A virtual office is a service that rents out office address information.
When you need a virtual office
A virtual office is needed in the following situations:
- You start a Small Business
- Business without Office Space
- others
A virtual office is a necessary service when running a small business that can be run from home.
This is a service that rents out only address information, and you can use your registered address as your office and use it when working from home.
Using a virtual office when starting a small business
A virtual office is recommend when you start a small business.
Virtual Office Features
Depending on the company providing the service, a virtual office can have the following features:
- Use coworking space on a pay-per-use basis
- Telephone reception service
- Mail forwarding service
- others
Benefits of using a virtual office
The benefits of using a virtual office are:
- You can start a business without revealing your home address
- Mail can be stored for a certain period of time
- Doing business at an office address gives you customer trust
- others
Cases where a virtual office is recommended
We have summarized the cases in which a virtual office is necessary.
A virtual office is necessary below:
- Work as a freelance engineer while working from home
- Publishing an app as an individual game developer
- others
Comparison with coworking spaces
We have summarized the comparison with coworking spaces.
In addition to the functions of a virtual office, we recommend using a coworking space if you want to work in a building that also has office functions.
Some virtual office services allow you to use coworking space on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Some coworking space services only provide coworking space functionality and do not allow the use of address information.
Select the service that has the features you need and sign up for it.
Examples of Virtual Office Services
Examples of virtual office services:
- ipostal
- Regus
- Servcorp
- others