Split the court: how paying your share works
Book the court, pay only your seat, and let your partners pay theirs in the app. Here is exactly what happens, and when.
Four people play, one person books, and somebody always ends up chasing the others for money. Paying your share in Padli is there so nobody has to.
How it works
When you book, choose to pay your share. Then invite the other three players to the booking. Each of them pays their own seat in the app, with their own card.
Padli shows the plan before you confirm, in three steps:
- Now: you pay your own share.
- Until the match: your partners pay their shares in the app.
- About two hours after the match: any seat nobody paid is settled.
What if someone does not pay?
The club still has to be paid for the whole court. So if a seat is still unpaid about two hours after the match, its share is charged to the person who booked. Padli tells you this up front, with the most you could pay if nobody else does, so there is never a surprise.
In practice this rarely happens: paying a share takes your partners a few seconds, and they can see in the app that it is still open.
Why the shares are not always identical
The court price is divided between four seats. When it does not divide exactly, one seat may be a cent or two more than the others. That is the only reason two shares ever differ.
Inviting players who are not on Padli
Send them the booking link. They can see the court, the time and their share before they create an account, and pay once they have.
Open matches
If you only have two or three players, you can turn the booking into an open match, so other players looking for a game can join and pay the empty seats. We explain open matches in their own article.
Prefer to pay the whole court?
That is always an option too. Pay the full price when you book, and settle with your friends however suits you.
