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People open Third Desk in your city looking for somewhere to work this afternoon. Being on the map, with the facts right, is the whole game.
For cafés, coworking spaces, hotels and libraries · free
Tell laptop workers what to expect before they walk in.
Someone in your city is choosing where to work this afternoon. Whether you welcome laptops, allow them with limits, or would rather not, say so here once, in your own words, and that is what they see. Five minutes, no fee.
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Your Café
Café · Your neighbourhood
- Laptops
- Welcome, weekdays
- Time limit
- 2 h at busy times
- Weekends
- No laptops
- Wi-Fi
- Fast · password for members
- Power outlets
- At most tables
- Calls
- Fine in the back room
- Today
- Open until 6 PM
“Best seats for work are along the back wall. Please order every couple of hours and keep the window tables for lunch.”
Full details Google Maps Website
Confirmed by a member · 3 days ago
Why it pays
Clear rules bring the right customers.
Laptop workers are coming either way. The ones who know your rules are the easy ones.
Your rules, in your words
Laptops welcome, welcome with limits, or not at all. A time limit, a weekend rule, a minimum order. Say it once here and nobody has to find out at the counter.
The customers you want
Someone who read the rules orders, keeps to the limit and leaves the four-top for the lunch rush. Clear rules bring the laptop workers who are easy to have.
Free, with no paid placement
No listing fee, no boost, nothing for sale. Places are ordered by what helps the reader, so an honest listing stands on its own.
How it works
Five minutes, three steps.
The same form members use, so there is nothing new to learn.
- 01
Find your place
Open Add a place and search by name. The address, map pin, opening hours and photos come from Google, so there is little to type.
- 02
Say what it is like
Whether laptops are welcome and any limits, the Wi-Fi, power outlets, noise, whether calls are fine, and a few lines in your own words about the best way to work from you.
- 03
Live after a quick look
A person reviews every listing before it appears, usually within a day. After that, Suggest an edit on your page changes anything, with the date shown.
Every listing
What people see on your page.
Everything they would otherwise ask at the counter, answered before they order.
- Laptop rulesWelcome, with limits, or not for laptops, in plain words
- Time limit and weekendsA limit per table, and whether weekends are different
- Wi-FiHow good it is, the network name, and the password only to signed-in members, if you choose to share it
- Power and noiseOutlets at the tables, and whether it is quiet enough to think
- CallsWhether a video call is fine, so nobody takes one where it is not
- Opening hoursOn your city's own clock, with whether you are open right now
- Find youGoogle Maps, your website and phone, one tap each
- Dated check-insWhen someone last confirmed the details, so readers trust what they see
Already on the map? Keep it right.
Open your page and choose Suggest an edit to change the rules, hours, Wi-Fi or anything else. Changes show in the listing’s public history, so readers can see they are recent.
Showing as a grey pin?
Grey pins are places we think might be work-friendly but nobody has confirmed. Open yours, choose Suggest an edit, set the laptop rules and it turns green with the same quick review.
Would rather not have laptops?
Say so. The listing is marked not for laptops and stays on the map, so nobody turns up with one. That is worth as much to you as a welcome is to the café next door.
Several branches, or want it owner-confirmed?
Email hello@thirddesk.co with the name and cities. We will set every branch up with you and note that the details come from the owner.
Questions
What owners ask.
Does it cost anything?
No. Listing, editing and being found are free, and there is no paid placement. Third Desk is for the people looking for a place to work; accurate information from the places themselves is what makes it useful.
We don't want laptops. Should we be listed at all?
Yes, please. A clear "not for laptops" is as useful as a welcome: it is shown as such on the map, so nobody turns up with a laptop expecting to stay. Tell us, or use Suggest an edit on the listing.
We allow laptops, but with limits. How do we say that?
Pick "with limits" and add the specifics: a time limit, weekends only for diners, a minimum order, no calls. The listing shows them before anyone walks in, and the About text can say it in your own words.
Do we have to share the Wi-Fi password?
No. The network name is public; the password is optional, stored separately and shown only to signed-in members, one place at a time. Many places share it because it saves staff repeating it; leave it out if you would rather not.
Who writes the listing, and what if something is wrong?
Anyone who has worked from your place can add or edit it, and so can you. Every change is reviewed, and the listing keeps a public edit history. If something is wrong, Suggest an edit, or email us and we will fix it.
Do you take bookings or payments?
No. We send people to you: your door, your website or your phone. Nothing is sold through Third Desk.
Can we have our listing removed?
If the place has closed, email hello@thirddesk.co and we will mark it closed. If it is open, we would rather show the truth, even "not for laptops", than leave people guessing at the door.
Ready when your next visitor is
Five minutes now. Every laptop worker in your city after that.
Questions first? hello@thirddesk.co