Giveaway Planner Updated

We have updated the Giveaway tool planner so it includes an instant sum of the total number of shirts as you enter each size.

Renew Race – Setting Giveaway Inventory Option

We have added an option to copy over inventory or to reset to remove when renewing a race. We had formerly left the inventory values in. This option appears on the Renew Race page:

 

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 the participant’s registration ID and their giveaway assignment as the second and subsequent rows.

Choose Your Own “Giveaway” Name

We’ve had feedback that some races do not like the term “Giveaway”. You now have an option for setting the name so it appears on the Menu as well as the Page.

The setting is under Participant Management:

 

Participants will see this in their Participant Management page:

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 few to highlight:

Search Box Bib/Email
Need to find a participant quickly? Instead of navigating to the participant report first,
there is a search bar at the top of each page of your Dashboard.
https://runsignup.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/quick-participant-search/

Automated Emails
We have a few (and soon will have more) automated emails for things like incomplete registrations & RaceJoy. Turn these on to cut down on manual notifications sent to runners.
https://runsignup.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/automated-emails/

Email Reporting
Track opens, bounces, clicks, spam reports, etc. on emails that you send out from the system.
https://runsignup.wordpress.com/2016/03/31/email-reporting/

Shared Reports
Share limited participant data with other users, securely.
https://runsignup.wordpress.com/2015/11/18/share-secure-reports/

Custom Reports
Pick and choose the information that you want to see on a participant report, and filter out all other data.
https://runsignup.wordpress.com/2014/07/21/reporting-2-0/

Financial Report
You probably know that financial reports exist, but do you understand what each field means, or that you can download a detailed participant report?
https://runsignup.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/new-race-financial-reports/

Giveaway Inventory
In addition to having the ability to track the inventory on your giveaways, we have a giveaway projection tool that will help you plan how many giveaways to order based on previous orders.
https://runsignup.wordpress.com/2014/07/24/giveaway-inventories/

Loyalty Program
Reward runners from previous years, volunteers, or any other specific group by offering early registration…matched directly on personal info, so there’s no password to be shared around.
https://runsignup.wordpress.com/2014/11/26/loyalty-program-for-priority-registrants/

Reserved Entries
Allow runners to register for an event that is (technically) full, without manual processing of payment and data import.
https://runsignup.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/reserved-entries/

Google Analytics
View demographic information on the visitors to your site…and monitor the effectiveness of your marketing with analytic web data on your dashboard.
https://runsignup.wordpress.com/2016/04/18/runsignup-and-google-analytics-part-one/
https://runsignup.wordpress.com/2016/04/25/runsignup-and-google-analytics-part-two/
https://runsignup.wordpress.com/2016/05/02/runsignup-and-google-analytics-part-three/

Custom Content Display, Menu, and Pages
Our race websites have a lot of flexibility: you can pick what items are on the main menu, which ones are sub-menu items, and the order that it all shows up.
https://runsignup.wordpress.com/2015/08/31/race-website-customize-content-and-menu/

Giveaway Reports
View your Giveaway Report by males and females.
https://runsignup.wordpress.com/2014/07/22/malefemale-giveaway-reporting/

Repeat Participant Reports
See how many (and who) of your runners from previous years have registered again…and see who has not so you can target them directly.
https://runsignup.wordpress.com/2015/10/01/repeat-participant-reports/

Misc Settings
Looking for something that doesn’t seem to fit anywhere else on the dashboard? It’s probably in Misc Settings; for example, for events that are not actually races (like a Symposium!) you can customize the wording used throughout your site.
https://runsignup.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/changing-race-enhancements/

Quick Multi-Race Access/Editing
If you have multiple races, sometimes you want to switch between races on a single page. Perhaps you are adding coupon codes across multiple races and want to do that on all 4 of your races.
https://runsignup.wordpress.com/2016/04/18/view-races-options/

Bryan Jenkins

Improved Giveaway Report

We have improved the Giveaway Report to make it easier to see remaining inventory at a glance:

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 the Half Marathon.

Note, this only works for Giveaway options that are the same!  So if there is a different giveaway event ID for the Full and Half Marathon, then it will work off the new event inventory.