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Venues, clubs and academies that use Matchely can sell court time through the app. You see the venue’s grid, pick a start and a duration, pay through Mercado Pago and the court is yours. You can split the cost with whoever is playing and cancel under the policy the venue itself publishes — which you read before paying.
Booking requires a Matchely account. The venue’s public page shows the courts and opening hours to any visitor; the Book button lives in the app, for signed-in players, and only at venues that turned paid booking on.

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Where to book

Open the venue’s page on Matchely (its link, or from a competition it published). Under Courts, each court has a Book button. If the venue has not turned online booking on yet, the list of courts and hours stays there for reference only. There is no court search by city or map yet: the way in is always the venue’s page.

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The time grid

1

Day

A strip of dates starting today. How far ahead you can book is up to the venue.
2

Court, sport and duration

The court selector only shows when the venue has more than one court; the sport chips, only on a court that hosts more than one sport. The durations on offer (60, 90, 120 minutes…) are the venue’s choice too.
3

Time

Each cell is a possible start, with the price for the chosen duration. A dimmed cell has no price or is already taken. If you are a member of the organization, the grid already shows member prices.
Times are always in the venue’s clock. Booking from another time zone, the grid tells you which zone that is.
Book a court screen with the court, day, sport and duration selectors, the member price notice and the time grid with a price in each cellBook a court screen with the court, day, sport and duration selectors, the member price notice and the time grid with a price in each cell

The grid: court, day, sport and duration on top; each cell is a start time with its price. Dimmed cells are taken or unpriced. (Screens are shown in Portuguese.)

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Confirm and pay

Tapping a time opens the confirmation: court, day, start, duration and price, a message to the venue (optional) and the cancellation policy — how many hours before the start you can still cancel with a full refund. Read it before paying: that policy is the one that applies to your booking, even if the venue changes theirs later. Pay opens Mercado Pago. While you pay, the time is held for 10 minutes so nobody else can take it. Once paid, the booking becomes Confirmed and you get an email with the calendar event. If the payment does not finish within the hold, it expires and the time goes back on the grid — nothing is charged.
The court is sold by the venue, into its own Mercado Pago account. Matchely keeps nothing from the booking and does not hold the money: refunds and any settlement are between you and the venue, through the app.

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Split the cost

If the venue allows it, turn on Split the cost at confirmation and add 1 to 3 people — from your network or just by name. The cost is split into equal shares (some courts cap the number of people by capacity). You pay your share now, and that is what confirms the booking. Each guest pays their share through a link of their own. Guests with a Matchely account get a notification as soon as the booking is confirmed; for the others, the booking screen has Copy link next to each name, with a ready-made message. Whoever opens the link sees only what concerns them — court, time and the share amount — and taps Pay my share.
Whoever books is the guarantor. Shares have a deadline, set by the venue (some hours before the start). If any share is still open at the deadline, the balance is charged to you. Nothing is debited on its own: you get a notice and a payment to complete. If the balance is not paid by 2 hours before the start, the booking is cancelled and everyone gets back what they paid, even outside the policy window.

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The booking screen

Every booking has a screen of its own, with the current status (Awaiting payment, Confirmed, Cancelled, Hold expired, Completed), the place with Open in Maps, who is playing and who has paid, the court total, your message to the venue and the cancellation policy you read. From there you also get Add to calendar, Share and, on a booking still on hold, Finish payment with the hold countdown.
Booking screen: court and venue, Confirmed status, day and time, address with Open in Maps, the list of players and shares with one share open, the court total, the cancellation policy and the calendar, share and cancel buttonsBooking screen: court and venue, Confirmed status, day and time, address with Open in Maps, the list of players and shares with one share open, the court total, the cancellation policy and the calendar, share and cancel buttons

A confirmed booking as the organizer of a split sees it: one share still open, with the guest's link, and the cancellation policy with the amount that would come back now.

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Cancelling

Only whoever booked can cancel. Before you confirm, the screen shows how much comes back: within the policy window, the full amount to each person who paid (your share and the guests’); past it, nothing. The court goes back on the grid right away, and the refund takes a few days to show up, at the gateway’s pace. When the venue cancels (rain, maintenance), the amount paid comes back in full, even outside the window — unless you agreed to settle it outside the app. You get a notice with the reason.

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Where the booking lives

  • My matches → Upcoming matches: confirmed bookings, by date, next to your other matches.
  • My matches → Needs you: a booking of yours still awaiting your payment, or a share of yours still open on someone else’s booking.
  • Menu → My account → My payments: every court payment, with its status (paid, refunded) and View booking.

Matches overview

How My matches is organised.

I run a venue

Register courts, prices and turn paid booking on.