Oldham, Royton
Here’s 500 drop in Neon coloured balloons installed on 29th December ready for New Yeas Eve.
NEC – 3 x 500 Drops
Here’s 3 x 500 balloon drops installed at The NEC. The first drop was over the entrance for the morning and then 2 more drops over a stand for an evening drinks reception.
How do I contact the winners?
There are 2 ways to find contact details for the winning balloons. Login to your admin area, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click “administer the balloons taking part” to see all names & contact emails: Alternatively scroll down to the bottom of your admin page and click “Download the balloon data […]
Upgrade from ASP to PHP
The upgrade is now complete, more info here: The balloon race software was built in 2008 when ASP was “a thing”. Over the years PHP has been the go to platform and ASP has been left behind and is now dated. In August 2021 balloonrace.com is being completely rewritten to go live in September. The […]
“Buy a Balloon” Button
You control when your sales start and finish by selecting “show” or “Hide” for your Buy a Balloon button. From within your admin area you can customise where the button links to and even change the style. The top button is the default “Buy a Balloon” and if “Show” is selected links to the “Register […]
Track Your balloon
There are 3 ways to track your balloon. 1 – Click on the leaderboard on your homepage: 2 – Use the search box on your homepage: 3 – See balloons in flight:
Uploading Your Logo
Let’s take a look at how to add your logo. The logo only displays on your full web page (not on the mobile view): Before we can add the logo we need to resize the maximum width or height to 150px. Adding anything bigger will cover other parts of your page. Next we need to […]
I want to offer FREE balloons
You can set the balloon price to £0 and all the balloons can be added for free – there’s no limit to the number of balloons that can be added. However – you wont want the “Buy a Balloon” button so you can change it to “Get a Balloon”. In your admin area select “Show” […]
Donation Websites, ParentPay & Third Party Platforms
Donation websites are amazing, especially if they include gift aid. The pitfalls are their limited customisation, usually they only allow you to add a DONATE button with some wording. You need to somehow collect all the balloon data and contact info (so you can contact the winners). The 1st option below avoids uploading CSVs & […]
PayPal
16/09/2022 – We have removed Paypal from the platform so it’s no longer an option. Unfortunately it created more problems than solutions with too many failed payments, clients having postage added to balloons and problems with card payments. It’s also expensive @ 39p per transaction (30p + 3%). Here’s more info on the server upgrade […]
Will the race start automatically?
Yes – the race starts and finishes automatically. The balloons move at 25 & 55 minutes past every hour so don’t panic when all balloons stay on 0km for the first 24 minutes. You control when sales finish by selecting “Hide” for the “Buy a Balloon” button. The race will finish automatically and display the […]