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What runs today, what ships next, and where it goes from here.

Tacticulture is built with the instructors who use it. This is the working plan: everything that's live, what's in build, and the ideas we're weighing. Read it, then tell us what's missing.

Updated 12 October 2026. Items move down this page as they ship. Order inside each list is roughly the order we expect to build.

  1. Live now 21 features
  2. Shipping next 21 features
  3. On the horizon 26 features

The parts that change how you run a class.

Everything on this page matters to someone. These are the ones instructors ask about first, in the order they tend to ask.

  1. Get paid directly Students pay by card at booking and the money goes to your own merchant account, not ours. Refunds and the service fee reverse together. Live now Instructors
  2. Fill the seats you'd otherwise lose Seat holds, a waitlist that alerts the next student when someone drops, and automatic cancellation windows with the refund handled. Live now InstructorsStudents
  3. Know whether the class made money A per-event P&L with an expense ledger and a pricing slider that shows your break-even before you post. Shipping next Instructors
  4. Run a range or company, not just a calendar Organization accounts with instructors beneath them, shared reporting, and roles. Import the calendar you already have. Shipping next Organizations
  5. More ways to sell training Coupons and discount codes, private lessons against your availability, class packs, and memberships. Shipping next Instructors
  6. Training records students keep Verified records you issue, prerequisites that point to any qualifying class, renewal nudges. Later, certifications built on state requirements. Live now StudentsOrganizations
  7. Students who find you Near-me search and reviews today. Referrals from retailers, gun stores, and state permit hubs on the horizon. On the horizon InstructorsStudents

Live now21 features

Built, tested, and running on tacticulture.app today.

Beta instructors are onboarding now, and live payments turn on as each merchant account is approved. If something here doesn't work the way it says, the bug button in the app sends us the page you were on.

Payments

Instructors

You hold the merchant account. Students pay you, not a middleman.

  • Each instructor has their own merchant account; students pay the instructor directly
  • Service fee shown as its own line at checkout; refunds reverse both the ticket and the fee
  • Guest checkout, saved cards, seat holds, oversell protection, and duplicate-charge protection

Events and event day

InstructorsStudents

Post once, then let the roster run itself until the gate opens.

  • Event creation with cover images
  • Automatic cancellation and refund windows, with confirmation emails
  • Waitlist that alerts students when a seat opens
  • Waiver and terms accepted at booking
  • Rosters, a day-of PDF, and check-in

Discovery and trust

Students

Students find a class near them and can see who's worth the drive.

  • Near-me radius search and category browsing
  • Student reviews and a rules-based Top-Rated Instructor badge

Training records

StudentsInstructors

What a student has done follows them from class to class, and from you to the next instructor.

  • Private progression tracker
  • Instructor-issued verified training records
  • Prerequisite gating that points to any instructor's qualifying class
  • Renewal nudges for expiring certifications

Communication

InstructorsStudents

The gate code goes out once, to everyone on the roster.

  • Real-time messaging scoped to each event
  • In-app notifications, plus booking, cancellation, and refund emails
  • In-app bug and feedback widget

Ambassador program

Instructors

Bring another instructor on and earn from the classes they run.

  • Instructor ambassadors: tracked links, attribution at signup, a 12-month earnings ledger
  • Quarterly payouts

Platform and security

InstructorsStudentsOrganizations

Boring on purpose.

  • Automated deploys, encrypted connections, live monitoring and alerts
  • Security audits with critical findings fixed

Shipping next21 features

In build or scoped for the next sprints.

Most of this is already in the product behind a flag or in final testing. The numbered list is the build order for the sprint after that.

In build and finishing

Instructors

Shipped and being checked against real classes before they move up to Live now.

  • Per-event P&L with an expense ledger and a pricing slider that shows break-even Finishing
  • CSV and QuickBooks exports for your accountant Finishing
  • Multi-day courses booked as one unit, scheduled in the create flow Finishing
  • Private, password-protected events Finishing
  • Instructor directory and search with a curated category list Finishing
  • Optional add-ons students can choose at checkout Finishing
  • Co-host invites with a visible pending state Finishing
  • Free class P&L calculator anyone can use before they sign up Try the calculator Finishing
  • Text message delivery for reminders and alerts Waiting on carrier approval

Next sprint, in order

OrganizationsInstructors

What ranges and training companies asked for before bringing their instructors across.

