Heh, no need to apologize. I smiled the whole way through your email and I'm sure I'm not the only one ;)
-- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia building a community? http://masterclass.indyhall.org On Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Justin Harley wrote: > Alex > > Good points especially about recurring income v one off transactions . > > point taken about the (!!!!) Apologies. > Justin > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 30 Oct 2012, at 20:07, "Alex Hillman" <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > Justin's points (!!!) about going "bespoke" are important, but I think need > > a bit of clarity: > > > > 1) As has already been said before, choose pricing that is based on YOUR > > members' participation levels, and be prepared to adjust as you learn them > > better over time. > > 2) Choose pricing that can be combined for what would otherwise become a > > "bespoke" request. For a concrete example of this: > > > > We often get requests for two people to split a full time membership since > > "the two of them will rarely be there at the same time". > > > > Rather than create a special "sharing" plan, we combine our existing rates > > to ensure that everybody sharing the desk has a membership. So in this > > example, it would be: > > > > 1 x full time membership > > 1 x basic membership > > $15 extra per day (our member additional day rate) for the 2nd person any > > time both of them were at Indy Hall at the same time. > > > > This kind of "combo" is what keeps our menu of options from getting too > > long, keeps participation the primary thing that they're paying for > > (instead of thinking about it as renting a desk which could just be split > > in half). > > > > We've only ever once added a new membership and it was in the name of > > efficiency. Our book keeper noticed that we had a growing number of basic > > members who were coming in 5-6 times a month. To cut down on transactions > > that we needed to enter (and payments that they needed to make), we created > > a new membership between our basic ($25) and lite ($175) for those members. > > There was no cost savings, just time-savings in record keeping for both > > parties. $100 ($25 + $15*5) = 6 days, which we dubbed the "six pack." > > > > The nice thing about this model as opposed to a punch card is that it's > > recurring. Even if a 6-day punch card was $100, you'd be banking on them > > buying a second one in a month. They can always cancel/downgrade with a > > subscription too, but it's much much much less often than you'd think. :) > > > > -Alex > > > > > > -- > > /ah > > indyhall.org (http://indyhall.org) > > coworking in philadelphia > > building a community? http://masterclass.indyhall.org > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Justin Harley wrote: > > > > > Hi guys > > > > > > Love the questions about pricing!! > > > > > > We are developing a software to run and promote coworking spaces and my > > > experience so far is to choose pricing schemes that you can automate and > > > are consumer lead !! > > > > > > As you grow ( which i know you will) and add new spaces with different > > > shareholdings and entities the issue of simplistic pricing with accurate > > > income reporting will become an important issue - especially when seeking > > > finance! > > > > > > Be careful not to do too many bespoke pricing schemes ! Please - !!! > > > > > > Some questions to ask are > > > > > > How do we track and monitor usage against a plan? > > > > > > Online pricing must be simple - how do we make people purchase online > > > with simple easy to understand pricing ! > > > > > > How do we manage meeting room allowances? > > > > > > What services should we include on the membership and what are extras ? > > > > > > What is the cost of recording and billing the extras ? > > > > > > These are just my experiences to date of implementing software in many > > > buildings and coworking spaces > > > > > > Just don't get to bespoke and make it easy to understand for the consumer > > > yet simple to manage and automate ! > > > > > > Look forward to meeting you in Paris > > > Justin > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > On 30 Oct 2012, at 19:27, "Matt Gorecki" <[email protected] > > > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > > > > > So does this mean you have an office manager on staff to punch these? > > > > Are they only good for a regular hours, like 9-5? > > > > > > > > Matt Gorecki > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, October 30, 2012 11:16:50 AM UTC-6, > > > > ShannonSkylightCoworking wrote: > > > > > Hi Melissa, > > > > > > > > > > At our coworkers' requests, I've introduced "Drop-In Punchcards." > > > > > Coworkers can buy 5-Packs, 10-Packs, and 20-Packs... and this seems > > > > > to be the popular option now. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > > > > > > > > > > The information in this email is confidential and may be legally > > > privileged. 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