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    I recently moved from Oregon which is pretty strict on no touching during stage shows.
    Regardless I made okay tips on stage by paying attention to each guy in turn making, eye contact when I was on the pole, etc.

    I am dancing in Indiana now and guys pratically expect a lap dance for a dollar on stage. It's okay for us to jump in to their laps from the stage and everyone expects it but sometimes I have to straight out ask for a dollar after I spent a good amount of time bouncing in their laps.

    Also, believe it or not I've never experienced the garter/thong dollar stuffing thing. my boyfriend says everyone here is trained to stuff dollars in your garter/thong but half the time when I pull out my thong for a tip guys say, you have to work harder than that.

    What am i missing here?

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    Default Re: having trouble getting stage tips

    Hey girl, maybe you should try a different club. I don't know the area personally, so I'm unable to tell you why. Is Indianapolis far from you? The money is in the big cities.

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    i dont show shit till i get my tip. id rather sit in the middle of the stage with my legs crossed than flash someone and leave it up to fate whether they tip or not.
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    aw you mean i cant have that dollar to buy a cheeseburger / pack of gum when i finish work? oh well keep it, i bet you need it more than i do. then walk off
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    Default Re: having trouble getting stage tips

    Absolutly do not bounce in their lap for a dollar. Know your worth!
    "you have to work harder than that"? Um, how about no? Ew, cheap cheap cheap. Is there any other club you can try out? It may just be THIS club that is like that. Do not feed into this.

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    theyre expecting $1 lapdances now??? whats the world come to??
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    Default Re: having trouble getting stage tips

    yeah I have a hard time getting stage tips when girls will basically sit there finger fucking themselves for a dollar. I go on stage as little as possible if I can help it. it's aggravating.

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    Default Re: having trouble getting stage tips

    Thanks, I'll try some of those things you guys suggested.
    I've been refusing to bounce around in laps and try to avoid an overly phyiscal "dollar dance" A new concept to me as well where you run around and pick up tips by doing "mini" lap dances.
    Never danced in the mid-west before. Just was wondering if it was really that different from the west coast.
    I'll be trying a new club next week.

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    I've seen this dollar dance in a nude dump in upstate ny. It was absolutly horrifying. Please don't do it, seriously. It's disgusting.

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    Default Re: having trouble getting stage tips

    eh. i just wouldn't do it. it's just a dollar. give a really sexy performance to advertise yourself for lapdances. stage money is not where the money is at most clubs anyways.
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    Default Re: having trouble getting stage tips

    A dollar to bounce in their laps? F that! They should be tipping you at least a dollar just because they are sitting at stage.

    Not sure how your stage is set up, but a lot of girls where I work will do the "cooter ball" thing where you pull out your thong and make a sort of basket where guys crumple up dollars into balls to throw and try to make it in your panties. Sounds stupid, but works amazing at my club.

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    Ugh. Girls do it all the time at my club and its annoying as hell. I wont even get off the stage for less than a few bucks. If they don't like it, they can leave the tip rail.

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    I went to a club in another city where the girls were doing more for a dollar than I do for $300, right off the stage. They were trash! Just don't work a club like that. You're worth more.

    When someone comes to the tip rail I go over, dance for a few seconds and, if I see money, hunker down and hold open the garter. If there's lots of people tipping, I save the dancing until after the tip. That way a person tipping five will get more attention than someone tipping a dollar.

    One time we had a woman in the club who was fond of the "You'll have to do more than that" line. We all pretty much did the same thing. "Wanna see my ass?" and walked away. I added "I've been up here dancing for four minutes, THAT's what these men are tipping for!"

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    Default Re: having trouble getting stage tips

    i dance in indianapolis too and i have encountered the same thing-guys wanting to grope all over you while youre on stage with tons of people watching its ridiculous! but i always tell people touching all over me that its not a petting zoo and if they want more attention theyre going to have make it rain or wait for a private dance. and dont budge. beleive you are well worth every cent in their bank account and that theyre in a strip club because they know the only way they could get close to a girl like you is by paying for it. if they disagree or hold out, tell them to get the fuck away from you because whether you earn it or not, theyre not going to spend any money on you anyway. also, i always pay the most attention to the guys with dollars out and stacked for me. ill make brief eye contact with the guys with no dollars out (the morons who dont get their wallet out til you hold your g-string out like, "oh, yeah i forgot youre not up here dancing just because your a woman and women only exist to entertain and please men") and then continue ignoring them til they get a clue. be sweet and smile too though, make them like your personality not just your body and theyll want to tip you to please you rather than to violate you. if you truly beleive youre better than those gross morons, you will be and they'll know it and realize they need to pay you for breathing the same air as you.

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    Default Re: having trouble getting stage tips

    Quote Originally Posted by Jianna View Post
    If they don't like it, they can leave the tip rail.
    Exactly. On Tuesday night I was going around the tip rail after my set and this young guy says "I'm broke" and I said "then why are you sitting at the tip rail?" and he got up and sat somewhere else lol. These guys know they're being cheap so call them out.

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    OMG! This shit irritates me to a T. I hate stage anyway unless most of everyone is tipping for my set otherwise I literally hold the pole, walk in circles, smile & then sit down while still smiling with my hand out LoL sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. All of the other girls def sit there watching me do nothing & recieve the exact amount they get for doing more work.The club I was working in the past year just sucked in general & I never really made any stage tips there. I learned the hustle there & started doing better in the vips.
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    I've seen things like this down to this one girl who would always show her vagina to guys on stage (it was a topless club). I usually handle it by doing my sexy little thing, asking their name, and just acting like my show is the best because I actually love it. If they complain, then I say, "Aww, babe, the stage is just a tease. I don't like doing too much when *everyone* else can see us!" And look over their shoulder. More often than not, it brings them back to reality, and they tell me to come over after I'm done (and of course tip me).

