Product foundations

Building useful hockey planning tools before accounts.

PuckReady is moving the future-product plan forward in a careful order: improve account-light planning, keep organizer changes review-first, prove PWA use before native mobile, and test paid value before checkout.

Local planning data Join value test

Waves 1 to 6

What can move now, and what stays gated.

This is the public operating map for the product foundations. It is intentionally conservative so families get better tools without turning PuckReady into an account, payment, or app-store project too early.

Wave 1Available now

Account-light planning improvements

Saved lists, compare helpers, budget estimates, and tournament travel planning stay browser-local and do not require sign-in.

Safe now

Keep saved and compare lists browser-local.
Support share, export, and import helpers without server persistence.
Label budget and travel tools as estimates and confirm-with-organizer planning aids.

Blocked until

persistent cross-device sync has a parent account privacy model

Stop condition

Stop if a feature requires parent identity before the privacy and deletion model exists.

Open related surface

Wave 2Available now

Reminder preferences

Reminder preferences use the existing consented hockey-updates email flow with unsubscribe support.

Safe now

Use explicit email consent.
Store reminder categories in update preferences.
Expose an account-free reminder preference centre.
Keep saved-list context limited to sanitized browser-local listing IDs.

Blocked until

high-volume notification rules and support ownership are documented

Stop condition

Stop if reminders cannot be unsubscribed from in one click.

Open related surface

Wave 3Prepare now - accounts later

Organizer portal beta

The safe near-term version is stronger claim, correction, and review-status guidance. Organizer login waits.

Safe now

Clarify claim and correction status stages.
Route organizer edits into manual review.
Separate sponsor interest from listing quality and recommendations.

Blocked until

organizer identity and support model
ownership dispute rules
admin approval workflow capacity

Stop condition

Stop if any organizer flow can self-publish or bypass manual review.

Open related surface

Wave 4Defer - strengthen local planning first

Parent account sync

Parent accounts remain a later bet. The current work is local data portability, privacy copy, and safer reminder context.

Safe now

Document what stays browser-local.
Improve export and import paths for saved and compare lists.
Use email preferences only where adults explicitly opt in.

Blocked until

parent account data-retention policy
RLS proof
delete/export support path

Stop condition

Stop if local planning data becomes server-persistent without a parent account consent model.

Open related surface

Wave 5Available as web app foundation

PWA before native

PuckReady can move as an installable web app before native mobile. Offline behavior stays conservative.

Safe now

Use manifest metadata and existing icons.
Cache static guide pages only.
Show reconnect language for current listings and registration decisions.

Blocked until

repeat mobile usage and app-store support capacity justify native tooling

Stop condition

Stop if offline pages present stale listings as current.

Open related surface

Wave 6Value test only

Premium parent membership and native app

No paid membership, checkout, or native app build yet. The safe step is an interest list and value-proposition testing.

Safe now

Run a no-payment interest list.
Keep the core directory free.
Collect demand signals for account-light planning, native app, organizer reporting, and regional expansion.

Blocked until

clear paid value proposition
refund and support model
tax and access-control review

Stop condition

Stop if the work adds checkout, paywalls core public data, or implies a native app is already available.

Open related surface

Current guardrails

The line we are not crossing yet.

Do not add parent accounts yet.

Do not add organizer accounts yet.

Do not add checkout or payment collection yet.

Do not add native app tooling yet.

Do not let organizer-submitted changes self-publish.

Keep core directory access free.

Product foundations

Building useful hockey planning tools before accounts.

Local planning data Join value test

Waves 1 to 6

What can move now, and what stays gated.

Wave 1Available now

Account-light planning improvements

Saved lists, compare helpers, budget estimates, and tournament travel planning stay browser-local and do not require sign-in.

Safe now

Keep saved and compare lists browser-local.
Support share, export, and import helpers without server persistence.
Label budget and travel tools as estimates and confirm-with-organizer planning aids.

Blocked until

persistent cross-device sync has a parent account privacy model

Stop condition

Stop if a feature requires parent identity before the privacy and deletion model exists.

Open related surface

Wave 2Available now

Reminder preferences

Reminder preferences use the existing consented hockey-updates email flow with unsubscribe support.

Safe now

Use explicit email consent.
Store reminder categories in update preferences.
Expose an account-free reminder preference centre.
Keep saved-list context limited to sanitized browser-local listing IDs.

Blocked until

high-volume notification rules and support ownership are documented

Stop condition

Stop if reminders cannot be unsubscribed from in one click.

Open related surface

Wave 3Prepare now - accounts later

Organizer portal beta

The safe near-term version is stronger claim, correction, and review-status guidance. Organizer login waits.

Safe now

Clarify claim and correction status stages.
Route organizer edits into manual review.
Separate sponsor interest from listing quality and recommendations.

Blocked until

organizer identity and support model
ownership dispute rules
admin approval workflow capacity

Stop condition

Stop if any organizer flow can self-publish or bypass manual review.

Open related surface

Wave 4Defer - strengthen local planning first

Parent account sync

Parent accounts remain a later bet. The current work is local data portability, privacy copy, and safer reminder context.

Safe now

Document what stays browser-local.
Improve export and import paths for saved and compare lists.
Use email preferences only where adults explicitly opt in.

Blocked until

parent account data-retention policy
RLS proof
delete/export support path

Stop condition

Stop if local planning data becomes server-persistent without a parent account consent model.

Open related surface

Wave 5Available as web app foundation

PWA before native

PuckReady can move as an installable web app before native mobile. Offline behavior stays conservative.

Safe now

Use manifest metadata and existing icons.
Cache static guide pages only.
Show reconnect language for current listings and registration decisions.

Blocked until

repeat mobile usage and app-store support capacity justify native tooling

Stop condition

Stop if offline pages present stale listings as current.

Open related surface

Wave 6Value test only

Premium parent membership and native app

No paid membership, checkout, or native app build yet. The safe step is an interest list and value-proposition testing.

Safe now

Run a no-payment interest list.
Keep the core directory free.
Collect demand signals for account-light planning, native app, organizer reporting, and regional expansion.

Blocked until

clear paid value proposition
refund and support model
tax and access-control review

Stop condition

Stop if the work adds checkout, paywalls core public data, or implies a native app is already available.

Open related surface

Current guardrails

The line we are not crossing yet.

Do not add parent accounts yet.

Do not add organizer accounts yet.

Do not add checkout or payment collection yet.

Do not add native app tooling yet.

Do not let organizer-submitted changes self-publish.

Keep core directory access free.

Directory

Guides

Organizers

About and Trust

Building useful hockey planning tools before accounts.

What can move now, and what stays gated.

Account-light planning improvements

Reminder preferences

Organizer portal beta

Parent account sync

PWA before native

Premium parent membership and native app

The line we are not crossing yet.

Directory

Guides

Organizers

About and Trust

Building useful hockey planning tools before accounts.

What can move now, and what stays gated.

Account-light planning improvements

Reminder preferences

Organizer portal beta

Parent account sync

PWA before native

Premium parent membership and native app

The line we are not crossing yet.