Test Notification Emails
We have added the ability to send a test Notification Email. When you click on each Notification email, at the bottom of the edit page you will see this (if at least one recipient is enabled):
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June 24, 2025
RunSignup AI for Vibe Coding
RunSignup AI provides tools that help events harness the power of AI. RunSignup AI for Vibe Coding enables customers to use the RunSignup platform for custom applications, public-facing pages such as top fundraiser lists, and custom reports within the RunSignup dashboard, using...June 24, 2025
Introducing the RunSignup AI Chatbot
RunSignup is releasing the RunSignup AI Chatbot for our free Website V2 in July, 2025. The RunSignup AI Chatbot is a new free option for Races, Ticket Events, and Membership Organizations using RunSignup’s Websites V2. The RunSignup AI Chatbot will provide automated...June 22, 2025
Founder’s Corner – AI Comes to Transactional and Database Systems like RunSignup
Part of Bob’s continued ramblings. This thought has been dawning on me the past several months. AI is introducing a new user experience to traditional transactional and database driven systems with Chat interfaces, Vibe Coding, and Agents. This is part of a continuing...Read More about Founder’s Corner – AI Comes to Transactional and Database Systems like RunSignup
June 14, 2025
Founders Corner – No Thanks to Acquiring Registration Companies
Part of Bob’s continued ramblings. I sometimes write these blogs to save myself time, like in this case. We have been getting some inbound requests about our interest in acquiring companies in the registration or ticket spaces. While we may have looked at...Read More about Founders Corner – No Thanks to Acquiring Registration Companies
June 14, 2025
RaceDay Mobile Timing V5 (Part 2): Built From Your Feedback
RaceDay Mobile Timing V5 (Part 2): Highly Requested Camera Zoom & Detailed Upload Status Now Live!
We’re excited to announce that RaceDay Mobile Timing V5 Part 2 is now available! This update is a direct result of valuable feedback from race organizers and timers like you. We’ve focused on delivering solutions to common race day challenges with two...Read More about RaceDay Mobile Timing V5 (Part 2): Built From Your Feedback
Recent Blogs
The Power of Continuous Improvement and the RunSignUp Community
Some of our team was out presenting to a prospective customer yesterday. During the demo, the customer requested a feature – forcing participants to scroll thru the entire waiver form before allowing them to confirm. One of our team members sent a…
Read MoreWelcome Heena and Ben!
We have two development interns who joined us this summer, Heena Surve and Ben Faria. We have had great success with our intern program in the past, with over a half dozen people learning and growing their technical skills at RunSignup in our advanced…
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Phased Releases
As part of our coming support for easier and more powerful Multi-Race bundles, we are in the process of refactoring (re-writing) a lot of our core registration code. We will begin releasing some of that this coming week, and June should see…
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Creating Communities to Turn RaceDay into RaceDAYS
“As race directors react to declining participation numbers, what we’re seeing is more of them increase value and create better experiences for their runners, partners, charities and communities.” – Rich Harshbarger, Running USA (2017 US Road Race Trends) While we have some data discrepancies that…
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May Brings New Usage Records for RaceJoy!
Part One! Record Usage over One Race Weekend and One Race We are seeing record RaceJoy usage on multiple fronts in this popular running month of May! This is a three part series demonstrating the full adoption of RaceJoy’s innovative race day…
Read MoreUX Manifesto – Year One Report
One year ago, we made this pledge: Our Commitment: RunSignup will not only have the most feature rich race management platform, we will also have the leading user experience for participants, race directors, race management companies and timers by the end of…
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Auto-Applied Coupon URLs
We have added a way to auto-apply a coupon code through a specific URL. In order to use this feature, you must first set-up the coupon code. Once the code is set-up, you can go to the bottom of the coupon set-up page…
Read MoreRace Directors HQ Deep Dive into RaceJoy
Race Directors HQ took a Deep Dive into RaceJoy, and we are pleased to share their coverage. Race Directors HQ is a resource for race organizers to find out about the various tools and services they can use to help propel their business. Some…
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Quick Link for Legacy Check-In
We have made it simpler to give volunteers access to the legacy version of the check-in app (not the dedicated mobile phone-based check-in app). Previously, you had to grant them access to the race or sign them all into your own account….
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