How Your Floor Plan Can Boost Sales and Build Community
Running a coworking space takes a lot more than unlocking the doors and putting out a fresh pot of coffee. Between tours, emails, invoices, and Wi-Fi troubleshooting, there’s always something (or someone) that needs your attention.
That’s why the savviest operators lean on tools that do more than one job. One you may have overlooked? An interactive floor plan.
With the right setup, an interactive floor plan can streamline operations, improve the member experience, and even help you close more sales—without adding to your team’s workload.
What’s an Interactive Floor Plan?
An interactive floor plan is a live, clickable map of your workspace. It shows real-time availability for desks, offices, meeting rooms, phone booths—whatever physical spaces make up your layout.
Instead of a static image, PDF, or spreadsheet, you get a dynamic tool that updates automatically as occupancy and vacancy changes.
Workspace operators can use interactive floor plans in multiple ways:
- Internally, to track inventory and plan moves
- With members, to encourage networking or simplify booking
- On your website, to showcase availability and sell space directly
Why Coworking Operators Use Interactive Floor Plans
Interactive floor plans make life easier for your team, your members, and your prospects. Whether you’re managing resources, helping members connect, or supporting self-service sales, they give everyone a clearer, more intuitive way to interact with your space.
5 Benefits for Coworking Spaces:
- Live availability = instant clarity
Visitors can see what’s available right now. No back-and-forth. Just a clear path from browsing to buying.
- Shorter sales cycle
Prospects can narrow down options before their tour—or skip the tour entirely and sign up online.
- Built-in upselling
Members can spot upgrades as they become available and make a move without needing a sales pitch.
- Smarter space management
Your team can spot patterns and understand why certain spaces fill (or don’t) based on location, layout, or neighbors.
- A more connected community
Members can see who’s nearby and what they do, making it easier to connect and start conversations.
Selling Private Offices and Desks Online
If your website just lists open offices and asks people to “Contact Us”, you might be creating friction without realizing it. Interactive floor plans remove that friction by giving prospects a faster, more intuitive way to take action.
With Deskworks coworking management software, you can embed your interactive floor plan on your website and let people buy a dedicated desk or private office instantly. Just like choosing a seat on a flight, prospects can pick their spot and sign up—automatically triggering billing and onboarding.
It’s a faster, more modern way to convert interest into income, without adding more tasks to your to-do list.
Setting Up Your Interactive Floor Plan in Deskworks
You don’t need a design team or custom code. Just follow a few simple steps:
- Upload an image of your floor plan.
- Map spaces using your existing Deskworks inventory.
- Choose which views you want to activate:
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- Admin View – manage availability internally
- Community View – show who’s working where
- Reservation View – let members book desks and rooms
- Ecommerce View – embed on your website to showcase space and enable self-service sales
That’s it. You’re now offering an engaging online experience that works 24/7 to support your sales goals and your members’ needs.
See It in Action
Want to see a live example? Take a look at our Campbell, CA location’s floor plan to get inspired. Or book a demo and we’ll show you how your space could look with its own interactive floor plan.
Make Your Floor Plan Work For You
Your floor plan shouldn’t just sit there. It can actively support your team, your members, and your bottom line. With an interactive layout, you’re not just showing space. You’re selling it, managing it, and creating a smoother experience for everyone who walks through your (real or virtual) door.
And with Deskworks, getting started is simple. You already have the floor plan. Now you can make it work harder for your space.
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