Raising Rates when you need the money? A bad idea?
I just posted on my website that my rate is now 400. I am still barely scraping by each month paying bills, groceries, gas, incall room prices (hotels are so expensive right now in my city. Even for 3 stars.), and still have almost 5000 now in CC debt that I haven't even touched yet. AHHHHHHH so fed up with this so I thought increasing my rate would help.
But anyways, it's a 100 dollar increase (from 300 per hour) in my rate and I'm worried that this will affect people seeing me? I do need money right now and I'm worried no one will see me for a while now that the price has increased. Do you think this a good idea? I still haven't notified ter of the rate increase so if this a bad idea, I can always change the price on my website back to 300. Any thoughts ladies?
Re: Raising Rates when you need the money? A bad idea?
I'm a newbie and don't do escorting but I would suggest leaving it at 400 and running "specials" at the 300 or 350 rate to lure your current customer base in and attract more potential clients. That way, they feel like they are getting a deal and be more inclined to book, automatically increasing your income. Then paying the higher rate may not be such an issue for them. I don't know about the kind of work we do, but it seems to apply to business in general. Everyone loves thinking they are getting a good sale, discount, etc.
Re: Raising Rates when you need the money? A bad idea?
I can't mentally take seeing so many people though. It is so emotionally draining for me and I'm not in the happiest of moods the next day. I'm so burn out from this and can't take seeing so many people. 400 is much better for me. But if I won't make any money for a while from a rate increase, I will stick with the 300 per hour rate since I need the money.
I'm just curious if it's a bad idea or not to do this right now.
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I am the same way with being drained. Raising your rate when you need money is a really bad idea. Offering a mult-hour special is probably best. Or maybe an outcall special since incalls are pricey right now.
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As stressful as it is opening yourself up to an available most days within 2-3 hours might help things out a bit too.
Re: Raising Rates when you need the money? A bad idea?
It would be a bad idea especially in this time. I don't know about you but with the whole govt. shutdown, obamacare, Syria, etc a lot of people don't want to spend anymore than they already have to. I mean you could try and it and see how it goes but you are most likely better off running a special.
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As stressful as it is opening yourself up to an available most days within 2-3 hours might help things out a bit too.
I'm only available 3 days out of the week right now but I'm thinking of adding one more day per week for a month or two. It takes me an 1-2 hours depending on traffic to travel to the city I work in so this makes things not as simple to drop what I'm doing just to work. Plus the cost of the hotel and gas doesn't equal to much money if only 1 person last minute books for the day.
Thank you for the advice ladies, I just changed my rate back to 300.
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I was doing specific incalls day too and I travel 30-45 minutes to my home city. Things are so shitty right now I made myself available daily. There have been wide spans of time where I thought my booking form or email was broken. It is that bad right now and it isn't just me.
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Is it possible to get an incall or even a temporary one, saving you money?
When i started my transition from hotel to incall, didn't have amazing credit, but was able to rent a temporary place (an apartment space) off of craigslist. Of course you would need to make sure it's a safe place and workable for you.
Is it possible to raise your rate $50 instead of 100? Also, you can temporarily grandfather in your regulars for 30 days, letting them see you before it changes (it also prompts them to see you).
Just throwing some options out there.