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Glossary
Definitions for key terms and concepts used throughout RNTOR
Active users — users who engage with the member web portal or mobile app through bookings, payments, or by having a personal or company subscription, thereby creating value for your business. Learn more
Administrator — a person on your coworking space’s staff or team who is responsible for managing a specific location. Administrators manage customers, billing, and all services offered from the RNTOR admin portal.
API & webhooks — an add-on that enables RNTOR REST API and webhooks for custom integrations and automated workflows with third-party platforms. Learn more
Assignment — a long-term allocation of a resource, such as a dedicated desk or office, to a customer through a rental subscription. It reserves the resource for the customer’s exclusive use.
Benefit — a local or partnership discount, special offer, or coupon provided by your space or partner businesses as a perk for customers.
Company — an entity that includes multiple users under one business name. Company users can share billing and subscription perks such as credits, day passes, and discounts.
Company manager — a company user responsible for company billing, receiving and paying invoices, managing payment methods, and handling other company settings. This is different from an administrator, who manages a location. Learn more
Company user — a user who belongs to a company and can share access to company subscription benefits.
Contact — a walk-in who leaves their details using the contact collection feature in the Reception experience. Contacts are usually people visiting for a tour, pricing inquiry, or membership information.
Contract — a formal agreement between the space and a customer that defines membership or rental terms and can support digital signatures. Learn more
Coupon — a discount with custom rules, such as eligible products, percentage or fixed amount, duration, and redemption limits. Learn more
Credit note — a commercial document used to adjust the balance owed on an unpaid invoice or return funds for a paid invoice. Learn more
Credits — an internal payment method members use for bookings, shop orders, or event tickets. Credits can be included in subscriptions or purchased in packages. Learn more
Day passes — an internal payment method members use to book hot desks on the days they visit. Day passes can be part of membership plans or purchased in packages. Learn more
Desk — a workstation offered as a hot desk for on-demand bookings or as a dedicated desk reserved for a customer. Desks can be booked short term or rented long term.
Equipment — physical assets such as monitors, projectors, or whiteboards that customers can book or rent.
Floor plans — interactive visual layouts of rooms, desks, and offices. Users check availability and book directly from the map, while administrators track space occupancy visually. Learn more
Host (Events) — the person responsible for running an event.
Host (Visitors) — the member whom a visitor comes to see. Members can preregister visitors, or visitors can select their host during registration.
Invoice — a commercial document listing the products or services provided and the amount owed. Learn more
Location — a specific physical space or building in a network. Each location has its own resources, services, community, and settings.
Location member — a member who belongs to a specific location. When visibility is limited to location members, only members of that location can access the resource or service.
Member — a customer who belongs to a location community, typically through a membership plan or resource rental subscription.
Member mobile app — a branded mobile experience where customers access services, book, pay, and engage with the community.
Member web portal — a branded web application where customers access services, book, pay, and engage with the community from a browser. Learn more
Network — an organization that contains one or multiple locations and shares a name, branding, and network-level settings.
Network member — a member who belongs to any location within the network. Resources and services visible to network members can be accessed by members from all locations.
Network settings — configuration for the entire network, including branding, member portal customization, subscription management, and other owner-only settings.
Nonmember — a one-time, occasional, or former customer who does not belong to the community and has no active membership. Nonmembers can access only resources and services with public visibility.
Office — a private office that customers can rent long term.
Owner — a user responsible for the entire network and its RNTOR subscription. A network can have multiple owners. Learn more
Package — a bundle of credits or day passes that members can purchase for bookings, shop orders, or event tickets. Learn more
Parent room — a larger room or space that, when booked, automatically blocks related rooms or desks. It is often used for dividable rooms or overlapping event spaces.
Parking lot — a designated vehicle parking area whose spaces can be booked or rented.
Plan — a membership, service package, or level of access customers can sign up for, such as a hot desk or flex membership plan. Learn more
Product (Shop) — an item or service available for a one-time purchase through the Shop page.
Product (Subscription) — the core offering a customer purchases for recurring or long-term access, such as a resource rental or membership plan.
Promo code — a unique alphanumeric code associated with a coupon that customers enter to redeem a discount. Learn more
Receipt — a document confirming monetary payment for a service. It serves as proof that payment was received. Learn more
Reception — a tablet experience for visitor check-in and check-out, registration of unexpected visitors, and collecting contacts from walk-ins. Learn more
Reports — downloadable files containing comprehensive data for a selected type and period, such as invoices, bookings, or subscriptions. Learn more
Resources — physical assets such as meeting rooms, desks, offices, parking spaces, and equipment that can be booked or rented.
Room — a private room or space for meetings, conferences, or events, typically booked for short-term use.
Room display — an app or display experience that shows real-time room availability on a tablet near the room entrance and can support instant booking and check-in. Learn more
Location settings — general, billing, module, and integration configuration for a specific location.
RNTOR — the admin portal from which administrators manage their space.
Subscription — a recurring payment arrangement for a resource rental or membership plan that provides ongoing access and automatically generates invoices. Learn more
Transaction — a record of a customer exchanging money, credits, or day passes for a product or service.
Visibility — a setting that determines which groups of users can view and access a resource, service, or page. Learn more
Visitor — a guest invited by a member for a meeting or visit. Visitors can be preregistered by their host or register through Reception.
Visitors — a module for tracking members’ visitors, check-ins, and check-outs through a branded Reception experience. Learn more