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We’ve recently replaced Kiosk Mode and Expo Mode with On Site Registration. Why is On Site Registration important? A smooth and streamlined process on race day has always been key for creating a positive race day experience; today more than ever, participants are looking to get registered fast and races are trying to go paperless. […]
We have released improvements to Expo mode. There are several ways you can allow participants to sign up for your race right up (and thru) gun time: Leave registration open so participants can sign up on their own phone. Expo Mode allows for customized registration flow and full computer with keyboard kiosks at the race […]
We have released a new version of the Race Day SignUp Kiosk App on Apple, Android and Web. This contains mostly minor improvements such as: Occasional blank screen on iOS – caused by a bug in Ionic and fixed with a delay on hiding the keyboard Private Races now show if enabled If the race […]
We released a new version of the RaceDay SignUp App (0.1.7.). It is available now on Chrome browsers at https://signupapp.runsignup.com (make sure you bookmark this rather than the versioned URL that comes up). It should be available in the Android and Apple stores in a few days – make sure to update it. Thanks for the feedback […]
We are announcing the availability of the Web View to the RaceDay SignUp Kiosk App. In addition to the Apple and Android versions, you can now go to https://signupapp.runsignup.com to start the app on Chrome browsers. The web app also works with the specially encrypted Race Day USB Card Swiper that meets PCI security requirements so […]
V 1.0 is released on Oct. 19, 2016. As a part of the new RaceDay Go Platform, the new RaceDay SignUp Kiosk App is now available. As we reviewed several weeks ago, this provides a native Apple and Android app designed for race day signups. Just search “RunSignUp” on your phone’s App Store. There is […]
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 DG Racing Case Study focuses on a paperless registration process. View the PDF Version of the DG Racing Case Study DG Racing and RunSignUp Streamline Race Day with 100% Paperless […]
We have released a Bib Exchange Kiosk to help races facilitate onsite person-to-person transfers at a race expo. The kiosk bib exchange allows race volunteers to search for and initiate a registration transfer quickly without needing participants to go to their email to get a transfer link. This is useful when race transfers are turned […]
We found a nice Chrome Kiosk App that will allow timers to use Chrome as a web browser in a kiosk mode. This means any Chromebook or Netbook will be able to be in a secure and simplified kiosk mode instead of having the complexity of a full browser for users. Here is a demo […]
We have added split times to the Results Kiosks app. This means timers who are uploading splits for longer or lap races will be able to show participants their splits along the way. You can see how to set up timing points in The Race Director here. The results will show up in the regular […]
We are in the process of building an offline check-in app and are looking for feature requests. We are hoping to have this available in June – so the sooner you give feedback the better. You can send feedback to info at runsignup.com. Architecture We are building this as an HTML5 app that will run […]
One of the best things about the new EMail system is the ability to put registrant information into each email very easily. My favorite example is sending an email a couple of days before the race. This example, shows the new ability to add the Registration Bar Code to the email. If you are using […]
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 Run Thru the Woods Case Study focuses on building a community event and making Race Day easy. View the PDF Version of the Run Thru the Woods Case Study Overview: In […]
We take pride in our our continual feature development, but it is still really overwhelming to hear our customers talk about how features have changed their workload and driven their businesses. The most amazing thing? Most of these customers also told us that they know they are only using a small percentage of the available features. Just […]
We are starting a new series of Customer Case Studies, in which we take your stories and share your challenges and successes as a learning tool for other RunSignUp users. A This Columbus Running Company Case Study focuses on a Bib Assignment & Pickup at multiple locations, experimenting with new options, and taking advantage of […]
Expo mode is a setting to simplify registrations during expos. Two things happen in this mode during registration: Users are not automatically logged in after registering. A “Next Registrant” button shows on the confirmation screen to start the next registration. This will automatically logout the current user if they have manually signed in.
We got some feedback from some timers who are using our Results Kiosk mode after a race so runners can lookup their own results online immediately after a race. We used to remember each person searched for and showed multiple results. We have made a change and if it is an iPad or larger device, […]
As part of our larger RunSignUp Go initiative to ease Race Day, ee now email each runner when their bib is picked up. This helps to catch issues when people are picking up multiple bibs and avoids multiple trips to packet pickup. By default, this is set to Off. You can turn it on by […]
RunSignUp Go Brings Race Day Together with open platform of over a dozen race software solution vendors RunSignup Results 2.0 – State of the Art Results and Notifications RunSignUp is pleased to announce the release of RunSignUp Go and RunSignUp Results 2.0. These advances are based on collaboration with over a dozen technology partners to […]
Fleet Feet Sports in Savannah, GA has come up with an innovative use of the RunSignUp Kiosk. They have a kiosk setup in their store that allows runners to easily and quickly sign up for events that are using RunSignUp and the store is partnered with. While we had originally designed it for race day […]
We now provide a Race Day Check-In page. This helps race directors rapidly check-in participants. It provides powerful search capabilities as well as an easy way to pick which information to show. For example, you can show bib number (or assign bib number dynamically), show T-Shirt Size as well as store items ordered. Read more […]
We are getting more and more races using our race day registration services. Here are a couple of races that used our service last weekend. The Graffiti Run used the check-in capability to check in over 5,200 runners this past weekend. They had 10 Chromebooks with volunteers doing the check-in. They felt they could have […]
Enabling online race day registration can improve the operation of your race, and make things better and easier for your runners. This is a complete overview of the process with pointers to more specific resources on each topic. On the right you will see the major steps to enable Race Day Registration. Here are the […]
RunScore has updated their ability to download Participant information from RunSignUp and ChronoTrack Live. Timers can now easily select one or more Events (5K and 10K) to download or update at once. We are starting to see timers and race directors leave online registration open on the day of the race. This makes it easy […]
