Author Topic: Reducing rates. Is it necessary now or should we hold out. (Read 21212 times)

Jan10 · « **Reply #90 on:** 16 May 2012, 10:48:49 am »

Quote from: ParisB on 16 May 2012, 08:49:13 am

for me i tour - i generally do 2 weeks then home for 4 weeks as a rule
so now its two weeks in ireland home for 3 weeks then Norway for two weeks then home for 4weeks the Ireland etc I have a few other place that i go to as well during the four weeks but they are local to me

i find by not being as available in Bristol where i live and have a lot of regulars as long as i keep up with my mail shots and advertising when I'm away i am pretty busy when i get back as they know I'm only back for a few weeks
Same for when i tour as I'm not there all the time IE every 8 weeks or so i find it works out really good for me
generally if I'm touring i want to make a min after overheads of 600- 700a day if I'm at home then i want to make around 300 a day working 5 -6 days a week
but i only work till 7pm but if i get a booking from a regular or a good booking then i will go back over on weekend and evenings

i answer my phone even when I'm not working most of the time new photos every 3 months and lots of advertising on plenty of sites

Gosh I wish I had the guts to travel I won't even do outcalls now. I think I will have to look into doing tours as I don't want to rely on doing just in calls. Some of you ladies are so brave.

ParisB · « **Reply #91 on:** 16 May 2012, 02:20:55 pm »

if you look at a website called model mayham they are great for getting semi pro photographers at very good rates sometime even free if you have a great look
i have used quite a few from there and they have been excellent one guy i have used for several years and seeing him next weekend along with another photographer that i got off there recently who took my newest photos that i have on my website
they are not expensive i dont pay more than 150 for around 3 hours and that includes editing afterwards ect

Quote from: erotica on 16 May 2012, 09:25:52 am

Hello Girls,

The period is so hard for me as well , before I had a flat in central london , I was doing outcalls and incalls (working via AW) sometimes, was 160 but was going to increase my rates to 180 because i was busy and I could be selective! ( just seing 2/3 clients MAXIMUM a week for 1 hour 2 hours hours booking). Due to some events , I have been depressed and I have stop working for 2 months(not a good idea to work when you are down) for travel a little and change my mind. Now I am back in london, feeling better and ready to escort again ! My AW profile is here but no work at all!!!same with my rates going down to 140 per hour. I had to leave my flat and go to flatshare ;/ I cannot really afford a pro glam shoot (someone tell me that it will be a good thing for me) Now I am considering agency but I don't where to apply! (i heard terrible things about agencies) .If some girl could have a look at my profile (i could send it my private message) , giving me advice about agencies or anything would be really great.thanks. xxxxxxxxxx

erotica · « **Reply #92 on:** 19 May 2012, 06:27:10 pm »

Thank you girls for taking the time to answer me.. For Mmayhem I am on it since a while , I had various free shoot with pro and sometimes I get paid work from amateur... I have been using some picture for AW but not too much , also a lot are not suitable.. I think may could be a problem if some photographers find I use his pics for getting work? ...(I don't tell them I do some escorting).

This week I went to 2 interviews for agencies , both are "high class" and client paid at least the double than I normally get paid , They ask me glamour picture .One of the agency ask me an id copy and tell me that they was new and I needed to be patient.. I dont think I will give my ID copy. The other agency told me that they will try to get me a few jobs until I an afford a pro glam shoot... I had my first job few hours after the interview and I never had a client so rude! my god ! anyway he gives me a good feedback . I will keep my profile on AW and see what happen...

sierramichaels · « **Reply #93 on:** 21 May 2012, 04:00:58 am »

I have been in this business for 22 years, not providing , but in the Adult Entertainment Industry....Since I started providing, I have noticed a lot of cheaper, non professional providers advertising. I once thought of lowering my rates, but I won't, because you get what you pay for, and clients find that out. If you give quality services, then never lower your standards because a few trolling amateurs advertise cheap! Hold your ground. If we quality providers stand strong we will weed out the garbage!

Jan10 · « **Reply #94 on:** 21 May 2012, 12:00:38 pm »

Quote from: sierramichaels on 21 May 2012, 04:00:58 am

I have been in this business for 22 years, not providing , but in the Adult Entertainment Industry....Since I started providing, I have noticed a lot of cheaper, non professional providers advertising. I once thought of lowering my rates, but I won't, because you get what you pay for, and clients find that out. If you give quality services, then never lower your standards because a few trolling amateurs advertise cheap! Hold your ground. If we quality providers stand strong we will weed out the garbage!

Charging XX does not make you better than someone who charges less. There are escorts that charge a lot and do not give good service just as there are escorts that charge a small fee and give good service. The amount of money you charge does not make any difference, most of the time it depends on what you offer and how you conduct yourself during the booking. There is a place for everyone in this market and weeding out anyone that is not doing the job right can only be good for everyone.

CeCe · « **Reply #95 on:** 21 May 2012, 01:50:18 pm »

The way I see it, barring a period of severe economic deflation, there's only one direction my rates should travel over the course of my career and that's upwards. Admittedly they haven't increased for an awfully long time, but I'd be attempting a career change long before I considered a rate reduction. I'm not saying I'm right or suggesting others should feel this way, that's just the I feel.

