Core Benefits of Memberships
Say goodbye to spreadsheets and usher in the era of cross promotion and automation with RunSignup’s Membership Platform.
Membership Management
Keep all your member and membership information in one easy-to-access place. Our system also lets you automate things like welcome emails and renewal reminders for.
Outstanding Websites
Our intuitive website builder lets you create an on-brand, professional looking, website in no time. A polished site instills confidence in potential members and makes signing up simple.
Automatic Renewals
Remove a step for longstanding members and avoid accidental membership lapses with automated renewals.
Key Features of the RunSignup Memberships Platform
Flexible Membership Options
Our memberships feature makes it easy for you to manage your running club members, prompt renewals, and collect payments. Flexible membership options include:
- Customizable membership length (annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly, etc.)
- Prorated membership cost based on when someone signed up (optional)
- Dynamic membership start dates
- Individual and group memberships
Membership Analytics
Track your members and finances with built-in reporting, including:
- Searchable lists of members and memberships at the click of a button
- Exportable reports of non-renewed memberships that are expiring or expired in a given month
- Full financial reporting including downloadable list of transactions and payments
Cross-Promote Races and Clubs
Leverage cross-promotion for your club and your races (or partner races). Cross-promotion functionality includes:
- Offer race discounts to your members, and membership discounts to the runners who register for your races
- Let runners sign up for your club and a race in one transaction to encourage new members
- Automatically recognize (and discount) club members registering for your race based on Member Level, and prompt those who aren’t members to register
Sell Member Merchandise
Set up an online store for members to purchase club gear and accessories.
- Easy setup with custom description and image
- Ability to offer options such as size or color
- Inventory tracking based on number of items available
- Sell merchandise anytime on your website, or offer it only during membership purchase
Donations
Bring in additional revenue for your club, as well as raise money for any associated non-profit organizations with our donations feature:
- Customizable pages and settings
- Add preset donation amounts to make things easier for potential donors
- Create donation levels to further incentivize donations
Member Self Serve Portal
Membership organizations can allow their members to manage their own memberships – and decide what they want to allow to manage.
- See Membership information
- Get Membership card
- Get Apple Wallet Membership card
- Edit, add, or change members
- Edit questions
- View and add store items
Membership Resources
More of a “show me” type than a “tell me” type? Check out all the latest videos on your free email platform, from 30-second updates to full platform demos.
Additional Features for Memberships …
Waivers & Refund Policy
Create custom waivers – and refund policies – for joining members to ensure everyone is properly protected.
Email V2 Access
With memberships you get access to our email V2 system and can create dynamic content like newsletters to keep members engaged and informed.
Custom Questions
Add Custom Questions to get more detailed information about members to help create an even better experience.
Create Your Membership Organization for Free
Twin City Track Club
The Twin City Track Club (TCTC) has a long history, having been founded in 1977 to promote running and ensure there were local races in their hometown of Winston Salem, NC. Today, it’s a multi-faceted non-profit club and a member of the Road Runners Club of America and United States Track and Field. From providing social and running opportunities to local runners and walkers to offering low-cost timing and advisory services to community events, the club focuses on ways to improve the world around them.
700+ Current Members
48 Years Running
7 Club-Hosted Races
New Orleans Track Club
Prior to the release of the upgraded Membership Product, the NOTC registered cub members via RunSignup’s legacy Clubs. They migrated to the new platform in April 2024, gaining access to a suite of new tools while maintaining all current memberships, historical reporting, and access to legacy content. See how they built a robust website, integrated merchandise sales, provided members-only perks, and cross-promoted their club and races.
Annual Members: 1,800+
Grand Prix Events: 7
Membership Levels: 7
All the Latest Blogs on Memberships
Private Membership Levels
We have added Private Membership levels to our Membership product. Private memberships can be visible to the public or hidden. They can also have a password. A good example is a swim club that requires becoming a member by becoming a bond…
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Back to School Extracurricular 1: Memberships
This is an extracurricular for our Back to School series reviewing the key content and updates from the last year before you dive into the busy fall race season. Your first Extracurricular covers the next generation Memberships product for running clubs and…
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New Membership Dashboard
We have released the new customizable Membership Dashboard. The new dashboard gives membership directors a quick view of the past year, as well as some key metrics displayed as cards at the top of the page. Here are some examples from live…
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5 Ways RunSignup Memberships Makes Life Easier
Nearly 1,000 membership organizations have been created since the release of our next generation Membership Platform, including clubs migrating from the legacy Clubs platform, new Membership organizations, and test organizations. At the heart of Memberships is a simple goal: making Membership sign…
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Twin City Track Club
Twin City Track Club: A Community-First Club The Twin City Track Club (TCTC) has a long history, having been founded in 1977 to promote running and ensure there were local races in their hometown of Winston Salem, NC. Today, it’s a multi-faceted…
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Membership Renewal Popup
We have added a popup if a current or past member is signing up for a new membership. This prevents people from signing up for a membership multiple times, as well as makes it simpler for members to renew their membership more…
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Memberships: Running Clubs and MORE
When we first created RunSignup Clubs in 2013 it was specifically to fill a technology gap for a segment of the endurance community: running clubs. The upgraded RunSignup Memberships, released 11 years later, provides a significant upgrade for those running clubs. However,…
Read MoreMigration of Remaining Clubs to New Membership Product
Over the next couple of months we will be migrating all remaining Clubs on our old Club product to our new Membership product. The new Membership product was released a year ago, and we will be winding down support for the old…
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New Orleans Track Club
The New Orleans Track Club (NOTC) is a membership organization composed of and administered by runners and walkers. With 2,000 annual members, the NOTC was founded in 1963 to promote running in the New Orleans Area. There are a number of perks…
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Membership Apple Wallet & QR Code Support in RaceDay CheckIn
We’re excited to announce a new enhancement to our RaceDay CheckIn App: the ability to look up participants by scanning their Apple Wallet Membership QR code. This integration makes the check-in process faster and more accurate, providing a quick alternative for participants…
Read MoreMembership October 2024 Updates
We continue to make steady progress on our Membership product, like we do across our entire product line with a steady pace of improvements. We are seeing great adoption of the Membership product as outlined in this blog earlier in October. Member…
Read MoreMembership Organization Product Adoption
We released the new Membership Organization product earlier in 2024, and in about 6 months we have seen hundreds of organizations either migrate from our old Club product or onboard as brand new customers. The migration and onboarding have been exceptionally smooth…
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