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Frustrated. How do I find a whale?
I did 15 private lap dances tonight, 3 VIP lounges, and went on stage 4 times. I made $350. From 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. What the fuck!!!!! I feel like that's so little money for how hard I worked. I'm frustrated. I seem to always make $350 on busy Friday and Saturday nights.
I would think it's just that the club I'm at has low prices, but I know another dancer here makes $600 easily, just by finding the whales and getting awesome tips.
I have no problem selling dances -- guys flag me down and wait in line, literally, to get me -- but they all seem to be the broke ones.
How do I find a whale?
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*And btw, the prices really do suck. Club takes 50 % of dances, and they cost:
$10 lap (I get $5), $20 nude lap (I get $10), $60 VIP lounge (I get $30) for 20 mins.
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BTW this is a nude, nonalcoholic club, with a $10 cover charge.
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^^ Thanks I saw it, didn't really help.
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well, I remember in your other thread you were talking about preferring the younger customers...
maybe that has something to do with it? They are rarely 'whales.'
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On weekends, the club is mostly filled with young guys, it's kind of inescapable. Good point though. I'm sure that has something to do with it.
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young guys were often my 'whales' working nude and byob...
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^^I agree. I don't know where you are, but those are CostCo prices to begin with, and then the club takes half your money?
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No way would I do a lap dance for 5 dollars, hell I refuse to work on 10$ Tuesdays!
Are there not any other clubs around you can work at?
I don't know how you could make considerable cash with your 20 min vip prices being most places topless lap dance+tip...besides getting tips I don't know what to tell you. If your selling a 5 dollar dance most people aren't willing to give you a tip that is more than the cost of another dance. Your club just seems messed up.
A true whale probably wouldn't even come to a club with that price set up.
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Simple, the girls who are making twice as much as you are charging twice as much as you. Most of the time, clients don't just open their wallet and hand a big tip over to you without you negotiating for it. Negotiate a mutually acceptable higher rate.
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Originally Posted by
britneyireland
Simple, the girls who are making twice as much as you are charging twice as much as you. Most of the time, clients don't just open their wallet and hand a big tip over to you without you negotiating for it. Negotiate a mutually acceptable higher rate.
I'd totally do this, but it's not possible here, because the customer has to pay the manager up front for a dance, for the full price, and then the customer gives the dancer a ticket. The dancer then redeems the ticket for 50% at the end of the night. So if I am Tommy Customer, then I buy a $20 private nude lapdance at the club counter and hand the lapdance ticket to BrodieLux. At the end of the night, BrodieLux gives the ticket to the manager and he gives me $10 for it in exchange.
I think I am going to look into dancing at Adult World in Syracuse, since TiaQ gave it a good review. I currently dance at a pretty redneck place called Kumas in Ithaca.
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then how do the other girls get tipped?
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We ask for tips following dances and customers are also required to tip at the stage.
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man, that club has a shitty set up. not to mention, guys buying dances from the manager can't be good for the mood.
maybe you could tell a guy that it's _ to the club and _ to you.
but really find another place. geez.
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Uh, yeah...bounce....bounce from that club before it wears you out....sounds like you are getting ripped off if you can't even get a decent tip without negotiating ALOT. I know it's easier said then done, but your frustration is going to get the best of you sooner or later- life is too short & you are way too cute to put up with that & sell yourself for nothing!
just my 2 cents...
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My original answer from reading this post was gonna be 'you don't look for them'... and now it's...holy fuck..run.
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Brodie- I have danced in that area and honestly it was worth it to drive an hour from school to Rochester and dance there. Someone else I knew drove farther to buff and stayed the wknd with friends while working Fri and sat only.
Upstate NY is way behind the times. I hate to admit it, but I got my real stripping start at busty hearts place. I could easily pull in 400 without hustling as hard as I would now. So that's another option but PM me for pros and cons; I have a list! Heh.
As for how to change this, start asking for tips at the end of the dance. You could also tell guys that they pay ten up front and your fee to you directly. Or you could negotiate your price and get paid up front, then pay your mgr for him.
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Can't edit from blackberry: sorry you already ask for tips, ignore that.
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Chrissy, great idea about asking him to pay me upfront in order to get more $$. I wonder if I'd get in trouble for doing this if others found out though.
I'm definitely up for traveling elsewhere to make more money, if it's enough to make it worth the cost of gas.
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Originally Posted by
jem_06
Uh, yeah...bounce....bounce from that club before it wears you out....sounds like you are getting ripped off if you can't even get a decent tip without negotiating ALOT. I know it's easier said then done, but your frustration is going to get the best of you sooner or later- life is too short & you are way too cute to put up with that & sell yourself for nothing!
just my 2 cents...
Thanks for the compliment! Yeah, I think you are right.
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I agree with everyone else- try a new club! I think it's shitty that they take half of the already low dance prices. It seems like you're working hard and not getting paid what you're worth. The club I'm at now takes a huge chunk of my earnings, which is why I'm about to become a traveling stripper. :)
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BrodieLux
Chrissy, great idea about asking him to pay me upfront in order to get more $$. I wonder if I'd get in trouble for doing this if others found out though.
I'm definitely up for traveling elsewhere to make more money, if it's enough to make it worth the cost of gas.
Trouble with management, maybe but then again who cares they're skrewing you!
Trouble with other girls, not if they're smart. With those prices they should be wanting a way to get more money (well don't we all, but ESPECIALLY there jeez). They should start copying you and set a standerd, but thats probably easier said than done.
I'd have to assume that the money makers are doing this. They'd have to...theres no other way for yall to get money.
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Can't you just say you charge 2 tickets per dance? Thats the same as raising your price, but still using the ticket method that is required. If you are in demand , then it won't be a big deal when certain customers dont want to pay the higher price, you'll easily find the ones that do. Also, since they are tickets and not actual money it may be easier for the customers to part with without seeing the real cost so much.
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GET OUT OF THAT CLUB NOW!!!! OMG $5 for a lappie WTF??? u r worth so so much more than that hunnie its no little wonder ur making so little for the amount of time your working im wondering wat the other girls r doing to make more (extras maybe???) all i can say is LEAVE NOW!!!!!