People who are interested in switching to Sleeper often spend a lot of time focused on what they might lose if they make the switch.  

The short answer is that unless you have some really extreme or unusual way of doing the scoring, then we likely can handle that on Sleeper.

We've been screwed in the past by both online and offline drafts, so we made the product that solved every draft day problem we've encountered - the Sleeper Draftboard.

The draftboard offers total commissioner control at all times, with unlimited pick changes, pauses, and undos. 

You can start the draft at any time, in case people are late. Half your league can be drafting on the big screen while the other half drafts remotely. It works perfectly on the web and mobile. 

Lastly, we designed the interface to be a board so you can easily see when position runs are happening, and the positional needs of your opponents.

The board has can be cast to your big screen, and offers the option of dark mode as well.

Nobody else offers this experience in their draft. We understand how important the draft is, and how flexible software needs to be to solve those problems.

You can learn more here: Why you should use the Sleeper draftboard for your live draft

If you've ever used Slack or Discord, this interface may seem familiar to you. You can see that free agent moves, as well as league banter all, happen within this chat.

You can also send photos, conduct polls, and issue challenges directly from the chat. This chat is identical on mobile as it is on the web, and sends push notifications to your phone when you are away.

Simply put, league chat is the best way to stay connected, no matter what platform you use, and it's the single reason that our leagues are considered the most active and fun of all the platforms.

Here's what 1:1 and group messaging looks like on our platform:

You can even make friends and block other users:

We care deeply about facilitating communication between leaguemates because we know that it is very difficult to get in touch with owners in your league unless you are close friends.

With Sleeper, more trades happen because more discussions happen. Fewer people miss draft times because everyone is more organized and informed.

Our team is committed to ensuring that you and your leaguemates have an enjoyable and fulfilling experience while playing fantasy sports on Sleeper. 

We want to make sure that your league runs smoothly, and unlike most platforms, we're much more accessible and responsive to your questions and concerns. 

We have a Sleeper Help Center where you can search for questions related to leagues, waivers, frequently asked questions, and more.
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For more complex matters we have an easily accessible support team that you can reach via email at [email protected]. 

Our goal is to make it so that you spend less time worrying about issues, and more time enjoying football.

Our gameday experience is a huge differentiator. 

Here's a quick list:

The Waiver Countdown turns your Tuesday waivers experience into a major weekly event that your leaguemates will look forward to. Spamming refresh on your league while not knowing if your waivers will process at 1:00am or 4:00am is a thing of the past.

A summary is then displayed immediately in your league chat for all to see.  Owners have the opportunity to gloat aloud or voice their regrets.

Waiver Countdown is possible because of Sleeper’s Instant Waiver Processing technology. We engineered Sleeper Leagues from the ground up to be faster than any other platform. 

Have you ever wanted to acquire a player, but you were not the perfect trade partner?

With Sleeper, you can start a group chat to discuss the possibilities of a 3-way trade, and then make it happen in our multi-team trade interface.

Our goal is to make trading feel like an authentic NFL GM experience, done through an intuitive user interface.

You can customize your final standings to affect playoff seeding based on your own rules. For example, some leagues will have the points leader be the second seed instead of the second place team based on record.

Sleeper leagues do not require rosters to be under the league limit prior to a trade or a draft completing. The user interface simply locks owner from making moves until they cut down players to meet the roster limit requirements. This makes a lot more cases possible and we saw trade activity triple with this change.

Learn more about being over the roster limit here.

It's something not many platforms think about, but makes a huge difference league activity due to the flexibility afforded.