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    I know the idea of discount dances is being addressed in another thread.. but I need some serious help in how to address this specific problem!

    A few months ago my club enacted $10 dances sunday through thursday and only on dayshift fri and sat. Meaning that we only have $20 dance nights on friday and saturday. Our club also has no champagne rooms to upsell.

    Up until this point I have been rather successful at charging $20 for my dances on weeknights. But it is becoming increasingly difficult when all the other dancers are content with grinding their ass away for $10 per song. (Naturally if a guy requests only $10 dances I make a point of giving a very low contact dance). Management also fires us if we are caught "over-charging".

    Management still charges us $50 house fee before 9:30 pm, and we are still required to pay a MINIMUM of $20 to the DJ and $5 to 4 bouncers on staff. Our house fee and tipouts remain unchanged yet the price per dance has been cut in half. Thus, our nightly income has been cut in half or we need to work twice as hard to make the amount we would if dances were at normal price.

    I'd like some new ways to proposition $20 dances on these nights without offending the customer or getting into trouble with management. It pisses me off that guys act like you're over-charging them by asking for the normal price of a dance. Wtf?

    Anybody else ever been in this situation? How did you handle it and still manage to make money as a clean dancer?

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    Default Re: $10 Dances... Five days a week

    time to find a new club, it sounds like.

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    I wish that were possible, but this is the best club in town. The only other decent clubs to work at are about 2 hours away.. so I'd have to travel every wknd. Still thinking about it though. I'm so screwed, haha.

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    Default Re: $10 Dances... Five days a week

    wait, so they're high-contact dances for $10?
    Do you have to give the house a cut of that $10 too?

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    You could maybe just work on Friday and Saturday

    I don't know about a good way to get them to pay more especially if management will fire you if they catch you. Is that risk worth it?

    With a house fee and support staff tip out that high, I would take Camille27's advice.

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    yeah jade omg, you are wayyyyy too hot to be doing $10 dances!! seriously, when i saw your pics i thought you might be in nyc. what's holding you to your current location? school? kids? you really need to be somewhere that charges more because you're definitely worth it and could bank!

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    Thanks for the advice ladies. I'm currently dancing in CA and the closest options for the wknd are Reno and SF, but I heard it's not that great there either. I want out of this state soooo bad! I'm stuck mainly because of school, but I could relocate for that. Just signed another 12 month lease though, ouch.

    I guess all I can do for now is just stick to my normal strategy, but it's hard when you're not given much to work with. Seriously, fuck this economy

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    ^I second that!

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    Would you be willing to work nude? 4Play is considered to be one of the best clubs in LA and you definitely look like you would fit in very well there!

    If you're over 21, my topless/bikini club has a champagne room where you can charge whatever you want, the guy just has to buy a bottle ($80 minimum).
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    Default Re: $10 Dances... Five days a week

    Sorry that does not sound like the best club in town.

    Go on couchsurf.com and find some dancers in the area. Go on CL and rent a cheap room by the month. Or drive if you really want to dance.

    Required to tip doesn't make sense. You're paying their salary. Why would a doorman make over $100 a night if he is not doing anything special for the girls? DJ's that suck get $5 and zero if they really suck.

    Seriously, fuck this economy
    I hate to say this but the economy is not that bad but men use it as an excuse. Guys have blatantly told me "isn't that price a little high in this economy."

    I just tell them if the economy were really as bad as people make it out to be...I'd charge more.




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    Quote Originally Posted by Stripper Hacks View Post
    I just tell them if the economy were really as bad as people make it out to be...I'd charge more.
    lmao!

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    I currently work in a nude club but I would much rather work in a topless 21 and over club that sells alcohol. These tend to have better clientele and keeps kids from coming in. My bf is going down to L.A. for work in a couple days, he'll be there for 4 weeks in the Torrance area. I'll be coming down to visit him so I think I might just stay for a week and try to work if I find a nice club.

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    ^ please do jade! i'm glad other girls suggested leaving too because i thought maybe i was spoiled or something but its not THAT bad. like a girl as gorgeous as you can and totally should be making way more than that esp naked! not having alcohol and having a young crowd SUCKS. older men have way more money and appreciate us waaaay more, esp the married ones! def stay out in LA with your BF and work, even though i hear LA is a little tough right now, you'll still see at least a few nights that you're worth so much more than you're getting at your club now.

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    Default Re: $10 Dances... Five days a week

    When you're dancing say something along the lines of "now honey, the more you tip the better I will strip" or "customers that tip well get GREAT dances from me" Encourage tipping as much as you can and you shouldn't get in trouble since you're not technically overcharging

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    Default Re: $10 Dances... Five days a week

    ^ great advice elusive!

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    Default Re: $10 Dances... Five days a week

    I overcharge, but my club doesn't seem to be that strict about it. I just tell guys that my dances are better and more intimate than other girls and most of the time they go for it. As for $10 high contact? Find another club.

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    Default Re: $10 Dances... Five days a week

    ^ It's $10 for very low contact. One leg has to be on the ground at all times, no straddling, no touching, 5 seconds on 5 seconds off etc. So at least when guys turn down my higher priced dances I can do a bullshit airdance!

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