Director Getting Started

Welcome to Pageant Pass! This page walks you through the quick setup that happens the first time you sign in as a Director, so you can get your first Title and competition started in just a few minutes. When you finish here, head to Creating a Competition to fill in the rest of the details and publish.

Step 1: Create Your Title

Before you can build a competition, Pageant Pass has you create your Title — the billed, owned entity your competitions are held under (for example, "Miss Springfield").

  1. In the Title Name box, type the name of your Title. It must be at least 3 characters long, and it becomes the public name of your Title and every competition held under it.
  2. Click Continue to create your Title.

Your Title's pageant system is set automatically based on the site you're on — it isn't something you choose, and it can't be changed afterward. See Titles for the full picture of what a Title is and how ownership works.

Step 2: Fill In the Competition Quick Setup Form

With your Title created, you'll see a short setup form for your first competition. It only asks for the essentials so you can get going fast.

  1. In the Competition Name box, type the name of your competition. It must be at least 3 characters long.
  2. The Organization/Title Name box is already filled in with the Title you just created and can't be changed here — every competition is created under a Title, and a Title can hold at most one competition per calendar year.
  3. In the Competition Date box, choose the date your competition will be held. This must be a date in the future.
  4. If anyone who meets the basic age and residency rules may enter, turn on the Open Competition toggle. Leaving it off means you'll spell out who can enter.
  5. If you left Open Competition off, type your entry rules in the Eligibility Requirements box. This box is required unless Open Competition is on — turning that toggle on empties the box and switches it off so you can skip it.
  6. Click the button to continue to the next step.

Step 3: Pageant Pass Builds Your Competition

After you continue, Pageant Pass creates your competition for you automatically, using sensible starting values so you don't have to fill in everything at once. You can change any of these later in Creating a Competition.

The starting values are:

  1. An entry fee of $100.
  2. Cash and Check payments turned on.
  3. A registration deadline set to one week before your competition date.
  4. A Draft status — your competition is created but is not yet accepting applications, so Delegates can't apply until you publish it.

Step 4: Choose What to Do Next

Once your competition is created, Pageant Pass shows you a few next steps. Pick whichever you'd like to do first.

  1. Click Claim Your Free PLUS Upgrade to open My Titles, where you can start your Title's 6 months of the Plus plan free. See Plans & Upgrading for what Plus includes and how pricing works per Title.
  2. Click Publish Competition to open your competition's controls so you can finish the details and make it live. This takes you into Creating a Competition and the Competition Dashboard.
  3. Click View Profile to see and update your account details.
  4. Click Go to My Competitions to see the full list of competitions you manage.

What to Do Next

Your competition exists, but it isn't visible to Delegates yet because it starts as a draft. To finish setting it up — adding your location, eligibility categories, payment methods, and turning it on so contestants can find and apply — continue to Creating a Competition.

See Also

Page Description
Titles What a Title is, how ownership works, and managing your Titles
Creating a Competition Finish setting up your competition and publish it
Competition Dashboard Your control center for managing a single competition
Plans & Upgrading What the free Plus upgrade includes and how plans compare
Accepting Payments with Square Collect entry fees online ⭐ Plus
Glossary Plain-language definitions of pageant and Pageant Pass terms

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