Skills on Show — A private stage for their best moments

Built to be watched

This is what the people you invite will see.

A cinematic, mobile-perfect gallery of photos and video highlights — presented like a professional portfolio, not a post begging for engagement.

Original work, beautifully framed

A whole story in one place

Milestones worth keeping

Performances with presence

These examples come from our public demo account. Football first — but built equally for dance, music, art and any skill worth showing.

Simple on purpose

From camera roll to showcase in an afternoon.

Claim your address

A permanent home like alex.skillsonshow.com. Simple email-code sign-in — no app store, no account for viewers, nothing to install.

Upload the good stuff

Photos and video highlights, arranged your way with your own colours and branding. Live preview before anything goes out.

Share deliberately

Send a private link, or set a single-use or 30-day password. You decide how it is shared and when access credentials expire.

Same clip. Two different fates.

What happens to a highlight when you post it — versus when you show it.

On social media

Used to drive engagement and advertising
May be fed to strangers by an algorithm
Open to comments from anyone
Can be indexed, copied or scraped
Quickly buried in a moving feed
Your child becomes the product

The price of "free"

On Skills on Show

You retain ownership — we never sell it
Seen only by people you invite
No comments. No strangers. No noise.
Never listed, with search and AI exclusion signals
A permanent address that only improves
Your child is the star, not the product

The point of paid

Claim your address

Set up in an afternoon · From A$29/year

Why this exists

Built by a parent who wouldn't post his son's games online.

Skills on Show didn't start as a business. It started as one private page for one young footballer — and a refusal to hand his childhood to an algorithm.

When scouts asked to see my son's football highlights, I had two options: hand them a chaotic camera roll, or put a twelve-year-old on social media — with the comments, the strangers, the ads and an algorithm feeding on his childhood.

I refused to do either. So I built him a private showcase instead: one elegant page, one link, designed to stay out of search and seen only by the coaches and family we chose. It worked so well that other parents kept asking for one.

Skills on Show is that idea, made for every family. It's not a social network. There is nothing to like, nothing to comment on, and nothing for sale — except a beautiful home for the moments you're proudest of.

Founder, Skills on Show— a football parent, Sydney

The Family Charter

Four promises we will never break.

PROMISE 01

Their content stays theirs.

You retain ownership of every photo and video you have the right to upload. Download your originals anytime. We never sell your media or train AI on it.

PROMISE 02

Kept out of public discovery.

Showcase pages are never listed by us, carry search and AI-crawler exclusion signals, and can be password-protected — right down to the media itself.

PROMISE 03

No social machinery.

No likes, comments, followers, DMs or public directory. Accounts are adult-owned, and the optional contact form stays off unless you turn it on.

PROMISE 04

Never scattered.

Your media lives in private, access-controlled storage and is delivered through controlled links — never posted to public platforms, social networks or open storage.

NEVER
SOLD

"We make money one way: a small annual fee. Not from your data, not from ads, not from your children's faces."

Small price. Serious presentation.

Less than a pair of boots. Once a year.

Simple annual plans in Australian dollars, GST included. No monthly drip. No surprise upsells.

Basic

A$29 /year

Everything needed to share the work beautifully and privately.

30 published tiles
2 GB private storage
Video up to 3 minutes
Private link or password access
Download your originals anytime
Six designed backgrounds

Start with Basic

Premium — most popular

A$47 /year

More room, longer video and a built-in editing workflow.

Unlimited tiles within 10 GB
Video up to 5 minutes
Browser editing & render workflow
Download originals + edited outputs
Custom background imagery
Everything in Basic

Go Premium

Confirmed introductory private-beta pricing. Australian dollars, GST included.

Questions parents ask

The fine print, in plain English.

Can anyone find my child's page by searching?

Showcase pages are never listed by us and carry explicit exclusion signals for search engines, archives and AI crawlers. Viewers need the exact link and, if you enable it, the current password. No technical control can prevent an authorised viewer from copying what they can see.

Who owns the photos and videos?

You retain ownership of content you have the right to upload. You can download your originals at any time, and if you leave, your export comes with you. We use only the limited rights needed to store, protect, process and deliver your showcase.

Do viewers need an account or app?

No. Anyone you share with opens the link in a browser on any device. No sign-up or installation is required, and there are no advertising trackers.

Is this just for football?

Football is where we started, but the showcase works for any skill — dance, music, art, athletics, drama, craft. If it's worth being proud of, it's worth showing well.

Can strangers contact my child?

No. There are no comments, messages or follower systems anywhere on the platform. An optional contact form exists for adult-managed pages and is switched off by default.

Where is my media stored?

Your media is currently stored in AWS's Sydney region in private, access-controlled storage. Approved viewers receive it through protected delivery links; the underlying storage is not publicly listed.

Put the highlights on show.
Keep the internet out.

This is what the people you invite will see.

From camera roll to showcase in an afternoon.

Claim your address

Upload the good stuff

Share deliberately

What happens to a highlight when you post it — versus when you show it.

On social media

On Skills on Show

Built by a parent who wouldn't post his son's games online.

Four promises we will never break.

Their content stays theirs.

Kept out of public discovery.

No social machinery.

Never scattered.

Less than a pair of boots. Once a year.

The fine print, in plain English.

Give their best moments somewhere worth visiting.