Having seen some of the new girls struggling with their first websites, I've been considering offering a service aimed at that market.

My idea would be to provide websites powered by wordpress. I'd make a template or two that would be suitable for an escort website and could be customised with the fonts and colours you like. Once the site is up, you'd be able to change your text and even add new pages easily.

The sites would be simple and easily accessible, no flash or anything like that. I wouldn't sort out your listings, although I'd add banners if necessary. SEO isn't my area so I can only offer a few basics there.

I was thinking of charging ?10 to set up a site and ?5/month to keep it running. If you want your own domain you'd pay the registration fee (which is pretty cheap).

Is this something that some of you would be interested in, or would have been interested in when you started? Please don't say yes to be polite or something since it'll take a bit of effort to design the template.

 The price is definitely better then 69 design, and to be honest I really don't rate 69's templates for what you are paying. I think personally I'm past that stage and am now looking toward getting a pro site maybe with flash, but I am certain there'd still be a solid market for it. For people just starting out, an inexpensive easy to use template created By an escort for an escort would be very appealing. I think it sounds a good idea. x

Its a good idea - especially if it is the one that you can blog on.  I have just got th 69 design template fopr ?30 a month - but im not convinced its going to be worth the investment.  Early days yet as only had it a week.  I suppose i only need 1/2 a booking off it and it pays for itself.

I don't know much about PAYG sites but this sounds really expensive - you will fork out as much as I paid for my site (which was custom designed and all-in with no ongoing costs) in 5 months! I think Anika's idea sounds much better, and I agree that the upfront fee should be more than ?10 - I don't think this is enough.

Lol - had two clients in the last 12 hrs off my new template at my higher rate  so apart from the fact that I would not have got these bookings otherwise, the additional ?30 from each has paid the two montghs minimum subscription!

Maybe worth it after all

am now looking toward getting a pro site maybe with flash,

Don't underestimate how annoying Flash-based sites are to people who are doing their 'shopping' at work - many companies either block it or the animation slows everything down when people are on a Citrix or similar-based networked system. I used to be able to tell when someone else in the building was looking at a Flash site: everything else slowed to a crawl because of this.

Lots of mobiles don't do it properly either.

Even at home, there's a reason why the FlashBlock addon for the Firefox browser (lets you only see the bits of Flash you actually need, i.e. not the ads) is so popular.

Don't underestimate how annoying Flash-based sites are to people who are doing their 'shopping' at work - many companies either block it or the animation slows everything down when people are on a Citrix or similar-based networked system. I used to be able to tell when someone else in the building was looking at a Flash site: everything else slowed to a crawl because of this.

Lots of mobiles don't do it properly either.

Even at home, there's a reason why the FlashBlock addon for the Firefox browser (lets you only see the bits of Flash you actually need, i.e. not the ads) is so popular.

THAT is a really excellent point and one I hadn't considered, Thank you! (And also, flash sites are more pricey, so thank you for saving me some pennies xx)

Multiple pages, with the freedom to add extra ones whenever you like. As far as designing and hosting goes it makes very little difference whether there's one page or 20.

You're right, most guys seem to want to see a few pictures and then call, which is why I finally relented and made my cribsheet (even that doesn't stop people calling me without a clue, which is why I'm trying not to have my phone number available anywhere other than my website).

It's a good idea to make all the essential information easily accessible, but don't be put off writing more if you want to. Some of my more regular-inclined clients have told me how much they enjoyed reading my site before they decided to book me.