Every weekend I would like to review an office pool, website or tool from around the web. I will be giving an in-depth review of the quality, simplicity and creativity of the pool, tool or website so that we make informed decisions when starting out.
OFFICE POOL JUNKIE
Description: This a FREE site that will help you create and manage all your office pools. It offers office pools in all the major sports plus the World Cup and CFL football. The office junkie claims to have over 21 different formats to choose from including brackets, pickem’s, and survivor pools.
Features:
- Many different office pool formats to choose from.
- Pool configuration wizard
- Frequently Asked Questions page
- Allows for email invites, customizable scoring systems, message boards, customizable payout structure
PROs:
- Many different office pool formats (brackets, survivor, confidence, pickem, squares and playoffs). Most that I have found.
- One of the only sites to have a World Cup pool
- Easy to set up a pool (I completed a pool in just 10 minutes)
- Customizable scoring system allows some flexibility
- Can track who has paid and whose still owes
- Can run more than one pool from one screen
- A lot of control for the commish
- FREE
CONs:
- Only one World Cup format available
- Email invites go to spam folders often
- Very simplified website that does not give much information until you sign up.
- Some pressure to pay for the service
Overall: Excellent/Highly Recommend
