# TIDEFORCE

> TIDEFORCE is the Commerce & Operations Platform for Outdoor Sports Schools. It combines a direct booking engine with commerce, customer journeys, daily operations, inventory, team workflows and business insight so a school can run its whole business digitally under its own brand. TIDEFORCE is not a marketplace; each school keeps its brand, customer relationship and data.

Booking is only the beginning: a booking tool fills the calendar, TIDEFORCE connects the business behind it. The Recommended full-platform plan is 6.9% per processed transaction. With the current offer, schools signing by September 30, 2026 get the same full plan for 4.9% total in their first year. Both rates include payment-processing fees, transactional-email costs and all other platform fees; optional one-time and recurring services are separate. TIDEFORCE is hosted on Google Cloud in the EU; current privacy and processing details are available from TIDEFORCE.

The website is bilingual: English pages live under https://tideforce.de/en/… and German pages under https://tideforce.de/de/… . Links below point to the English versions.

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## Key facts (answer-first)

- **What is TIDEFORCE?** The Commerce & Operations Platform for Outdoor Sports Schools (watersports schools: kitesurf, surf, windsurf, wingfoil, efoil, SUP, sailing).
- **Is TIDEFORCE a marketplace?** No. Each school keeps its own brand, customers and data, and sells under its own storefront.
- **What does it cost?** The Recommended full-platform plan is 6.9% per processed transaction. With the current offer, schools signing by September 30, 2026 get the same full plan for 4.9% total in their first year. Both rates include payment-processing fees, transactional-email costs and all other platform fees; optional one-time and recurring services are separate. The core platform has no mandatory monthly platform fee under the current pricing presentation.
- **Is there a starter package?** Optional — the TIDEFORCE Launch Package, €899 one-time: a printer and starter labels, customer flyers, an initial TIDEFORCE setup, and founder-led onboarding on site at the school. It is not a mandatory setup fee; regular platform pricing remains unchanged.
- **Can a school use its own booking domain?** Yes — optional add-on: TIDEFORCE maps the school's storefront (e.g. yourschool.tideforce.app) to a domain the school owns, like book.yourschool.com. A one-time €149 domain connection service, no recurring fee.
- **Can TIDEFORCE build the school's website?** Yes — an optional website service: TIDEFORCE designs, builds and launches a complete new school website with the booking engine and e-commerce natively integrated. €2,490 one-time, fixed per website — Summer Special: 10% off (€2,241) when signing by September 30, 2026. The booking system's server costs are covered by the school's selected TIDEFORCE platform plan. TIDEFORCE is not the hosting provider — the website runs on hosting the school owns — but TIDEFORCE can set up and manage that hosting on the school's behalf. Domain connection is booked separately as the bring-your-own-domain add-on (€149 one-time).
- **Can an existing external website use TIDEFORCE content?** Website Sync is an optional school-specific, read-only pilot available on request from €15 per month plus usage. It can provide supported public prices, validity and season periods, offers, descriptions, images and version information. It is not a public customer/order API or app ecosystem. Website Insights and Connected Journey are optional consent- and source-qualified services; anonymous or unlinked activity remains anonymous, and Customer 360 remains Beta / limited rollout.
- **Which payment provider does TIDEFORCE work with?** For supported school setups, TIDEFORCE works with Stripe on the payment infrastructure. Availability, payment methods and commercial terms depend on country and account and are confirmed before go-live.
- **Does it support rentals and inventory?** Yes — a rental board for active and upcoming rentals, specific-item booking linked to inventory, photo evidence, and hourly/daily/multi-day/package pricing. Material intelligence (usage hours, condition, location) is in Beta. Rental deposits, extensions and overdue tracking are on the roadmap, not available yet.
- **Does it do invoices?** Yes — create an invoice from a booking or payment, with connected data and multi-rate VAT; you confirm each invoice before it is issued. Fully automated/emailed invoicing is on the roadmap, not available yet.
- **How does it connect the customer journey?** Live booking, payment history, Guidebook content, operations and inventory-linked commerce stay connected. Selected school setups add staff check-in, stay-location context, permission-aware cross-location history and Customer Tiers.
- **What is Customer 360?** A Beta / limited-rollout, source-backed relationship view. Completeness depends on enabled modules, source records, permissions, identity configuration and consent; anonymous or unlinked activity is not presented as a known customer.
- **Does it replace Excel and WhatsApp?** It brings booking, planning, team, equipment, check-in and billing into one connected source of truth instead of separate sheets and chats.
- **QR check-in and guest-first booking?** Rolling out — no-mandatory-login booking, passwordless access through a secure link and QR tickets with one-tap check-in are not presented as universally live today.
- **Multiple locations and wintersports?** Yes — multi-location ready, and built to scale from watersports to wintersports.
- **Where is it hosted?** On Google Cloud in the EU. Current privacy and processing details are available from TIDEFORCE.

