Saving Runners Money
RunSignup was designed to fix some of the things that bugged us as runners when we signed up for races. One of those things was paying a fee for each runner signed up. So we changed things to being a fee on…
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June 8, 2026
RaceDay CheckIn v63: Clearer Bib Entry, Better CheckIn Review Prompts, and More Reliable Live Updates
RaceDay CheckIn v63 is all about making race-day operations feel smoother, clearer, and more dependable for staff at the tent, on the course, or at a kiosk. This release improves the manual bib entry experience, makes label printing more reliable, clarifies review...June 8, 2026
Race Registration Discounts: When to Use a Coupon Code vs. a Referral Link
If you’ve ever wanted to offer a race registration discount or incentivize word-of-mouth sign-ups for your race, you’ve probably run into two options in RunSignup: coupon codes and referral links. They might seem interchangeable at first, but they serve different purposes —...Read More about Race Registration Discounts: When to Use a Coupon Code vs. a Referral Link
June 3, 2026
How to Collect Multiple Waivers During Registration
Whether you’re partnering with a sponsor that has its own liability requirements, running a trail or ultra race with venue specific liability requirements, or working with a national governing body like US Masters Swimming — collecting multiple waivers during registration is a...Read More about How to Collect Multiple Waivers During Registration
June 2, 2026
What Referral Program Works Best?
We know referral programs work. But, if you’re investing time and money into a referral program, it makes sense that you’ll want to maximize the results. But the truth is, there isn’t really a one-size fits all referral program that works best...June 2, 2026
Do Referral Rewards Programs Work?
We first released automated referral rewards in 2016. A decade later, it’s still consistently one of the best ways a race can boost registrations and reach new runners. Because of that, we incorporate referral rewards into our setup recommendations. However, not all...Recent Blogs
Partner Financial Reports
One of the major features of RunSignup is the ability for us to have Partners who help race directors with using the system. Our biggest set of partners are Timers, who use us for multiple races and enjoy the ability for them…
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Edit Questions Responses
We have now added the ability for runners and race directors to easily edit the responses to Custom Questions that are asked during registration. This is particularly useful for races, clubs and other technology partners who need to keep accurate information over…
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Even More Customized Questions
We have extended the ability to ask Custom Questions during registration to ask for specific types of information: This assures that when a runner is answering a question, they fill in the right type of information. The Date Function is nice because…
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Time Formatted Custom Questions
We have added a time format for custom questions. This is very useful for races asking for an estimated finish time. Just click the new button as in the example on the right. This will automatically insert the question into the registration…
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Club Open API
(Geek alert!) We have just released an extension to our Open API to include Club Membership access. This gives other software providers as well as advanced customers access to Club Membership information from their application. For example, another registration provider could now…
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Deferred Entries
Race Directors can now allow Deferred Entries. This allows runners who might get injured or have a conflict to defer their entry until the following year. Like other Participant Management features like bib exchange, event transfer, refunds, you can set an additional…
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More Tips and Tricks for Importing Club Members – Families
As we continue to get large clubs importing existing memberships into RunSignup, we learn more and develop a few tools. One of the powerful things RunSignup offers is the idea of a single Membership covering multiple people. Very useful for Mom to…
Read MoreExcel Payment Summary
This is one of our favorite features and should help the folks who have to reconcile all the financial reports for a race or club. You can download an Excel Spreadsheet of all of your payments nicely summarized. Each payment is on…
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No Advertising and No Spam
Several races have asked us recently for help in marketing their races. We offer a number of ways for races to help promote themselves (like giving you free email marketing, providing natural search, Facebook and Twitter integration, the best Mobile reach, integration with Google…
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