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New in Fabman: Booking info on bridge displays (and more)

The holiday season is in full swing and it’s time for us to deliver a few presents before the year comes to an end.

Over the next few days we’ll roll out a firmware update to all Bridges. Here’s what this update will bring – plus a few other improvements we made in the past month.

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Starting your own makerspace

So, you’ve decided you want to open a makerspace? Great! Thirteen years ago, Karim and I started our first makerspace, which has now grown to more than 2000 members and branched into two other cities!

Me, giving an introductory course at our lab in Vienna

Over the years, we made a lot of mistakes – but also learned a few things. In this article I’ll try to share what we know to help you kickstart your makerspace, fab lab or hackerspace.

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New in Fabman: Member filters, group memberships, one machine per member

Here’s what we’ve added to Fabman since the last announcement:

New filters for the member list

We’ve added a few additional options to filter your member list. You can now filter by permissions (admin, owner, or normal member) and whether they have any active packages:

Member billing page

Paying for other members

There’s also a new option when adding or editing members: Who’s paying for that member? With this you can set up family packages or company accounts, where one member pays for others.

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New in Fabman: Self-service payments, big billing overhaul & SCA support

Over the past weeks we invested a lot of time into improving billing and payments in Fabman. Here’s a quick look at some of the features we’ve just launched.

Members: pay invoices & update payment method

From now on, members can pay their invoices directly from the member portal:

Member billing page

They can also update their saved payment method – so they don’t have to bother you every time their credit card expires.

All you need to do is connect your space to a Stripe account and invite your members to your member portal.

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New in Fabman: Billing overview for members, improved member landing page, and more

We’ve just released two major improvements for the member portal. Here’s a quick overview of what’s changed.

Invoices & charges

Members can now see & print their invoices and check recent charges. If they are on a prepaid plan, they can also see their current credit balance.

Member billing page

Head over to your account settings and enable “Billing for members” to add this new section to your member portal:

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