How to Duplicate or Transfer a Sign Up

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If you run the same event every month, or you are handing off a volunteer schedule to next year's coordinator, you are dealing with two different problems. Reusing a sign up calls for duplicating it. Handing it to someone else calls for transferring it. Here is how each one works, and how to tell which you need.


How to Duplicate a Sign Up

Duplicating creates a fresh copy of a sign up you already built, with a clean slate for new participants. None of your original sign up names or responses carry over, so it is ready to send back out the moment you update the details.

This is the right move for anything that repeats: a monthly volunteer schedule, a recurring practice or rehearsal, or an annual event you run every year with the same basic structure. Build it once, then duplicate it each time it comes back around.

Step-by-step

  • Go to your Sign Ups page and click the Created tab.
  • Click the ellipsis icon (…) next to the sign up you want to copy.
  • Select Duplicate, then click Duplicate again to continue.
  • Enter a new title and assign a group if needed.
  • Click Create Copy to finish.

For more details, see Duplicate a Sign Up in the Help Center.

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Genius Tip

If you run the same sign up every month, duplicate it once at the start of the season instead of rebuilding it each time. If you manage several linked copies, Tabbing lets participants find all of them from one shared link.

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