Recent Blogs


Technology is Hard

Amazon, the leading Cloud provider had some major issues today. The screen shot on the right shows their status page around 1PM today – and RED is not good. Even USA Today, and CNN reported the 4-5 hour outage this afternoon: “People reported outages and delays on…

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Hide Store During Registration

We added an option at the bottom of Store Setup (under Customizations) to hide the store during registration, and hide the tab as well during the registration process.

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Want to expand your race day communications? RaceJoy has the answer!

RaceJoy offers a variety of communications options that offer real-time messaging with a highly engaged audience of participants, their supporting family and friends, and your race operations team. From pre-loaded text formatted messages that reach the masses to individualized text-to-audio messages, you…

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RunSignUp Demonstrates Continued Commitment to Secure Data and Transaction Processing with new Leadership Role

The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) announced today the launch of a new Payment Facilitator Committee, with Kevin Harris (RunSignup Chief Finance and Operations Officer) taking the role of Vice-Chair. ETA Press Release: http://www.electran.org/publication/transactiontrends/eta-announces-new-payments-facilitator-committee/ As noted in the release, the committee “will serve as a…

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Show Sponsor Levels

ere is now a simple display option that shows the Sponsor Levels: When turned on, it will show the various levels:

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RaceDay Scoring – Why Build it

When we announced the RaceDay Go Platform, we talked about our desire to build out the RaceDay Scoring component for timers. As we embark on the considerable development effort (multi-person project that will continue forever), it is a fair question to ask ourselves and for…

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The Mighty Mud Dash Encourages Referrals

Referrals can be one of the single most powerful marketing tools for your race, making up 7-13% of total registrations for races with referral rewards activate. To maximize the program, your runners have to: The Mighty Mud Dash in Texas (www.mightymuddash.com) is…

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Sponsor Management

RunSignup is rolling out a major new part of our platform – Sponsor Management. And as usual, it is FREE! Sponsors are an important part of most races. They bring in revenue (for Bob’s Scott Coffee Run, they provide more revenue than…

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Club Membership Required on Specific Events

We have added an Advanced Option under Club Membership Discount Pricing that requires membership in a club for specific Events. This can be very useful for Clubs with their own race series who might have a specific Event like a Club 10K that is…

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