Honestly, its your call, but I'd never reduce my rates at a client's request*. I realise you need the money, but it would be better to do a cut price reduction for, like, a day and heavily market it on your profile/site to attract clients at that rate - they know its a special and haven't haggled. If you reduce it at the client's behest, you are effectively agreeing to haggling - and the odds are high that he will take the piss. He hasn't shown respect for your rates by asking you to drop them. I need a new shower, but I wouldn't go to B&Q, pick out a nice shower that I really fancy and flutter my eyelashes at the salesperson asking for a reduction because I'm a bit skint but I really totally desperately need a new shower. If I needed the shower that badly I'd just pick one within my price range. The same example extends. Plus, how bloody rude of him to haggle an OUTCALL of all things!

Ultimately its your choice, but I wouldn't reduce them at an individual request.

* The only time I would reduce for an individual client is in extreme circumstances ie an easy to please/low maintenence regular who had fallen on hard times. And even then, it would be at my suggestion, never his.

I agree never let a client dictate anything especially not rates. If he can't afford your rates he should go elsewhere

I suspect he's trying it on because you're new to the biz, tell him to piss off 

Yes - I do think it's perfectly fine to consider giving discounts or extras or whatever if you want to, and they can certainly be useful. For example, I give an "advanced booking preferential rate" (fancy name ) to polite and respectful clients who can book and confirm properly; this gives me a huge bonus because my schedule gets worked out much more tidily (I don't have to spend whole afternoons at home waiting to see if I get a same-day booking, when I actually need to be in the library doin' my learnin'!) and I can usually even schedule in an extra booking somewhere when things go well. So... the clients get a reduced rate but I get nicer, kinder clients and I may even fit a whole extra booking in my week! Profit and blowjobs for all, yay.

But someone who contacted me saying he will give me ?xx for a booking (as opposed to reading my website carefully and requesting information about the reduced rates that I mention) would never get an appointment from me, not unless I had on-site security. Someone who thinks a prossie is A) weak and B) silly enough to be pushed into giving discounts is not the sort of person you should ever be alone with. Even if nothing worse happens, he'll end up being one of 'those' clients who leave you wanting to peel your own skin off in disgust after the booking. Trust me - I met pushy weirdos back when I was new to the biz, but only one or two because you soon learn that you'd better avoid them for your own sanity! It would be a good idea to learn from us lot in this thread and avoid having to learn from your own icky experiences if you can help it.

Have you been reading the rest of the forum and main site for more information about advertising and marketing yourself so that you get more inquiries? Adultwork is - in certain parts of the country - more than useless. I get perhaps one or two clients a week from there and always have a greater number of idiots to fend off (sending stupid emails about services I don't do, discounts I won't give or of course that tedious old chestnut about him being a male escort/pro photographer who will kindly service me for free ), so it's only just worth it. If you're going to work from that site, you need an extra layer of Anti-Idiot Protective Armour because the requests you'll get from people you never want to meet will be so numerous as to make you question the point of humanity in general. Best advertise in lots of places - you'll be able to maintain a rosier picture of the world at least!