It’s been an exciting first few months for SpaceFinder Toronto since our launch in November 2014. SpaceFinder Toronto has reached over 400 listings with a variety of spaces for artists and creative types across the city – from theatre spaces to unique galleries to a pirate ship. But the best news of all is that this online venue finder is being used by our artists and is earning our spaces additional rental revenue.
To celebrate this milestone, we are sharing some of our most exciting stats about this tool to date.
SpaceFinder Toronto has generated over $15,000 in rental referrals for venues using the online space request form!
That means the 21 venues who have adopted the online booking feature – and offer this convenience to renters looking to discover space – have received collectively over $15,000 worth of rental requests…and that’s not counting all the phone calls and email requests!
Spaces are taking advantage of listing features
- 26 spaces have synced their online calendar to their space listing
- 21 spaces are using space request forms
- 4 spaces are taking online payment through the booking engine
All of these additional features were designed to get our spaces more rentals, so be sure to check them out today! ArtsBuild would be happy to discuss these features with you. Feel free to contact Lindsay MacDonald, Director or Programs at lindsay@artsbuildontario.ca.
SpaceFinder Toronto has currently over 200 spaces listed in the following arts disciplines
- 291 Theatre spaces
- 272 Music spaces
- 260 Dance spaces
- 244 Film spaces
- 206 Visual Art spaces
Other neat facts about SpaceFinder Toronto users
- SpaceFinder Toronto gets 10,000+ page views a month
- Largest referral sources are Facebook and Twitter
- Users typically spend an average of 5 minutes on SpaceFinder Toronto
WorkInCulture’s video tip series can make your rental practices even better
Watch WorkInCulture’s video series for tips and tricks on how to optimize your space for rent and what you need to consider. Learn more about rental agreements as well as legal and insurance practices with WorkInCulture’s resources.
Videos: ARE YOU READY? Rental Readiness Tip Series
Rental Agreements: Examples
Legal and Insurance: Resources
SPACEFINDER TORONTO IN THE NEWS
SpaceFinder Toronto had some great media coverage over the last few weeks! In case you missed them, here are the articles featuring Toronto’s very first online venue finder for creative types in the city.
Toronto Star: SpaceFinder site – called Airbnb for artists – comes to Toronto
Yonge Street Media: SpaceFinder Toronto launches an Airbnb for Toronto artists
Toronto Is Awesome: heART TO: Find a Home For Your Art with SpaceFinder
