• What payment methods can I use on Gaytherings?

  Cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Klarna, and Affirm. Payments run through Stripe, so your card details go straight to them and never sit with us. Cards Credit and debit cards from the major networks. Enter the details at checkout, or pick a saved card if you're signed in and have used one before. Apple Pay and Google Pay On mobile, the wallet tab is selected by default and the button activates once you've entered your email. Tap it and confirm the way you normally would. On desktop, walleFew readers

• Do I need an account to buy tickets on Gaytherings?

  No. Checkout works without an account, and it always will. Enter your email, pay, and your tickets arrive. What guest checkout gives you One email lands in your inbox with everything in it: your receipt for the order, and your tickets attached as a PDF. It also carries links to add them to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, so you don't have to go hunting for the attachment when you arrive. That email is the ticket. Forward it, open it, or save it to your wallet. Nothing is held back because yFew readers

• How do I use a promo code on Gaytherings?

  Promo codes are created by organizers for their own events, and applied at checkout. Applying one Get to checkout with your tickets selected. Tap "Add promo code" to open the field. Enter the code and apply it. The discount appears in the order summary before you pay. Check the total after applying. If the summary hasn't changed, the code didn't take. One code per order Only one promo code can be applied to an order. Codes don't combine, so if you're holding tFew readers

• How do I buy tickets on Gaytherings?

  Buying takes an email address and a payment method. No account needed. Picking your tickets Open the event you want. Tap the ticket button. If there's more than one ticket type, pick the one you want and set a quantity. Some events ask you to accept the organizer's terms before continuing. Continue to checkout. The price you see on the event page is the full price, fees included. Nothing gets added at the last step. At checkout Enter the email address where yoFew readers

• What happens when I get to the event?

  Show your QR code, get scanned, go in. No app, no account, no sign-in. Have the code ready before you arrive Open it from your wallet, from the PDF, or from the email itself. Screenshots work. Wallet is the most reliable of the three, because it opens instantly and doesn't need a signal, and venue basements are where phone reception goes to die. Turn your screen brightness up. Scanners struggle with dim screens more than anything else. Getting scanned The check-in team scans the codFew readers

• Where do I find my tickets?

  Your tickets arrive by email as soon as your order goes through, attached as a PDF alongside your receipt. In your email Search your inbox for the event name, or for Gaytherings. The PDF is attached to that email, and the QR code inside it is what gets scanned. If nothing turns up, check spam and promotions before assuming it didn't send. If none of that works, contact the event organizer or our support team at support@gaytherings.com and we'll be happy tFew readers

• My payment didn't go through. What now?

  Try again. Nothing is lost, your details stay in the form, and a failed payment doesn't hold your tickets or your money. First, check the obvious Most declines come down to something small: a mistyped card number, a wrong expiration date or security code, a billing zip code that doesn't match the card, or a card that's expired. Fix it and complete the purchase again. If the card looks right Your bank may have blocked it. Banks decline unfamiliar merchants routinely, especially on a fFew readers

• What fees will I pay?

  The price on the event page is the price you pay. Fees are already in it, and nothing gets added at the last step. Where the money goes Two fees can sit on top of the ticket price. A service fee, which is ours, and a payment processing fee, which goes to the company that handles the card transaction. Both are per order, not per ticket. Buying six tickets in one order means one set of fees, not six. Sometimes the organizer pays them Organizers choose how fees are handled for their evFew readers