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Tournament Management

WinTD
The premier program for running Swiss System/Round Robin chess tournaments. It is designed to handle every aspect of running a chess tournament, from managing a player database, to pairing rounds and entering results, to generating prize lists and reports.
Cost: WinTD 5.0 is $90.00.
Link: https://www.estima.com/chess/index.shtml

SwissSys
It makes pairings for Swiss system, Round Robin and Ladder tournaments, following all USCF or FIDE rules for alternation of color, transposition of players--the whole business. It lets you print out pairings, standings, wall charts, upset results, new ratings, certificates, and lots more. It will import players from member databases published by the USCF, the CFC, FIDE, or your own custom player lists.
Cost: SwissSys 11.0 is $99.00.
Link: https://swisssys.com/

Chess Manger
Online tournament registration, payment, and pairing system.
Cost: Basic Free Version; Premium $97/annual + 5% per entry fee.
Link: https://www.chessmanager.com/en

ChessNut
Online tournament registration, payment, and pairing system.
Cost: 3 Versions from Free to $84/annually + 2% per entry fee.
Link: https://chessnut.club/

Online Registration and Payment

ChessRegister
Online tournament registration and payment system.  Outputs WinTD files for import.  Outputs SwissSys or WinTD files.  
Cost:  EF under $10/free; EF greater than $10: Per Entry: $0.25 + 0.5%.
Link: https://home.chessregister.com/

PlayPass
Online tournament registration and payment system.
Cost:  Personal: Per Entry 3%; Business $20/month + Per Entry of 3%.
Link: https://playpass.com/sports-software/chess-schedule-maker

Online Registration System for Chess Championships
Online tournament registration and payment system.  Supports USCF registration, and multiple payment gateways. Outputs SwissSys or WinTD files. .
Cost: $100 one-time setup fee; $20-$100 per month depending on size +$1.00 per registration.
Link: https://onlineregistration.cc/

King's Registration
Online tournament registration and payment system.
Cost:  $1 per entry.
Link:  https://www.kingregistration.com/

Chess Club Website Hosting

Google Sites
Create a website with this free and easy to use content management system (CMS). You can tie custom domains to the site you create here, simply register at one of your favorite DNS providers (like GoDaddy.com).  
Cost:  Free.
Link: https://sites.google.com