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Joining agency as a mature escort: advice please
« on: 17 July 2014, 06:36:03 pm »
Hi Girls,

I have recently started escorting and am on AW. I am finding things a bit slow and although I have another day job I would like a more regular client base. Some weeks I see 3 clients, other weeks 1. In saying that I have had repeat bookings, it's just not consistent. I know my prices are correct so that's not an issue and the gents I've seen have been really happy with the service I provide.

I know about the other sites and am considering them when I return from holiday. I am in two minds about getting a website as I am not convinced it will generate that many more bookings.

I saw [a niche agency] site on the recommended advertising list on here but it is an agency and I wanted advice from anyone who knows about it, has worked or is considering work there. For example: do they take a percentage of your hourly rate as I cannot find any real info on this on their site?

I really wanted to avoid agency work; however there is something attractive about the site and I am in the mature category. Also, there is the fact that someone else would handle all the admin and calls and screen the timewasters.

Any advice gratefully received, as always.

L x




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« Last Edit: 17 July 2014, 07:22:04 pm by amy »

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Re: Joining agency as a mature escort: advice please
« Reply #1 on: 17 July 2014, 06:49:08 pm »
I don't know a lot about agency work but you any you are mature.  Is that a mature 30; mature 40 or a mature 50 for agencies usually go go the young uns.  :(

Someone else will be along soon to help you more, though using agencies isn't encouraged on the forum.
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Re: Joining agency as a mature escort: advice please
« Reply #2 on: 17 July 2014, 06:52:28 pm »
I dont know the ins and outs of [removed] but I do know the website wasnt very user friendly, have you tried [removed - please don't post agency links here] they seem upmarket and mostly london based but they do have Escorts outside the capital too. I dont know how "mature" you are but she has ladies from 35-75.




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« Last Edit: 17 July 2014, 07:22:29 pm by amy »

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Re: Joining agency as a mature escort: advice please
« Reply #3 on: 17 July 2014, 06:53:23 pm »
Hi Lucilee,

I'm in the same boat as you, just starting out and trying to build a bigger clientele.  It's tough isn't it, which part of the country are you?

I'm not in the mature category (28) but I'll be watching the thread with interest to see if anything I've not heard of yet comes up.

Sophie
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Re: Joining agency as a mature escort: advice please
« Reply #4 on: 17 July 2014, 07:10:43 pm »
I've removed the link above and altered the title - we don't discuss/recommend by name or otherwise give free promotion to illegal operations on the forum not least because they can pay for their advertising like everybody else. If anybody wants to know the specific operation under discussion they can find out via PM :).

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« Reply #5 on: 17 July 2014, 07:13:02 pm »
Hi,

I'm 46 but no one believes me; they all think I'm in my 30s! My mum says it s in the genes!!

I am also Norfolk based. I don't have huge competition in the area I am in by all accounts, but I can only do outcalls and even if I could do incalls, I feel more in control doing outcalls and my home is my personal space. A client has offered me a house to work from in return for some 'sexy fun' and he is completely genuine but for some reason I am worried about taking incalls; I feel vulnerable.

I just think it might take some of the stress and effort out of trying to get clients if I worked for [an agency]. There are so many timewasters on AW but perhaps that's just me and I haven't given it enough time.

Lucie x
« Last Edit: 17 July 2014, 07:20:39 pm by amy »

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Re: Joining agency as a mature escort: advice please
« Reply #6 on: 17 July 2014, 07:15:16 pm »
Sorry Amy,

Didn't realise it wasn't okay to mention names.

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« Reply #7 on: 17 July 2014, 07:17:57 pm »
I just think it might take some of the stress and effort out of trying to get clients if I worked for [an agency]. There are so many timewasters on AW but perhaps that's just me and I haven't given it enough time.


Well you wouldn't 'work for' anybody, they would be working for you - you are paying them handsomely to answer a few phone calls and the people ringing are no less likely to be timewasters than the people on Adultwork. You just won't have to speak to them, but it's a double edged sword - most of us would rather have at least passed the time of day with the person we're going to be alone in a vulnerable situation in before they're standing in front of us.

If you don't mind that and think it's worth up to a third of your earnings that's your call entirely, but do bear in mind that newbies are always targeted by the idiots and it does get easier, especially as you get more attuned to it. Having ads other than Adultwork would be a big help, and they won't cost anywhere near as much as a pimp will charge you :).
« Last Edit: 17 July 2014, 07:21:03 pm by amy »

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Re: Joining agency as a mature escort: advice please
« Reply #8 on: 17 July 2014, 07:18:50 pm »
Hi Curvygal,

Where are you located?

Lucie x

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Re: Joining agency as a mature escort: advice please
« Reply #9 on: 17 July 2014, 07:22:36 pm »
Hi Amy,

I don't think it's worth up to a third so that puts me off straight away!

What are your views on having a website? Someone has offered to put one together professionally with a UK domain I (I admit to knowing next to nothing about this in any shape or form but I have seen some that look cheap) and would charge ?150.

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« Reply #10 on: 17 July 2014, 07:26:45 pm »
What are your views on having a website? Someone has offered to put one together professionally with a UK domain I (I admit to knowing next to nothing about this in any shape or form but I have seen some that look cheap) and would charge ?150.

Well there's an awful lot of information here already about personal sites, but in a nutshell if I didn't have mine and had to rely on AW I would either have been sectioned or starved to death by now :D. You don't just get access to virtually every free directory worth the bother but Google too (try Googling 'escort [your town]' and I doubt very much whether your Adultwork profile will come up).

There's a common misconception that punters don't use any other site, but it's not even halfway to being true and depending on where you are and where your competition advertises you could be seriously missing a trick. Apart from anything else, you can get a site done for next to nothing and plenty of people here have done just that :).

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Re: Joining agency as a mature escort: advice please
« Reply #11 on: 17 July 2014, 07:31:24 pm »
Thank you, Amy  :)

L x

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Re: Joining agency as a mature escort: advice please
« Reply #12 on: 17 July 2014, 07:50:04 pm »
I've removed the link above and altered the title - we don't discuss/recommend by name or otherwise give free promotion to illegal operations on the forum not least because they can pay for their advertising like everybody else. If anybody wants to know the specific operation under discussion they can find out via PM :).
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« Reply #13 on: 17 July 2014, 08:19:54 pm »
Im in Edinburgh hun. You anywhere near?

Im wanting to get a website done too but it seems really expensive when you factor in the cost of having your photos done and the website built. Does anybody have one on free hosting (eg freewebs, wixx)?

My advice for all its worth though is not to go with an agency,  my friend works for one here, its 160 per hour, the agency takes 60 and you have to use her driver and pay him 20! So you get 50% and the woman gets only 20 ? less than you when youve had to do the job! The other thing she sometime s does is deals with the guy for longer bookings - like 400 for 3 hours, but she still takes the same money you have to take the loss and you had no say in the matter!

Id much rather keep trying to make this work on my own than be exploited like that.

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« Reply #14 on: 17 July 2014, 08:27:36 pm »
Im wanting to get a website done too but it seems really expensive when you factor in the cost of having your photos done and the website built. Does anybody have one on free hosting (eg freewebs, wixx)?

See another recent post about the photos issue - it's quite possible, and sometimes positively desirable to do your own.

Yes, some people use wix, moonfruit and some other free services. There is usually a cost in other ways though.
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