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Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
March 8, 2016


Webscorer event registration

Webscorer event registration

The Webscorer online registration service is tightly integrated with Webscorer PRO, and can also be used with other timing software or for other types of events. 

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Registration tutorial

KEY BENEFITS

Immediate access to your entry fees

• All registration proceeds are paid directly to your bank account
• Webscorer never sees the money flow, and will not deduct any fees from the payments
• Support for multiple payment gateways (you’d link your bank account with the gateway)
  • PayPal (40+ countries)
  • Elavon (US & Canada)
  • Authorize.net (US)
  • Stripe.com (US, Canada, UK, Ireland)
  • Caledon (Canada)
  • Moneris (Canada)
• You can also allow participants to pay the entry fee via a bank transfer or via check
  • No gateway account required
  • No credit card fees subtracted
  • Good option for countries where bank-to-bank account transfers are easy / free

Dramatically lower processing fees

• No markups: the payment processor of your choice will deduct just the actual credit card fees
• Webscorer fee is just $1 / participant which you will pay us after the registration has closed
• See bottom of the this page for a comparison of the registration fees
• If you collect no entry fee, the registration is totally free

Integration with the Webscorer PRO timing app

• Download the registered racer list directly to Webscorer PRO
• You can start timing the race within minutes after closing the online registration
• No need to deal with .TXT files, or to have Excel skills to format registration data
• Allows your registration to stay open longer, reducing day-of-race entries & hassles

High-end features, yet super easy to use

• Single-page design, most users can create the registration page in 5 minutes
• Participants are not required to create an account on Webscorer.com to register for your event
• Supports both paid registration (entry fee collected) and free registration (no entry fee)
• Series registration: combine multiple registrations into a series (with a discount to sign up for all)

KEY FEATURES

• Assign fees by distance or by category
• Setup any number of fee increases by date
• Add a processing fee (fixed fee or %, or both)
• Keep track of sales tax separately
• Sell T-shirts etc. as part of the registration
• Ask for donations
• Auto-create age categories from date of birth or age
• Create your own custom questions
• Registration form can be embedded in your own web page. See Blog
• Language for registration pages other than English, selectable by user
• Registration form layout adapts for small screens
• Limit entries by distance, category or total number
• Waiting lists – selectively invite participants waitlisted to register
• Discount codes: set usage limits, track usage, upload Groupon etc. codes
• Group fees: set different fees if registering multiple participants at once
• Move participant registration from one event to another
• Create downloadable reports by day / month / year / date range
• Customize confirmation email with Facebook links etc.
• Email all registered participants

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

• Online registration where no entry fee is collected is free
• Credit card fees are charged by your payment gateway (not by Webscorer)
• Webscorer fee is $1 / participant (USD), payable after the registration has closed
• Volume discounts for large organizers. See details here
• The free online registration is available worldwide
• The paid online registration availability is limited only by the geographic support of your chosen payment gateway
• The registration is offered presently only in English, translated / localized support coming soon
• Check here to find out the details on PayPal's support for your country: PayPal Worldwide

Try out the online registration service for free: My event registrations

For more information, please see registration tutorial.

Pricing Information

PRICING INFO

Webscorer PRO timing subscription
FREE	First 30 days (all features)
USD $50 / year	Manual timing
USD $100 / year	Multi-device timing (includes manual timing)
USD $250 / year	Automated timing (includes manual and multi-device timing)

Notes:

• FREE unlimited email and phone help via support@webscorer.com
• 5 devices (iOS or Android) included in each subscription
• USD $50 / year for 5 additional devices
• Subscriptions do not auto-renew
• Subscription purchase extends your PRO expiration date by 1 year
• Features available in Multi-device timing subscription:
  1. Bib sync
  2. Name sync
  3. Multi-device splits
• Features available only in Automated timing subscription:
  1. RFID chip-timing
  2. NFC chip-timing
  3. Start gate & photocell support

 

Webscorer online registration
FREE	Online registration that does not charge fees
USD $1 / participant	Online registration that charges an entry fee
	Volume discounts for large organizers - see details here

Notes:

• Participants make the payment directly to your account
• For credit card payments, you’ll need your own PayPal, Stripe or merchant bank account
• In the US, PayPal and Stripe will charge you 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction for a credit card payment
• When participants pay you via bank transfer or check, the only fee that applies is the $1 Webscorer fee
• The Webscorer fee is payable to us online after your registration has closed
• There is no Webscorer fee for:
  1. Any entries where the fee is $0
  2. Any entries where applying a discount code makes the fee $0
  3. Registrations entered manually using the admin tool
  4. Registrations uploaded via a XLS file

 

Webscorer PRO embedded results subscription
USD $50 / year	Embedding of results without Webscorer branding

Notes:

• Your web page includes an IFrame to contain the Webscorer results pages
• You provide the link to the page with an additional "embed=1" parameter. See Blog
• You can optionally specify the default language with an additional "lang=xx" parameter. See Blog
• If your subscription is valid we show the results without the Webscorer logo, menus, ads, or footer
• There is no Webscorer fee for:
  1. Viewing your results on the Webscorer web site

No need to invent the wheel, Webscorer can be tried for free for 30 days

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
March 8, 2016

I visited the Webscorer site and found out that the software/appls can be used 30 days free and subscription can be had for as little as $250.00 a year.  The apps is downloadable free from  Appstore.

The apps can handle event registration, multi event, multiple timing and can be done manually, using photocell and other existing timers like Tag Hauer, and the rfid.

Three major tasks are handled:   event registration, event timing and race results


From the webscorer website:

For event organizers

Event registration

Offering some of the lowest fees, Webscorer provides immediate access to your entry fees and fully integrates with the Webscorer PRO app. Available in 43 countries.

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RFID timing for bike races to avoid confusion and lessen manpower at finish line

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
March 7, 2016

The bedlam and confusion at the finish line, and the cheating that goes on can be minimized by having RFID timing system.






Better system organization needed

While there are plenty of staff, more training and observance of processes to ensure fairness and sportsmanship is needed.  Many riders took advantage of the loophole:

1.  Lack of scrutineering of bikes. While the application form specified tire size of not lower than 2.0, there were many bikes which had narrower, lighter tires.  Unfair.

2.  More system needed in monitoring loops completed . There should be 2 recorders of per rider who passed by all ready.  This was done at the loop finish, but there should be another one at the diversion because he could have picked up the ribbons on the road, dropped by other riders and made a short cut.  And then the number of ribbons should have been checked at the finish line, even at random, and checked vs the written record.

An RFID monitoring system (but this would be expensive to have the transponder (meron bang for rent) and a race monitoring software should be made available.  This post said that the reusable RFID chip cost only $5 each.  This would reduce need for manpower, reduce confusion and bedlam, protest at finish line, anwarding

From Webscorer - Recommended Set Up for Chip Timing

Webscorer version2.1

Rfid Timing (list of suppliers)

PDF low cost RFID timing device for bike race

                                Minimal # of personnel required, more accurate finish time data

            The RFID waterproof device that can be attached to the helmet by plastic cable ties

                                                The RFID on top of the helmet

                                                The Antenna detector