  1. Set up your congregation in the dashboard, free, and create your member pass.

  2. Invite members by email. One tap, pass in wallet, no new login to remember.

  3. Put member communications and schedules behind SkyeGate, and use the Scanner for event check-ins and member gatherings.

  4. A private link becomes a pass condition instead of a forwardable secret, and the directory stays with the congregation.

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Creator & podcast communities

Creators want a membership that belongs to them and follows the fan, instead of being rented from a platform.

What they use today

  • A subscription platform that owns the audience and takes a cut of belonging
  • A Discord and a pile of gated posts behind a platform login
  • Membership tied to one platform, gone if the creator ever leaves it

What they would use with Bothy

PassSkyeGate
  • A Pass that follows the fan, not the platform
  • SkyeGate gates private articles, livestreams and downloads on the creator's own site

Why it is better: the membership is portable, the creator owns the relationship, there is no platform tax on belonging, and fans carry their access across every place the creator shows up.

How you would set it up

  1. Create your community in the dashboard and mint your membership pass.

  2. Give fans the pass by email or a link from any platform you are on. It lives in their wallet, not in someone else's app.

  3. Add SkyeGate to your own site and gate private articles, livestreams and downloads to pass holders.

  4. The membership follows the fan across every platform, and you own the relationship instead of renting it.

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Neighborhood & HOA associations

Resident groups need a private channel that is actually private, not an open social group anyone can join.

What they use today

  • An open Facebook group that drifts well past the actual residents
  • A leaked Google Doc of shared resources
  • Email blasts and forwardable links

What they would use with Bothy

PassSkyeGate
  • Pass to residents
  • SkyeGate for resident-only announcements, documents and shared resources

Why it is better: resident-only without an open social group, a portable neighborhood identity, and shared links that stop being forwardable secrets.

How you would set it up

  1. Set up your association in the dashboard, free, and create a resident pass.

  2. Invite residents by email. One tap and they hold the pass, nothing to install.

  3. Put announcements, documents and shared resources behind SkyeGate so only residents get in.

  4. A real private channel without an open social group, and links that stop leaking past the block.

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Music venues & fan clubs

Venues and fan clubs run presales, VIP pricing and door lists, and want recognition that holds up better than a screenshot.

What they use today

  • Coupon codes and QR screenshots that get shared
  • A mailing list for presale announcements
  • A paper door list and a slow line

What they would use with Bothy

PassSkyeWooScanner
  • Pass for the fan club
  • SkyeWoo runs presale and VIP pricing automatically
  • Scanner recognizes fans fast at the door

Why it is better: far more durable than a coupon code or a forwarded screenshot, presale and VIP pricing apply on their own, and the same pass works online and at the door.

How you would set it up

  1. Create your fan club in the dashboard and issue the fan pass.

  2. Share it from your socials and mailing list. Fans tap once and carry it in their wallet.

  3. Run presale and VIP pricing through SkyeWoo, and open the Scanner at the door for fast recognition on the night.

  4. Presale and VIP pricing that cannot be screenshotted around, working the same online and at the door.

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Private clubs, social cohorts & member groups

Invitation-only groups need a digital door that only opens for active members, online and in person.

What they use today

  • A shared Zoom link and a members-only email thread
  • A password and a spreadsheet of who is in
  • Links treated as secrets that inevitably get forwarded

What they would use with Bothy

PassSkyeGateScanner
  • Pass as the membership itself
  • SkyeGate as the digital door for private links and files
  • Scanner for in-person member nights

Why it is better: only active, verified members get in, the pass replaces forwardable links and shared passwords, and removing someone is a quiet revoke instead of resetting a password for the whole group.

How you would set it up

  1. Create your group in the dashboard, free, and mint the membership pass.

  2. Invite members by email. The pass is the membership, held in their own wallet.

  3. Use SkyeGate as the digital door for private links and files, and the Scanner for in-person member nights.

  4. Only active members get in, and removing someone is a quiet revoke, not a password reset for everyone else.

And then the magic: what happens when they are all on it

Everything above is useful for one organization on its own. But communities do not live alone. A parent is also an alum. An alum is also a regular at the cafe. The cafe owner's kids play in the soccer league. The same people belong to many things at once, and with Bothy they carry a pass for each one in the same wallet.

Give a little, get a little, everywhere you belong.

Recognition is a rulebook each organization sets once: the passes it chooses to honor, and what each one earns. The Scanner reads that rulebook in person, and browser recognition reads it online. So an organization can decide to recognize the communities around it, and the moment it does, its members and theirs start to overlap.

A Saturday in a town running on Bothy

  1. A parent opens game film from this week's match. Their soccer-club pass lets them in. No password.
  2. On the way home they stop at the cafe, which honors the soccer club and the PTA. They tap their pass and get the regular's price.
  3. They order a birthday gift from the bookstore online. The bookstore honors the alumni association they belong to, so community pricing applies at checkout on its own.
  4. That night they buy reunion tickets from the alumni store. Same pass, same wallet, member pricing again.

No one shared a database. No one sold a list. Each business and group simply read one inbound pass and confirmed a single condition. The cafe never saw the school's roster. The bookstore never got the alumni list. The connections are real, but the private data never moved.

That is the cross-everything effect. Cross-marketing: every organization's members become discoverable to the friendly groups next door, so the soccer families find the cafe and the cafe's regulars find the bookstore. Cross-recognition: a pass earned in one place earns a welcome in another. Cross-relationships: a whole town of communities and small businesses forms a web of recognition with no data broker in the middle.

This is why the same toolkit serves schools, cafes, churches, teams, creators and alumni even though they look nothing alike. They are not buying authentication. They are joining a network of portable belonging, and the network gets more valuable every time another community shows up.

Bothy is a recognition network for communities.

Portable membership and recognition infrastructure for real-world communities and local commerce. Not wallets, not blockchains, not token gating. A way for the people who belong to be recognized and rewarded, everywhere they belong.

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