First of all being verified helps business like gives more hope to clients

With all due respect, this ^^^ is a total load of cobblers. I can show you examples of different girls using the same verification picture and managing to get different profiles verified. AW doesn't care whether the picture matches those on the profile (how could they when they accept blurred photos?). All verification does is guarantee - to a certain extent (assuming fake ID hasn't been used) - that the person in it is at least 18 years of age. Even AW go to great pains to point this out to prospective clients. So why anybody would place any extra credence on a verified profile, and think it gives them more 'hope', is frankly beyond me.

There are other ways of proving you're genuine - having FR, feedback etc - without having to hand over all your personal details to some unknown entity based in  Belize.

The only good thing I can think of about being verified, is that it can help you if your profile is reported maliciously to AW - e.g. somebody claiming that you're underage / using stolen photos etc. Being verified in these circumstances helps speed up the dispute resolution process with AW.

If you are worried about what they are doing with id.

See this thread (the last couple of pages especially):-

http://www.saafe.info/main/index.php?topic=13287.0

AW are very lax about security. I was reading on another forum about another service provider who had details of her passport plastered onto another lady's profile. Identity theft is still a very real problem and one that we should all try not to make ourselves easy victims to.

One client told me once he wouldn't go near the 0 feedbacks

Fair enough but feedback has nothing to do with being verified. I've seen plenty of verified profiles which even after months/years, don't have a single feedback.

I would hate for girls to read these sorts of comments and feel pressurised into verifying and be left feeling that their business will be affected if they don't go down this route. Sometimes I think we forget that AW is not the only directory out there, there are plenty others to choose from. 

Just feeling very down!! hating half term and being stuck at home with an 11 year old who only wants to play Ps3  !!!! Can wait to get back on tour!! feel very isolated as most of my working girlies are far far away and all my "real " friends are at their day jobs!!! Is any one else feeling like this ??

i totally agree ...!!! bored out of my head.. and my son is happy to sit indoors with call of duty!!!!

I know !! wish i had...lol... am looking to go away for easter for a week to hotter climates!!! it has been so quiet for the last 3 weeks... thank god for the kids going back next monday!!! cant wait x

I thought all the half terms were over    Where I was living on the borders of Gloucs/Warwickshire they were earlier, the past 2 weeks ending the end of last week. 

Now I find out belatedly that Berkshire where I'm touring is this week.  No wonder its been so flipping dead!!!!

I don't see much money in touring any more like used to.

Quote from: sweet lupa on 22 February 2013, 03:17:18 pm

I know how you feel the last two weeks have been dead and all this waiting for the phone to ring is getting me down

I just got back from a two week holiday starting yesterday was very surprised as to the quietness bar one regular. This is why half of feb was taken off, it looks like didn't miss much. I put up a new photo yesterday fingers crossed.

yeah I wish I had taken it off too but can't afford it right now:(
fingers crossed for you x

Just feeling very down!! hating half term and being stuck at home with an 11 year old who only wants to play Ps3  !!!! Can wait to get back on tour!! feel very isolated as most of my working girlies are far far away and all my "real " friends are at their day jobs!!! Is any one else feeling like this ??

Take your son out to a few places, spend some 'quality' time with him, take photos and make memories. He will thank you for it in the future (if not now, for dragging him away from the Ps3!) and you'll have spent precious time together - I say 'precious' as they grow up so quickly, and in a heartbeat he'll have left home and you'll be left wondering where the years went!