Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is Pickemfirst?

Pickemfirst is your fantasy sports assistant.
It will help you identify the best available players in your fantasy league, giving you the chance to pick them up before your competitors.
Pickemfirst saves you a ton of time when managing your fantasy teams and makes it easy to manage multiple fantasy teams on different websites.

Pickemfirst is a software that you install on your computer.
Pickemfirst takes the appearance of a toolbar in Internet Explorer, an add-on in Mozilla Firefox and extensions in Google Chrome and Safari. The names are different but the features are identical on all browsers.

Pickemfirst is also available on mobile phones.

2. Do you charge for this service ?

The basic version of Pickemfirst is free.

If you are satisfied with the service, we encourage you to upgrade to Pickemfirst Pro

3. How do I install Pickemfirst ?

Visit pickemfirst.com and create an account.

Then you need to download one of our browser extensions.
Follow the links to install either our Internet Explorer Toolbar, our Firefox Add-on or our extenions for Google Chrome and Safari. You might need to close and re-open your browser

4. How do I import my fantasy teams ?

Click the "Leagues" menu and then the "Add League" button for your sport.

On the next screen, you will be asked to enter your league details.
You might have to provide your login information if the league setup requires it.

You can add as many teams as you want by repeating the previous steps.

5. How does Pickemfirst work?

6. What are the icons that Pickemfirst inserts in web pages ?

Pickemfirst highlights all the names it recognizes on the web page using color coded icons:

means the player is available in at least one of your leagues
means the player is not available in any of your leagues
means you own the player in at least one of your leagues

Big icons means that Pickemfirst found a player's last name and first name, identifying a certain match.

Small icons means that Pickemfirst found only a player's last name, identifying a potential match. This will happen when there is only a last name provided, or when the first and last name do no match a player in our database.

When you click an icon that matches a single player, Pickemfirst will bring up the popup for that player:

When you click an icon that has several matches, Pickemfirst will ask you to select among them:

7. Which information is available inside Pickemfirs popup window ?

Once you have opened the popup window, Pickemfirst will give you a lot of information to help you decide whether this particular player should be added to or dropped from your fantasy team. Click on the following tabs to access this information:

Here are all the tabs that are currently available:

8. How do I disable the auto-loading feature ?

Auto loading is turned ON by default for all browser extensions, but there is a way to disable it.
Click here to find more about this feature.

9. Can I manually search for a specific player ?

Yes. Even though Pickemfirst does not have a search box but you can use any search engine, like Google or Bing.
And then run Pickemfirst on the results page:

10. Does Pickemfirst work on mobile phones ?

Yes, we have a solution for iPhones and iPads.

In addition, Pickemfirst Pro's users can access Pickemfirst from all mobile phones.
It works in a different way than our regular apps:

1. Visit Pickemfirst.com on any mobile phone
2. Login with your regular Pickemfirst account
3. Search for players...

And Pickemfirst will instantly tell you who is a free agent in your fantasy leagues!
You will also be able to access news and stats about the players and get a quick access to your league's mobile websites.

11. How many teams can I manage with Pickemfirst ?

Pickemfirst Basic lets you manage one team per sport.
By default Pickemfirst Pro includes 5 teams per sport, but you have the option to purchase as many teams as you want.

The following example shows you how simple it is to check 6 leagues at once:

12. What are favorite teams ?

If you have more than one league for a given sport, you have the option to set one team as favorite.
To pick your favorite team, go to the Pickemfirst website, select the "Leagues" tab and click the star icons on the left.
Favorite teams are marked with a gold star.

Pickemfirst will only look at the favorite team when inserting icons in a web page.
In this example, the favorite team is the Yahoo one (see the gold star).
Josh Willingham belongs to the Yahoo team so a blue icon is inserted in the page:

If you change the favorite team to the ESPN one (where the same player is available), the icons turns to green:

Setting ateam as favorite enables you to focus all your attention on it for a period of time.
Later, when you want to switch to a different team, all you need to do is click on the star icons.

13. How do Pickemfirst player notes work ?

The following video shows you how to create personal notes with the Pickemfirst Firefox extension.
It works exactly in the same way in Internet Explorer, Safari and Google Chrome.

14. Why should I upgrade to Pickemfirst Pro ?

Pickemfirst Pro gives you all these advanced features for a low price:

1. Unlimited teams

With Pickemfirst Basic, you can access one fantasy team per sport. With Pickemfirst Pro, There is no limit to the number of fantasy teams. By default Pickemfirst Pro includes 5 teams per sport, and you can purchase additional teams for $1 each.

2. More Precise Statuses

Pickemfirst Basic simply tells you which athletes are available in your leagues, and which ones are not. Pickemfirst Pro gives you a more precise status. It will display the name of the fantasy team that owns that athlete in each of your leagues.

3. Better Synchronization

With Pickemfirst Basic, your leagues are synchronized every 24 hours when you connect. With Pickemfirst Pro, they are synchronized every 2 hours. Plus you get a convenient Refresh button in the Pickemfirst popup window that enables you to refresh all your leagues at once.

4. More Statistics (NFL and MLB only)

Pickemfirst Basic shows you players' statistics for the last two NFL and MLB games... while Pickemfirst Pro displays up to 8 games!

5. RotoWire's Player News (All sports except College Football)

With Pickemfirst Basic, you have access to RotoWire's Player Notes... With Pickemfirst Pro, you also get RotoWire's Player Analysis!

6. Add/Drop Suggestions (NFL and MLB only)

As a Pickemfirst Basic user, you can receive customized advice on your NFL or MLB team simply by visiting your team page on our website... With Pickemfirst Pro, you are alerted right inside the app when a suggestion is available! Look for these red stars next to the P1 icons...

7. Access to our Mobile Web App

As a Pickemfirst Pro user, you have access to our Mobile Web App. It allows you to quickly check the availability of any player in any of your leagues!

15. How do I upgrade to Pickemfirst Pro ?

Visit this upgrade page and select an package.
You will be redirected to Paypal where you can complete the transaction.