I've just got off the phone with a nice lady from Candy Escorts - all sounded tempting (?high rates, prepaid taxis etc) until she told me that the 'basic' fee for joining was ?219 for 12 months rising through ?319 to ?400-and-something for their Gold package (where you can have 6 photos!). On closer inspection of the T&Cs, this turns out to be not a 'true' agency an advertising site for independents (it states somewhere that escorts are self-employed and not employees of Candy escorts). I'm confused - I don't mind paying for advertising but this seems ridiculous - I can get my own site for ?150, have as many photos as I like and set my own rates to boot! Anyone know anything about them? You also need to register and have a password before you can even look at the profiles which she said was for our security, but frankly just looks to me like putting a barrier up to potential clients.

I agree with everything Brandy has said

on top this bit

You also need to register and have a password before you can even look at the profiles which she said was for our security, but frankly just looks to me like putting a barrier up to potential clients

that just screams we have something to hide, will put clients off etc

a quick google will show you hundereds of directories that are viewable by anybody, personaly i would avoid any that dont do it that way

Virtually all agencies will say you're self-employed (they don't want the legal responsibilities that come with having you as an employee). I still think this is dubious (an escort-agency working relationship will rarely pass most of the usual tests used to distinguish between employed / self-employed status, like being able to send someone else to do the work in your place) but there is an interesting case saying otherwise in the even more extreme context of a brothel.

But here, yes absolutely: scam, scam, scam.

The 'we will only show your ad to people who jump through hoops' is a particularly annoying scam: not only are they an expensive ad site, they're an incredibly crap place to advertise, but they may well do enough to avoid being successfully sued by victims.

There was a fascinating report on Radio 4's Today programme this week about similar problems with scam acting/modelling 'agencies', complete with a campaign to ban upfront fees entirely.

Your own site would cost you about ?3 a year to register and it's quite possible to do your own without paying someone fifty times that much to do it for you.

mia is correct, moonfruit are rather good and easy to navigate
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Miradesign are good amy, Ive used them for my site.  Great for after care service too.

Would recommend that you read the main Saafe site for info on advertising.  Once you have your site sorted there are lots of places that you can advertise it on on the internet, either for free or a small monthly fee.  Lots of girls use sites like this as well as more localised advertising, and some girls just advertise on the internet.

It just depends on how you wish to promote yourself, and how much work you are looking for.

Hugs

Penny x x x