Without wanting to bang on about the Sugarbaby side of it, from reading the OPs thoughts on that, if I?m completely honest it sounds like you are stuck in the Sugarbaby mentality, NOT a criticism but an observation.
As an escort you just cannot afford to do this, you have have a realistic rate, your own strict boundaries, including keeping to the booked time, and what services you provide, otherwise as Amy said you could well be looking at some nightmarish scenarios.
I understand you don?t want to go below a certain rate and want to attract a certain clientele, but you CANNOT ignore market forces, you may not think you are worth less than X amount but as you have found it can be pretty lonely out there sticking to your guns.
I appreciate you have lowered your rates but most of us would agree they are still on the high side. There are plenty of escorts in London charging high rates who I know for a fact feel trapped by that, feel they cannot lower them (especially if they are on Twitter and are dependent on that crowd) but who are not making enough, and who take on agency or even brothel work on the side.
Amy?s advice is good. Whilst there are some out there charging premium rates (say ?300+) you can bet your bottom dollar they didn?t start off like that.
I don?t mean to be harsh, just offering some honest advice.
No I like it harsh!! Haha...thank you. I like this forum because advices are candid and no sugar coating.
I appreciate your advice and you are certainly correct, I can't ignore market forces.
I know from my little experience in the industry now, reading this forum and doing other research that I have done everything I can to start getting work, except reduce my rate to 150. So I made this thread wondering whether there's was something else have missed or not doing, but from everyone's input so far, there's nothing, except my rate. And that's the market forces I'm ignoring.
Like I said in my previous posts, whether I will become a 150 hottie and have some good fun like you wonderful women or pack it in is a decision I'll have to make.
Thanks again.