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Good news in at least one state – Kentucky has lifted their sales tax on nonprofit events. As we’ve written about before, sales tax is going to be an increasingly complex labyrinth for races and even nonprofits to navigate. With 50 different states instituting 50 different methods of collecting taxes (not including local jurisdictions like […]
Top News: March 2019 Race Registration Market Analysis The endurance industry is built on a diverse set of technology platforms with no centralized data aggregator, making it challenging to estimate the true market. In September 2015 we started a project to continuously evaluate (and update) the size and status of the market. During that time, […]
We do a US Registration Market Analysis every 6 months: September 2015 March, 2016 September, 2016 March, 2017 September, 2017 March, 2018 September, 2018 We try to improve on it with your feedback (so feel free to send suggestions or corrections to bob.bickel at runsignup.com). We do this as part of our own internal market […]
As anyone who follows RunSignup knows, we are huge fans of Alan Jones – naming an annual Timing Award after him to be handed out at our annual Symposium. We are very happy for him, as he has decided to sell RunScore. RunScore was first released 36 years ago, and for many years was the […]
There is a wide variance in processing fees consumers are willing to pay for different events – from low RunSignup-like fees to high Ticketmaster type fees. And yet consumers are willing to still sign up for the race or buy the tickets. If you’ve taken an Econ course, you’ve heard this phenomenon referred to as […]
We’re hosting an interactive Race Directors Forum in Richmond in April, in conjunction with the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K, and we’ll be joined there by industry marketing veterans Big Run Media. For a sneak peek, we asked Big Run Media’s Co-Founder and Creative Director Thomas Neuberger a few questions about the business of marketing races. […]
We have a new “Press” page on our website…but it’s not only for the media. If you scroll down past a quick description of us and a rundown of our most recent press releases, you’ll find a set of downloadable logos in various formats. Why might you need these? Some events and partners want to […]
New Award to Recognize Exceptional Race Timer We are very excited to launch the annual Alan Jones Timer Award to recognize an industry race timer who has clearly made an impact on improving the race industry. See the official press release here. Overview As the backbone of the race industry, timers have the opportunity to […]
If your race supports multiple charity partners, you can now randomize the charity that shows on the checkout page for non-donors. This allows races with multiple charity partners to take advantage of the option to ask non-donors if they would like to tack on a small donation before they check out. When enabled, approximately 10-12% […]
Back for year 4: join us for a friends and family March Madness pool! We are mostly runners and triathletes…but we like to have a little fun with other sports, too! We run an internal Fantasy Football League, but March Madness is a chance to engage in some friendly competition with our friends, partners, and customers. […]
Last year, we released a co-captain feature for team fundraising pages. The feature gives team fundraising captains the ability to grant other users captain access for their fundraising team. This is helpful for large fundraising teams or teams that are managed by corporations. Team captains can grant this access from the FUNDRAISING section of their […]
Re-branding is simple, right? Slap together a new logo, and you’re off to the races. Or…not. We recently went through a re-branding, and while the specifics are different for a race than for a technology company, there are some takeaways from our process events can relate to. Step 1: Who are we? We worked with […]
Craig Chiger, founder of Start to Finish (located in Long Beach, NY), attended RunSignup’s RaceDay Certification training in Orlando, Fla. this year. Since then, he has incorporated RaceJoy’s live tracking and cheer sending as one of the standard services they are now offering as part of their overall timing package to all 50 races that they […]
Your race can now add images to the nonprofit description that appears on the Donate page, enabling your nonprofit to use more images to portray its mission and beneficiaries. You can add an image to the Donate page by going to Donations >> Setup >> Basic Setup on your Race Dashboard. Use the editor to […]
RunSignup offers an open and flexible approach for timers to deliver live results. Check out this video where Matt Avery, RunSignup’s RaceDay Product Manager, provides an overview on how you can take advantage of RaceDay Results. This is one of the educational presentations provided during the RaceDay Timer Certification tour. Timers posting results through RunSignup’s […]
We added the ability to set default fundraising goals for fundraiser teams and individual fundraisers. Default fundraising goals automatically populate a team or individual’s fundraising page(s) with a fundraising goal that you determine. Fundraisers can edit the default goal to greater than or less than the suggested amount. This lets your race set expectations for […]
Make the decision to donate easy for your participants, donors, and fundraisers by adding suggested donation levels, along with the option to enter a custom amount. Set a few levels that represent what donors typically give ($10, $25, $50). Include a tile or 2 for larger amounts greater than $250 to try and push a […]
Our Host Hotel for the 2019 RunSignup Symposium is now taking reservations for our group block! The Host Hotel is the Marriott Courtyard Philadelphia Downtown (converting to an Autograph Collection Hotel, the Notary, in summer 2019). The recently renovated hotel is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is centrally located directly across the […]
