Re: [Coworking] Industry Churn

2014-05-19 Thread Alex Hillman
Been thinking more about this and realized that, by definition, "churn" only applies to subscription memberships and not one-off purchases (drop ins and other supporting revenue) because those charges don't carry a specific expectation of return purchasing. Can you create a more complex formu

Re: [Coworking] Industry Churn

2014-05-19 Thread Alex Hillman
> > I’m curious what you mean by “cancelled customers.” What else would you be > looking at? I don’t think drop-in / non-members at all in churn rate, but > ONLY members who are paying monthly. Correct - we don't count drop-in & non-member revenue in our membership churn because...it doesn't make

Re: [Coworking] Industry Churn

2014-05-19 Thread Alex Hillman
See, I told you guys churn is tricky. ;) (1) The formula you provided is for calculating monthly churn. > Yep, though it could be adjusted for any recurring period. > (2) If I wanted to calculate annual churn, I'd use the same formula, but > count cancelled customers for the entire year and div

Re: [Coworking] Industry Churn

2014-05-19 Thread asoell
I’m not sure what the best way to calculate churn on a scale longer than a month would be, especially when you consider members who have on boarded during that timeframe. Do you count them in the final “total members” number? What do you do with members who joined AND quit within the range you’r

Re: [Coworking] Industry Churn

2014-05-19 Thread Will Bennis, Locus Workspace
Hi Alex, So, just to be sure I have it right: (1) The formula you provided is for calculating monthly churn. (2) If I wanted to calculate annual churn, I'd use the same formula, but count cancelled customers for the entire year and divide it by active customers at the end of the previous year

Re: [Coworking] Industry Churn

2014-05-17 Thread Alex Hillman
Since we're sharing & comparing, let's make sure that we're all using the same formula! :)  I've seen tons of ways to count churn, some way more complex (and arguably more accurate) but very difficult to keep up to date.  Here's the one we use.  (Cancelled Customers ÷ Previous Month's Act

Re: [Coworking] Industry Churn

2014-05-17 Thread Andy Soell
We're right around 6% as well, though the number varies wildly from month to month. It seems to fluctuate between 11% and 0%. -- 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 unsu

Re: [Coworking] Industry Churn

2014-05-16 Thread Glen Ferguson
Since we're the industry, I guess it's up to us to determine "average" by some means. At Cowork Frederick we're 7%. On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Alex Hillman wrote: > I haven't been able to get any quality industry statistics, mostly because > people aren't tracking figures or aren't willing

Re: [Coworking] Industry Churn

2014-05-16 Thread Alex Hillman
I haven't been able to get any quality industry statistics, mostly because people aren't tracking figures or aren't willing to share them.  We fell into the former category until recently, but I can happily report that ours is between 2% and 5% :) -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org betterwork.co

[Coworking] Industry Churn

2014-05-16 Thread Eric Ullrich
Hi All, Any ideas of industry average on churn rates? I've researched that for gyms its ~25%. Curious about what people are experiencing at coworking spaces. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google