It sounds counter-intuitive, but we found that the more 'flexible' we made a membership, the less people were likely to use them. Now we have two memberships: you have desk or you are a drop-in. :) Our desks are all full and we have a waiting list.
T On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > We (Station C) have been open for nearly 2 months and we're wondering > if maybe a change in our plan structure would make sense. I'll detail > them further down this message -- and our new idea -- and you can give > me your opinion based on those details but my basic question would be: > most of you don't offer hourly plans for desks. Why? > > ---- > > Right now we have resident members who have a reserved desk and full > time access ($330/month), we'll keep those. > > We also have Flex 14 and Flex 28 memberships who pay $143 and $236 a > month for 14 and 28 hours a week between 9am and 6pm, to be booked > online (through email currently). > > Flex signups are a bit slower than expected (although we have more > residents so we are a bit ahead of estimates overall) so we're > thinking of retooling the Flex plans to Flex Points where members > would buy bundles of points, something like 200 at $3.25/pt and use > them whenever, again booked online, expiring after 6 months. 1 point > for one desk hour, tbd number of points for meeting and conference > room hours. We would also have smaller and larger bundles but the 200 > would give members something similar to our current Flex 14 with the > added bonus of more freedom, of skipping a week for a vacation or > coming every day when in crunch mode. > > Space isn't an issue, logistics neither since we have the webapp for > booking in the works anyway. The big disadvantage for us would be no > recurrent cash entry or at least more spreadout and maybe more > uncertain renewals as well as, in theory, the potential for more > booking conflicts if everyone "crunches at the same time". > > The big advantage would be for members who don't have to worry wetter > they'll use 14 hours every week, the setup would be even more flexible > for them. We would be "gambling'" that more flexibility and simplicity > means more members and if we're right everyone would be happy. > > Last thing; we are also considering expanding business hours nights > and saturday. > > Thoughts? Questions? > > > Thx > Patrick > > http://station-c.com > > > -- tara 'miss rogue' hunt coFounder Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) blog: www.horsepigcow.com phone: 415-694-1951 fax: 415-727-5335 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
