+1 to Angel, I have recently taken my standard pricing down from my website as nobody actually wants the "standard package" except drop ins. I stil have membership levels, but they are more about what the options are than about how much it costs.
And I do indeed have more than enough pages to change if the pricing changes. Lately unless it's mandatory I just say "call me". Jeannine On Feb 27, 6:47 pm, Angel Kwiatkowski <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
