Best practices for handling entries from multiple schools, managing payments, and coordinating with teachers to run smooth, profitable competitions.
Compz makes it easy to invite schools and track their progress:
As the host, you set the base entry fees for your competition. These are the fees you charge participating schools.
Example Host Fees:
Participating schools can add their own markup to cover their costs (costumes, travel, administration). This is their profit margin.
Example with £2 markup:
Compz charges a £0.50 technology fee per dance, automatically collected from parents. This fee covers the platform, live updates, and parent communication. It's added to the total at checkout.
Parents from your own school pay directly to your Stripe account:
Parent pays: £10.50 (£10 entry + £0.50 tech fee)
You receive: £10.00 (minus Stripe fees ~2%)
Compz receives: £0.50 (technology fee)
Parents from participating schools pay to their school first:
Parent pays: £12.50 (£10 host + £2 markup + £0.50 tech)
School receives: £12.00 (minus Stripe fees)
Compz receives: £0.50 (technology fee)
School transfers to host: £10.00 per dance (via BACS)
💡 This means you receive ONE lump sum transfer from each school, not 200 individual parent payments to reconcile!
View all entries organized by school:
Your finance dashboard shows:
Give schools a firm entry deadline (2-3 weeks before competition). This gives you time to build your programme and allows parents to plan.
Make it clear when participating schools need to transfer funds. Typically, payment is due 1 week before the competition.
Check your entry dashboard weekly to see which schools have submitted and which need a reminder.
Be available to help teachers with questions about the entry process, sections, or payment setup.
Compz handles all the complexity of payments, entries, and coordination.
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