A different kind of club- help get it off the ground by answering a short survey?
Hi ladies, my name is Zoe. I've been lurking for a while and decided to ask you all for some advice, since this seems like a community of intelligent and articulate dancers.
I'm planning on opening up my own club within the next few years or so. I've been dancing for about 6 years now and I'm seeing a pattern of poorly run clubs. I've danced at various clubs around Eugene, Salem, and Portland Oregon and it makes me really sad to see what we dancers have to settle for in a club/management. We deserve a better place to work, where we'll be treated right by management who makes smart business decisions and works as a team to create a safe, fun, and highly profitable work place!
That's why I'll be opening Three Flying J's in the near future. It'll be a large, high-class club in Portland Oregon where dancers, management and staff are all on the same team instead of competing with each other. We're all in this together and if we work as a team, it'll be more profitable for everyone! I'll keep it breif and not go into too many details right now, but I'm happy to answer any questions you may have about how I'm going to be running things.
So I'd VERY much appreciate input from the people who keep this industry afloat. Especially Portland girls! Feel free to PM me instead if you'd rather keep it private, and feel free to not answer any of these questions if you don't want to. Sorry this was so long, thanks for taking the time to read and answer!
-Zoe
How long have you been dancing?
What city/state do you dance in?
What do you like best about your job? (Besides the money)
What has been the most difficult/challenging part of your job?
If you could change one thing about your club(s) what would it be?
What do you like best about your club(s)?
Do you consider yourself to be successful at your job? Why or why not?
What do you consider to be signs of a successful, well-run club?
Do you have a favorite and least favorite club of all time? Why?
What would make you want to work at a particular club?
What would make you NOT want to work at a particular club?
What are your thoughts on house fees, tipouts, and fines for a larger upscale club?
Do you have any other thoughts or advice about any aspect of running a strip club?
Re: A different kind of club- help get it off the ground by answering a short survey?
Eh, I've nothing better to do. Ill bite.
How long have you been dancing? on and off for 5-6 years
What city/state do you dance in? Mostly Colorado, but I've been traveling lately
What do you like best about your job? (Besides the money) The flexibility. I can work when I want, however hard I want.
What has been the most difficult/challenging part of your job? Getting customers into Champagne Rooms, and sometimes just dances.
If you could change one thing about your club(s) what would it be? I'd take away the cut the club gets from the dances. They take $5 out of every twenty.
What do you like best about your club(s)? The options it offers. Different types of dances, dancers, it has event nights and amateur nights.
Do you consider yourself to be successful at your job? Why or why not? Yes. I am consistently in the top 20% of earners.
What do you consider to be signs of a successful, well-run club? Happy dancers making money, happy and satisfied customers
Do you have a favorite and least favorite club of all time? Why? Yes. Mostly because of money, types of customrs and co-workers
What would make you want to work at a particular club? the above
What would make you NOT want to work at a particular club? bad examples of the above
What are your thoughts on house fees, tipouts, and fines for a larger upscale club? House fees should be manageable enough that girls will hardly ever leave negative, and there shouldn't be cuts from dances. Tip-outs should be mandatory for bouncers and DJ, but how much should NOT be a percentage of earnings. More like, tip between $5-50 per person. Fines should vary based on the offense.
Do you have any other thoughts or advice about any aspect of running a strip club? Be flexible and know your dancers. Like, if a dancer has a family and needs to call in to miss work, be understanding about it. She is probably a dancer BECAUSE of the flexibility that should be offered. And have the option of an open schedule.
Re: A different kind of club- help get it off the ground by answering a short survey?
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Originally Posted by
Three_Flying_J's
How long have you been dancing?
12 years
What city/state do you dance in?
I've worked everywhere
What do you like best about your job? (Besides the money)
freedom from schedule
What has been the most difficult/challenging part of your job?
dealing with bad customers and management
If you could change one thing about your club(s) what would it be?
not allow extras
What do you like best about your club(s)?
cash money free of schedule
Do you consider yourself to be successful at your job? Why or why not?
yes because I have survived this long and still do well
What do you consider to be signs of a successful, well-run club?
low tip out, pretty girls, lots of customers
Do you have a favorite and least favorite club of all time? Why?
any club that pays the dancers to appear is my favorite. least favorite is one with a high tip out and rampant extras
What would make you want to work at a particular club?
if the girls there make money, I should be able to
What would make you NOT want to work at a particular club?
no money or low chance of making any
What are your thoughts on house fees, tipouts, and fines for a larger upscale club?
Pretty girls aren't going to be attracted to a club that charges an arm and a leg but does not offer anything in return. For example: I visited a club that demanded a tip out of $80 on the weekdays and $120 on the weekends but the place was filthy, no bouncers walked you to your car, the dressing room was a dump, the dance and vip prices were cheap and they let guys grope the girls, and extras were everywhere. There really was no justification for such a high tip out for that club and thus no pretty girls wanted to work there. Basically, you should charge a fair tip out based on the quality of the facility that you provide, the earning potential of the club, and the amount of support the girls get from the staff and management.
Do you have any other thoughts or advice about any aspect of running a strip club?
Please do not encourage extras. If it is a contact club fine, but you have to draw the line somewhere. Fingering, oral sex, or straight sex should not be allowed and the rules have to be enforced. If they are not, you will see the club quickly spiral into a brothel, and you will find yourself paying off authorities in order to operate. Have a fair tip out and have the safety of the dancers as a priority. Please throw out customers who: abuse the dancers, do not tip or drink but sit at the stage.
Anoter problem that has been mentioned on this forum is upscale gentlemen's clubs turning into nightclubs where the dancers don't make money due to the overwhelming number of female customers. See this thread: http://forum.stripperweb.com/showthread.php?t=147410&highlight=surge+women+cust omers+rant
Not all female customers are bad, but when there are too many female customers in a club the men don't spend and the club loses out on vip and private dance money. Some ideas to minimize this problem would be to require each woman be escorted by a male as opposed to big groups of women coming in with only a few males. I understand the need not to discriminate, but once you run the club you will see the effect of a bunch of female customers on the girls and your ability to make money.
Good luck and I hope your club is a success!