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Who it is for

Kemi Adeyemi runs a Saturday chess open in a community hall in Surulere, Lagos, and for two years she has held the entry fees in an envelope and paid prizes from her own pocket when the count came up short. Last season a strong player entered the under 1400 section on a second account, and two finals ended in shouting about who resigned first. With Bracket Pot each player enters once with a member pass, the fees wait in an escrow contract on BNB Chain that everyone can read, both players confirm each result on their phones or Kemi's named referee rules on it, and the prizes pay out the second the final is signed.

Two ways to own it

What you get

Base$100

Yours in 4 to 6 days

One organizer app on BNB Chain: tournament builder with single elimination, double elimination and Swiss pairings, an entry fee escrow contract with the prize split fixed at creation, member passes for one person one entry, result confirmation by both players with a dispute window and a named referee, automatic payout on the confirmed final, a public bracket page, a free entry mode, allowed region settings and an organizer console.

You choose: accent color and club logo
You choose: game and format presets
You choose: prize split templates
You choose: allowed regions and entry fee limits

Customfrom $1,200

Built around you

Reshape it entirely: new features, your flows, your brand end to end, integrations you need. We scope it with you.

Everything in Base
Custom features and design
Priority build

Why it is new

What exists today, and what this does differently

What is new

Tournament software (Challonge, start.gg, Swiss Manager, Lichess and Chess.com club events) is mature, and some esports platforms hold entry fees. What is new is the bundle for small real world organizers: an escrow contract whose prize split is fixed before the first round, a result that only counts when both players confirm it or a referee named in advance decides inside a dispute window, a one person one entry member pass that blocks second accounts in rating sections, and an automatic payout the moment the final is confirmed.

Closest things out there

Challonge and start.gg for brackets; Swiss Manager and Lichess or Chess.com club events for chess pairings; Gamer.Tag style and esports cash tournament sites that hold entry fees on their own books.

Checked with web searches in October 2026. A search is not proof that nothing similar exists, and the market moves fast, so we recheck before every build.

What it unlocks

The human in it

Local organizers stop carrying cash and arguments; players see the pot, the bracket and every result, and nobody can enter twice under a new name.

The Regatta Board

Races Bracket Pot can enter

8 live races fit this app. Each one says why, with its prize and countdown. The rule on existing code is on the race page.

See every race on the board

What you own

The whole app, not a starter kit.

A complete tournament app you own: organizers run brackets where entry fees sit in a contract, results need both players or a named referee, and prizes pay on the confirmed final. They pay you monthly for bigger events and seasons, and your console runs pricing, growth, rules and the payout agent.

Base price · $100

The user app, complete

Every buyer gets the same finished app. Basic branding and copy changes come through a quick form.

Illustrated home with tonight's event, the pot and first-run onboardingHome

Three step welcome, then the one next action: open entries, start round one or confirm the final.

Tournament builderBuild

Game, format, sections, entry fee, prize split, referee and dispute window, with a live preview of the escrow terms.

Escrow contract per tournamentBuild

Deployed on BNB Chain, Avalanche, Abstract or Linea with the split fixed before the first entry and automatic refunds on cancellation.

Member pass, one per personPlayers

Issue a pass after an in person check or a proof of personhood check; a second wallet for the same person is refused.

Live bracket with three playable nightsBracket

A clean night, a disputed result the referee rules on, and a second account blocked at entry.

Both player confirmation and dispute windowBracket

Results count when both players sign; otherwise the named referee rules with a short reason.

Payout receipts and share cardMe

Each winner gets a receipt with the transaction hash; the club gets a results card for the group chat.

Organizer plans and simulated USDC checkoutMe

Three tiers; Swiss pairings, bigger fields and seasons unlock by plan.

Open the full app demo

Add-on

Owner console

Your admin side: revenue, paywall editor, users, rules and the agent log.

Revenue dashboard and live paywall editorRevenue

MRR chart, tier names and prices, which features are gated, payments and pay methods.

App wide rulesRules

Allowed regions, entry fee cap, organizer fee cap, dispute window length and allowed chains.

Payout agent log with failures and adaptationsAgent

A night where a payout was held for a late dispute and a refund ran on a cancelled section, plus running costs.

Roadmap with build requestsRoadmap

v2 and v3 add-ons with prices and a request sheet.

Top-up

Growth and referrals

Referral and growth mechanics, switched on when you are ready to grow.

Growth loop and club sourcesGrowth

Projector pages, results cards and club to club invites, with sources by month.

Club starter kitGrowth

A one page guide and poster an organizer prints for the hall, with the honesty rules on it.

The money path, built in

How it earns for you

Organizers pay a monthly plan for bigger fields, Swiss pairings and seasons. Players never pay the app; an optional organizer fee is set by the organizer, shown before entry and capped by the owner.

Club NightFreeOne tournament a month, up to 16 players, escrowed or free entry, both player confirmation and a public bracket.

Club$12 per monthUnlimited tournaments up to 64 players, Swiss and double elimination, referee panel, member passes and export.

League$39 per monthSeason standings, several organizers, multiple sections per event and a branded projector page.

An optional organizer fee of up to the owner's cap, taken only on a completed event and shown on the tournament card before anyone enters.

Prices are yours to set. Illustrative, not a promise of income.

