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Technology Really Does Matter

Most people do not understand technology, which is fine. The problem is that many people translate that into not valuing technology or the complexity behind the many simple uses of the web and mobile apps they see every day. This winds up…

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Secure Information Option

We have added the ability to collect Social Security Number, Drivers License and Passport as highly secure options to race registration. This was done at the request of a race held on a military base, but may be useful for other purposes…

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Corporate Teams – Purchase Additional Entries

We now give Corporate Team Captains the ability to buy additional entries for the race. The cost is the same set for that team type in the Corporate Team setup. This is a new option that is enabled in the Corporate Team…

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Solano Turkey Trot Case Study

We have a series Customer Case Studies, in which we take your stories and share your challenges and successes as a learning tool for other RunSignup users.  This Solano Turkey Trot Case Study focuses on the benefits of easy access sharing, and changing race day registration. …

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Corporate Team Store Items Paid By Invoice

Corporate Team races (races where companies are paying for race registration in various ways) can now enable the purchase of store items to be paid by invoice. This is useful for store items that Corporate Team Captains might be purchasing like Tent…

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The Big Short and Registration Payments

I went to The Big Short movie last night. I consider myself an amateur economics student of that time period and have read all the books – The Big Short, Too Big To Fail, and the ones by Geitner, Bernanke and Paulson. I found the network effects of financial leverage…

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Fundraiser Refunds

You can now set a registration fee for Fundraisers, but automatically refund part or all of it once they meet a certain goal. For example you may have a registration fee of $100, but do an automatic refund of $100 once the…

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Refunds for Group Size

Race Directors can now make refunds to group members who joined a team before the group size discount was met. This is a powerful extension to our Group Pricing, so group members are not waiting on each other to sign up for the…

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Microsoft Ends Support for IE 8, 9 and 10

Microsoft is ending support for Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10 next week. We will likely be following suit later this year for all race director and partner interfaces, but will have to continue to provide some support for the interfaces runners…

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Fraudulent Races

Unfortunately, one of the things we have had to get good at this year is catching fraudulent races that have been set up (in addition to fraudulent transactions and hacking attempts). Over the past two days, we have caught 2 fraudulent races…

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