Hey Everyone i’m Weliton and last year I went on a trip on europe as a nomad and struggled a lot to find cafes to work, this led me to create
now i receive some access but I’m stuck in what would be the best next step
If you guys have any experience with that I’d love some advice on: what are the most efficient ways to increase the number of users? also should I try and add a profile registration to catch early users that could help me? or should i focus on getting more feats done, but then how i validate all that?
So any experience or links would be helpful! thanks
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I’m not sure cafe’s want customers occupying a seat or a table for a long period in exchange for selling them a coffee. Their business model is about throughput in a busy area
Some cafes welcome people to work on their laptops, it makes the cafe looks full and in turn will attract more customers. Alternative is these cafes will stay empty for the entirety of the afternoon. I’ve seen cafes that say work/study welcome.
Of course not all cafes are like that, best for OP to clarify with each cafe if they want to opt in to the platform.
I do appreciate your point, and I think it’s extremely relevant.
I’ve talked to several cafe owners, and this depends on a series of variables, whether the business is small, if it has ample space, if there’s infrastructure, or even culturally if the owner does not think it’s a good thing for the business itself.
Ultimately, there are places out there that don’t want nomads working, and they even put signs warning people, but there are also places where nomads are welcome to stay and work, and in a smaller niche, there are cafes with almost a coworking culture.
some examples of the latter case:
https://www.espressodesk.io/cafes/the-wren-coffee-9
https://www.espressodesk.io/cafes/kaffeeserie-11
https://www.espressodesk.io/cafes/coffee-lab-15
https://www.espressodesk.io/cafes/messkla-cafeteria-31
these are some that embrace the culture of people working there and consuming during the day.
So right now, this is not a matter that I’ve been worrying too much about it, but in the near future, I might need to work it out better, it’ll depend on how much I can engage new users to evaluate and use espressodesk.
what are the most efficient ways to increase the number of users?
You don’t have many users, because your website doesn’t have enough data. Why would I use a website that doesn’t even know my city exists?
You should come back to think about how to get more users, when you more than 50 cafes in your service.
That makes sense, and it is something I’m working on, adding new cafes from more cities, will focus on reaching 100 cafes in the listing! let’s add more value to it! thanks for the feedback
hey Weliton! i feel the cafe-work struggle. for traction, consider partnering with digital nomad communities or co-working spaces. get them to share espressodesk.io.
as for profile registration, could be cool, but might be a barrier for some. maybe do a simple feedback form first, see what folks are craving.
for new features, chat directly with users, get their pain points. might also be cool to add user reviews or cafe ratings? test small, iterate based on feedback.
keep it lean, keep talking to users. you got this! 👊🏽
p.s. when are you bringing Germany, particularly the NRW areas?
Hey u/ShajKar thanks for the feedback, I’ll keep up adding stuff! I’ve never been to NRW region, only to Berlin, but will talk to some friends and see if they have good recommendations, and ofc if you have any send it to me! thanks a lot!