Gender Options

November, 2021 – Update for better non-binary support. We have added an option in user profiles (https://RunSignup.com/Profile) to select Non-binary in addition to Male and Female: This will show as a “null” from a database perspective, and be left as blank when looking…

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Make Money with RunSignup

Every event organizer is trying to figure out how to generate revenue right now. Here is an overview of ways to can use RunSignup to potentially make some money. We also have a sister blog for ways to Save Money with RunSignup. Here…

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Quick Participant Videos

With the flood of races offering deferrals and transfers to virtual events, participants are also flooding our inbox (and yours, I’m sure) looking for guidance. Luckily, Andrew Sigwart both monitors the info@runsignup email inbox, and creates all our video content. We have a few…

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Chargeback Notification to Race Director

As the concern about industry impact from chargebacks increases, we have implemented a new notification to let races know when we receive a chargeback. We have written in depth about chargebacks, but for a quick refresher: A chargeback is where the credit card network…

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Tools for Coronavirus Planning

NOTE: We updated our policies for reserves and post race payments on March 27 and April 15. We are likely to continue to update the policy as conditions change. RunSignup will be releasing two tools this week to help races if they are affected by…

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Event & Race Emergency plans for Coronavirus

Update (3/4/2020): The CDC has issued guidance for mass gatherings and large community events. It contains a number of good suggestions for the basis of a plan. As we write this, Coronavirus is the headline of every news story and the subject of every…

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Broad Street and More Sell Out Races

Yesterday, February 17, 2020, was a big day. We processed over $3.4 Million across over 50,000 registrations. There was the big 30,000 lottery drawing for the Blue Cross Broad Street Run. Also the 1,400 person drawing for the Horribly Hilly Hundreds. Oh, and there…

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What Should Your Processing Fee Be?

A couple of years ago we wrote a somewhat intellectual blog on the “Price Elasticity of Processing Fees” that included fancy graphs. As we talk with lots of customers at the RunningUSA conference, this is once again a hot topic. The simple…

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What is your Participant Value?

This is Bob. We are heading to the RunningUSA Conference this weekend, and this is the question I will be asking over and over again. We want to try to get feedback on the value of a participant as part of designing…

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