How Do Registration Deadlines Work?

From your dashboard, hover over Activities & Sessions and select Sessions & Contents Manager.
Find the session you want to update.
Click on Registration Open on the session.
The registration options will open where you can update the setting.

When session starts - Registrations remain open until the session start time.
Example: If the session starts July 27 at 9:00am, registrations will close at July 27, 9:00am.
When session ends - Registrations remain open until the session end time on the end date.
Number of days before session starts - Registrations close the specified number of days before the session start date at 11:59pm by default but you can set the time to whatever you’d like.
Example: If the session starts on Monday and this value is set to 4 days, registrations will close on Thursday at 11:59pm.
Number of days before session ends - Registrations close the specified number of days before the session end date at 11:59pm by default but you can set the time to whatever you’d like.
Example: If the session ends on Friday and this value is set to 1 day, registrations will close on Thursday at 11:59pm.
At a specific date & time - Choose an exact calendar date and time when registrations will close.

The date and time for the chosen option appear in parentheses, so you always know exactly when registrations will close based on your settings.

If you offer single-day registrations, you’ll also see separate day and time selection options.

If you want to update multiple sessions at once, you can use Bulk Edit:

Select multiple sessions.
Click Bulk Edit.
Choose Registration Start & End Dates to apply changes to all selected sessions.

For more information on Bulk Edit, check out our help article.

If you don’t set a custom deadline, the system applies these defaults:

Activity Type	Default Value for "Stop Accepting Registrations"
Online	One day before session starts
Camp	4 days before session starts
Class	10 days before session ends
Event	When session starts
Birthday	10 days before session ends

Sometimes families register at the last minute, so you can choose how close to the start or end of a session you want to accept registrations. The registration deadline setting controls this.