StriderPay:

The Most Powerful Tool to Collect Rider Payments

Join top equestrian venues across North American who use StriderPay to conveniently and easily accept secure digital payments for all the equestrian activities they host.  

You’ll find StriderPay used for:  USEF sanctioned competitions, recognized and unrecognized horse shows, schooling activities, hunter paces, polo matches, clinics, arena rentals, workshops and more!

Ask around- The average show venue saves $1200-$3600 in processing fees per activity with StriderPay

StriderPay is Used by Industry Leaders

Stress-free Revenue Collection

Get started with StriderPay today and accept secure payments directly from riders, without the hassle of merchant fees impacting your bottom line. 

Our streamlined onboarding process is free and gets you ready to accept payments quickly. 

  • Riders can pay you directly with their credit/ debit card, Venmo or PayPal accounts.  Regardless of the payment method they use, funds go straight into the account you specify.
  • Fast, convenient, easy.

What’s Required: You must have an active PayPal Business account to use StriderPay. If you don’t have one, our StriderPay onboarding screens will help you set up one in just a few minutes. 

StriderPay features

StriderPay is our innovative and secure payment processing service, designed in partnership with PayPal to maximum your revenue and convenience. 

Funds are deposited in real time into your business account, regardless of the payment method used. 

Get started with StriderPay now

To collect payment through our StriderPay service, you’ll need to be a STRIDER member and a verified PayPal business account holder.  

View our “how-to set-up” steps here.

No. Only a PayPal Business Account is required to use StriderPay.

Our system converts funds sent via Venmo (or credit/debit cards) and deposits it into your PayPal/Bank account.

You’ll be prompted to upgrade it as you set up StriderPay inside your organizer dashboard.

Have ready:

  • Login + Password for your PayPal account & associated email
  • Your business EIN (SSN for sole proprietor)
  • Business Ownership info

There’s no monthly fee to use StriderPay.  Riders pay transaction fees up front to cover organizer costs. This protects your bottom line.

We’ve uniquely and securely designed StriderPay to minimize your out of pocket costs.

Get started with StriderPay now

You do. We don’t hold your funds. Payment is deposited directly into your account in real-time as the rider completes payment on STRIDER.  

 Here’s “How To Issue Refunds“. 

Yes, if you want to. It’s available on our StriderGold level.

But you’ll probably get more entries with online payment. 
(We’ve stopped using VHS tapes, too!)

Note: We will soon move payment via check under our StriderGold service as a paid feature.

Who Handles Reporting to the IRS?
STRIDER does not collect or remit taxes for members. You’ll need to include any applicable taxes in your entry fees, such as state sales or e-marketplace taxes.    

Taxes
You are responsible for the collection and remittance of all taxes associated with funds processed through STRIDER. 

PayPal will issue tax forms for all accounts that receive over $20,000 in a calendar year.

In order to comply with financial security and IRS reporting requirements, we require each organizer to be carefully vetted, and banking information must be confirmed in PayPal before you can use our StriderPay service.

To learn more, please review our Payment Processing Agreement.