This is a guest blog from Cees van Dok, founder and creator of RaceClocker, a do-it-yourself tool for manual timing of sports races. RaceClocker has completed an integration allowing race directors to seamlessly import race data and start lists from RunSignup into…
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Timing races has evolved dramatically over the years. From the early days of stopwatches to the adoption of Time Machines, and eventually the emergence of chip timing, the industry continually seeks ways to more efficiently and accurately time and score mass participation…
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Part of Bob’s continued ramblings. Last week Eventbrite announced Q2 earnings, and put simply, they were a Train Wreck. That blog reviews the details of the mistakes that have decreased their ticket buyers by 16% in the past year. This has led to…
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EnMotive has announced the end of their registration business. As with previous registration vendors who have had to cease operations, RunSignup is here to help those customers who previously used EnMotive. Here is the letter that customers are receiving and has been…
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Races that used RunSignup in both 2023 and 2024 saw an overall registration count increase of 11% while transaction volume from registrations grew 15%. These are both the best monthly numbers we have seen in 2024, and move the average for 2024…
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We release an annual RaceTrends Report each winter to provide a thorough assessment of the state of the endurance and fundraising events industry. Today, we have a brief update looking at 2024 midyear race trends to help event organizers better understand the current state…
Read MoreWe are beginning to roll out the new pricing displays on our products effective today, June 7, 2024. This is a follow up to a more detailed blog where we review the new “Taylor Swift” pricing transparency laws that are mandating the…
Read MoreIn our continuing efforts to keep the endurance community up to date on trends, we mine our customer data for races on our platform in both years, and found races that occurred in May were up 5% from 2023. There were 446,121…
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Daniel Beasley shares how his company, Queu.ai, has helped a couple of RunSignup customers automate and improve customer service. Coastal Race Productions uses the Queu.ai Chatbot for Events to answer questions for their races like the Pink Ribbon Run (Give it a…
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Wall Street cheered the higher “Take Rate” and Revenue that Eventbrite generated for themselves in their Q1 2024 Report: However, we see some fundamental problems. Starting with the drop of 8% in their tickets sold in Q1 2024 vs. Q1 2023. RunSignup…
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