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Registration Set-up

Open your event in the Register module. There are two ways to get there:

  1. from the Calendar module, use the register tool
  2. from the Register module, scroll to the bottom of the event list, and select all events to see new events without registration

After you have set up some registration fees, your event will appear in the Register module's main listing.

Fees—Registration Categories

You will need to set up a fee for each registration category in your event. Examples of registration categories are:

  • delegate
  • conference attendee
  • spouse/partner
  • student
  • speaker
  • exhibitor
  • sponsor
  • etc.

Use the fees tool, and select the new fee button. You will need to specify:

  • Fee name: this is what will appear on receipts; see the above list for examples.
  • Cost: provide the standard cost here; you will be able to specify alternate costs (like early/late fees) later. You do not need to add separate fees for those.
  • Who may access the fee:
    • public: anyone can register
    • users: only people who can log in to your website can register
    • members: only those whose memberships are in good standing can register
    • administrators: only your website administrators can access these fees
  • Ticketing method:
    • automatic (default): no restrictions on ticket sales
    • general admission (GA): there are a fixed number of tickets available for the whole event
    • special: there are a limited number of tickets available for this particular fee

More complex fee configurations are explained below. For now, it is okay to just get the basic fee in place.

Early and late fees

Early and late fee pricing can be set up in your fee pricing table. Select your fee and go to sales > pricing. Here you can add different price points, and set your date cut-offs for each.

Some things to keep in mind when setting up your fee pricing table:

  • if you do not specify a start date, the fee will open as soon as the event is published
  • if you do not specify an end date, the fee closes when the event starts
  • if fees overlap in time, the registrant will be offered the lowest price that they qualify for
  • prices can include an optional description. Use this to explain the discount, not the item being sold. For example, don't put the fee name here again; instead say "early-bird discount".

For example, you could set up your regular price of $100 and give it no start/end dates. Then you could add an early fee of $80, and give it just an end date. Then the early fee will take precedence (because it is cheaper) until that end date; afterward the regular fee will remain in effect until the event starts; at that point, no more prices will be in effect, and the fee will effectively be closed.

If you need fees to remain open after the event starts, simply give them an explicit end date.

Member and Non-member rates

There are two approaches to dealing with member and non-member registrations.

In the simple case, you can offer member discounts to your standard registration fees. This is done in your pricing table, similar to adding early and late fees. For member discounts, set your fee access to members. Your members will need to log in to verify their identity to receive those prices.

Here is an example of a pricing table that offers member and non-member rates, plus early-bird and regular rates, for a single registration fee:

Price Description Access Start End
$75 Member - early bird member 2026-01-01 2026-04-01
$85 Member member 2026-01-01  
$90 Non-member early-bird public 2026-01-01 2026-04-01
$100 Non-member public 2026-01-01  

In this example, registration opens on Jan 1, and early-bird pricing ends on Apr 1. Members get a $15 discount on the regular public fee.

In some cases you need to treat your member registrations quite differently from non-member registrations. Often this is because you want to use a different registration form, or set up different registration flows. Or maybe you simply want to see members and non-members clearly distinguished in your rosters. In that case you should set up the members and non-members as different fees, so that they can be configured separately. If you take this approach, set the access of the fee to members, not just its price.

In some cases you may need to further restrict fees to particular membership types. If so, use the Allowed membership types configuration setting to specify the membership type IDs that can use the fee.

Activity Fees

In addition to your main event fees, you should also set up fees for each of your activities that require separate purchase or confirmation. 

From the event preview screen in the Register module, select the activity under the schedule heading. Then you can use the fees tool to add your activity fees, same as above.

Activity fee structures tend to be simpler than the main event fees. Often there is just a single price point that everyone shares. But if you need to, you can add similar pricing and access variations to the activity, just as you can for main fees.