About — Third Places

The Name

Ray Oldenburg coined "third places" to describe the social environments — beyond home (first place) and work (second place) — where community naturally forms: the corner bar, the coffee shop, the mountain ski lodge. These are the places that make a neighborhood feel like home.

Third Places LLC exists to keep these spaces thriving by giving them software that actually fits. The name isn't just branding — it's the whole reason this company exists.

Our Mission

We build software for communities, not for profit margins.

We'll work with clubs regardless of member count or budget. We are a social benefit company — yes, we need to make a living, but we're here to serve.

If your club is small and volunteer-run, we want to hear from you anyway. We'd rather find a way to make it work than watch a community struggle with software that was never built for them.

How We Work

We listen first. Every club has a culture. We learn yours before writing a line of code. No templates forced on you, no assumptions about how you operate.
We build custom. No one-size-fits-all. What we deliver is shaped entirely around how your club actually works — not how we think it should work.
We stay involved. This isn't a handoff-and-goodbye arrangement. Ongoing support, adjustments as your needs change, and someone you can actually reach.

Background

Third Places was founded by a club member of a small ski club that was struggling to find modern software that could had the customization the club needed without being overly costly.

We combine a background in booking systems with hands-on club experience to build systems that are both technically solid and deeply practical.

What We Believe

Community over profit

Technology should serve the people using it, not extract value from them.

Custom over generic

Every club is different. Software should reflect that, not flatten it.

Fair pricing always

Small volunteer driven clubs deserve the same quality tools as larger clubs, or even for-profit ones. We price accordingly.

Real support

Not a ticket queue. You will have direct communication with our team.

"The character of a third place is determined above all else by its regular clientele and is marked by a playful, witty ambiance. Without such places, the urban area fails to nourish the kinds of relationships and the diversity of human contact that are the essence of the city."

— Ray Oldenburg, The Great Good Place (1989)

Let's talk about your club.

No obligation, no sales pitch — just a conversation about fit.