Growth loops, built in

How it spreads

Projector bracket pages that every player in the hall sees
Results cards posted to club group chats after each event
Club to club invites when players travel to other tournaments
A printed poster for the hall that explains the escrow and the referee rule

Roadmap · build the next phase with us

Where it goes next

v1 included

The honest club tournament

Tournament builder and escrow
Member passes
Elimination and Swiss pairings
Both player confirmation and referee
Payouts, plans and console

Included

Seasons and referee panels

Season standings across events
Three person referee panels for big finals
Avalanche and Abstract tournaments

Add-on from $500

City wide passes

Shared member passes across clubs
Rating history per pass
Organizer reputation page

Add-on from $900

The pitch, ready for investors and grant reviewers

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

Your 2 minute demo script

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

Make it entirely yours

Custom features beyond the roadmap, such as rating integrations, new games or a federation dashboard, start from $1,200 and are scoped on a call.

Custom from $1,200

BLUEPRINT

Why it matters and how it really works

The recipe (how it is built, the data, costs, risks, build order, the pitch and the demo script) is unlocked when your app is paid in full.

The need

Small tournament organizers, like chess clubs, fighting game nights and local esports leagues, collect entry fees in cash or by bank transfer, carry the prize money themselves and settle disputed results by shouting. Strong players enter beginner sections on second accounts, and when the count is short the organizer pays from her own pocket. Players have no way to see that the pot is really there or how it will be split.

What exists and what is new

Brackets and pairings exist and are good: Challonge, start.gg, Swiss Manager and Lichess or Chess.com club events. Cash tournament sites exist, but they hold entry fees on their own books. Bracket Pot is an incremental take for small real world organizers: entry fees go into an escrow contract with the prize split fixed before round one, results count only when both players confirm or a referee named in advance rules inside a dispute window, a member pass blocks second accounts, and the payout runs the moment the final is confirmed. Research verdict: brackets exist; the escrow, dual confirmation and one person one entry bundle for local clubs is a medium novelty.

The data it runs on

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

1.The mission

A local tournament should be fair to every player: one entry each, a pot everyone can see, results both sides agree to, and prizes paid on the spot.

2.Why people can't resist it

The pot on the wall A public page shows the escrow balance, the prize split and the bracket live, so a club can put it on the hall projector and nobody wonders where the money is.

Both thumbs up A result counts when both players tap confirm. If one disagrees, the named referee gets a ten minute window and a short evidence note, and the bracket waits.

Paid before the chairs are stacked The moment the final is confirmed, the contract pays first, second and third to their own wallets, and each player gets a receipt they can show.

3.How it works for real

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

4.Pricing

Cost per use: unlocked when your app is paid in full.

Club Night Free

One tournament a month, up to 16 players, free entry or escrowed entry fees, both player confirmation and a public bracket.

Club $12 per month

Unlimited tournaments up to 64 players, Swiss and double elimination, referee panel, member pass issuing and results export.

League $39 per month

Season standings across events, several organizers, multiple sections per event and a projector page with club branding.

5.Growth loop

Every bracket page is shared in the club's group chat and shown on the hall projector, and every payout receipt carries the club's name. Organizers bring their whole club; players who travel to other clubs ask those organizers to use it too.

6.Risks and guardrails

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

7.Build order

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

8.Where this is going

Now
One club, one honest pot: entries in escrow, results both sides confirm, prizes paid on the spot.
Next
Season standings across events, referee panels, Avalanche and Abstract tournaments, and a projector page for the hall.
Later
Clubs in a city share member passes, so a player carries one honest record from club to club and second accounts stop working everywhere.
The world it builds
Local competition gets the trust of a federation without the paperwork, and the people who run Saturday tournaments stop carrying cash and blame.

Costs and tools are estimates at the time of writing. General information only, not legal or financial advice.

OWNER PLAYBOOK

Own it, then chart your voyage

Nine routes from one vessel. Tap a port to open its chart.

Why own Bracket Pot

Every weekend thousands of clubs run chess opens, fighting game nights and campus esports brackets, and most of them still keep the entry fees in an envelope. Owning Bracket Pot means you run the fair version: one entry per person, a pot everyone can see in a contract, results both players confirm or a named referee decides, and prizes paid before the chairs are stacked. You earn from organizer plans, never from a cut of anyone's game.

What’s stopping you?

“Is this gambling?”

It is a skill tournament, not a bet: players pay to enter a game they play themselves, and nobody can wager on the outcome. Paid entry contests are still restricted in some places, so set your allowed regions and a fee cap before you launch, and offer free entry mode everywhere. Take local advice before you charge entry fees.

“What if the contract loses players' money?”

Keep it small: one escrow per tournament, a fixed split, automatic refunds on cancellation and a cap on entry fees. Get the contract reviewed before you allow larger pots, and say plainly on every card how the money moves.

“I do not run tournaments. Who are my customers?”

The organizers who already do. Chess clubs, fighting game communities and card shops run events every week and already handle cash. Your job is to find them, set them up and support them.

“Challonge and start.gg are free. Why would anyone pay?”

Brackets are free, and they stay free here too. Organizers pay for the part that hurts: holding money, settling disputes and stopping second accounts, which the bracket tools do not do.

A revenue ladder, step by step

Monthly organizer plans, a league plan for clubs with seasons, and white label copies for federations and esports leagues. Illustrations, not promises.

$300

$3,200

$4,000 plus organizers

$110,000

First clubs

25 paying organizers

$12 a month

Known in one city

200 organizers and 20 leagues

$12 to $39 a month

Federations

8 regional federations or leagues

$499 a month

Category regular

6,000 organizers and 60 federations

Mixed

Sign one chess or fighting game community per city and let its players carry the app to other clubs
Sell a league plan that turns one organizer into five
Open source the escrow contract so federations trust it

Illustrative stages, not a forecast. Results depend on you and the market; nothing here is guaranteed.