Can you sell a race bib?

What it depends on

Each race decides in its rules. Of the 22 big races we reviewed for our report, 20 allowed a change of holder on 15 Oct 2026. There are five cases:

• Transfer through the official process. You request the change in your runner area and the other person signs up with a code or with a link sent to their email. The Murcia Marathon works like this, for example.
• Direct change. The organiser only changes the holder's details and refunds nothing to the person passing it on: any money goes between runners. That's how the 10K Valencia Ibercaja works. Protected purchase, for races with a direct change between runners, is coming later. If you pay, only do so once the bib is in your name.
• Official resale. The organiser runs its own exchange and it is the only route. That is how the Mallorca 312, a cycling sportive, works: entries can only be put up for sale on its official Marketplace.
• Non-transferable. The Málaga Marathon rules say the entry is 'personal and non-transferable' and that no change of holder is accepted: there's no official way to pass it on.
• No rules yet. If this year's rules aren't out or say nothing about a change of holder, nobody knows yet. On Pasadorsal those races show as 'To be confirmed': join the queue and we'll let you know when it's clear.

Watch the deadline

The change of holder closes before the race, sometimes weeks before. For the 2026 Valencia Half Marathon, transfers closed on 30 September and the race was on 25 October. Every Pasadorsal guide gives the date with the exact wording of the rules.

What about the price?

In a bib transfer there's no price between runners: the new runner pays their entry to the organiser, and you get back whatever the rules say, sometimes minus a transfer fee. Pasadorsal neither charges nor pays anything in a bib transfer. Never accept payments on the side.

In a direct change, the organiser stays out of the bib's price, which goes between runners; it only charges its own transfer fee, if there is one. Either way, if the bib isn't put in the runner's name, they run on your entry.