Club registration payment processing patterns (generic)
domain: club-registration-payments-general · 6 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Identify which payment processor the registration platform uses under the hood (commonly Stripe, Authorize.net, or a similar PCI-compliant processor)
Determine whether the platform is the merchant of record or a payment facilitator, since that governs PCI scope and dispute liability
Use the platform's own checkout/registration flow rather than trying to call the underlying processor directly, since credentials are typically vendor-managed
Reconcile settlement reports (payouts, refunds, chargebacks) against registration records using whatever export the platform provides
Confirm refund and proration policies before season start, since mid-season refunds are a recurring support burden
Verify tax/receipt requirements, since many youth sports organizations are nonprofits needing donation-style receipts for part of the fee
Known gotchas
Registration platforms rarely expose the underlying payment processor's API directly - integration happens at the registration-platform layer
PCI compliance and chargeback-handling responsibility varies depending on whether the platform is the merchant of record
Reconciliation across seasons/programs is often manual, since export formats differ by vendor
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