A marketing review and/or special offers for a limited time tend to be my tactics in quiet times. In the rare times I've really wanted some extra cash I have worked for a bit less than normal, but that has always been negotiated by phone, never advertised as a rate decrease.

Is it really so bad at the moment? I'm still recovering from a horrible sickness you can't even get in this continent (let alone get anything to help you recover faster) so my phone has been switched off for a long time. Things are normally excellent this time of year and I was hoping the work offers would flood in when I was finally strong enough to work. Starting to wish I hadn't seen this thread, does anyone have anything good to add to give us hope?

amy · « **Reply #96 on:** 21 May 2012, 06:05:12 pm »

Quote from: Jan10 on 21 May 2012, 12:00:38 pm

Quote from: sierramichaels on 21 May 2012, 04:00:58 am
I have been in this business for 22 years, not providing , but in the Adult Entertainment Industry....Since I started providing, I have noticed a lot of cheaper, non professional providers advertising. I once thought of lowering my rates, but I won't, because you get what you pay for, and clients find that out. If you give quality services, then never lower your standards because a few trolling amateurs advertise cheap! Hold your ground. If we quality providers stand strong we will weed out the garbage!

Charging XX does not make you better than someone who charges less. There are escorts that charge a lot and do not give good service just as there are escorts that charge a small fee and give good service. The amount of money you charge does not make any difference, most of the time it depends on what you offer and how you conduct yourself during the booking. There is a place for everyone in this market and weeding out anyone that is not doing the job right can only be good for everyone.

Indeed. Bearing in mind not only this but that sex work is criminalised in the majority of the US where you are posting from, how on earth can some prostitutes be 'professional' and others 'amateur'? Having sex with strangers for money is what makes you a pro, and the fees, marketing fluff and surroundings (with or without Egyptian cotton sheets) are all very much secondary. Looking down our noses at others because they charge less (or more) and therefore must be beneath us, is not how we do things here.

ParisB · « **Reply #97 on:** 21 May 2012, 07:54:59 pm »

but its not just a few is it, its hundreds and thousands of "trolling amateurs" all entering the business soooooo unless your prepared to go out and gas them all in one go or kill them by use of a rabbit viberator wacked over the head you arent going to stop them working and charging what they want and i think that overal it will get worse for many as more and more enter the business of sex for sale which isnt as closed up as it was a few years ago due to the internet and websites

I see it as what others want to charge is up to them and what i want to charge and what i decide to do about it is up to me

and you dont always get what you pay for in life, be it a high price or a low price
High prices dont equate to a good time any more than a low price equals a crap time

Quote from: sierramichaels on 21 May 2012, 04:00:58 am

I have been in this business for 22 years, not providing , but in the Adult Entertainment Industry....Since I started providing, I have noticed a lot of cheaper, non professional providers advertising. I once thought of lowering my rates, but I won't, because you get what you pay for, and clients find that out. If you give quality services, then never lower your standards because a few trolling amateurs advertise cheap! Hold your ground. If we quality providers stand strong we will weed out the garbage!

BaudelaireGirl · « **Reply #98 on:** 23 May 2012, 01:15:57 pm »

I have reduced my rates ever so slightly. Mainly because the changes in the ladies working in my area have left me as easily the most pricey which I don't really think is justified by my look or services. I think it's a personal thing. Lowering rates is not worth it if it makes you feel naff, but it's a business and it entirely depends on who you are and where you are. For me, there was no point in just ignoring the competition. This is just for me though, so I think a generalised answer to the OP's question is a little impossible...

TSgirl · « **Reply #99 on:** 23 May 2012, 03:20:46 pm »

I was in the 'luxury retail' sector for many years. Escorting is exactly the same. We offer a 'service': Making our clients happy - by providing a 'product': Sex.

The better we are at providing our product to clients through a great service, the easier it is to gauge our rates. Too expensive and you could price yourself out of the majority market, too cheap and you're perceived as desperate for sales or offering an inferior product (which is not necessarily the case). It's a fine line setting a rate that will give you a good turnover without having to over extend yourself. It also depends very much on yourself: Your overheads, availability etc, the 'tenner a go' lady could well just prefer to be super busy for x amount of time a day and just does it for pocket money cos she likes sex. While others will charge 500 an hour and see one a week... *insert infinite amount of variables here*

Every snowflake is unique...

If you feel you want to drop your price, then do it by a small margin for a limited time as an offer as suggested. See how it goes. Does your turnover increase? What about quality of client? Then do the same exercise with a small increase in price. It's like navigating on a VOR, you find a rough corridor where you want to be and then through trial and error you make adjustments till you're heading where you want to go or need to be.

I personally have low overheads, so 70 and 130 suit my needs and lifestyle perfectly. I'm ticking over really nicely with a good mix of half hour and hour clients.

As an aside re 'agencies': Try it and see if it works for you. I did and personally working as an independent is infinitely better, for me. I can vet my own clients, so feel safer, can turn down bookings if I don't want to see a certain person, so feel better for not having done the booking, I work when the hours I want to, and best of all, I don't have to give away a huge percentage of the fee. I've also noticed a dramatic increase in the quality of clients I get now as opposed to through the agency, but again, that's just my personal preferences at play.

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Jan10

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amy

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TSgirl

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