Pricing & fees

Free unless you use payment features in the app

The Rooster has no subscription and no charge to download, create an account, discover tournaments, manage teams, run brackets, or publish events. You only encounter fees when money moves through the app—for example, when a team pays an entry fee at registration. If a director sets a division to $0, registration stays free and no payment flow runs.

What stays free

For players, teams, and directors, these activities do not require payment to The Rooster:

• Downloading the app and signing up
• Browsing tournaments and building rosters
• Registering for free ($0) divisions
• Creating and managing tournaments, schedules, and brackets without collecting card payments in the app
• Viewing live scores, schedules, and event information

Payment features are optional. They exist so directors who choose to collect entry fees online can do so securely through Stripe, and so teams can pay in one place.

For teams & players (registration checkout)

When you register for a paid division, checkout in the app may include:

1. Entry fee (set by the director)

The tournament director sets the price per division. It can be any amount they choose, or $0 for a free division. This fee is for the event—not a subscription to The Rooster.

2. Platform convenience fee (paid by the team)

A flat $4.99 platform convenience fee is added at checkout when you pay online. This covers secure card processing and platform costs for that transaction. You will see this line item before you confirm payment—there are no hidden add-ons after you tap pay.

What you pay today

Total at checkout = entry fee + $4.99 convenience fee. Card details are handled by Stripe; The Rooster does not store your full card number.

Amounts vary by division. Free divisions show no payment step. Waitlisted or director-waived registrations may not charge a card.

For directors & organizers

Directors use the same app at no cost to create events, manage registrations, and run tournaments. You only need Stripe when you want to accept entry fees through the app.

Using payments (optional)

• No fee to list a tournament or use director tools when you are not collecting online payments.
• To receive card payments, complete Stripe Connect onboarding in the app (standard Stripe verification). Payouts go to your connected account according to Stripe’s schedule.
• When a team pays online, a 4% platform fee is calculated from the entry fee amount (not from the team’s convenience fee). That percentage is deducted before your payout.
• The team’s $4.99 convenience fee is separate—it is paid by the registering team at checkout, not taken out of your entry fee.

Director payout example

Using the same $100.00 entry fee illustration:

Stripe may charge separate processing fees per their terms. Refunds, cancellations, and chargebacks are handled according to your event policies and Stripe rules. See in-app revenue tools for live estimates.

Free events

If every division is $0, or you only take payment outside the app (cash, external link, etc.), you do not pay platform fees to The Rooster for those registrations—because no in-app payment ran.

Refunds

Refund eligibility depends on the tournament’s rules and whether the director or platform initiates a refund. When a card payment is refunded through the Service, amounts return to the team’s payment method on Stripe’s timeline. Platform and convenience fees may be refunded according to the refund policy applied to that transaction.

Changes to fees

Fee percentages and convenience fee amounts may be updated from time to time. The app always shows the breakdown before you confirm payment. We will update this page when material pricing changes apply.

Questions

Contact [email protected] for help with a specific charge or payout. For legal terms, see our Terms of Service.