Interview with the Owners and Staff of 3W Races

Michelle and James Bettis have been in the endurance industry since 2011, when they founded their company 3W Races. They have been using RunSignup since 2012 and have been loyal customers since. Joining them in this interview is race director and timer Whitney Vessel, who has been with 3W for about five years. Below are […]

Import Giveaways

You can now import Giveaways like you can Custom Questions. This is initiated by going to the Giveaway dashboard page and clicking on the Import Action: You should have a comma-separated value (CSV) file including participant’s giveaway assignments. The CSV should contain two columns, including Registration ID and Assignment headings, with the second row containing […]

RunSignUp Quick Hits…Features Even Advanced Users May Missed

Over the next few days, we’ll be sharing a host of resources from our 3rd annual RunSignUp Symposium. First up: some blog links to features you may have missed. Even our most advanced users often have a hard time keeping up with all our updates (2,000+ in 2015); RunSignUp Sales Lead Bryan Jenkins picked a […]

Giveaways During Transfers

During event and participant (bib) transfers, if the original runner had a Large Shirt reserved and there is no more inventory of Large, the person they are transferring to can claim that Large shirt now. Previously, it showed the size as being sold out. This also works for people transferring from say the Marathon to […]

Fast Registration – Saving Giveaway Preferences

As part of our project to make registration as fast as possible, we have introduced a way to save Giveaway Preferences. The idea is save a participants preference for Giveaway Shirt Size and auto-fill that when they sign up for their next race. We have a standard set of sizes that we save in each […]

Syracuse Half Marathon 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 Syracuse Half Marathon Case Study focuses on creating demand through a premium event, and customizing a race to encourage group participation and donations.  View the PDF Version of the Syracuse […]

3W Races 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 3W Races Case Study focuses on scaling Participant Management, Marketing, and Runner Communication as a growing business.  View the PDF Version of the 3W Races Case Study Overview: 3W Races in Colorado […]

August 2014 Newsletter

  Between the release of our new Race Director Dashboard and our first Race Director/Timer Symposium, the last month surrounded us with creativity and customer feedback. We have a few cool new features that are simple to set up, but will really set your race apart for your Runners and Sponsors, and save valuable time […]

Giveaway Inventories

Race Directors can now set inventory levels on Giveaway items. In addition, we have introduced a Giveaway planning tool. The planning tool, shown on the right, shows the previous year’s total giveaways in graph and table form. The table shows % growth or decline each year. The projection tool autofills last year’s totals by size. […]

Sponsor Rewards and Gift Certificates

Some race sponsors want a way to distribute special gift certificates or rewards. We recently had a race in Colorado that is closely linked with a store that is giving gift certificates to the first 50 participants in each event. The purpose is to increase store traffic and drive early registrations. RunSignUp now provides a mechanism to […]

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