Switch Between Personal and Community Profiles: Manage Your SweatPals Experience

overview profile switching allows you to seamlessly alternate between your personal profile for joining events and connecting with other pals, and your community profile for hosting events and managing your fitness community this dual profile system gives you complete control over both sides of your sweatpals experience the problem we solved many fitness enthusiasts wear multiple hats they want to participate in events as attendees while also hosting their own communities previously, users had to choose between being a participant or a host, limiting their full engagement with the sweatpals ecosystem our solution we created a dual profile system that lets you maintain separate identities for your personal fitness journey and your community leadership role switch instantly between profiles without losing any data or functionality how it works your personal profile powers your personal profile enables you to manage memberships as an end user with full social feed access track your fitness journey with calendar management and workout logging discover communities through our explore feature and follow your favorites purchase and manage tickets for events you want to attend connect with other pals through chats, and social interactions your community profile powers your community profile enables you to create and manage events with full posting capabilities track your community balance and revenue metrics control your community's public presence and branding manage member relationships including approvals and communications step by step instructions for web app users navigate to your dashboard and locate your profile picture in the top right corner click on your profile picture to open the profile menu select your desired profile by clicking on either "personal profile" or "community profile" watch your interface update automatically to reflect your chosen profile's features for mobile app users open the sweatpals app and tap your profile icon at the bottom right of the screen tap "switch to hosting" to access your community profile, or "switch to personal" to return to your personal profile confirm the interface change you'll see different navigation options and features based on your selected profile profile comparison table feature personal profile community profile event participation ✅ join events, buy tickets ❌ host only view event creation ❌ not available ✅ full event management social feed ✅ full community feed access ✅ community focused content revenue tracking ❌ not applicable ✅ balance and earnings member management ❌ connect as peer ✅ approve and manage members workout logging ✅ personal fitness tracking ❌ not available best practices 🎯 use personal profile when browsing and joining events hosted by others logging your personal workouts and fitness progress engaging socially with other community members managing your event tickets and rsvps exploring new communities to follow participating in discussions as a community member 🏢 use community profile when creating and promoting your events managing your community's member list and approvals responding to community member inquiries in a professional capacity reviewing your hosting revenue and analytics updating your community's public description and branding planning your event calendar and promotional strategy 💡 pro tip keep notifications enabled for both profiles so you don't miss important updates from either side of your sweatpals experience faq q do i need separate accounts for personal and community profiles? a no! both profiles use the same sweatpals account your personal profile is required to create and manage community profiles q will switching profiles affect my existing data? a not at all your personal workout logs, event history, and community data remain separate and intact when switching between profiles q can i have multiple community profiles? a yes, you can manage multiple community profiles with a single personal profile q what happens to my notifications when i switch profiles? a you'll receive notifications relevant to your active profile, but important updates from both profiles will still reach you q is there a limit to how often i can switch profiles? a no limits! switch as frequently as needed to manage both sides of your sweatpals experience effectively real world example sarah's sweatpals journey sarah starts each morning in her personal profile to check for new yoga classes in her area and log yesterday's home workout she discovers a new hiit community and follows them for future events later that afternoon, sarah switches to her community profile to create her weekly "sunset pilates" event, respond to member questions about class modifications, and review her community's growth metrics she notices her community balance shows payments from last week's well attended session before bed, sarah switches back to her personal profile to purchase tickets for a weekend hiking event she discovered through her social feed need more help? still have questions about profile switching? our support team is here to help! contact support support\@sweatpals com