Yes. Every account starts without the need to enable usage billing with a payment card. You will only need to enable billing when you expect to go beyond the low-volume usage limit of registrations per month. Please refer to our pricing page and the Usage Billing help doc.

Corsizio is a low-cost self-serve platform that facilitates online registrations and payments for group events. This means that anyone who chooses to use Corsizio must feel comfortable using web-based services and be responsible for exploring and learning its features at their own time and pace.

There are no demos, no training sessions, and no phone support on Corsizio. Instead, we offer the following as part of Corsizio's self-serve approach:

• First, each new Corsizio account contains sample data to illustrate how event and registration data could look like and to provide users with the ability to practice using Corsizio with the sample data.
• Second, we provide explanatory notes and help links throughout the platform to help you understand the various features you interact with on the spot.
• Third, we offer an extensive help docs site that explains and illustrates with screenshots the different features that our service provides and how to use them. The help site is easy to search by keyword and is always available to you.
• Fourth, we offer an AI Assistant through our in-app help widget (bottom-right corner) to help you get instant answers to any of your questions at any time.

To get started or to try Corsizio and see if it is suitable for your needs, it is as easy as creating your own account and exploring the sample event and attendee data that we provide there for you. There is no cost or commitment to having an account, and you can delete it fully at any time, and we encourage you to do so, please, if Corsizio is not a suitable solution for your needs.

Our pay-per-use pricing model is divided into two areas: registrations and online payments.

Registrations: Any registrations you process on Corsizio are all subject to the pay-per-user rate. See the rates for the different currencies supported. You need to enable billing by putting a payment card on file in order to receive registrations beyond the low-volume limit. Your payment card will automatically be charged at the end of the billing month's cycle for all registrations processed in that given month. If your total new registrations for a given month were below the low-volume usage, we will waive the charge for that month. The billing cost and currency is based on the payment card's associated country or region. To learn more, please read the help doc: Registration Usage Billing.

Online Payments: When you choose to accept online payments from attendees for your events, these payments are subject to Corsizio's flat service fee and Stripe's standard card payment fees. See the rates for the different countries and currencies supported. These fees are not billed or invoiced in any way, as Stripe automatically deducts them during the payment transaction processing. To learn more, please read the help doc: Online Payment Service Fees.

All online card payments are subject to card processing fees. When you accept online payments, we will facilitate the payment processing via Stripe (the payment processor) directly to your bank account, and these fees are deducted during each online payment transaction automatically. Corsizio charges a low and competitive flat service fee for any new online payment transactions processed, and Stripe charges standard fees. See the rates for the different countries and currencies supported.

Stripe is a leading online payment processing service, which charges an industry standard transaction fee. See Stripe's fees for supported countries and view our list of accepted currencies for online payments.

Collecting online payments from your attendees allows you to instantly secure payments for your event registrations and have the funds conveniently get deposited directly into your bank account by Stripe. If you would like to minimize the costs associated with online payment processing fees, you can use the deposit feature to only collect a small amount from your customers online, to secure a commitment, and collect the remaining amount in your preferred offline method. For more tips, read our help article How to save on online payment service fees.

There are two main ways that you can pass any of the registration or payment fees to your attendees. The most obvious way is to increase the cost of your event price by your expected fee expense. You can see how to calculate your fees in the help doc How to save on online payment service fees. Many registrants get put off by the idea of having to pay additional event registration fees and this allows you to bundle the cost as part of the event and minimize the risk of losing a registration. If you are okay with having your attendees see the fees separately, you can use the event price add-on feature and make a service fee of your choosing be a mandatory part of their registration.

Event limits: You can create as many events as you need on Corsizio, for which you can accept registrations. Events can be up to 365 days (1 year) in duration. We do encourage you to be mindful of the amount of data that you have in your account and delete any old events with all their data when they are no longer needed.

Registration limits: A single event can accept a maximum of 1000 registrations at most, regardless of each registration's status in the system. In addition, please refer to the Usage Billing help doc to understand how the pay-per-use pricing works.

Corsizio uses Stripe, which is a leading online payment processing service, to facilitate all online card payment transactions. We know that your resources are valuable and having quick access to your money is a top priority. Therefore, unlike many other services, which may hold the funds until after the event has ended, Stripe will deposit your funds into your bank account on a 2 to 7-day rolling basis depending on your country and how you setup your account with them. See Stripe’s document about receiving payouts and view our list of accepted currencies for online payments.

Corsizio aims to provide all users with the highest amount of value for the lowest cost. As such, all registrations, whether they are for free events or not-for-profit events, are subject to Corsizio's pay-per-use pricing for usage, and users still get access to all features, support, security, and data storage. Therefore, cost is dependent on volume of usage and not on the event price or purpose.