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Melissa2024

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Is charging £300+ for an hour considered high end?
« on: 25 June 2024, 11:01:11 pm »
Hey girlies and guys…

So happy that this site exists honestly! Would be so stressed trying to find info without it.

Anyway! So I have escorted previously (like around 2015/2016) and I’m looking to get back into it now. My former work was a brief stint and I only hand a handful of clients from adult work but I was charging £300 for an hour back then.

I’ve been doing some research and it looks like these days £300+ ph is considered high end? I would have thought that as average these days even with the cost of inflation etc. from what I’m seeing it also seems like things are slow at the moment due to the economy?

Would really like to get a good idea of the market right now as I’m looking to transition into this being my main income alongside sugaring and some fetish work I’ve been doing online. I dont feel comfortable doing less than £300 ph but not sure what that means for business… I also just want to do outcalls or hotel in calls.

Any tips and advice welcome also! Thanks in advance  :-*

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Re: Is charging £300+ for an hour considered high end?
« Reply #1 on: 25 June 2024, 11:20:05 pm »
£300+ an hour has always been considered 'high end', because 'high end' just means expensive.

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Re: Is charging £300+ for an hour considered high end?
« Reply #2 on: 25 June 2024, 11:22:29 pm »
Question . Why don’t you feel comfortable charging less than £300 what’s that all about ?

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Re: Is charging £300+ for an hour considered high end?
« Reply #3 on: 25 June 2024, 11:45:59 pm »
Question . Why don’t you feel comfortable charging less than £300 what’s that all about ?

Surely everybody has a baseline that they wouldn't go below; it's just that the OP has set hers high. Maybe she has limited availability and can't fit many bookings in?

There's a more recent thread than this (where I think I linked to this one too), but I can't remember enough about it to look for it. It might still be helpful though (and there are others).

https://saafe.info/main/questions-and-answers/new-starter-marketing-high-cost-outcalls/

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Re: Is charging £300+ for an hour considered high end?
« Reply #4 on: 26 June 2024, 12:35:07 am »
Surely everybody has a baseline that they wouldn't go below; it's just that the OP has set hers high. Maybe she has limited availability and can't fit many bookings in?

There's a more recent thread than this (where I think I linked to this one too), but I can't remember enough about it to look for it. It might still be helpful though (and there are others).

https://saafe.info/main/questions-and-answers/new-starter-marketing-high-cost-outcalls/

Thanks so much for the link and yes Amy that’s my baseline and I do have a main career/other commitments and it wouldn’t make sense for me to see clients for anything less when I could make very close to that in my normal job and have limited availability. I dont want to see loads of clients in a day and wouldn’t feel happy making less than that per booking…. No judgement on anyone else that’s just my preference x

 Plus like I said I was charging this almost 10 years ago so I guess I was being high end without knowing it!  ??? I thought high end was more like £500-800+ and then above that for pornstars, models etc.

What is the average price in inner london then atm? Would be great to know x

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Re: Is charging £300+ for an hour considered high end?
« Reply #5 on: 26 June 2024, 12:37:22 am »
Question . Why don’t you feel comfortable charging less than £300 what’s that all about ?

Because it wouldn’t make sense for me financially as I could stay in my normal job/career for that money and like I said I was doing this almost 10 years ago now and was charging £300 and getting clients. That’s my baseline I’m happy with for it to be worth it for me x

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Re: Is charging £300+ for an hour considered high end?
« Reply #6 on: 26 June 2024, 09:00:00 am »
Are you based in central london if yes - then charge £300 if no then charge £250.


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Re: Is charging £300+ for an hour considered high end?
« Reply #7 on: 26 June 2024, 09:29:53 am »
If you repeatedly toss around comparative terms like 'high end' (the comparative obviously being 'low end') then people will bristle a bit, especially since there are plenty charging half that or similar who aren't offering anything different to you.

You also didn't make it clear that you're in Central London which (with a very few exceptions) is the only place you're going to make a rate like that fly. If your regular job pays £300ph I can't see why you're bothering at all, tbh.

What is the average price in inner london then atm? Would be great to know x

There will always be somebody more expensive than you, and always somebody cheaper; what other people do is irrelevant. However if you want to know average type prices for independent ladies near to you, the way to find them is by looking on advertising sites - we don't tell people what to charge here :)

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Re: Is charging £300+ for an hour considered high end?
« Reply #8 on: 26 June 2024, 09:40:04 am »
Are you based in central london if yes - then charge £300 if no then charge £250.

