SF Blue Tech Refund Policy

refund policy

SF Blue Tech hosts both free to attend and fee-based events. Except under extraordinary circumstances, fees to attend SF Blue Tech happy hour events are non-refundable.

event registration and transaction fees

*As of April 30, 2025, SF Blue Tech includes registration and transaction processing fees in the total published event price–we do not tack-on additional fees.

For guest registration and payment processing of events, SF Blue Tech relies on various online event management and payment platforms, such as Stripe, Ecwid, Lu.ma, etc.

A. These online payment processing platforms assess a per transaction fee, which immediately results in a charge to SF Blue Tech each time an approved guest makes a reservation. In the extraordinary instance where we do refund a guest, please know that SF Blue Tech is unable to refund these third party online payment processing fees.

Most processing fees start at .029% + .30 per transation.

B. SF Blue Tech also uses combined online registration and payment platforms, such as Lu.ma. Each time an approved guest registers on the Lu.ma platform, Lu.ma immediately assesses a non-refundable 5% platform transaction fee, plus a payment processsing fee (usually .029% + .30 per transation). We are unable to reverse Lu.ma platform use and payment processing fees.