WanderVerse

Not yet built. Every price, cost and fee on this page is a design-stage estimate. Nothing here is for sale yet.

WanderVerse · TRAVEL

WanderAway.

Off-grid beacons that work without a subscription. LoRa community mesh on the low end, satellite on the high end.

Ambassador-assembledSignature mark inside 7-year partsNo subscription Open STLCC BY-SA Artifacts19/19
Pre-launch · Founders' Access opens 2028-Q4
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Pick your tier

Four choices: no upsell tricks.

Every tier is priced from the factory cost up. We publish the parts list and the margin. No fake "premium" features invented to push you to the next tier, only real material and capability differences.

Lite
LoRa beacon
Not for sale
  • No subscription
  • Mesh
Full spec →
Expedition
+ Iridium SBD
Not for sale
  • Worldwide SOS
Full spec →
Ultra
+ 2-way msg
Not for sale
  • Astrocast dual
Full spec →
What makes it different

Why it's built this way.

Emergency hardware shouldn't be a subscription service. Beacon Lite is designed to work forever with no subscription.

No. 01
Subscription-optional
Lite and Trail tiers ride LoRa community mesh, no monthly fee, ever. Expedition and Ultra add Iridium, which costs what Iridium costs.
No. 02
Two-way messaging on Ultra
Compose and send messages from 70°N, receive replies. Iridium + Astrocast redundancy.
No. 03
Safe-passage architecture
Pre-shared trust contacts only. Covert mode. Duress code. Designed for people whose locations must not broadcast.
What we won't do
  • We won't bundle SOS with a subscription on Lite, emergency works on the community mesh, no fee.
  • We won't share your location with a platform, no 'social' mode, no 'friends by default.'
  • We won't sell a PLB we can't promise is charged, honest, tested, replaceable.
How it plays with others

Three ways to use it, no walled garden.

This product is designed to work by itself, to work with whatever you already own, and to go deeper if you pair it with the rest of the WanderVerse. Your choice, not ours.

On its own
Standalone

Planned: power it up and use it, with no cloud account and no internet required.

Works without internet or cell
With the industry
Apple · Google · Matter · HA

Designed to work with what you already have, using open standards, not just our own.

Meshtastic protocolApple Find My
With WanderVerse
Paired, deeper

Planned: pair it with a WanderNode Hub and the devices talk to each other.

WanderSafeMesh community mesh

Your dollar knows where it goes.

If WanderAway ships, each sale would feed three places: the Ambassador who built it, a community-held HYSA, and the WWP 501(c)(3) Community Pool, which funds LGBTQ+ scholarships, free devices for survivors, and harm-reduction grants. No quarterly earnings call. No activist investor. No rug-pull.

60% Ambassador wages
10% PrideFund HYSA
30% WWP Community Pool

All three splits would go to work before a single dollar reaches Michael. He would be paid by W-2, like anyone else.

Honest timeline

Ship dates that haven't been promised yet.

We will not crowdfund and then ghost you. The timeline below is what the engineering, compliance, and sourcing work actually requires, not a date invented to create urgency.

2026 late
Spec freeze: parts list locked, compliance pathway filed, factory RFQs out.
2027 spring
Engineering prototypes built: first real units to test in the lab and at home.
2027 fall
Design validation: second round of prototypes, certification labs engaged.
2028 summer
Pilot production: first 500 units manufactured as a trial batch.
2028 fall
Founders' Access shipping: limited-run, priced to recover factory costs only.
More about WanderVerse

Beyond the device.

Funding
Community Pool

Where the 60/10/30 actually goes. Public ledger, quarterly transparency report.

Workforce
Ambassador Program

The people who actually build your device. 60% of every sale would be their wage.

Charter
22 Promises

The platform rules every WanderVerse product follows. Mission-locked into our charter.

Org
About

LLC → PBC → nonprofit succession. Why the hardware company turns into a 501(c)(3) at retirement.