Yep I am in central london zone 1/2. Thanks for confirming!  :)

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Re: Is charging £300+ for an hour considered high end?
« Reply #9 on: 26 June 2024, 09:44:36 am »
If you repeatedly toss around comparative terms like 'high end' (the comparative obviously being 'low end') then people will bristle a bit, especially since there are plenty charging half that or similar who aren't offering anything different to you.

You also didn't make it clear that you're in Central London which (with a very few exceptions) is the only place you're going to make a rate like that fly. If your regular job pays £300ph I can't see why you're bothering at all, tbh.

There will always be somebody more expensive than you, and always somebody cheaper; what other people do is irrelevant. However if you want to know average type prices for independent ladies near to you, the way to find them is by looking on advertising sites - we don't tell people what to charge here :)

Oh I see. Well using high end etc is the only way I can think to explain what I mean and I’ve seen people post the term all over other forums and Reddit, didn’t realise it was offensive?

And yes I’m in London. I did do some research and looked at some other independents like myself in London and they are charging more or the same which is why I was confused people considered it high but I guess that would be high for outside of London. Anyway thanks for the tips appreciate it xx

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Re: Is charging £300+ for an hour considered high end?
« Reply #10 on: 26 June 2024, 03:12:06 pm »
Well other forums and their members/content are off topic here, so neither here nor there. The terms are just meaningless marketing fluff, but a straightforward 'expensive' is fine, since that's all it's describing.

If you're talking about Central London outcalls on a limited basis (and AFAIK this is a regular enough agency rate, but that's without the pimp cut which would likely be £100 or so) and assuming you have some reputation to come back to, then I don't think £300 is particularly pie in the sky. My outcall rate is a little over 2/3 of that although I do very few, and most are longer as I have a minimum duration for anywhere outside my immediate area - maybe do that too?

The only way to know is try - if you're turning work down then put rates up, if you get nish, then drop them :)

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Re: Is charging £300+ for an hour considered high end?
« Reply #11 on: 26 June 2024, 11:06:44 pm »
It depends where you are based. I’m based in London and the same rate as you, but I don’t consider myself high end. I think £250/£300 ph is starting to become ‘normal’. It is expensive but I think guys have become used paying it now. The agencies Im with £250 is definitely the base line, £300 is becoming the more popular rate and many are charging more like £400/£500/£600. I think in smaller cities in the UK it would be considered ‘high end’. I’m very comfortable at £300. I tried to play around with my rates a month ago and tried out £400 ph. The difference in bookings was noticeable. I don’t think I would be able get to get by with the little bookings I had.
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Re: Is charging £300+ for an hour considered high end?
« Reply #12 on: 27 June 2024, 10:21:29 pm »
It depends where you are based. I’m based in London and the same rate as you, but I don’t consider myself high end. I think £250/£300 ph is starting to become ‘normal’. It is expensive but I think guys have become used paying it now. The agencies Im with £250 is definitely the base line, £300 is becoming the more popular rate and many are charging more like £400/£500/£600. I think in smaller cities in the UK it would be considered ‘high end’. I’m very comfortable at £300. I tried to play around with my rates a month ago and tried out £400 ph. The difference in bookings was noticeable. I don’t think I would be able get to get by with the little bookings I had.

Yes this is exactly what I’m saying! Thank you for confirming it’s normal in London! Where abouts are you based exactly? Have you been doing this long? Would be really good to connect x

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Re: Is charging £300+ for an hour considered high end?
« Reply #13 on: 06 July 2024, 10:18:48 am »
I think £300 is pretty low for today standard. Everyone seems to be charging £300 for today. High end if more £600z everyone I know in London charges £300-£400 minimum!!

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Re: Is charging £300+ for an hour considered high end?
« Reply #14 on: 06 July 2024, 10:47:04 am »
I think £300 is pretty low for today standard. Everyone seems to be charging £300 for today. High end if more £600z everyone I know in London charges £300-£400 minimum!!

And no one I know in London does, so nobody is right or wrong and everybody's experience is different.

Everything is 'normal' in London, including £30-50 (if you work in Soho, for example). £150-250ph is far and away the most common figure on the likes of Adultwork (although that's likely incalls), and most of the high rates I see are are for agencies where the pimp will take a third of it. It all depends completely on how you work :)