## Start here

- [TIDEFORCE — The Commerce & Operations Platform for Outdoor Sports Schools](https://tideforce.de/en): The canonical overview: sell every experience in one checkout and run the whole school day behind every booking.
- [Why TIDEFORCE is different](https://tideforce.de/en/why-different): The connected platform model, and why TIDEFORCE reaches beyond booking software without becoming a marketplace.
- [Pricing](https://tideforce.de/en/pricing): One full-platform plan: 6.9% standard or the same plan for 4.9% total in the first year when signing by September 30, 2026. Payment-processing, transactional-email and all other platform fees are included; optional one-time and recurring services are separate.
- [Product overview](https://tideforce.de/en/product): The connected business system: booking and commerce, Website Sync, Customer Journey, Customer 360, operations, rentals and inventory, team workflows, payments, insight and setup. Website Sync is a pilot available on request; Customer 360 is Beta / limited rollout.

## Product — what the platform does

- [Booking & Commerce for Outdoor Sports | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/product/booking-commerce): A booking and commerce platform for outdoor sports schools: one 12-type cart, mobile-first checkout, payments and connected invoicing — sell more than courses.
- [Customer Journey for Outdoor Sports Schools | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/product/customer-journey): Connect discovery, booking, guest stays, session delivery, customer history and shop purchases in one school-owned journey with TIDEFORCE.
- [Operations & Planning Software — TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/product/operations): Outdoor sports operations software: a real-time whiteboard and timetable for day planning, instructor allocation, student grouping, equipment assignment and check-in.
- [Rental Management Software — TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/product/rentals-equipment): Rental management software for watersports schools: a rental dashboard for active and upcoming rentals, specific-item booking, and hourly, daily and package pricing.
- [Payments & Invoicing for Sports Schools | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/product/payments-invoicing): Connect payments, bookings and invoices in TIDEFORCE, with Stripe payment infrastructure for supported school setups and terms confirmed before go-live.
- [Pricing & Capacity for Sports Schools | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/product/pricing-capacity): Seasonal pricing per activity and location, shared Pricing Modes, and capacity per slot, activity, day and season — built for how outdoor sports schools run.
- [Provider & Partner Booking Software | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/product/providers): Give providers their own account and access level to place and manage bookings, with provider-restricted products and B2B provider invoicing built in.
- [Shop & Inventory Software — TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/product/shop-inventory): Shop and inventory software for watersports and outdoor sports schools: link products and used or demo school gear to inventory, and sell the gear your students already use.
- [Guidebook & Guest Experience — TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/product/guidebook): Guidebook software for sports schools: curate local tips, spots, activities and day-plans as a guest experience and retention layer alongside your bookings.
- [Inventory Intelligence — TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/product/inventory-intelligence): Material analytics for watersports schools: usage hours, condition, location, utilization and lifecycle, recorded by your team and turned into intelligence.
- [Customer 360 for Outdoor Sports Schools — TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/product/customer-360): See how TIDEFORCE Customer 360 connects consented website interest, bookings, lessons, teams, equipment, feedback, purchases and repeat activity for outdoor sports schools. Beta and limited rollout.
- [Insights & Analytics — TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/product/insights): Outdoor sports school analytics: live income, cost, funnel, profit and multi-location insights, plus an evidence-aware Analytics Workbench and Customer 360 in Beta.
- [Fast Setup & Import — TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/product/setup-import): Fast setup booking software for outdoor sports schools: guided onboarding, AI-assisted setup, Live Preview, Pricing Modes and self-serve customer and material CSV import.
- [Instructor Reports & Payroll Bookkeeping for Sports Schools | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/product/reports-payroll): Instructor session reports roll up into periods, commissions and a payout figure you review and export. Payroll bookkeeping you confirm, not automated payouts.
- [School Website Service — Booking Built In | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/product/school-websites): TIDEFORCE designs and builds connected school websites with booking and e-commerce natively integrated, synchronized offers and Customer 360 in Beta. €2,490 one-time — Summer Special: €2,241 until September 30, 2026.
- [Website Sync for Outdoor Sports Schools | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/product/website-sync): Keep prices, seasons, offers and public images on an existing school website aligned with TIDEFORCE, with optional consent-aware Website Insights and Connected Journey services. Pilot available on request.

