once you have set them?    Say you start out at 150/hr and then realise your getting fantastic feedback and/or too many guys responding to handle ( wouldnt that be brilliant).  How much do you readjust your rate by?  10/20 pounds?  50?
Do guys ever say, wow you should raise your rates?
Do you grandfather in your old clients at your old rate or do you just say sorry everyone is now gonna pay my new higher rate?

When I started out I was drastically under priced (did no research and was charging ?50 an hour and offering quickies from ?20). I quickly (within a couple of days, once I found out I was supposed to be paying tax) raised all my rates by ?10, and then after about 2 months raised them again to ?100 an hour, ?60 half and ?40 quickie where they stayed for a year. I've recently stopped offering hour+ bookings and am specialising in quickies (and also stopped offering anal) , so I dropped my rates by ?10 again to sweeten the disappointment a bit

I will say that I was generally earning MUCH better money when I was charging ?60 an hour, but I had to really work for it! I could have filled my appointment slots 4x over if I'd wanted to and I often couldn't even find time to answer lots of my emails. Obviously you're starting at a higher rate but I imagine it's the same - the more you charge the less interest you'll have but the easier it is to earn a good amount without wearing yourself out. And if you find you're not quite making as much money as you want, you can always do sales and stuff every now and again which attracts new clients that can become regulars and guarantees you a busy week.

I've increased my rates in the past, only by ?10, but it was easy, it didn't have any effect on bookings.  And I told the old clients that I had upped my rates and everyone pays the same rate.  So much easier that way.

The other way I have seen girls increase their rates by a lot is when they take an extended break (telling clients that they have retired) then coming back at the higher rate.  I have no idea if they have had more/less bookings.

Jas x

When I first started, I  charged ?150ph and being "new" I had loads of work I still have a couple of regulars from that time, most if not all, were full GFE even if they only lasted 3 minutes 

But last summer was pretty dead  and those calling pestered me for half hours which I don't really like doing, I dropped to ?120ph.  it helped but not a lot and still got some wanting half hours for ?60 

I stopped working for heath reasons from November to March, I started off again at ?150 but was getting nothing, what I found was most girls  near me  of all ages are charging from ?60 to ?120 and some doing desperate things at that price 

Anyway I now charge ?100ph I do give a good service  and things have been ok, not very busy, some days nothing some days 3 or 4 but steady over each week so far (touch wood) I think if I were to try to go higher again, work would drop off.