Ah, its pretty interesting to see that this thread is active again; and that too, for addressing an extremely important issue.
While these issues dogged most of our efforts (in the past) to have a tournament even in the most active areas (Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore) of today, we completely forgot about the Rest of India, where people still do not get tournaments organized.
While I truly agree to whatever has been discussed till now, I also believe that this issue cannot be resolved THAT easily.
Changing the people's mindset about a Beyblade tournament fee is too much of a chore. Certain Indian bladers are too naive when it comes to such matters. When we tell them about the WBO, they expect something BIG.
First off, its hard to get them to this site. Due to this, there are various misconceptions about the World Beyblade Organization (I mention the full name here, as that holds relevance to the topic), which assumes a standard equivalent to that of a Multinational Company; thanks to its rather "professional-sounding" name.
The features of the WBO (such as being ranked internationally, offering a yearly membership in the form of a Passport, etc) make people overlook the words "non-profit". People expect something happening on an extremely large-scale; especially because its something to do about being "ranked internationally".
If people actually cared enough to read through the pages of this site, is when they'd actually understand as to what is happening.
What's more, the "abnormally high" entry fee for something as small as a platform to play a game of spinning tops isn't too appealing. This is rather contradictory, I agree. First I say that parents are overwhelmed to hear that their child is playing on an "international level"; and then I say that parents find it "too small a thing" to spend $5 for...
This erratic mindset again, is what causes problems for us when we try to convince people.
If we overdo it, then people expect too much. If we fall short, they find it a waste of money.
As N0body said, parents often tend to offer other tempting options to divert the child's mind from the tourney. Something that is more "constructive". Heck, they are actually ready to spend $2 more, and buy a Hasbro bey itself.
While the system of allowing First Time-Organizers around the world to host tournaments for free on BeyDays might be a GREAT help to get members, it usually raises the expectations of members a notch. After that, it becomes extremely difficult to make people pay for future tournaments.
Fortunately, that hasn't happened in Mumbai, Pune(OK, forget Pune! N0body has always mentioned that he has problems organizing tourneys here if they aren't for free), Bangalore, or Hyderabad.
But well, being a joint thread for the whole of India, we can't be satisfied with just this. We'd need to help members in other regions to host tourneys too!