Costs and Processing Fees:
1) Hosting fees for online registration are $100/month (pro-rated for partial months) for any active show registration. If you have three shows registering during the same time period, it is still just $100/mo.
2) A processing charge of 25 cents per online registrant this includes the daily preparation of registrant information into a format that can be downloaded and imported into your Reg-Net show database, and the transmittal of a receipt/itinerary to each online registrant via email.
3) If you would like to collect online registration fees via credit card, you must have an Internet Certified Merchant Account through Authorize.net, VeriSign, or another Reg-Net supported gateway (see below).
4) If you would rather collect online registration fees via PayPal, Reg-Net Web Services can be set to collect payment via a PayPal business account.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: How long does it take Database Design, Inc. to setup my server account so I can create online registration pages for my shows and start processing online registrations?
A: The web site setup takes approximately 2 days.
Q: How do I create web based registration pages for my show and how do I download the data from the web database?
A: Reg-Net’s PC based local software is used to define the show registration parameters and upload those parameters our web server. Our server processes the show parameters and translates them into online registration web pages for the show. The same Reg-Net software that uploads the show parameters is used to download and import the new registrants from our servers to your local show database for the production of badges, confirmation letters, etc.
Q: How many people can register online at the same time?
A: Hundreds of people can register at the same time.
Q: We already have a web site can we host the registration form web pages on our web server?
A: Because of the custom processing software, the registration web pages must be hosted on our web servers, but a link to those registration web pages can be seamlessly integrated into your web site so that the registration pages appear to be part of your web site to your registrants.
Q: How do we integrate the Reg-Net online registration pages into our web site?
A: When you upload a new show definition to our web server, a show specific URL is emailed to you. By using that URL in a hyperlink on your web page, your customers can get to the online registration pages from your site.
Q: How often is the Reg-Net Web data backed up?
A: The Reg-Net Web servers have a full backup done every day 365 days a year. Also, your periodic downloads of registrant data provide a secondary backup of the data.
Q: How secure are online credit card transactions?
A: The Reg-Net Web servers provide secure communications by encrypting all data to and from the site. Our web servers are protected by SSL encryption from StarfieldÔ
Q: How often can I download my online registrations to my local Reg-Net database?
A: As often as you want; the Reg-Net Web servers allow on-demand downloads.
In addition to the gateways listed below, Reg-Net supports PAYPAL online payment processing.