Recent Blogs


Domains, SSL, DNS and Internet Basics

With the coming release of “BYO Domain” on RunSignup in mid-April 2019, this blogpost is meant to provide you with a basic understanding of how domains work, and the background on what you will need to do to set up your Domain…

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2019 RRCA Convention Wrap-Up

We just got back from New Orleans, and the 61st Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) Convention! RunSignup’s history sponsoring the RRCA Convention goes back so far that no one is *entirely* sure what year it began, but we believe it was 2010 or…

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RunSignup Race Weather App

April 1, 2019 – Moorestown, NJ – RunSignup is pleased to announce the coming availability of the RunSignup WRM – the Race Weather App. The new app is expected to provide race directors with the power of Weather Relationship Management, or WRM. In the fully…

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Q1 2019 RunSignup Results

We do a quarterly update on how things are going with RunSignUp (2016, Q1/17, Q2/17, Q3/17, 2017, Q1/18, Q2/18, Q3/18, and 2018). The good news is that more races, timing companies, running stores and runners continue to recommend us. And we keep putting out great technology our customers seem to…

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Race Registration Market Analysis – March, 2019

We do a US Registration Market Analysis every 6 months: We try to improve on it with your feedback (so feel free to send suggestions or corrections to bob.bickel at runsignup.com). We do this as part of our own internal market evaluation…

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Alan Jones Sells RunScore

As anyone who follows RunSignup knows, we are huge fans of Alan Jones – naming an annual Timing Award after him to be handed out at our annual Symposium. We are very happy for him, as he has decided to sell RunScore. RunScore was first released 36…

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Processing Fee Price Elasticity

There is a wide variance in processing fees consumers are willing to pay for different events – from low RunSignup-like fees to high Ticketmaster type fees. And yet consumers are willing to still sign up for the race or buy the tickets….

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Randomize “Add a Donation” Charity at Checkout

If your race supports multiple charity partners, you can now randomize the charity that shows on the checkout page for non-donors. This allows races with multiple charity partners to take advantage of the option to ask non-donors if they would like to…

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RunSignup Launches Annual Alan Jones Timer Award

We are very excited to launch the annual Alan Jones Timer Award to recognize an industry race timer who has clearly made an impact on improving the race industry. See the official press release here. Overview As the backbone of the race industry, timers…

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