We've considered charging a premium to house teams above a certain size :-)
Teams can benefit tremendously from working in a coworking space, but we've found that their needs can put an unfair burden on the space and the rest of the coworkers. Luckily for us, we're not in the business of just filling desks with whoever will pay, right? :-) PS - Susan, the new site is absolutely gorgeous. I look forward to drawing inspiration from it in future revisions of ours! Tony New Work City! <http://nwc.co> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Susan Dorsch <su...@officenomads.com>wrote: > Hi guys, > > Sorry for my delayed reply as I was dealing with a dead laptop last week. > Glad it decided to crap out *after* the website launch! :) > > As for the question about teams - our current team pricing is more of a > bookkeeping solution for everyone as opposed to any sort of swinging deal. > We've found that having a centralized bill for small teams helps everyone > out, and keeps our teams running smoothly. The team prices you see are > simply pools of days that teams of 2-4 can share amongst themselves if they > prefer coming in on a part-time basis. If one person comes in more than the > others, all memberships are still under the same bill. > > On the billing side of things, we identify a team "captain" on the billing > side who we enter the membership under. Then we add all the other members > as "team" members of their captain's membership. > Nadine<https://github.com/nadineproject/nadine>(our member management system) > then knows that all bills - for any member > of that team - go to the team captain on their billing day. > > Our team memberships come out to $18/day, which is the mid-point for our > part-time memberships. It was important to us to not discount teams further > than individual rates. *Individual members should not be at a > disadvantage by being individuals*. That has been important for us to > distinguish. > > We do not offer any discounts on multiple Resident memberships for this > purpose as well. > > I hope that clears things up for you guys. Thanks so much for asking, and > for the kind words on the website. We're pretty darned happy about it. > > Susan > > __ > Office Nomads > officenomads.com > 206-323-6500(o) > 206-484-5859(m) > > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Eli Malinsky > <e...@socialinnovation.org>wrote: > >> A tough one for sure. I like the model of giving a discount on second and >> third packages. That's generally what we do. We've also created "Team >> Tables" - rather than individual desks, we have harvest tables around which >> a team of 4-6 can work. >> >> Congrats on the new site! >> >> Eli Malinsky >> Centre for Social Innovation >> NYC // Toronto >> >> >> On Thursday, January 16, 2014 9:33:24 AM UTC-5, Andy Soell wrote: >>> >>> This is a question I've been struggling with lately too... up until now >>> our membership has been mostly individual freelancers, but several are >>> starting to bring on interns and contractors. What we've landed with is >>> allowing members who bring on other members at half price, with the >>> following conditions: >>> >>> 1) The new member is only there working on projects directly related to >>> the host member's work >>> 2) The new member is at the same or lower membership level than the host >>> member >>> 3) Both memberships are paid for by the same credit card (to avoid >>> collections hassles) >>> >>> Under this setup, the new member gets all of the perks of a regular >>> member, and the host member gets a bit of a discount to help their growth. >>> I spoke with another space operator here in town yesterday, and while they >>> don't offer discounts for additional memberships like this, they do allow >>> full-time desk renters to split their desk with another person for a >>> $25/month surcharge. >>> >>> I'm sure there are a million ways to handle this situation, but this is >>> what we're running with for the time being. >>> >>> Andy Soell >>> The Salt Mines >>> http://saltmines.us >>> >>> On Wednesday, January 15, 2014 6:26:30 PM UTC-5, Liane J. wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Susan - your new website looks great - clean and inviting! I just >>>> opened a coworking space in Chicago, Free Range Office, and I was >>>> interested in your pricing structure, as I'm struggling with what to charge >>>> "teams". For example, I have someone in a semi-private space who brought >>>> on two other people, and I wasn't sure what to charge. I see that you >>>> offer "Team" rates, but I couldn't tell if that meant that for the price of >>>> $540/month, all four team members could utilize the space together at the >>>> same time. Any advice folks have on this issue would be helpful! >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> Liane >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 3:56:08 PM UTC-6, Susan Dorsch wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi folks! >>>>> >>>>> It's been an age since I chimed in on the ol' list, so first - hello >>>>> everyone! Hope that 2014 is treating you all fabulously well. >>>>> >>>>> I wanted to do a little celebrating of the new Office Nomads website - >>>>> we just relaunched it last week and so far all is running smoothly: >>>>> http://www.officenomads.com. Please take a look and let me know what >>>>> you think! >>>>> >>>>> A couple of key changes for us: >>>>> >>>>> - *New membership options <http://officenomads.com/join/>* based >>>>> off of member feedback, including a student rate and a team rate for >>>>> small >>>>> teams of 2-4. We've also separated out 24/7 access so that our part >>>>> time >>>>> members can add after-hours access to their memberships if they >>>>> choose. On >>>>> the flip side of that, Residents can have dedicated desks without 24/7 >>>>> access now, cutting the price down for them. So far, people are really >>>>> happy with the changes. >>>>> - A *contact form <http://officenomads.com/contact/>* on the site >>>>> - it turns out that people really use these things! I have been >>>>> absolutely >>>>> surprised at the number of folks who have written in using this form >>>>> already in the first week. It could be something for you all to >>>>> consider >>>>> if/when you are making changes to your sites. >>>>> - Making a clear connection - right up there on the front page - >>>>> to the *coworking movement*. We couldn't really believe that we >>>>> didn't shout it out as loud before, and we're proud to now include the >>>>> core >>>>> values right there on our front page, as well as linking straight to >>>>> coworking.org. >>>>> >>>>> A huge shout-out to our fine friends at New Work City <http://nwc.co/>, >>>>> Indy Hall <http://indyhall.org/>, and The >>>>> Factory<http://workthefactory.com/> for >>>>> their awesome websites. They provided a lot of inspiration for us as we >>>>> made our changes! >>>>> >>>>> That's all for now. Much coworking love to all! >>>>> >>>>> Susan >>>>> >>>>> __ >>>>> Office Nomads >>>>> officenomads.com >>>>> 206-323-6500(o) >>>>> 206-484-5859(m) >>>>> >>>>> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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