Paying to Enter an Event

Seeing the Price First

A paid event shows what entry costs on its page, under Entry, to anyone who opens it — signed in or not. It gives the total, and beneath it the entry fee and the fees that make up the rest. A free event says Free to enter.

Paying When You Register

On a paid event, the Register to compete box says what entry costs and that it is paid by card. Press Register and the form opens: your competition weight first, then the price, then the card form.

• Fill in Name on card and your card details. Some cards also ask for a ZIP code.
• Depending on your device and browser, the form may also offer Apple Pay or Google Pay. Choose one of those and you are not asked for a name.

Then press the button, which names the amount: Pay and the total, and enter. Your bank may ask you to confirm the payment before it goes through; follow its prompt. While the payment is on its way the card reads Processing your payment… — do not close or leave the page.

You pay when you submit your entry, not later when the organizer reviews it. Your entry then goes to the organizer like any other — see registering for an event.

Your full card number never reaches BoutHost, and BoutHost does not store it.

What the Total Is Made Of

The service and processing fee is added on top of the organizer’s entry fee, not taken out of it. The small information button beside it says the same thing on screen.

If Your Card Is Declined

The form says so beside the button, and you are not entered. Check the details, or try a different card.

If the Payment Is Still Being Confirmed

Now and then the answer about a payment does not come back straight away. The event page then shows Confirming your payment in place of the form.

Do not enter your card again. If you have not heard shortly, get in touch with the organizer.

Your Receipt

When a payment goes through, you get a receipt:

• By email, titled “Your receipt for” and the event’s name, with your own name in front — so a coach paying for several fighters from one inbox can tell them apart. Receipts are always emailed. They are not one of the emails you can switch off.
• In the app, under the bell in the header.

On the event page, your entry shows a Paid line with the amount and the card you used. View receipt, beneath it, opens Your receipt: the entry fee, the service and processing fee, the total paid, the date you paid, the card, and a reference for the payment when there is one.

Withdrawing and Entering Again

Withdrawing does not refund you automatically — see withdrawing from an event.

If you withdraw and then enter the same event again while registration is still open, you do not pay twice. The form tells you that you already paid, and on what date, and that the payment covers this entry, so you won’t be charged again. You are asked only for your weight, and no second receipt is sent.

That holds while your earlier payment is whole. If any of it has been refunded, or is on its way back, entering again asks you to pay again.

Refunds Come from the Organizer

An entry fee is paid to the event’s organizer, and BoutHost does not issue refunds. If you withdraw, the organizer turns your entry down, or the event is canceled, ask the organizer. Whether to refund you, and how much, is their decision, and the refund comes from them.

If a payment is refunded in full, the Paid line and its receipt leave your entry on the event page. Keep the receipt email.

When Card Payments Are Not Switched On

A paid event can only take entries once its organizer has finished setting up their payouts. Until then, the Register to compete box says Card payments are not switched on yet instead of showing a form, and you cannot enter.

There is nothing for you to fix. The organizer is named on the event page — get in touch with them.