Product
Core capabilityTIDEFORCE gives your school a shop where products and used or demo school gear are linked to the same inventory your sessions run on
Operational effectthe equipment your students already know can be sold from one place.
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Most schools are sitting on an asset they never sell: the gear their students already trust. The boards, wetsuits, kites, foils and SUPs on your racks get demoed, rented and learned on all season — and when it's time to refresh the fleet, that used and demo equipment usually disappears into a classifieds post or a corner of the centre. TIDEFORCE gives you a shop where products and used or demo school gear are linked to the same inventory that runs your lessons and rentals, so resale isn't a separate, manual chore bolted onto the side of your operation.
TIDEFORCE is the Commerce & Operations Platform for Outdoor Sports Schools. The shop is not a disconnected storefront — a product for sale is the same connected data as the inventory item it comes from, the sessions that gear runs on, and the checkout that takes the payment.
What it does
A shop linked to your real inventory
The shop sells products that are tied to your inventory records, not a separate spreadsheet of stockNew retail items, accessories and consumables live in the same catalogue as the rest of your schoolRead moreRead less→
The shop sells products that are tied to your inventory records, not a separate spreadsheet of stock. New retail items, accessories and consumables live in the same catalogue as the rest of your school, so what you sell is connected to what you actually have. That data link between equipment and the shop is live today.
Sell the gear your students already know
Your used and demo school equipment can be published to the shop straight from its inventory recordThe board a student progressed on, the wetsuit that fit them, the kite they flew all weekRead moreRead less→
Your used and demo school equipment can be published to the shop straight from its inventory record. The board a student progressed on, the wetsuit that fit them, the kite they flew all week — that's gear with a known history and a known feel, and you can put it up for sale instead of letting it gather dust. This is the opportunity TIDEFORCE opens up: sell the gear your students already know, from the same system that tracks it.
Publish equipment to the shop
Because equipment is linked to the shop through its inventory record, publishing a piece of gear for sale is a step on the item you already managenot a re-entry of details into a separate storeRead moreRead less→
Because equipment is linked to the shop through its inventory record, publishing a piece of gear for sale is a step on the item you already manage — not a re-entry of details into a separate store. The shop, your rental catalogue and your material all share one connected set of inventory data.
One checkout, one platform
A shop purchase goes through the same 12-type cart as courses, lessons, rentals, tours, camps and add-onsa customer can buy a used board in the same flow they'd book a sessionRead moreRead less→
A shop purchase goes through the same 12-type cart as courses, lessons, rentals, tours, camps and add-ons, so a customer can buy a used board in the same flow they'd book a session. Material intelligence — usage hours, condition and location per item — is available in Beta, so you can start to see which gear is worn out and worth replacing and which is ready to sell on.
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The recap
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| The resale reality | How TIDEFORCE handles it |
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| Used and demo gear sold off the books | A shop with products linked to your real inventory |
| Re-listing items in a separate store | Publish equipment to the shop from its inventory record |
| No link between gear and sales | Equipment linked to the shop through the inventory record (live) |
| Knowing which gear is worth selling on | Material intelligence — usage hours, condition, location (Beta) |
| Selling gear alongside bookings | Shop purchases in the same 12-type cart as sessions |
Pricing is a take-rate of 6.9% per processed transaction, payment fees included, with no setup or monthly fee. You can import your material yourself by CSV, or we'll do a full migration from your previous system with you. Hosting is in the EU on Google Cloud, GDPR-compliant, and your data stays yours. You can go live with your shop and catalogue fast, with guided onboarding.
Frequently asked questions
01Is the shop connected to my inventory, or a separate store?
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Connected. Products in the shop are linked to your inventory records, so what you sell is tied to what you actually have. The data link between equipment and the shop is live today.
02Can I sell used or demo school equipment?
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Yes. Used and demo school gear can be published to the shop straight from its inventory record, so the equipment your students already learned on can be put up for sale from the same system that tracks it.
03How do I list a piece of equipment for sale?
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Because equipment is linked to the shop through its inventory record, publishing it for sale is a step on the item you already manage — not a re-entry of its details into a separate storefront.
04Does TIDEFORCE automatically market the exact item a student used back to that student?
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No. That targeted, student-by-student resale automation is on the roadmap, not in the product today. What's live is the foundation: a shop where used and demo gear is linked to inventory, so you can sell the gear your students already know.
05Can a customer buy gear in the same checkout as a booking?
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Yes. Shop purchases go through the same 12-type cart as courses, lessons, rentals, tours, camps and add-ons, so a customer can buy a used board in the same flow they'd book a session.
06How do I know which gear is worth selling on?
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Material intelligence — usage hours, condition and location per item — is available in Beta, so you can start to see which gear is worn out and worth replacing and which is in good enough shape to sell on.
See how TIDEFORCE fits your school
In a short demo, we'll walk through your real workflows: services, booking, planning, team, guests, inventory, guidebook and shop.
We map your real school day first, then show only where TIDEFORCE actually fits.