Hi! I’m confused. From October - January, I had weekly inquiries and a few bookings per month. I was (and currently) am a Power Host. However, since mid-January, I haven’t even had 1 inquiry, even though my listing hasn’t changed.
Any ideas as to what could be happening? I’ve contacted Peerspace 3 times and each time they’ve sent me the same irrelevant form-letter email that doesn’t address my concerns or questions.
Any tips?
Thank you in advance!
I have been having the same issue as well. Weird!
My inquiries have drastically dropped in the last week-and-a-half, curious if there is a reason as well.
It’s so frustrating. And I’ve talked to customer service every month and they just send me the same email every time about how to set my listing so the people will be drawn to it. But my listing hasn’t changed and I was getting a lot of activity prior to the new year. Agh!
We are having the same issue! Received inquiries and bookings every week and suddenly have had nothing in the last 3 weeks. Crickets! I didn’t make any changes to our listing. What is happening?!
I have a weird theory. The concierge service is having everyone believe that they must be booking meals along with it etc. It’s very unclear and confusing from a booking perspective. I think this is scaring people and no one wants to pay more so they must be looking elsewhere. Just my two cents… I was a power host too and had bookings multiple times a week. Nothing in the last few months, not many inquiries either.
My experience has been very different. I started last summer, listing my loft for Production Rentals only. A few requests for parties snuck in— I booked some, and they went great. But then overall inquiries went down from a couple per month to Zero in Sept-Oct. Dec-Feb, just a trickle.
Then in March, I added ‘Event’ and ‘Off-Site’ categories. And right away everything changed. Many more inquiries and bookings. Many 5-star reviews. New Host of the Month award! And the Power Host thing! Yipee!
My first draft of this went on to analyze why so many people experience a drop-off after a good start. However, I’m gonna change course here. This is why:
After 2 weeks with 7 big bookings, I took down down my pages, mostly because of a really nasty bad review —my only one— and just fatigue! I didn’t cancel any previously booked dates.
The bad review just made me want to stop and think about this whole business. It was super discouraging and 100% untrue. Here is what happened next:
Yesterday I republished my listings. Or tried to. Today came an email, and here it is in full (I have no idea who Ko is):
Hi Ko,
Thank you for your interest in hosting with Peerspace. After reviewing your submission, we have determined that your space is not a suitable fit for the marketplace at this time. For this reason, we have archived your submission until further notice.
We wish you the best in your future endeavors.
Best,
Peerspace Host Success
I don’t know where this will end up. My impression is that my old listings are no longer good enough for peerspace, even though they were good enough to make me a Host of the Month, and a Power Host. Or maybe something else is going on. I wrote Lawrence, who has been answering my questions in the past. We’ll see!
Good luck everybody
Historic Penthouse Loft: Bricks, Beams, Wood Floors
Please help me to resolve the same issue!
I haven’t had as many injuries since April.
Can I do something on my end meanwhile?
I share the same concern. Our location received 3 bookings in one week at the end of may, since then I have not received another inquiry…
I don’t get as many inquiries as I used to either. Which seems to be the case for everyone. I still get them though which is positive. My theory: I don’t see Peerspace marketing on social media platforms like I used to. Since I’ve seen that decline so have my inquiries. Unfortunately if this is the case it’s out of our control, which is disappointing because it’s a great platform. I’d love to know if anyone out there has made changes to their listing that’s really helped increase bookings. I haven’t seen a lot of feedback that has a known outcome to that effect. I’m not asking for theoretical advice, but for recommendations with proven results.
I have been 2 years on the Peerspace and my space is one of the popular, but since June I have almost no bookings and requests. I know summer is a slow season, but compared to last year, it was terrible! Usually from September it gets busier, but so far I have almost silence. It’s already November, and still nothing. I don’t know what is going on.
I’ve been listed for a few years now, last year we had half the amount of bookings then the 1st year, that 1st year was phenomenal and our business grew fast. My thoughts…it’s too saturated now and the new fresh listings float to the top of the search. Everyone is on the bandwagon now, and I think a downside for guests is the difference between working with experienced hosts that realize their production needs vs less experienced new hosts creating a low priced locations and substandard experience. Maybe that is affecting the guest production experience with the site overall? Additionally, the amount of “trendy” spaces that all appear the same causing guests to have to click and scroll endlessly? Specifically the LA area. Thoughts?
I sometime have the same issue. I found that inquiries have up seasons and down seasons. I t should pick back up during the spring and summer.
Hello Deacon and fellow Peerspace users,
We need help, tips and/or advise. Our inquiries have slowed down to a halt.The few inquiries we do get, ask questions but do not book. Is there something we are doing wrong? Are we allowed to have multiple listings under different categories. How do we list our venue with production scouts? Please help!
Dana Ray The Grand Courtyard
Have you tried listing your space with the Los Angeles film office?
Hello all,
Like some of the other hosts, we too have seen a dramatic reduction in inquiries from interested parties. The problem us when we do a keyword search on the site that matches our property, we fall to the 8th page. and hence no one gets to those lower pages. Other properties without those words show up higher on the search. Software and technical services at Peerspace do not know whey that happens We have great reviews and were power hosts. We are told that the search criteria formula works well. Lost how to get guests back to our property. any ideas?
I have only had 1 booking in November for 3 hours. The bookings have STOPPED completely, not even an inquiry. Is anyone else going though this as well? Why is this happening and should I do something to help?