At a glance
- Compare channel economics
- Check customer and data access
- Plan availability across channels
A marketplace can help new guests discover an activity. Your own website can support direct bookings and an ongoing relationship with your school. These are different channel roles, and they can coexist. TIDEFORCE supports your direct sales and operations; it does not supply marketplace demand.
Review the terms of each channel
| Area | What to check | TIDEFORCE scope |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery | Who brings the visitor, and what does that acquisition cost? | You manage acquisition for your direct channel; TIDEFORCE provides booking and operational workflows. |
| Brand and checkout | Whose pages and checkout does the guest use? | Your school has its own branded offer. A custom external website or native checkout is separately scoped. |
| Customer access | Which customer details and communication rights do the channel terms allow? | Your school manages its customer records. Marketing use still depends on the applicable permissions and legal basis. |
| Economics | Compare commissions, service fees, payment costs and your acquisition spend. | TIDEFORCE has transaction-based platform pricing plus separately priced optional services. Direct bookings are not fee-free. |
| Availability and operations | How will channel bookings and changes reach your team? | Confirm the supported intake or integration before selling the same capacity through multiple channels. Do not assume automatic marketplace synchronisation. |
Make the decision with your own numbers
Compare contribution per booking after channel fees, payment costs and acquisition spend. Also consider the guests a channel introduces, cancellation handling and the effort of maintaining availability. Customer-data access, commissions and repeat-booking rules depend on the particular marketplace contract.
Test it with a real booking
Start with the channels you already use and a representative booking from each. Agree how bookings, changes and customer information will be handled before switching on a new sales path.
See how TIDEFORCE fits your school
We’ll walk through a typical day at your school and discuss the features, setup and costs that matter to you.
We map your real school day first, then show only where TIDEFORCE actually fits.