## Solutions — by activity

- [Kitesurf School Software | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/solutions/kitesurf-schools): Booking, day planning, rentals, gear and invoicing for kitesurf schools — one platform for wind-dependent scheduling, levels, groups and camps.
- [Surf School Software — TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/solutions/surf-schools): Surf school booking and management software: one checkout for courses, camps, accommodation and rental, plus tide-aware day planning, grouping, check-in and invoices.
- [Windsurf School Software — TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/solutions/windsurf-schools): Windsurf school booking and rental management software: one checkout for courses, clinics and rentals, plus wind-aware day planning, grouping, check-in and invoices.
- [Wingfoil School Software | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/solutions/wingfoil-schools): Booking, day planning, rentals, gear and invoicing for wingfoil schools — one platform for wind-dependent scheduling, levels, groups and clinics.
- [eFoil School Software | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/solutions/efoil-schools): Booking, session planning, equipment tracking and invoicing for eFoil schools — supervised sessions, experiences, waivers, boards and batteries in one platform.
- [SUP Rental & School Software — TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/solutions/sup-schools): SUP rental and paddleboard school software: one checkout for lessons, tours, SUP-yoga, rentals and vouchers, plus planning, board tracking, walk-ins, check-in and invoices.
- [Sailing School Software | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/solutions/sailing-schools): Sailing school management software for courses, certifications, boats as bookable resources, camps, weather-window planning, crew allocation, partners, and invoicing.
- [Rental Management Software for Outdoor Schools — TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/solutions/rentals): Rental management software for equipment-heavy outdoor and watersports schools: a rental board, specific-item booking linked to inventory, photo evidence and rental pricing.
- [Camp Booking & Management Software — TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/solutions/camps): Sell multi-day camps in one checkout with accommodation, camping and add-ons, then plan each camp day on a real-time board with instructors, groups and check-in.
- [Sell & Run Events Without a Ticketing Tool | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/solutions/events): Sell event places in one mobile checkout with payments, cap capacity per slot and day, collect participant data, and plan the event on the whiteboard.
- [Sell Accommodation & Camping with Lessons — TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/solutions/accommodations): Sell rooms, beds and camping pitches in the same checkout as the lesson, course or camp. One booking, one payment, one connected guest record. Not a PMS.
- [Guided Tour & Side Activity Booking Software — TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/solutions/tours): Sell guided tours and side activities in one checkout with courses and rentals, manage capacity and participant data, and plan tours and guides on a whiteboard.

