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

espressodesk.io

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

  • codeonline@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    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

    • welitonderesende@alien.topOPBEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      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.

    • polmeeee@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      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.