Set up Draftmate

Install the free app

Download Draftmate-Setup.exe, run it, and let it launch Draftmate at the end. The app holds your rankings and does the scoring on your own computer; the extension only draws the panel.

Add the extension

On Firefox: add Draftmate from Firefox Add-ons — one click, and Firefox keeps it updated. That is the whole step; go on to step 3.

On Chrome or Edge: already added Draftmate from the Chrome Web Store? Skip this step — never load a second copy. The store listing is on its way; until it is live the installer has already placed the extension on your computer, and you point Chrome at it once:

• Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions — using Microsoft Edge instead? Go to edge://extensions; every step below is identical.
• Turn on Developer mode (toggle in the top-right corner)
• Click Load unpacked
• Select the extension folder the installer opened for you, or navigate to:
  C:\Users\[your username]\Draftmate\extension
  (You can also paste %USERPROFILE%\Draftmate\extension into the folder picker's address bar to jump straight there.)
• Click Select Folder

It appears in your list as Draftmate Pro — that is the same extension; on these five sites it needs no key. If you add the store version later, remove this one first: run one copy, never both.

Open a draft

Open a draft room on any of the five sites in Firefox, Chrome or Edge — a mock draft is perfect for the first run. The Draftmate panel appears in the room by itself (top-right by default; drag it anywhere, or pin it to an edge). No key, no permission prompt.

Upload your rankings

Click Upload in the panel and choose a rankings CSV — any file with a rank and a player name (team and position help it tell players apart). Keep one sheet per scoring format and upload the one that matches the league you are in; Draftmate never converts a PPR sheet into half-PPR ranks.

That's it. The panel reads the live board and keeps your list updated as picks come in, and it follows the site's own position, team and search filters.

Make sure the installer finished

If you haven't run the installer yet, do that first: download Draftmate-Setup.exe (also linked in your license email), run it, and let it launch Draftmate at the end.

Add the extension

On Firefox: add Draftmate from Firefox Add-ons — one click. That listing is the full extension, FFPC, DraftKings and Underdog included, and Firefox keeps it updated. Go on to step 3.

On Chrome or Edge: this is a one-time step. The installer placed the extension files on your computer; you just need to point Chrome at them.

Easy path: if you left "Open the Draftmate extension folder" checked on the installer's finish screen, a File Explorer window is already open showing the folder. Just point Chrome at it.

• Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions — using Microsoft Edge instead? Go to edge://extensions; every step below is identical.
• Turn on Developer mode (toggle in the top-right corner)
• Click Load unpacked
• Select the extension folder that the installer opened for you, or navigate to:
  C:\Users\[your username]\Draftmate\extension
  (You can also paste %USERPROFILE%\Draftmate\extension into the folder picker's address bar to jump straight there.)
• Click Select Folder

Draftmate Pro now appears in your extensions list. (Pin it if you like — click the puzzle-piece icon, then the pin next to Draftmate.)

Open a draft and activate

• Open a draft room in Firefox, Chrome or Edge — FFPC, DraftKings or Underdog. A slow draft is perfect for your first run.
• On FFPC in Chrome or Edge, the browser asks once to allow access to your local network — click Allow. That's what lets the panel talk to the Draftmate app on your computer; miss it and the panel runs in demo mode with placeholder players. DraftKings and Underdog never ask — they reach Draftmate a different way — and Firefox never asks on any site, so there is nothing to allow there.
• The Draftmate panel appears (top-right by default — you can drag it anywhere, or pin it to an edge) and asks for your license key.
• Paste the key from your license email — it looks like DM-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX. One key covers all three sites: activate once, anywhere, and the other panels pick it up.
• When prompted, upload a rankings CSV for the format you're drafting. Draftmate keeps a separate set per format — FFPC has Bestball, Superflex and Gorilla / Main Event / Classic; Underdog has Best Ball, Superflex, Weekly Winners, Eliminator and Full PPR; DraftKings is best ball. You can add more later.

That's it. The panel reads the live board and keeps your recommendations updated as picks come in.

Pull in your teams

Draftmate builds your portfolio — cross-team exposure, stacks, combos — from the teams you've already drafted. How they get in differs by site, because each one exposes its contests differently:

• FFPC — automatic. Nothing to do. Your teams are captured as you draft and refreshed in the background.
• DraftKings — visit My Contests once. Draftmate captures your teams from that page on its own; the "Grab all my drafts" button at the bottom-left does it on demand.
• Underdog — use the bottom-left button. "Grab all my UD teams" works from the active lobby, from inside an active draft, or from the completed drafts page — whichever you happen to be on.

You only need to do this once per site; after that Draftmate keeps up as you draft. Re-run the grab any time you want to be certain it has caught everything. The Auto-capture teams switch in the toolbar popup turns the background capture off for the off-season.

Drafting somewhere else? Your portfolio lives on this computer, not on our servers — which is what keeps your draft data off the internet, but it also means picks made in the FFPC, DraftKings or Underdog mobile apps, or on a second machine, aren't here until you pull them in. Run the sync above on each computer you draft from, and after any run of drafting on your phone. If an exposure number looks lower than you expect, a sync is the first thing to try.