# Set registration settings

> Configure deadlines, capacity, music requirements, and custom fields.

You've created a meet. Now you need to decide how registration works: when it opens, when it closes, what happens if someone registers late, and whether you need to collect anything beyond the basics.

**Prerequisites:** You need to [create a meet](https://docs.gymart.org/meet-setup/create-a-meet) before configuring registration.

## Steps

1. From the meet admin, go to **Registration Settings**.
2. Work through the sections below.

### Registration window

* **Registration Open** - Toggle this to open or close registration for your meet.
* **Registration Deadline** - The date and time registration closes. After this, clubs can't submit new registrations unless you've enabled late registration.

### Capacity

* **Global Max Gymnasts** - A hard limit on the total number of gymnasts across all levels. Once this number is reached, registration closes automatically.
* Per-level limits are set separately in [Configure levels](https://docs.gymart.org/meet-setup/configure-levels-and-categories).

### Waitlist

If you expect to hit capacity, turn this on. Gymnasts who register after the cap is reached will land on the waitlist instead of being turned away.

* **Waitlist Capacity** - How many gymnasts can be waitlisted.
* **Waitlist Fee** - The fee charged for a waitlist spot.

### Late registration

Sometimes clubs miss the deadline. If you want to give them a window to register late (with an extra fee), configure it here.

* **Late Deadline** - When late registration closes.
* **Late Fee (Gymnast)** - The additional fee per gymnast.
* **Late Fee (Coach)** - The additional fee per coach.

### Refunds

* **Allow Refunds** - Toggle this to let clubs submit refund requests.
* **Refund Deadline** - The last date a club can request a refund.

### Music

If your meet has floor routines, you may want to require music uploads as part of registration.

* **Require Music** - When enabled, gymnasts must have floor music uploaded before their registration is complete.
* **Music Deadline** - A separate deadline for music submission, in case you want to give clubs extra time after registration closes.

### Pricing

* **Same Price for All Levels** - Toggle this on if every level costs the same amount, then set a single global price. Toggle it off to set pricing per level.
* **Instructions** - Custom text shown to registrants during the registration process. Use this for payment instructions, special notes, or anything clubs need to know.

## Things to know

Changes you make here take effect right away. If a club is in the middle of registering, they'll see the updated settings.

Age restrictions (minimum and maximum) are configured in meet-level settings, not in registration settings.

Meet directives and custom instruction sections live under Meet Information, not here.

## What's next?

* [Configure levels and categories](https://docs.gymart.org/meet-setup/configure-levels-and-categories)

## Related

* [How do I create and configure a meet?](https://docs.gymart.org/meet-setup/index)