Recent Blogs


American Express Outage Friday Night

American Express had some outages on Friday night, November 18, 2022. About 10-15% of credit card transactions on our platform use American Express credit cards, and some of those transactions took extra time and some failed. When we try to process a transaction…

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Email V2 in RaceInsights Analytics

Email V2 stats now show in RaceInsights Analytics. This gives you even more insight into how your emails drive website views, registration numbers, and revenue. RunSignup email is free and you can send unlimited emails. However, it’s important to balance frequency and…

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Founder’s Corner – Annual Reviews and Compensation

Part of Bob’s continued ramblings. This one covers an overview of the how and why we do reviews and our compensation. Annual Reviews We like to do reviews and compensation adjustments on an annual basis. There are a number of positives around doing…

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Meet RunSignup at the 2023 Winter Roadshow

Registrations for the 2023 RunSignup Winter Roadshow are open! As we announced in September, we are foregoing our traditional Symposium this year in favor of smaller events that allow us to reach more race directors and timers all around the country. We’re starting…

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Founders Corner – Thoughts on Layoffs

Part of Bob’s continued ramblings. There have been tons of layoffs recently in the technology sector. The major factor driving this is a shift from investor perspectives of value on growth vs. profitability. And that was driven by very low interest rates. That…

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RaceDay CheckIn v3.2.32 is Now Available

Feature Updates Updated Membership Display to show even if there is no Membership Number. Some Memberships at RunSignup are set up without the concept of a Membership Number existing. In this case, we will show the membership and whether or not they…

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Rebuild Your Race with RunSignup

Many events across the country are still not back to pre-pandemic numbers and our recent trend data supports this continued long tail effect the industry is experiencing. Yet, many events are successfully building back and exceeding previous participation levels. We see those that are…

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Early Turkey Trot Numbers are Encouraging

We did a quick check-in on how some of the data is looking this year so far for registration (November 7, 2022). We have been tracking how far races have recovered post pandemic. We also have done an annual wrap-up after turkey trots are done….

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