Pay Pal Business Account setup is free and easy to do. Pay Pal provides an online form which guides you through the process.
You will need an email address and your banking information in order to complete the form.
Complete instructions are available from Pay Pal online.
When you submit your application Pay Pal will check your banking information.
New accounts are usually validated and available for use within 2 or 3 days.
Recommended Settings for Pay Pal Account
There are several types of business account. The Website Payments Standard listed under Business Accounts is most suitable for this purpose.
Once your account is validated - all of the following can be accessed from your “Edit Profile”
link on your PayPal Administration page. The following settings are recommended.
Payment Preferences ?
- NO - Block payments from US users who do not provide a Confirmed Address.
- YES - Block payments sent to me in a currency I do not hold:
- YES - Block multiple payments.
- Credit Card Statement Name:
[Use a name that people will associate with the tournament – i.e.
Space Coast Ski Club]
NOTE: The Pay Pal Account ID is the email address you give Pay Pal
To insure that there are no errors in the Pay Pal Business Account ID you provide - a test payment of $1 is made to the LOC's Pay Pal Business Account.
If the payment is successful, The OLR system links the LOC's member ID to its Pay Pal Business Account ID and stores that information in its database.
No passwords are required. This is done once for each Pay Pal Business Account/LOC combination.
The LOC representative has 2 options:
Make the payment and register the club's Pay Pal Business Account ID using the wizard provided.
Call HQ with the Club Name and Pay Pal Business ID and HQ will run the wizard for you.
When the test successfully completes your Pay Pal Account is ready to use for Online Registrations.
An LOC can register as many different Pay Pal Business Accounts as they want - but only one account can be used for any particular tournament.
The same Pay Pal Account can be used by multiple LOC's - but it must be registered and tested in OLR separately by each LOC using it. (not a recommended configuration)
When your Pay Pal Account has been set up, your tournament sanction has been approved by USA Water Ski, and the setup fee
has been paid, the LOC Setup Wizard is used to:
- Enable Online Registration for a tournament
- Set the fees per event, class etc.
- Specify any discounts that might apply (officials, juniors, club member, etc.)
- Specify any special entry qualifications or restrictions
- Specify the number of pulls that will be accepted
- Specify banquet ticket fee and information if applicable
- Specify OLR settings for email response and other administrative tasks
The LOC Setup Wizard is run once for each tournament.
The Wizard begins by asking for the start date of the tournament, and presents the list of
approved tournaments on that date for your selection.
If your tournament does not appear on the list please confirm with HQ that your sanction has been approved
and that your $15 payment has been received and credited.
You will enter the EditCode that was provided in the sanction approval process.
Your Pay Pal Id will be presented for your review. If your LOC has registered more than one Pay Pal ID you will select the one you want used for this tournament from the droplist.
Once selected and set up it can not be changed.
The Wizard assigns you an AdminCode. REMEMBER THIS AdminCode.
It will be required to regain access to the OLR system for this tournament. Edit Code will no longer work.
The wizard presents a form customized for your tournament based on the events, classes and other parameters you set in your sanction application.
All the financial aspects of your tournament are set up in this form. (event fees, discounts, banquet tickets, qualifications, etc.).
Once the Wizard is complete the OLR system will be ready to start accepting entries for you online.
NOTE:
- Date on which entries may first be accepted is restricted by some Regions based on Guide Book publication date.
Availability of online registration for your tournament is subject to your Region's policies.
- Entries you make in the wizard will be editable until you receive your first online entry.
Once an entry has been received you will no longer be able to edit items via this wizard.
Skier Entries accepted by the OLR system can be paid for with the skier's credit card or Pay Pal Account only.
As with all credit card transactions, a per transaction fee is charged by Pay Pal.
As the Business Account Owner - the LOC is responsible for these transaction fees. They will be deducted
(by PayPal) from the total transaction amount, and the NET amount will be deposited into your
account.
Current fees for PayPal business accounts
are published by Pay Pal.
Note:
- The Pay Pal transaction fee applies only to amounts actually paid through Pay Pal.
- USA Water Ski charges only the $15.00 set-up fee per tournament.
- Paper entries received by the LOC with cash or check payments are
manually entered directly into the OLR system by the Registrar bypassing the Pay Pal payment section.
There are no transaction fees on those manual entries.