About Registration Fees and Deadlines

Fee Calculation

Fees are calculated based on the date/time a registrant starts the registration process, regardless of when they finish.

Final Deadlines

As long as a registrant starts the registration process before the final deadline, they will be allowed to finish it as long as they complete the entire registration process within 15 minutes of the final deadline. Once the final deadline has passed, they will not be able to add additional registrants with the closed item(s), but they will be able to continue with those already in progress.

Why?

Fee consistency: The person pays what was shown to them on-screen during the registration process; there are no surprise fee changes at checkout.
Preserves the shopping cart: If a person has multiple registrants in their "shopping cart" (that were started on-time), they don't lose them.
Reduces requests for special consideration: The person registering isn't cut off midway through the registration process because they couldn't type fast enough to make the deadline. This helps reduce customer-service requests for late registration from those people who almost made the deadline.

Note: If you require that all your registrations be completed by a specific time (e.g., because you need to download them at that specific time), please move your published registration deadline up by 15 minutes to allow for the 15-minute window described above.

Example #1:

The registration deadline is today at 9:00 p.m. Bill starts his registration at 8:59 p.m. Bill will be allowed to finish his registration as long as he completes the entire registration process (including payment) before 9:15 p.m. (i.e., the 9:00 p.m. deadline + 15 minutes).

Example #2:

The registration deadline is today at 9:00 p.m. Bill starts his registration at 8:59 p.m. but waits to submit his payment until 9:16 p.m. Bill will not be allowed to finish his registration because he didn't complete the entire registration process before 9:15 p.m. (i.e., the 9:00 p.m. deadline + 15 minutes).

Example #3:

The registration deadline is today at 9:00 p.m. Bill starts his registration at 9:01 p.m. Bill will not be allowed to register.

Example #4:

The first registration deadline is today at 5:00 p.m., and the final deadline is tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. After today's 5:00 p.m. deadline, a $10 late fee applies. Bill is registering himself and his wife. Bill starts his registration at 4:55 p.m. and adds it to his shopping cart at 5:01 p.m. He then starts his wife's registration at 5:05 p.m. and adds it to his shopping cart. During checkout, Bill will only pay the $10 late fee for his wife's registration since it was the only one started after the 5:00 p.m. deadline.