The Space Coast Marathon opened up registration this morning on RunSignUp. This is a sell out race, and what was interesting is the way they handled registration. Like the Spring Lake 5, they wanted to give a first chance to last year’s participants….
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By default, we show the SignUp Fee up front if the runner will be paying for it. We think this is a good practice as it let’s runners know the total cost. However, some races do not want to show this until…
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RunSignup was the first race registration site to have a mobile user interface. Today over 42% of runners are registering from a mobile device and the need for ease of use and full website capabilities is imperative. RunSignup released V 2.0 of…
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Does it make sense for your race to charge a smaller fee for the entry and then require the purchase of an Add-On? For example, you could have a race fee of $20 and then a T-Shirt fee of $15 and a…
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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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We were recently asked if we could handle 1,000 registration in 10 minutes. Of course we can! That is why we spent so much time proving 50,000 registrations in 7 minutes. If you are a geek, read the technical white paper on scaling. We…
Read MoreWith 37% of RunSignup users coming from a Mobile device, the need for races to have a great experience for mobile users has become imperative. We have done device detection for about the past two years and will give a mobile interface…
Read MoreWe just released on Super and Sub Events. What’s that? A Super Event is made up of multiple races, but packaged as one. For example, a “MegaPack Challenge” would sign a runner up for the 5K, 10K and Half Marathon. In Race…
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Or, How to let people into your race even if it is closed??? We now offer you two basic ways to let runners into your race even if it has closed or reached its cap. First, with a Reserved Individual Spot. Simply put…
Read MoreRunSignup by default requires runners to enter a password. We find this to be very helpful to runners long term since they do not have to type in information repeatedly for each race they join. It also enables features like refunds, event-event…
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