How tournament pricing works

Tournament pricing in Good Game Sports uses a base price plus division price model: every player pays the event's base price once, and each division can add its own fee or set its own total. This only applies when you use GGS Registration. If you use an outside registration system (like CourtReserve), players register and pay there instead.

Where to set prices

Set the base price, member pricing, and each division's price on the event form, while creating the event or later with Edit Event. Early Bird and Late Registration prices, the registration window, and the divisions-per-player limit live in Pricing Configuration under Event Settings. See How pricing tiers work.

Set the base price

1. On the first page of the event form, open the Pricing section (marked with a dollar sign icon).

2. Enter the Base Price. At a club that runs facility management on Good Game Sports, this field is labeled Price: non-members & free tiers when some free tiers pay the base price, or Price: non-members when none do. Events for Club members only keep the Base Price label.

3. If your club has memberships, open Member pricing by tier to see what each membership tier pays. Each tier starts from its own event discount. A free tier is listed only when it has an event discount or a custom price; the others pay the base price. Check Custom next to a tier to set its price yourself, or tap Apply base price to all tiers.

4. Choose whether to turn on Absorb Processing Fees (see Processing fees below).

To change these on an event you already created, open the event's Host Dashboard, go to the Settings tab, tap Edit Event, and choose Event Details.

Set a division's price

Each division has a Division Pricing setting with three options. Per-division pricing is available for tournaments and single-day events; leagues use one price for the whole event.

• No division fee — base price only: players in this division pay just the base price.

• Add a fee on top of the base price: enter an Additional Price ($). Players pay the base price plus this fee.

• Set this division's own total price: enter a Division Total Price ($). Players pay exactly this amount, and the base price is not charged for this division.

A preview under the field shows what a player in that division pays, before processing fees, discounts, and pricing tiers. To add or edit divisions after creating the event, see Creating multiple divisions within an event.

Base price (event level)

The base price is a one-time fee every player pays to enter your event, regardless of how many divisions they register for. A player who comes back later to add another division does not pay it again.

Division price (per division)

A division fee is charged for every division a player registers for. Different divisions can have different prices, so a competitive division can cost more than a recreational one.

A division set to its own total price replaces the base price for that division. If a player registers for that division alongside a division that adds to the base, the base price is still charged once.

On a pair sign-up division, one checkout pays the division price for both players (2×).

Processing fees

Processing fees cover card processing and our platform fee. They are based on what the player pays and are charged on every paid registration, extra divisions included.

• Pass fees to players (default): you receive your full listed price, and players pay the fees on top at checkout.

• Absorb Processing Fees: players pay your listed price, and the fees come out of your payout.

Example

Say you set up a pickleball tournament with a $20 base price, Men's Singles adding $15, Mixed Doubles adding $25, and a Pro Clinic with its own total price of $40.

Charge one price for the first division and less for each extra one

Because the division fee applies to every division, subtract it from your first-division total to get the base price. For $75 for the first division and $20 for each extra one, set the Base Price to $55 and each division to Add a fee on top of the base price with an Additional Price of $20. One division costs $75, two cost $95, three cost $115.

Pricing tiers and promo codes

Pricing tiers, like Early Bird or Late Registration, replace the base and division prices during the dates you choose. They apply to non-members; club members keep their member price. See How pricing tiers work. Promo codes, created with Manage Promo Codes in Event Settings, take a discount off the price at checkout.