*This is the minimum amount you can be charged for that exhibitor type. However, depending on the options you select, the actual final price may vary.

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**For COTGCON 2026, all scheduled events that attendees can participate in must have no additional charge for participation.

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***For COTGCON 2026, game developers & game publishers are not eligible for the Vendor or Sponsor levels. We will look to expand opportunities at future COTGCONs.

If you are approved as an EVS partner, you will automatically receive the above noted number of complimentary organizer passes (2 for exhibitor, 3 for vendor, 4 for sponsor) for designated individuals to be at the convention onsite, as well as 1 or 2 tables depending on your agreed-upon needs. Each additional table beyond the first 2 is an additional $25 fee per table (e.g. 1-2 tables is $0, 3 tables is $25, 4 tables is $50, etc.)

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Table options (subject to availability):

• 58” rounds    

• 8’ rectangles

• 6’ rectangles

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Traditional, large-scale booth setups are not available at COTGCON 2026 - while our venue this year is bigger, it is still a small venue. Please coordinate with us either in your application or at inquiries@playcotg.com to discuss space you may require that is significantly beyond our available tables. 

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Should you need additional staff beyond the included complimentary organizer passes at your exhibitor level, you may request any number of additional staff  passes for a fee of $8 each. These passes are intended for individuals who are actively assisting the onsite presence of EVS partners, and are not to be used to circumvent purchasing a ticket for normal convention attendance. Both these EVS Staff passes and complimentary EVS passes grant full access to the convention beyond your intended onsite purpose.​

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All EVS Partners Join in on COTGCON's Commitment to FREE GOODIES

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As an exhibitor, vendor, or sponsor at COTGCON, you are also committing to the spirit of our business for the time you are joining us. As such, all exhibitors, vendors, and sponsors are required to prepare a free goodie (or goodies plural) for attendees to give out onsite, and contribute an item for our prize giveaway that is valued at $20 USD or more. Sponsors who have no onsite presence may opt for just the prize giveaway item.

The freebie/goodie can be cheap and small, or it can be big and expensive. It can be 1 die, or 100s of buttons. It can be a bouncy ball, or it can be a whole car giveaway. However, business cards, flyers, or other strictly promotional and/or paper-based items with no further purpose do not count toward this. COTG reserves the sole right to approve or deny any proposed freebie, goodie, and/or prize giveaway contribution.

No matter what you choose to prepare - one item or many, cheap or highly valuable - please include an idea for what you may plan on preparing as a free goodie and contribute as a prize giveaway item for attendees in your inquiry!

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Vendor & Sponsor Level Important Notes:

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• FOOD VENDORS: For COTGCON 2026, we are actively looking for food truck/outdoor food vendors! Please use the application form on this page as well. For all intents and purposes, food vendors have the same terms, policies and benefits as regular vendors. 

• Commission fee: Vendors and sponsors are subject to a 10% commission fee for all onsite sales, in addition to their participation fee. You may apply to waive this fee during the review process if you are operating as an individual, sole proprietorship, or single-member LLC (intended for artists, craftspeople, small food vendors, etc.). If you incur less than $1000 in gross sales onsite over the duration of the convention, this fee may be automatically reduced or waived completely.

• Game developers & publishers: For COTGCON 2026, game developers & game publishers are not eligible to participate at the Vendor or Sponsor levels, regardless of company size or whether they are independent or established developers. Game developers & publishers interested in participating may submit their inquiry for the Exhibitor level here on this page, or at the Community Event level depending on the needs of their intended purpose.​​​​​​​​​​​

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ARE YOU A CLEVELAND LOCAL GAME SHOP? WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER FOR YOU!

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If you're a local game shop in Cleveland, Ohio and you want to check out COTGCON but don't know that you're ready to commit to a full EVS presence, shoot us an email at inquiries@playcotg.com with "LGS in CLE" in the subject line - send any number of your staff to come check out what COTGCON is all about for $1 per head!

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Review, Approval & Confirmation Process

Once you submit your EVS inquiry through the form at the bottom of this page - which is free to submit - we will take at least 5-7 business days to review your inquiry. During that process, we may communicate with you to further understand the nature of your business/promotional activity, and to determine the true needs of your onsite presence. Please monitor your email for communications you may receive from an @playcotg.com email address and be sure to check your spam.

After that review process, we will either approve or deny your partnership inquiry. If your inquiry is approved, we will send you an email communication that notifies you of this. As part of that communication, we will send an invoice and request that you pay any charges associated with your EVS attendance at COTGCON.

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This payment and its receipt will serve as confirmation that you will participate at COTGCON, and that you fully intend to fulfill your agreed upon presence at our convention.

We do not guarantee refunds, and will review cancellation requests after the aforementioned payment step on a case-by-case basis. Failure to fulfill your commitments to COTGCON after confirmation and without adequate communication may constitute a breach of COTGCON policy.

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Please note that once you submit the form, the system will automatically bring your screen back up to the top of the form and clear your submission - but as long as you scroll back down to the bottom of the form and see the "Thank you for submitting" message, and receive an email about your submission, then it successfully submitted!

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Breach of Agreement & Misconduct Notice

Failure to comply with any of the policies and terms outlined in your email agreement or formal contract, and on this page (or any aspect thereof) may result in a $300 fee.