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Marathon photo delivery

Finishers get their photos before the medal cools.

Marathon photo delivery built for the scale a real race operates at. Selfie matching for the runners who didn't pin a bib. Bib-number search for the ones who did. The gallery is live while the back of the pack is still on course — and finishers buy digitals from the recovery tent, not from a Tuesday email.

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10,000+ finishers per event · Selfie + bib search · Live gallery during the race

Marathon runners crossing the finish line
How marathon delivery runsThree stages

Gun goes. Cards in. Gallery already selling.

  1. 01

    Upload while the race is still running

    Drop cards from finish-line photographers between waves. Tethered laptops push frames straight in. The gallery is searchable for the elite finishers before the four-hour pace group hits the chute.

    Race photographer uploading from a tethered laptop at the finish
  2. 02

    Finishers find themselves two ways

    Selfie or bib number. Most finishers use selfie — three seconds, every photo from start line to finish chute. Bib search backs up the ones in sunglasses, caps, and finisher capes. Both work.

    Marathon finisher searching photos by selfie and bib
  3. 03

    Digitals sell before they leave the park

    Instant downloads from the recovery tent. Prints and framed prints ship on demand. Most marathon studios on DeliverShot see more than half their digital sales within four hours of the finisher's chip time.

    Finisher buying digitals on their phone post-race
Why marathon studios pick DeliverShot

Marathon delivery the race director also wants.

  • Print and digital economics that make sense for races.

    Keep 85–90% of every digital and print. Flat per-event fee, no per-finisher charge — predictable on a 10,000-runner half marathon, not a tax on success.

  • Matching tuned for finish-line conditions.

    Sunglasses, caps, gels in mouths, foil capes, finisher kit identical to a thousand others. The match is trained for it. Bib search is the safety net, not the load-bearing path.

  • Race branding from gallery to receipt.

    Race logo, sponsor strip, custom colour palette, custom URL. The race director gets the marketing surface they sold to sponsors, you keep the print revenue.

  • GDPR-safe across spectators and finishers.

    Selfies delete after matching. Any finisher can pull their photos with one tap. You're the data controller; we hand you the audit trail when sponsors or the race director ask.

Marathon photo delivery FAQs

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Built for race day

Marathon photo delivery on DeliverShot.

Spin up the race, upload from the finish line as the leaders cross, and put every finisher's photos in their hand before they're back in the car. Marathon delivery without the Tuesday email blast.

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