I dunno. This pricing arrangement 'obviously' doesn't fit in with the AW model, but that's not necessarily a marketing disadvantage, handled well. ?400 divided by six hours is not that much per hour.
We all know that as well as Mr 'I've paid for two hours, how dare you even look at a clock before 120 minutes is up' there is also Mr 'I've come now, you can go', and while it may not be a good idea to offer this to the former, the latter is going to be fine with it... provided the time before then has been good enough. It's also not that unusual a rate for 'x hours social time, y hours in bed' deals.
Of course there are clients who prefer less 'concrete' arrangements because they like a bit more of a sense of, perhaps, being just a generous boyfriend rather than a client - these guys can be lovely if they act respectfully but obviously are nightmares if they don't (as with any disrespectful client no matter his preferred methods of booking/paying).
My point was that there's been such a movement towards clients being able to find information quickly online about escorts that there's little need for them to take risks with fuzzier arrangements. That's not to say there aren't still a few of them preferring the fuzzy way.
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Basically, if I went into a coffee shop and they told me to pay ?5 and have "up to 3 coffees", I'd probably still rather just stop in another coffee shop where I can get coffee and a cake for ?3.50 because I don't really want to be faffing about having "up to 3 coffees". In London, especially, where we are (in our minds
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) sooo very busy with many important scheduling issues to consider! If I'm looking for three coffees, sure, the ?5 deal is great. But when does anyone spend the entire afternoon drinking coffee and doing nowt else?
Occasionally, sure. But not as often as the gazillions of people who pop in, get what they want, pay what they know it costs, and then get straight back to the office/shopping/touristy stuff/home.
*runs off into the distance with increasingly silly metaphor*
Also, I fear these days that a pricing structure that leaves you almost entirely unable to use Adultwork is a definite disadvantage, especially in London. Would Pnet users be particularly enamoured with it either? I don't know.
I do actually think you could build a great business marketing this USP hard. But it would take a helluva lot of time to build up a great collection of regulars who a) enjoy precisely the services you offer and b) always want to book for 2-6 hours. There'd probably be many hiccups along the way with grumpy clients wanting more services/time etc etc, which is par for the course for any of us, but we can wave goodbye to Mr Grumpy and wait sometimes as little as fifteen minutes (in my experience!) for a new Mr Lovely to call.
Also, yeah, you will get sooo many annoying people saying, "Well, if it's ?400 for 6 hours, I want one hour for ?66 HAR HAR see wot I did there" - but the industry is full of these clowns and having a cast iron Ignoring Hat is essential for us all otherwise every single one of us would be completely mad! Or madder, anyway.
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Anyway. I think there's plenty of evidence that you can find your niche and charge almost anything you like as long as you're providing services in an excellently professional fashion and making your clients happy. Buuut certain niches will be incredibly small, especially if you restrict your client base further and don't take the (much higher now?) amount of time required to really establish yourself these days.
And one thing I know for sure is that dwelling on your competition doesn't do much in this industry. Sure, follow in the footsteps of women that you know are successful and happy in the industry, but there will always be someone younger, thinner, cheaper and apparently more wildly in "luv" with male genitals than you, so you can only really focus on building your own escort brand and seeing where it takes you.
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