## Compare — TIDEFORCE vs. the alternatives

- [TIDEFORCE vs a Booking Tool for Sports Schools](https://tideforce.de/en/compare/booking-tools): A booking tool captures reservations. TIDEFORCE runs operations, equipment, check-in, invoices, providers and pricing as one connected system.
- [Replace Excel & WhatsApp — TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/compare/disconnected-tools): Replace Excel, WhatsApp and disconnected tools with one connected booking and operations platform for outdoor sports schools. See the side-by-side comparison.
- [Booking Plugin Alternative for Sports Schools](https://tideforce.de/en/compare/agency-plugin): An agency site + booking plugin takes the reservation. TIDEFORCE adds instructors, equipment, check-in, invoicing and providers as one connected system.
- [TIDEFORCE vs Marketplaces for Sports Schools](https://tideforce.de/en/compare/marketplaces): A marketplace rents you customers and takes a cut. TIDEFORCE keeps your brand, your customers and your data — a direct business you own, not a listing.

## Company & proof

- [Customers](https://tideforce.de/en/customers): Real outdoor-sports-school storefronts running on TIDEFORCE.
- [About TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/about): The team and mission behind the platform.
- [Contact / book a demo](https://tideforce.de/en/contact): Talk to the founders and see TIDEFORCE mapped to your real workflows.
- [Blog](https://tideforce.de/en/blog): Guides and thinking on running outdoor sports schools as connected operations.

## Recent writing

- [What Does a School Website Really Cost? | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/blog/what-does-a-school-website-really-cost): The honest numbers: a complete school website by TIDEFORCE is €2,490 one-time — fixed, booking and shop native, with no recurring TIDEFORCE website fee — plus a
- [Voucher Usage Limits & Minimum Cart Value | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/blog/voucher-rules-with-usage-limits-and-minimum-cart-value): TIDEFORCE adds total voucher usage limits, minimum cart values and clearer voucher-table visibility so schools can control redemption rules more precisely.
- [Rental Evidence Workflows | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/blog/rental-evidence-prompts-now-happen-at-the-right-moment): TIDEFORCE prompts for rental evidence when equipment is added, avoids repeat prompts for documented items and shows evidence status clearly.
- [Global Search Now Works on Mobile, Too | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/blog/global-search-now-works-on-mobile-too): TIDEFORCE brings Global Search to mobile, moves the QR scanner into the search flow and improves speed, ranking and access-aware results across the admin app.
- [Deposit or Full Payment in Checkout | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/blog/choose-deposit-or-full-payment-as-the-default-in-checkout): TIDEFORCE now lets schools choose whether checkout preselects the deposit or the full amount whenever deposit payments are enabled.
- [Customer Tiers That Give Your Team Loyalty Context | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/blog/customer-tiers-that-give-your-team-loyalty-context): TIDEFORCE customer tiers help sports schools classify repeat guests, apply manual exceptions and show loyalty context in the People table.
- [Push Notifications That Open the Right Screen | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/blog/push-notifications-that-open-the-right-screen): TIDEFORCE team notifications add a clear opt-in flow, iPhone setup guidance, foreground alerts, deep links and a test-send option.
- [Customer History Across Locations | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/blog/complete-customer-history-across-locations): TIDEFORCE gives outdoor sports schools clearer customer profiles with explicit stay locations, preserved stay history and reliable cross-location bookings.
- [More Than Booking Software for Sports Schools | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/blog/why-outdoor-sports-schools-need-more-than-a-booking-system): Compare booking software with TIDEFORCE: connect courses, rentals, operations, invoices, inventory and insights for outdoor sports schools.
- [TIDEFORCE vs FareHarbor, Peek Pro, Checkfront, Rezdy and Bokun](https://tideforce.de/en/blog/tideforce-vs-fareharbor-peek-checkfront-rezdy-bokun): A practical comparison for watersports and outdoor sports schools evaluating booking systems, operations software, rentals, inventory, invoicing, and growth too
- [Watersports School Operating System Guide | TIDEFORCE](https://tideforce.de/en/blog/best-operating-system-for-watersports-schools): See how watersports school software can connect booking, instructors, rentals, equipment, check-in, reports, payroll and invoices.
- [The Four Layers That Make TIDEFORCE Different](https://tideforce.de/en/blog/services-guidebook-shop-operations-tideforce): TIDEFORCE combines services, guidebook, shop, and operations into one connected platform for outdoor sports schools.