Comic-Con 2026

Make It a Group Adventure: How to Buy Comic-Con 2026 Badges for Others

Wanting to grab badges for you and your crew? Round up their info and get ready because it’s nearly time to jump in. You may just be a step away from making that dream group cosplay finally happen!

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Open Registration is almost here, and we know you’re gearing up to score badges for you and your friends. Before the big day arrives, take a quick peek at our guide to make sure your badge buying experience goes off without a hitch.

Buying for Others? Read This First

Before you purchase badges for others, make sure you know these key points.

  • Everyone you’re buying badges for needs to have a valid Comic-Con Member ID before the date of Open Registration.
  • If you’re selected for a registration session, you can buy badges for up to three people, as long as supplies last. If you’re buying for yourself, you can grab badges for two additional members. If you’re not purchasing a badge for yourself, you can buy for up to three other members.
  • You need the Member ID and last name of each person you want to buy badges for, exactly as it appears on their account. This includes suffixes and special characters.
  • 12 岁及以下儿童无需提前注册。他们可以与一名付费成人一起免费参加动漫展!查看我们的儿童徽章政策,了解更多信息。

Steps To Buy Your Own Badge

If you’re planning to attend Comic-Con with your friends, start by securing your own badge first. When you’re granted a badge buying session, you’ll be prompted to log in to your Member ID account (so make sure all your info is up to date). From there:

  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.

从那里,选择 "注册其他会员 "为他人购买徽章!在将所有徽章添加到购物车之前,请不要继续结账。


为朋友和家人购买徽章的步骤

准备好帮助您的亲朋好友获得动漫展徽章了吗?您需要做的是

  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. 当会员 ID 和姓氏匹配时,他们的名字就会出现在绿色框中。从这里,您可以从现有库存中选择徽章并将其添加到购物车。
  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.


在销售期间添加和删除天数

将某人添加到购物车后,您可以直接在购物车中编辑其徽章选择。

If you need to REMOVE badge days, just click the red “X” next to the badge in your cart.

If you want to ADD badge days, click the “View Details / Manage Add-ons” button below …

the registrant’s name in your cart. You’ll be able to check the box next to the badges that still have inventory available. Then, click “Save.”


Important: Badge Availability and Waiting Room Realities

由于有资格获得胸卡的人数多于可获得胸卡的人数,竞争非常激烈!请记住,进入等候室并不能保证获得胸卡或注册时段,因此最好做好准备,以防在开放注册期间无法获得胸卡。

如果有人在注册过程中为您选择了所有可用的徽章,然后您进入自己的注册过程,您就不能再为自己选择徽章了,因为朋友已经为您选择了徽章。但是,如果有库存,您最多可以为其他三名成员购买徽章。

Use your 15-minute session wisely, because inventory can sell out while you have badges in your cart. Your badge selections are not secured until you successfully process your order. 

Want more information? Check out our detailed Open Registration instructions HERE.


What to Watch For

徽章购买团体

随着开放注册的日益临近,徽章购买小组已成为一种常见的策略,但它们并非没有风险。如果您正在考虑加入其中一个,那么您应该了解以下内容:

团体组织很重要:

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:

当您的团队中有多人被选中参加注册会话时,请保持同步,以避免为同一个人购买相同的徽章。一旦进入 "处理订单 "页面,就无法更改注册人,而错误可能意味着错失良机。


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.


下一步是什么?

你为自己和朋友获得了一枚徽章!

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

  1. 订单确认电子邮件
    • 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. 付款处理
    • 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. 徽章确认电子邮件
    • 随着活动的临近,我们将向所有与会者发送带有唯一条形码的胸卡确认邮件。如果您在今年夏天没有收到徽章确认邮件,请带上您的徽章确认邮件。届时,您可以从会员 ID 帐户的 "我的订单 "部分重新发送胸卡确认副本。

Not all eligible attendees will be able to purchase a badge during Open Registration. There are far more eligible attendees than available badges. Entry to the waiting room does not guarantee you a badge or registration session. If granted a badge buying session, any badge selection in your cart is not secured until the order is successfully processed.

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