Organizer Payment Settings

In the Modern Events Calendar, you have the option to set organizer payment settings. This can be especially a helpful feature for the programs and events of non-profit organizations.

Also, using these features, revenues from the event can now go directly to the organizers’ accounts. And you can set payment accounts for your events.

Here, we are going to show how to set up this feature and explain how it works.

It was added to Modern Events Calendar version 4.4.0.

Enabling the booking system

To activate the booking system, go to MEC Settings > Booking > Basic. Check the box, then refresh the page and adjust the settings according to your preference.

Enable Organizer Payment Module

After that, a new option, “Enable Organizer Payment Module,” will be added to MEC Settings > Payment Gateways.

Keep in mind that in order to set a particular account for the events, you should choose Stripe payment gateways and Stripe Connect together.

By enabling this option, you will notice two changes in the plugin:

• Single Event Back-end Page,
• Front-End Submission Form.

Organizer Payment in Front-End Submission Form

If your end-users need to submit an event using the front-end submission form, they can add their payment details to receive the reservation fee directly in their own accounts.

This option will also be displayed in the Single Events Edit Page in the WordPress dashboard. When adding a new event or editing an existing one, you can add payment details and accounts right under the section where you set up events.

Organizer Payment in the Single Event Page

Please keep in mind that the list of payments is the same as the ones in MEC Settings > Booking > Payment Gateways. Regarding the payment itself and the fee (commission) deducted from it, you need to know that when end users make a payment, all of it goes to the organizer’s bank account. After that, according to Stripe rules, the fee that was set up is transferred from the organizer’s account to the website admin’s account.

Note: If a ticket is canceled or otherwise refunded, the fee that was transferred to the admin is not returned, and the refunds are deducted from the organizer’s account.

Another thing to remember is that admins of websites must be careful when entering account info and also take care in selecting the type of fee, whether it is processed based on booking or based on ticket purchases.