Full admins, registrars, and commissioners with registration permissions can now set an initial amount to be collected for fees with seasons that have installment plans enabled so a specific amount of funds can be collected at the time of registration. Follow the steps below to set an initial amount for fees: 

1. From the Demosphere Universal Experience dashboard select Registrations > choose your competition/ season > select the Fees tab.  

2. Click on the mini menu > Add Fee. If the fee is already created, click the Edit Fee Settings icon.

3. Enter seasonal fee details and switch the ‘This fee may be included in installment payment amounts’ from Off to On. Enter the amount you wish to collect as part of an initial payment for the fee. Click Add or Save. 

Note the following behaviors when setting initial installment amounts for fees that are discountable:

• For fees that are discountable and have an initial installment amount - The initial installment amount will not include the discounted amount. For example, if there was a $400 discountable fee, with a $100 initial installment amount, an $80 discount, and 4 monthly installments, the team order submitter will be expected to pay $100 on their 1st installment (vs $80).

• Each subsequent installment amount for that fee will be equal to ((fee total - discount) - initial installment amount)/total number of installments minus 1.

• If the initial installment amount is greater than the fee total - discounts, then subsequent installments will be $0.00.

• If the initial installment amount is greater than the fee total - discounts, then the team order submitter will be charged the lesser amount.

• For the 1st installment for the order item, team order submitters will be charged the initial installment amount(s) + the 1st installable amount(s) for (installable fee(s) - discount(s)) + (non-installable fee(s) - discount(s))