Re: [Coworking] Waitlist Policy?

2019-01-22 Thread Alex Hillman
It certainly can't hurt to* try* the pre-payment option to lock people into the waiting list, but I would be surprised if people bite for all of the same reasons you describe. If I'm running a team and need space for them, putting money down on an office I can't have until some unknown point in the

Re: [Coworking] Waitlist Policy?

2019-01-22 Thread pmeyernola
Thanks @angel and @alex. We do that, and it does work great for dedicated desks and 1-desk offices. But we've got 60 offices that are 2,4,6 and 8-9 desks. Typically, our Commons members aren't looking for large spaces, and the professionals who are need at least some private, dedicated space - j

Re: [Coworking] Waitlist Policy?

2019-01-21 Thread Alex Hillman
Same as Angel - people who are willing to join at any of our flex memberships while on the waiting list for a dedicated spot get priority. Bonus besides the revenue is that they get involved sooner - and it weeds out the people who just want space. -Alex -- *The #1 mistake in com

[Coworking] Waitlist Policy?

2019-01-21 Thread Angel Kwiatkowski
I give priority placement on the list to people who are members already in the flex space. It has worked great! Angel -- 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

[Coworking] Waitlist Policy?

2019-01-20 Thread pmeyernola
Hi all - We are trying to better manage our waitlist for office space and wondered if anyone had examples of policies that worked well (or that really didn't work well) that they'd be willing to share. Currently, we aren't charging to be added to a waitlist, but this means that everyone signs