Connecting Square lets you, as a Director, collect entry fees online instead of chasing cash and checks. Once your Square account is connected, you can turn on online payments for any of your competitions from Creating a Competition.

⭐ Plus feature — Square payments are available on the Plus plan. See Plans & Upgrading.

Before You Start

You'll need the Plus plan to connect Square. If you're on the free Core plan, you can still see the Square option, but you'll be prompted to upgrade before you can connect. See Plans & Upgrading to switch plans.

Connect Your Square Account

You connect Square from your profile. This is something only Directors do.

  1. Open the My Profile page from the menu.
  2. Find the Payment Integration section.
  3. Click Connect Your Square Account.
  4. A window opens asking you to sign in to Square and authorize Pageant Pass. Approve the request to finish connecting.

Check Your Connection Status

After you connect, the Payment Integration section shows the current state of your link to Square so you always know it's working.

  1. Look at the status. It reads Active when your connection is working, Expired when it needs to be renewed, or Not Connected when no account is linked.
  2. Check the connected merchant name to confirm it's the right Square business.
  3. Check the last sync date to see when Pageant Pass last refreshed information from Square.

Disconnect Square

Disconnecting turns off Square payments for every competition you run, so do this only when you're sure.

  1. Open the My Profile page.
  2. In the Payment Integration section, click Disconnect Square Account.
  3. Confirm when Pageant Pass asks whether you're sure. Once confirmed, Square payments are switched off for all of your competitions.

Use Square in a Competition

Connecting Square doesn't turn it on by itself — you choose which competitions accept it.

  1. Make sure your Square account shows as connected on the My Profile page.
  2. Open the competition you want from Creating a Competition.
  3. In the Payment Methods section, turn on Square Invoicing.
  4. To make online payment mandatory, also turn on Require payment for submission. This forces Delegates to pay online before their application counts as submitted.
  5. Click Update Competition to save.

See Also

Page Description
Creating a Competition Turn on Square in a competition's payment methods
Plans & Upgrading Upgrade to the Plus plan to unlock Square
Director Getting Started Set up your Director account and first competition
Glossary Plain-language definitions of pageant and Pageant Pass terms

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