Steps To Buy Your Own Badge

1. On the “Registrants” tab, check that your information automatically populates.
2. Select the days you want to attend and click the “Add to Cart” button.
3. Once your badge is in the cart, you can move on to registering friends or family.

From there, select “Register Another Member” to purchase badges for others! Do not proceed to checkout until all badges have been added to your cart.

Steps to Buy Badges for Friends and Family

1. Get organized before the sale by collecting the Member IDs and last names of the people you’re buying for. Pay close attention to suffixes, hyphens, spaces, or accent marks in their Member ID or last name—these details matter when entering information into the system.
2. If you’re selected for a registration session, click the “Register Another Member ID” tab to start adding your friends. This is where you need to include any special characters and suffixes when entering their Member ID and last name to find the right account.
3. When the Member ID and last name match, their name will appear in a green box. From there, you can choose badges from the available inventory and add them to your cart.
4. From the pop-up that appears after you’ve clicked “Add to Cart,” click “Register Another Member” to repeat steps 2-3 until everyone is in your cart, then head to checkout. 

After you proceed to checkout, you can edit badge selections, but you won’t be able to change the registrants.

Group organization matters:

Having a well-organized and reliable group is key. Bad communication and disorganized groups can leave members without badges, so make sure your group has a solid plan. Stick to one browser on one device per person. If you try to use multiple browsers on one device, you risk being flagged for suspicious activity.

Coordinate purchases:

When multiple people in your group are selected for a registration session, stay in sync to avoid trying to buy the same badges for the same person. Once you’re at the “Process Order” page, changes to registrants aren’t possible, and mistakes can mean missed opportunities.

One session only:

Each individual is allowed to purchase badges for up to three people during a sale, and each individual is allowed a maximum of one registration session. If you are participating in a badge-buying group, please be sure that no single individual attempts to start a second registration session.

If your Member ID has been selected once and purchased badges for three members, you’re done for this sale. Please do not re-enter the queue or attempt to log in for another member’s registration session. Any attempts to manipulate our system, including sharing of URL’s, will invalidate ALL purchases made during those sessions.

Payment discrepancies:

If you’re part of a badge-buying group and a member is granted a registration session, the card provided by the person completing the purchase will be charged within the 72-hour payment processing period. Only one payment method can be used for the entire badge order.

When participating in a badge-buying group, Comic-Con is not responsible for how group members handle payment among themselves, and Comic-Con can’t step in to handle any payment issues between group members. For this reason, we strongly recommend purchasing only with people you know and trust. Any financial disputes or reimbursement issues within badge-buying groups are the sole responsibility of the individuals involved. Only the buyer is notified when a payment is declined, so stay in touch until their payment goes through.

Play fair:

Engaging with any commercial services meant to bypass or interfere with our queues or registration in any way will result in cancellation of all badge purchases. Sharing URLs will leave you empty-handed, and selling or scalping badges can result in all badges being canceled, including your own.

What comes next?

YOU SECURED A BADGE FOR YOURSELF AND A FRIEND!

Congrats on snagging badges for you and your friend! Now let’s walk through what happens next:

1. Order Acknowledgement Emails
   • As soon as your purchase is complete, each badge holder will get an order acknowledgment email confirming their badges. Keep an eye on your inbox (and your spam folder!) to make sure you receive this important confirmation. It includes information on badge shipping, badge pick-up, and refunds.
2. Payment Processing
   • When you check out, the total amount of your purchase will be marked as “Due Later” and payments will begin processing within 72 hours. Only the buyer will get an email to confirm if the payment went through successfully or if it was declined. If it’s declined, don’t worry—the buyer will be given the chance to resubmit payment for the entire order. The original method of payment will attempt to be charged every day for 30 days until the payment is processed successfully or a different method of payment is provided. To be safe, we recommend checking your Member ID account one week after the badge sale—if there’s still a balance due, you can submit payment for your own badges via the “My Notifications” tab of your Member ID account.
3. Badge Confirmation Emails
   • As the event approaches, we’ll send out badge confirmation emails to all attendees with a unique barcode. Bring your badge confirmation with you if you don’t receive your badge in the mail this summer. You can resend a copy of your badge confirmation from the “My Orders” section in your Member ID account at that time.