Looks like great progress is being made. That's awesome! I'd actually prefer to not have options from which to pick for membership levels. These types of check boxes are what frustrate the heck out of me with current desk sharing sites. It might make more sense to let people input $ranges or similar OR just have that field link out to the space's rates page. Most sites I've seen have a page that lists their different membership levels. Also, it's one fewer place that space owners have to maintain their data. I think I've changed my membership offerings at least 3 times in the past year (not saying that's a great biz practice) but it was my reality as I tried to respond to market needs.
I'd concentrate data collection around the types of people/ personalities in the community and less on the price. People hardly ever inquire first about price. They inquire about people and community first----almost always....even if they aren't aware that's what they're doing. Just looking at my analytics tells me that people hit and stay longer on the pages that have faces on them. They almost always spend the least amount of time on and bounce off the membership rate page as if it's the last page they visit on the site. -Angel On Feb 26, 5:12 pm, Jonathan Yankovich <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm working on adding more metadata to coworkingregistry.org and one of > the things we identified was having rates information for various > membership levels. Now, I KNOW that each facility has different > membership levels that offer different levels of service, access, etc, > but for the purposes of standardization and communication, I'd like to > identify some common membership levels. > > Currently, when I look at most spaces' web sites, I see the following > levels: > > 1) Drop-In - A one-day pass to work while the space is open, like a > 9-5 Hotdesk member but for one day. (No storage.) > > 2) Hotdesk 9-5 - Access to a desk/chair/resources every day that > the space has open hours. No key. Bring your laptop, take it when you > leave. "Leave no trace" coworking, unless a project locker is provided. > > 3) Hotdesk 24/7 - Access to a desk/chair/resources as well as a > key/card/code so you can access the space whenever you want. > > 4) Permadesk - Your own established desk with whatever storage is > provided. Commonly you might leave a laptop or desktop computer at your > desk. Permadesk generally includes 24/7 access (key/card/code). > > There are generally higher "tenant" or "anchor tenant" types of members, > but these are usually custom/contract relationships and not something > that needs advertising. It might be valuable to have a "Looking for > anchor tenant" option on coworkingregistry, but saying more than that is > probably not necessary. > > So what does everyone think of these 4 general levels of membership? > > Are these good names, or are there better names for these things? Do > these names translate well into other languages? > > Remember that the exact offering will vary from space to space in terms > of the hours of availability, additional amenities, access to > meetup/conference room spaces, and so on. I dont propose that we try to > agree on those, or get spaces to change what they offer. What I'm > trying to establish is a few general/base levels of membership that we > can use to talk about membership across spaces in a general way. For > example, everyone generally knows what a day-pass or drop-in is. Does > this make sense? > > See you in Austin, > > -- > -Jonathan Yankovich @tronathan > Community Advocate, Madison Coworking > Preferred contact: > 1. skype: jonathanyankovich > 2. twitter: tronathan > 3. gtalk/email: [email protected] > 4. phone: (608) 513 2012 > more info:http://coworkingregistry.org > more info:http://madisoncoworking.com > please follow @tronathan @coworkregistry @coworkmadison -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
