Buying online is now an everyday part of life and your competitors will want the ease and convenience of entering races online too. We know from recent events we’ve managed that there is a huge demand with up to a whopping 88% of competitors choosing to enter on line when there is no surcharge!
There are advantages all around too; competitors don’t have to write cheques and you won’t have to bank them!
Sport Systems now has a portfolio of over fifty races large and small using our on-line services for processing thousands of pounds worth of entries each month. Needless to say more races and organisers are joining all the time! Visit www.sportsystems.net to see the current selection.
It may be holiday time but there’s always a race close by!
Sport Systems approach to online entries is different. We’ll create a customised online store for your event linked from your club or race’s website. We use the skills of our retained professionals to achieve a similar look and feel. This not only creates the right image for your event but it gives the competitor a seamless experience when entering.
Of course as well as using a similar colour scheme to your own website we’ll include your logos and those of your sponsors and any other logos like BARR.
Each of our websites has a link to Runners’ Medical Resource for the latest on health guidance
The store created by Sport Systems has the same look and feel as race’s home site.
All your race promotions, including listings in running magazines should direct people to your site and from here link on to your store.
The GOOGLE effect is also at work. When people type your event name into GOOGLE or any other web search engine and they very easily find your site. At this point they will often enter straight away because it is so much easier and simpler than the traditional method.
Sport Systems’ stores use a shopping cart so a runner can also enter friends and family members (perhaps into the Fun Run) at the same time.
If the race has a for sale t-shirt this can also be purchased at the same time as well as donations made to the charities and organisations supported by your event!
The store can be used to provide additional specific race information and general guidance for runners by linking to race details document, accommodation and travel information.
Once someone has completed their entry details they then go to the checkout (just like buying a book from amazon.com). At this point they are passed to the Barclaycard Merchant Services system (ePDQ) who handle our online secure payments. This ensures that the highest level of financial security is used.
We then forward the entry details for you to add to your race database.
Please follow this link to see the latest list of our current online stores on www.SportSystems.net