Anonymous Donations for Clubs
We have added if someone wants to be anonymous to the Donation Report for Clubs.
Recording Matching Gifts
In addition to the ability to Matching Gift Data Links, RunSignUp now offers races a way to keep track of Matching Gifts on a per donor basis. In the Donor Report example below, Bill Hewlett’s employer, HP has made a matching gift donation. Record this by first clicking Edit: When clicking on Edit, you can […]
Madison Marathon Ran with RaceJoy!
Ever run a race and wish you had a little help from your friends or a way to motivate you through a rough spot? Well, that is what RaceJoy was built for and this last weekend’s Madison Marathon and Half Marathon participants made full use of it! During the Madison Marathon weekend, nearly 3,000 people […]
RaceDay SignUp App 1.0.1. Released
The latest RaceDay SignUp App (1.0.1.) has been released on Apple, Android and the Web. It contains the following improvements: Checks for sold-out giveaways and hides them. Auto-selects event if only one has been enabled in the setup. This can be convenient if you have different kiosks for different events. Shows the app version on […]
Email Marketing Whitelabeling
Note: This feature was discontinued in January, 2023. Enabling Whitelabeling is one of the best ways to improve email deliverability. It allows you to send through your own domain name, rather than sending with RunSignUp’s default settings. By placing your domain information into the emails rather than the default settings, recipients are able to verify […]
Strike-Through Pricing
You can now add Strike Through pricing to your race website. Set this up in the Race -> Registration -> Dates, Pricing and Options page. This gives the flexibility of setting a specific strike through price for each event and each registration period. For example, you may want to run a Valentine’s Day special – […]
No Holiday Pop-Up for Expo Mode
We have removed the Holiday pop-up that protects against participants signing up for the wrong race (there are hundreds of Turkey Trots using RunSignUp) when a race is in Expo Mode. Expo mode is nice for signing people up when you are at an Expo.
Check-in App Summary Report
We have added a new graph to show the number of people checked in by device. For example, this sample race had 4 people checking people in: Here is another race with many check-in devices. The data is shown every 5 minutes and has a hover capability to see each 5 minute interval in a […]
Incomplete Registrations for Partners
The option to only view incomplete registrations across all races as a Partner is now available:
Check-In – Web Version Additions
We have added several options to the web version of Check-In (not the native Check-In App): Estimated Finish Time USATriathlon Waiver Status Corrals All of these are configurable in the Customization page on the Race Dashboard.
New Partner Access Level – Participant Reports
We have added an option for customers who are partners and manage a number of races to give employees access to just the Participant Reports. It is on the Partner Access page:
Import Fundraiser onto Teams
You can now import fundraisers onto a team directly. Use the Fundraiser Team ID number (You can find this at the end of the URL on the Fundraiser Team Report page or on each Fundraiser Team page or on csv export files.
Fundraiser Self Management
There are now options to allow fundraisers to do self-management of several functions: Set up new Fundraisers Change core details like fundraiser name, team, type and charity Update existing fundraisers Change Fundraiser questions These settings are under Participants -> Participant Management -> Fundraisers
Security Updates – Dirty COW
We have installed the patches for the “Dirty COW“, the privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux Kernel. They even have a logo for it. The AWS patches are here. If you use other systems that run on Linux, you should check to make sure these changes are made: https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-757.html https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-758.html
Timer Access to Check-In App Setup
When a race gives a timer “Timer Access”, the timer now has the ability to access the Check-In App setup. Yes, we probably should have done this earlier 🙂
Corporate Team Captain Questions
There is now an option to create questions that are only asked of Corporate Team Captains. The option is a simple checkbox under each question in the Race -> Registration -> Questions setup page.
Club Expiring Membership Report Updated
We have updated the Expiring Membership Report to exclude deleted memberships.
