Getting someone to register for your race the first time is hard. Getting them to come back next year is harder — and more valuable. Repeat registrants don’t need to be convinced your race is worth doing. They already know. They register…
Our onboarding team hears a version of this question often: “Can I hold funds/payments on my race until I switch the race over to a new payment?”It’s a reasonable thing to want, especially if your organization is going through a legal restructuring,…
About Autism Society of Texas Every spring, Autism Society of Texas brings its community together for the Texas Autism Walk in Cedar Park, supporting programs that connect people with Autism, their families, and caregivers to resources across the state. After years of…
The RunSignup platform has a lot to offer timers — and this two-hour live course makes sure you’re up to speed on the features that matter most. We’ll walk through the latest RunSignup tools and updates most relevant to your work as…
This week we shipped 53 releases, adding 15,707 lines of code and removing 2,747 lines as we continue to improve and simplify the platform. This past week, our team focused on rounding out the beta of our new volunteer management tools, adding…
At RunSignup, we believe in continuous improvement. That means 2,000+ software releases each year bringing new features and upgraded technology options. While that’s great for events, we know it can be a challenge to keep up with every new release! To help, we’re picking just…
In 2025, 50% of all races on RunSignup used the RaceDay CheckIn app. 60% of all participants — 7.3 million people — were checked in with it, across races ranging from 200 participants to 26,800. Many race directors and timers view RunSignup’s…
This week we shipped 60 releases, adding 18,641 lines of code and removing 5,538 lines as we continue to improve and simplify the platform. This week’s release brings a major update to Event Showcase website tools, plus improvements across ticketed events, volunteer…
Email is the workhorse of event marketing — RunSignup/TicketSignup sent 850 million emails on behalf of our customers last year. But your participants’ attention has moved. Nearly three quarters of race website traffic now comes from a phone, and text messages get…
Mike Wattigny didn’t set out to run a five-state race portfolio. He got into endurance sports as a triathlete, and the love of the sport pulled him into volunteering, then into producing his own mountain bike races in Louisiana in the late…