How it works
How Sporttics works
Sporttics lets you pass on a race entry you can’t use, or take over someone else’s. The name change is made with the race organiser, and we hold the buyer’s money until the transfer is confirmed.
- The buyer’s money is held until the transfer is confirmed
- Only races whose organiser allows it
- Never above face value
From listing to race day
Who does what, in order.
SellerSporttics
The seller lists the entry
We check the race’s rules first: if the organiser doesn’t allow resale through us, the entry can’t be listed. The price can’t be above what the runner paid. The seller uploads their registration confirmation; only we and the organiser can open it.
BuyerSporttics
The buyer pays, and we hold the money
The buyer pays the asking price plus the Sporttics fee of CHF 6.00, by card or TWINT. The seller gets nothing yet: the money stays with Sporttics.
SellerOrganiser
The seller makes the name change
The seller transfers the entry in the organiser’s own system, using the participant details the buyer entered. If the race charges a transfer fee, it is paid to the organiser there; each listing says who pays it.
OrganiserBuyerSporttics
The transfer is confirmed, then the seller is paid
Confirmation comes from the organiser or the buyer, or from a registration reference the seller records. Only then is the money released. The table below shows how.
Buyer
Race day
The buyer’s name is on the start list. If the entry isn’t transferred by the race’s deadline, the buyer gets everything back, the Sporttics fee included.
When the seller is paid
Sporttics never pays a seller on their word alone. What releases the money depends on who confirms the transfer.
| Who confirms | Money released |
|---|---|
| The organiser, at their desk | Straight away |
| The buyer | Straight away |
| The seller, with a registration reference | After 48 hours, unless the buyer reports a problem |
| The seller, without proof | Never automatically: a person at Sporttics decides |
| Nobody, by the race’s deadline | The buyer is refunded in full |
If the buyer reports a problem, the payment is frozen until a person at Sporttics has decided.
Which races we list
Organisers set the rules for their entries. We follow them.
The organiser agrees
Entries are listed. Partner races go further: see below.
The organiser forbids it
Some organisers forbid transfers through third parties or run their own exchange. We don’t list those entries and point you to the organiser instead.
Rules not published
The seller is asked to check with the organiser that the entry can be transferred before listing it.
Partner races
Some organisers work with us directly. For their races:
- Every sale reaches the organiser’s desk with the new participant’s details.
- The organiser confirms the name change with one click, and the seller is paid.
- A listing goes live only once the seller has uploaded the registration confirmation.
What a listing can claim
Each listing shows how far its entry has been checked. A badge never claims more than we can show.
- Confirmed by the organiser
- The organiser confirmed the transfer and released the entry.
- Document checked
- We have seen the registration confirmation and compared it with the listing.
- Check in progress
- The seller uploaded their registration confirmation. We have not checked it yet.
- No confirmation provided
- The seller did not upload a registration confirmation, so there is nothing for us to check.
- Not confirmed
- We could not confirm this entry.
What it costs
- The buyer pays
- Asking price plus CHF 6.00
- The seller receives
- The asking price, in full
- Highest price
- The entry’s face value
- Organiser’s transfer fee
- Paid to the organiser, by the seller unless the race charges the new runner
- Not transferred in time
- Full refund, Sporttics fee included
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