Photos – Inappropriate Content
We are now using Google Vision to detect inappropriate content that is uploaded to the RaceDay Photo Platform. We are hoping this prevents misuse of the platform. This is the same system Google uses for their Safe Search capability. The API is pretty cool. Here is an example of what the API returns: For now, […]
Option for Recycling Bibs
When races use the option to automatically assign bibs, we now offer an option to either reuse or not reuse bibs that have been assigned, but the participant is removed from the event. The option is on the RaceDay Go -> Bib Validation page:
SkiSignUp.com
In addition to RunSignUp, BikeSignUp, and TriSignUp, SkiSignUp.com is now available to prevent confusion for ski events using our software. All events(running, biking, triathlons, skiing, and more) are listed on each iteration of the site, and race directors can access all of their races from any dashboard. However, events that share the skisignup.com version of […]
TriSignUp.com
Along with the recently released BikeSignUp, we now offer TriSignUp branding for triathlon customers who want their signup to be specific to their type of event. Like with BikeSignUp, all races are listed on each iteration of the site (BikeSignUp, RunSignUp, TriSignUp, and SkiSignUp), and race directors can access all of their races from any […]
RunSignUp Announces Additional $1 Million Capital Investment
Moorestown, NJ – RunSignUp, the leading Race Management Platform in the US, today announced a capital investment of $1 Million by Bob Bickel, the founder and owner of the company. The purpose of the investment is to assure sufficient capital in light of the legal expenses from the Active lawsuits against 1N3 and TMT – https://runsignup.blog/2016/08/15/active-seeks-to-add-runsignup-and-bob-bickel-to-lawsuit/. […]
RaceDay Check-In Updates
We released a new version of the RaceDay native Apple and Android App a week ago. It contains a number of nice updates: Significant memory utilization improvements on Apple. If you have a large race, please use Apple phones or tablets as they will be much better at handling the large data volume. Show […]
Donation & Fundraising Email Capabilities
We have customized our email marketing capabilities for use with Donations and Fundraising. Fundraisers now can email when they are logged in. There is also a new Communications menu item for race directors under Donations with the capabilities found in the overall email marketing system, but customized for Donations and Fundraising. Fundraiser Emails One of […]
RaceJoy Announces Off Course Alerts
We are very excited to share the latest RaceJoy innovation – off course alerts! This will help race organizers to manage race day operations by seeing if they have a trouble spot on the course and help keep participants on the course route. Races can also request to have off course alerts issued in audio […]
Six Reasons Runners Will Chose Your Race – Guest Blog
Guest Blog by Tina Muir of Runners Connect It will come as no surprise if I tell you that we are in a running boom. Ten years ago, if you created a race in your town and there was a runner available that weekend, they would be there. A few years ago, if there was […]
Import OffLine Donations
You can now easily import offline donations either one at a time, or in a spreadsheet csv. In addition, the system will automatically generate a thank you email if that option is chosen. The import is done on the Donations -> Manual page. Here is a sample spreadsheet: When importing the spreadsheet, RunSignUp will provide […]
Fundraiser Milestone Badges
Races can now add custom badges to different levels of fundraising achievement. When fundraisers meet a level, then they get that badge next to their name, as shown in this example: The levels and the badges can be setup on the Donations -> Setup -> Advanced Fundraising Setup page:
Kick off the Holiday Season with a Halloween Themed Race in RaceJoy!
Whether your race is eerily screeching past October or ringing in the New Year, the fall and winter holidays offer the perfect chance for participants and spectators to get out and enjoy the change of seasons. Races across the country are embracing the holiday season through running, walking and cycling experiences that also offer RaceJoy. […]
Unsubscribed Emails
There is a now a list of unsubscribed emails for Email marketing. This is available in a report as well as a downloadable CSV. This is helpful if you use other email marketing tools and want to make sure you honor all unsubscribed addresses across various email marketing platforms. This report is available under EMail […]
BikeSignUp.com
We have created a new logo and URL for customers with bike races and bike trips – BikeSignUp.com. This means that races will have a nice URL (BikeSignUp.com/MyBikeRace) and a logo that has two wheels :-). Any race that is designated as a Bike Race or Bike Trip in the Race Creation Wizard will be […]
Participant Cap Report for Partners
Partners can now see a report across all of their races and events on how many participants are signed up and how many remaining spots are open: This report is available from the Partner Dashboard under Participants -> Reports:
RaceJoy Menu Item on Race Websites
You can now make RaceJoy a menu item and separate page on your Race website. The setting is in the Miscellaneous Settings on your race dashboard if you have RaceJoy enabled.