  1. Organization accounts: a company or range with instructors beneath it, shared reporting, and roles
  2. Coupons and discount codes, including an instructor or organization covering the student's service fee
  3. Combined course and gear checkout
  4. Account plans, plus cash and cash-plus-card payments with matching reporting
  5. Automated pre-event reminders at 14 days, 7 days, 72 and 48 hours, and day-of
  6. Organization onboarding: import your existing course calendar and templates

Scoped after that

InstructorsStudents

The booking shapes instructors sell today that the product doesn't model yet.

  • Private lessons: one-on-one booking against your availability
  • Class packs and memberships you sell to students
  • Revenue-share tracking between co-instructors on a shared event

Being decided

OrganizationsInstructors

Scoped loosely. Your input moves these up or down.

  • State ambassadors: a partner type in the ambassador program that leads introductions in one state
  • More ways for organizations to pay: a company subscription or pass-through billing
  • Automatic card updates for saved cards

On the horizon26 features

Where the product goes once the basics are solid.

None of this is required for the beta to work. All of it moves the needle for instructors: more students, more revenue per class, and credentials that mean something outside the app.

Student demand

InstructorsStudents

Put a class in front of people at the moment they're buying a gun or renewing a permit.

  • Online gun and ammo retailers: a book-a-class offer at checkout and in confirmation emails
  • Gun stores and FFL transfer pickups: referral cards with tracked links
  • State permit hubs: requirements, qualifying classes nearby, and renewal reminders
  • Armed security guard compliance and requalification tracking Exploring

Revenue add-ons at checkout

InstructorsStudents

Things a student would pay for at booking that you don't have to run yourself.

  • Refund protection through an insurance partner Exploring
  • Gear rentals, arranged through the range or instructor Exploring

Fill seats: marketing services

Instructors

We spend the ad dollar and report back in plain language what it returned.

  • Managed paid social and partner-channel campaigns, optimized on bookings
  • Plain-language reporting on what each marketing dollar returned
  • An instructor performance score with recommendations that adapt
  • Automated email and text lifecycle: rebook, win-back, new classes near you
  • Public, searchable instructor and class pages for search discovery
  • Partner media integrations: channels and video with training media partners
  • Instructor video content: pre-work and paid courses, reusable on YouTube and partner channels Exploring

Trust and credentials

StudentsOrganizations

A record that holds up with a state, an employer, or a range you've never trained at.

  • Certification and continuing-education records built on state requirements
  • Participation and performance scoring per class, so organizations can credential their students
  • Prior-training import: a student names the instructor, the instructor co-signs
  • Background check integrations: connect a provider you contract with directly and see results in your Tacticulture account Being decided

Progression depth

StudentsInstructors

Show a student where they are in a program and what comes next.

  • Series completion, capstone records, and visual progression paths
  • Course progression: levels and modules completed within a course and across a provider's program
  • Rewards and rankings: points, ranks, and provider-branded badges Being decided
  • Shot timer and drill score integration Exploring

Institutional and enterprise

Organizations

Agencies and range chains buy differently. The product should let them.

  • Payable-on-delivery billing for agencies and departments
  • White-label, multi-brand instances for range chains and large organizations

Commerce

InstructorsOrganizations

Gear and kit next to the class that needs it.

  • Sponsor placement for ammo, optics, and gear brands on listings
  • A Tacticulture storefront for class kits and gear Being decided
  • Range storefronts and broader product sales, once the storefront proves demand

Suggest a feature.

The best things on this page started as a message from an instructor. Tell us what gets in the way of running a class, and what you'd want the product to do about it.

Suggestions go straight to the people who build the product. If yours ships, we'll tell you.

We read every one. No newsletter, no list.