How pricing tiers work
Pricing tiers let you temporarily override the base price and division prices during a specific date window. This is how you run promotions like early bird discounts or late registration surcharges. This only applies when you use GGS Registration.
Configure pricing tiers in Pricing Configuration within Event Settings after you create your event.
What a pricing tier contains
Field | What it means |
|---|---|
Tier Name | A label players will see, such as "Early Bird", "Regular", or "Late Registration" |
Start Date | When this pricing kicks in |
End Date | When this pricing expires |
Tournament Price | The overridden base price during this window (replaces the default tournament base price) |
Division Prices | Per-division price overrides during this window (optional) |
How pricing tiers work in practice
Outside any tier's date range — Players see the default tournament base price and default division prices you set when creating the event.
Inside a tier's date range — The tier's prices automatically replace the defaults. Players see the tier name (such as "Early Bird") on the registration page along with the tier's end date so they know when the deal expires.
Division-level overrides are optional — If you set a tier but only fill in the tournament price (leaving division prices blank), only the base price changes. Division prices stay at their defaults. If you also fill in division prices, those override too.
No overlapping tiers allowed — You cannot create two pricing tiers whose date ranges overlap. The system will block you and tell you to delete the conflicting tier first. This prevents confusion about which price applies.
Member pricing — If your tournament has a member price (a discounted base price for organization members), pricing tiers are only applied to non-members. Members always get the member price instead.
Example: Setting up a 3-tier pricing schedule
Say your tournament is on August 15 with these defaults:
Base price: $40
Men's Singles: $20
Mixed Doubles: $25
You could create these tiers:
Tier | Dates | Tournament Price | Men's Singles | Mixed Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Early Bird | Jun 1 – Jun 30 | $30 | $15 | $20 |
Regular | Jul 1 – Aug 1 | $40 | $20 | $25 |
Late Registration | Aug 2 – Aug 14 | $50 | $25 | $30 |
What a player registering on June 15 (Early Bird) for both divisions would pay:
$30 (base) + $15 (Men's Singles) + $20 (Mixed Doubles) + fees = $65 + fees
What a player registering on August 5 (Late Registration) for just Men's Singles would pay:
$50 (base) + $25 (Men's Singles) + fees = $75 + fees
Other settings in Pricing Configuration
Two additional settings live alongside pricing tiers:
Maximum Divisions per Registration — Limits how many divisions a single player can sign up for. If set to 2, a player can register for at most 2 of your divisions.
Registration Cutoff Date — A hard deadline after which no one can register for the tournament at all, across all divisions.