Corporate Team Coupon Support
Corporate Teams members can now use coupons. The setting is int he Corporate Team Options: If you enable coupons for corporate team members please note the following: If a team is partially paying for it’s members, the discount is applied after the team portion is determined. For example, if the event is $100 and the […]
Corporate Team Share Link with Password
Corporate Teams can set passwords to minimize the possibility of non-employees joining the team. We have added an option to this where a Corporate Team Captain can share a link that also includes a token that eliminates the password. This link is on the Corporate Team Captain’s view of the Team Page:
Half Marathons Offering Industry’s Most Advanced Live Tracking this Weekend!
Half marathons in states stretching across the country are offering RaceJoy’s innovative live GPS tracking, from Florida to Michigan to California! Half marathons continue to be a very popular race in the United States and appeal to runners of all fitness abilities. According to Running USA, the 13.1 is the second most popular running distance […]
RaceDay SignUp Kiosk App Released
We are officially out of beta and have released the RaceDay SignUp Kiosk App V1.0 after several months of beta testing and feedback from users. The Race Day SignUp Kiosk App is meant to be used by races to allow for rapid race day and expo signups for their race. RaceDay SignUp MUST be enabled […]
Firefox Date Bug Fixed
There was a small bug when displaying a date picker in Firefox browsers that has been fixed. This is what it looked like – transferring the month and year fields:
Photo Bib Exclusion
We have added an easy link from the list of common bib numbers that brings up all of the photos with that bib number. This makes it simple to exclude photos that were tagged with incomplete bib numbers. For example, the bib number 3 may be legitimate for this race, but it may be a […]
Partner Race List Download
The home dashboard page for Partners with the list of races and number of participants can now be downloaded as a spreadsheet. The button is at the bottom of the page: The report looks like this:
Timer Access to Widgets
If a race gives a timer access, then the timer will now be able to access to create and edit widgets.
St. Louis BizDash Case Study
We have a series Customer Case Studies, in which we take your stories and share your challenges and successes as a learning tool for other RunSignUp users. This BizDash Case Study creating a Corporate Team event. View the PDF Version of the St. Louis BizDash Case Study About the St. Louis Biz Dash and RunSignUp: The St. Louis […]
Avery 5195 Support for Bib Labels
We have added Avery 5195 as a new supported bib label print output. Remember to do a test and make sure you print at 100% scale.
Lots of RaceDay Photo Updates
We are seeing great early adoption of the RaceDay Photos Platform with tens of thousands of photos uploaded during this beta phase. We released a “collage” of new photo features at the end of last week. Here is the run down: Social Sharing We have added Social Sharing to photos. Simply click the Facebook icon […]
RunScore and Race Director Timer Surveys of Most Used & Preferred Registration Providers
RunScore and Race Director, the two leading providers of timing software, independently polled their users to ascertain the registration providers most used and most liked by their user base. These surveys, a follow-up to a similar 2014 survey, help identify the registration providers that are most prominent among the timers served by the software companies. The combined RunScore […]
Customize Top Fundraisers Page
Race Directors can now customize how the Top Fundraisers are shown on the race website. Single Menu item on Race Website with both Individual and Team 2 menu items and pages for Individual and Team Individual Only Team Only This is setup in the Display Settings area of the Basic Donation Setup.
Import Fundraisers
You can now create and setup the parameters for Fundraising when importing participants:
Major Fundraising & Donation Enhancements
We have released a ton of enhancements for races who do Donations and Fundraising. This addresses the needs of many charity-first races and walks stuck on old legacy donation systems – brining all of the power of those systems into a modern implementation with industry leading race registration, promotion and race day tools. Here is […]
Force All Participants to become Fundraisers
We added a new option that forces all participants for a specific event to become Fundraisers, but to skip the steps to set up and customize their Fundraising page. This speeds the registration process and maximizes the number of participants who will do some fundraising. The participants are sent a follow-up email that gives them […]
Advanced Fundraising Options
We have added a new Advanced Fundraising setup option with many new functions. Fundraiser Type Having the ability to have Fundraising types allows charities to segment and report on their various audiences. This is setup on the Advanced Fundraiser Setup page: This adds a new field on the Become a Fundraiser form that people fill […]