Parents Guild

What Parents Guild does

ParentsGuild is a fan-run private community and clan website for Old School RuneScape (OSRS) players, founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, United States. The company operates a free community platform targeting adult gamers, parents, and players with real-life responsibilities who want organized gaming activities without the rigid scheduling demands of hardcore clans. Its core product is the ParentsGuild Clan Website (parentsguild.com), which combines member roster management, event tracking (including Boss of the Week and Skill of the Week competitions), a Hall of Fame records system, a Bingo team competition feature, and a Discord-authenticated member portal into a single integrated clan management system.

The platform's technology stack is built around two core integrations: Discord OAuth (client_id 1505677850970427583) serves as the primary authentication mechanism and community communication layer, while the Wise Old Man API provides automated synchronization of member statistics including total level, points, event attendance, BOTW and SOTW wins, and join dates. The website supports a member portal for profile summaries, a roster explorer with search and account-type filtering (Main, Ironman, HCIM, UIM, GIM, HCGIM), and event management pages. Distribution is entirely digital and global, relying on self-serve Discord-driven onboarding and word-of-mouth among OSRS players.

ParentsGuild has no commercial revenue model — it operates as a free community with no pricing structure, no funding rounds, and no disclosed institutional ownership. The company is classified as for-profit and has 1-10 employees per firmographic data, though the publicly displayed roster currently shows zero active accounts, zero linked clanmates, and zero events logged this month, indicating either a pre-population, newly installed, or inactive state. The customer segments are persona-based, centered on adult gamers with real-life obligations and returning OSRS players seeking a low-pressure environment. The company has core partnerships with Discord and Wise Old Man, and its go-to-market motion is community-led and organic.

Name

Parents Guild

Website

https://parentsguild.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ParentsGuild is a free, fan-run online gaming clan for Old School RuneScape players, offering structured events, member tracking, and a Discord-authenticated community portal targeted at adult gamers and parents seeking low-pressure, flexible participation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Gaming Community Platform

NAICS

Sports Teams and Clubs (711211)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Gaming Social Networks & Community Platforms (profiles, guilds, forums, discovery) (MPAFAIAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Amateur/Grassroots Esports Leagues & Community Tournaments (MPAFADAL), Game Server Hosting & Community Infrastructure (private servers, matchmaking communities) (MPAFAIAF)

Keywords

• Gaming community platform
• Online clan management
• Player statistics tracking
• Gaming event organization
• Community member portal

Headquarters

HQ city

Mountain View

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. No Revenue Model: ParentsGuild operates as a free, fan-run community with no commercial revenue streams. The clan is built for adult gamers seeking casual social gaming without financial commitment.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ParentsGuild is a free, fan-run clan and community platform for Old School RuneScape players, combining a member roster explorer, organized events (BOTW, SOTW, socials, mentoring, group PvM), a Bingo competition, a Hall of Fame records page, and an authenticated member portal. The website integrates with Discord for authentication and with the Wise Old Man (WOM) API to synchronize player statistics. It targets adult gamers, parents, and returning players who want organized clan activity without rigid schedule demands.

Product overview

ParentsGuild is a single, unified community platform for Old School RuneScape players. The core product is the ParentsGuild Clan Website, which combines member roster management, event tracking (including BOTW and SOTW competitions), Hall of Fame records, Bingo team competitions, and a Member Portal all within one integrated clan management system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ParentsGuild Clan Website A fan-run clan website for Old School RuneScape players that provides community features including event management (BOTW, SOTW, socials, mentoring, group PvM), member roster tracking, a Bingo competition system, a Hall of Fame records page, and an authenticated member portal integrated with Discord and the Wise Old Man statistics API.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• DiscordcoreTechnology or IntegrationDiscord serves as the primary authentication and community platform for ParentsGuild. The clan uses Discord OAuth for member login (client_id: 1505677850970427583), leveraging Discord's infrastructure for member identity management, server channels, and community communication. This integration is fundamental to the clan's membership workflow.
• Wise Old MancoreTechnology or IntegrationWise Old Man is an Old School RuneScape player statistics tracking platform that ParentsGuild integrates with for clan management. The integration provides automated tracking of member statistics including total level, points, event attendance, BOTW wins, SOTW wins, and WOM join dates. The clan roster explorer uses the WOM API for data synchronization.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Wise Old Man: OSRS player statistics tracking platform that ParentsGuild directly integrates with via API. Both serve the OSRS clan community and overlap on member-stats and roster management features.
• TempleOSRS: OSRS community hub offering player tracking, clan listings, and Discord-based community features. Direct peer in the OSRS community-and-tools space.
• RuneLite: Open-source third-party OSRS client with extensive plugin ecosystem including clan tools and stat overlays. Direct peer within the OSRS tooling-and-community stack.
• Clanify: Multi-game clan and guild management platform with member directories, events, and roster tools — overlaps directly with ParentsGuild's clan-management features.
• GuildLaunch: Established guild/clan website builder and community platform for MMO games, offering roster, events, forums, and member portals — closely comparable in product surface.
• GuildSaga: Guild/clan management platform with member progression, events, and Discord integration for gaming communities. Directly comparable product surface to ParentsGuild.

Broad incumbents

• Discord: Core platform ParentsGuild is built on for identity, communication, and community. Functions as the de facto infrastructure layer for gaming communities, including OSRS clans.

Emerging players

• BattleMetrics: Game-server and community-tracking platform with player rosters, attendance, and ban-management tooling. Comparable on the community-tracking and roster-infrastructure axis for gaming groups.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/parentsguild

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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