RACE RESULT 14 uses a credit-based payment model: that means, you do not have to buy the software, but instead purchase RACE RESULT Credits. This fee per participant includes all our services: scoring, online registration, startlists and result lists as well as certificates on my.raceresult.com, support, server usage, etc. This model has proven to be fair and advantageous for all event organizers as even very small organizers can now manage, time and score their races using professional software at a low price.

Billing happens every night between 2 am and 6 am (Central European Time): one credit is taken from your account for every new participant. If you add participants for tests and delete these before the night, this will be free of charge.

Also, you can define an event as "test event" in Basic Settings > Event Settings. In this case, you will not be charged for the participants, but instead the underscores will show up in your lists so that you cannot use them for a real event. The demo file is defined as test event which is why the underscores appeared for John Smith.

The underscores will also appear if the nightly activation fails, for example, when you do not have sufficient credits in your account.