Hello everyone! 🙂
I always thought I'll come back to this thread and share my updates once I figured it out, but then I stopped being active and never did. Then pandemic came and I was off work for 1.5 years and went back to lurking lol.
Anyway, I logged in one day and read a thread where Amy had replied saying "... I think she's still around somewhere..." referring to me ... lol ... and I thought, oh yeah, I am! 🤣
Then I remembered, I promised myself to update the thread and share my experience once I figured things out. So here it is.
Wow, how times flies! This career started officially (lol) in 2018 and is now 2023! Well, like Amy said, I am still around. Very much so.
Without boring you with a long essay, after this thread, I tried some hotel incall using Day Use, but that idea didn't work for me.
I really took time to understand the industry for the first year and half, did a lot of information gathering/research, spoke to a variety of people, including agency owmers, directory owners, read a lot of sex workers forums and clients ones (yike! haha). During that time I worked on and off as outcall only, but took some incalls where the clients were happy to pay for the hotel. These were few and far between - I guess is because they were charged extra for that.
My rate for the first 1.5 years was 300/hr, plus additional 100 for transport fare for outcalls or hotel, for those who wanted incall.
By the end of 1.5 years or so, I had figured out what worked and didn't for me. It was then, I launched my brand and focused on attracting the business I wanted. one of the key changes was new pictures. Turned out the ones I had prior weren't doing me any justice. Rates increased to 400/hr and transport fare for outcalls remained an additional cost, but I think I removed the 100 flat rate and provided a fee on a case by case basis. Incall for those interested was still an additional 100 - but as I said, I rarely got it.
It was successful and going well for a few months when pandemic struck, and like most people, I closed the office and waited it out.
I tried to work during the 2nd wave of locked down/pandemic when most people resumed, but it wasn't worth it, because I was still outcall only and my clientele had been predominantly international. So I had to wait it out, and for other personal reasons, it wasn't worth it.
Anyway, fast forward to late/end of 2021, and I eventually resumed business. Revamped the brand and introduced incall facility. Rate increased steadily to what it is now, between 400-500/hr. I still get mostly outcalls and still charge extra for taxi fare, but I have gradually built up a small pool of incall clients.
I guess I fall into that low volume category, which works for me, but now I have the capacity to take on more clients and so would love to increase my volume. No plan to change rate anytime soon, and any changes will likely be increase to reflect inflation, but I'm happy where my rate are at the moment. No complain.
That's it. That's my story. I'm now just another LondonEscort2023 haha.
A big thanks to the forum members who participated and gave insightful advice back in 2018, and to all the active members of Saaf, you are all appreciated.
PS: I didn't read the OP/thread before posting this update, so is very possible I missed something or say something contradicting... Please feel free to ask for clarification.