You bring
The event context
- Event details and organizer contacts
- Brand, sponsor, and photographer preferences
- The registration decision
How it works
One event, six steps, and a review before anything goes live.
PodiumBase is designed to fit around the way you already run a race. Start with one event, keep the pieces you trust, and add the connected surfaces that make the experience better for athletes and staff.
The activation path
From event details to a live race page.
01
Choose one upcoming event
Any event on your calendar. One is enough to judge whether the workflow earns a place in the next one.
02
Keep your provider, or use ours
External mode leaves registration where it is. Native mode adds checkout, add-ons, donations, and merchandise to the same event system.
03
Connect the details
Share the event information, organizer contacts, photographer plan, sponsor treatment, and the registration choice.
04
Review before launch
We configure the page, gallery, athlete path, and operational surfaces with you. You review everything before it goes live.
05
Run the event
Athletes find photos, register, check in, and return through the event page. Staff and photographers work from the same event context.
06
See what happened
Review activity, photo sales, check-in results, transactions, and financial reporting per event.
Clear division of labor
You bring the race. PodiumBase brings the operating layer.
Stays as is
The provider you trust
External mode keeps registration with your current provider. The new event surfaces sit around it rather than forcing a migration.
PodiumBase handles
The connected workflow
We configure the public page, gallery, photo discovery, operational tools, sponsor treatment, and reporting for your review.
Already activated?
The race-director onboarding kit covers the pre-event checklist, athlete communication, day-of runbook, reconciliation, and support matrix.
The athlete-facing result
Activation ends with a race page people can use.
FAQ
Questions race directors ask.
How much work does setup require?
It is concierge. You provide the event and organizer details, then review the configured page, gallery, sponsor treatment, and athlete path before launch.
Can the race keep using its existing registration provider?
Yes. External mode is the default path when you want to add PodiumBase around the race without migrating registration.
What happens after the first event?
Use the event as the reference point for the next one. Organization settings, repeat-event workflows, photographer coordination, sponsor treatment, and reporting can become more consistent over time.
Ready when you are
Bring us one real event to work through.
The first decision is not whether to adopt a whole platform. It is whether one upcoming race deserves a better connected finish-line experience.