    Or, if I don't like certain people up on stage, I beckon others who are watching but not approaching to come up. When they come up because I ask, they usually feel special that I chose them and are perfectly happy not having me jump in their lap because they're more shy anyway.

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    Be on your feet as much as you can...that's your "advertising" for any big spenders who want to spend REAL money. To me, a dollar is not worth having to get off stage and gyrate on a guy and then have to ASK him for a DOLLAR.

    You're not the one who needs to "work for it," they are. They want a stage lap dance, they can tip you BEFORE.

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    My club has a rule about tipping at the rack, which some guys ignore. When they do, I go up to them, smile, and say "you should put down some money so I can ____" Anything can go in the blank, depending on normal levels of contact for a dollar at the stage at your club. Do it really sweetly, like you really want to dance for them. This works 90% of the time for me.

    If they don't put down money, I get a little less sweet and say "Y'know, we have a rule where if you sit at the rack, you need to tip. I'm sure you'd rather have me tell you than one of those big bouncers!" Guys who are asshole enough not to put down money with the first pitch usually ignore this too, which is fine--I ignore them, get off the set, and sic the bouncers on them.

    I agree with never doing something before they tip. NOTHING puts me in a worse mood than working for free, and I'd rather miss out on a couple dollars by demanding money up-front than walk around angry after not getting paid.

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    WOW, I'm irritated that guys like that even exist. Don't do a damn thing for those idiots who tell you you need to "work harder." When guys disrespect me on my stage, I ignore them like they aren't even there. Guys drop off my radar the second I realize that they are literally worthless to me. Sounds harsh, but it's necessary.

    You have nothing to gain by indulging cheapskates because they will *never* spend! You are worth way, way more than a dollar. I really recommend switching to another club cause that place sounds like a zoo. If you can't, just use the stage to advertise and ignore the idiots around you.
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    Stage tips are nice, but I do NOT stop my stage performance to go beg for a dollar. Don't approach a guy or bounce for him or anything until he has tipped you. Why do work if he hasn't paid you yet?

    It doesn't sound like stage money is a big thing at your club anyways, so I would just focus more on making eye contact and saying hello to line up dances for after your stage. It might be a better use of your time.

    Besides, I've always thought the dollars in thongs thing is kind of icky...

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    This club you're working at is bullshit! If a guy EVER said to me "you have to work harder than that", I would laugh in his face and tell him to go fuck himself. Why should I work harder, so you can tip me a dollar?? Uh, no. I'll work harder when you buy a dance and tip me good motherfucker! Avoid clubs like these, it has nothing to do with you.

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    If there are other respectful tippers around I'll walk away or flip them off, straight-up. Other guys just stick a dollar in my thong for a little ass shake, what makes YOU so special? (I'm in Michigan, and that's a thing. I'd rather their dirty-ass money be on my body than in my hands anyway. If they want to touch my sweaty ass, that's on them. Wearing a garter or thigh-highs may be more comfortable for you to have touched.) Any guy that tells me to "work harder" or puts a dollar in his teeth (expecting it to be bit out) is going to get an unpleasant response (the biting is a Canadian thing, apparently?). If I'm not getting many other tippers at the time, I'll say "make that a 5 and I'll make it worth it" or something along those lines, then go along with their bullshit. When they see you do something for one guy, others get interested, especially if you can figure out some way to be different than the other girls. If dances are $25/song, then that $5 buys them like 20-30 seconds, though I'd probably give them like 10. lol Fuck that $1 lap dance business.

    Like others said, it may just be the club. I've worked in a few that you could easily only make $10-15/night stage tips. (My current club it's $70-100 on weekends) One of them, we went almost 3 hours without ANYONE tipping. Period. The DJ kept announcing/encouraging it, with no success. When it gets real bad, I just go on my hands and knees and move my ass a little or lie on my back kicking up/around my legs until someone shows some money. Nobody works for free.

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    Even though I've only been dancing a couple months, I'm getting pretty good at rustling up tips from my audience (even without too many fancy pole tricks). Might just be newbie energy, but...it works! And sometimes it helps to refresh--I see a lot of more seasoned dancers getting bored and jaded on stage, and they miss out on tips because of it. There are a few things that I always do on stage:

    1. Foreplay. Show off a few impressive moves before circling to the tippers, even when they're ready and waiting. I flirt with them while I do it--give them some steamy eye contact or a wink while I circle reeeeeally close and then swing around to a different guy (wink). It's my signature move to let them know that I see them (and their money), but I'm in no rush for them (or their cute little dollar bill). They usually throw out some more just to impress me.

    2. If nobody is throwing out dollars but I see that they have them (or more of them), I don't beg, I tell them what to do with it. "Stick a dollar right there--" I point in their collar, or their girlfriend's boobs, or their lap, and with a saucy grin, I dive for it (you don't have to take it with your mouth--I often act like I will, then at the last minute I discretely pick it up with my fingers or use my tits to pluck it). Guys love the directness, and chances are, all the other boys at the stage just stuck a dollar somewhere creative and started to pant. Go collect. Pro tip: tell him to stick TWO dollars somewhere, or line up a sequence that you can nibble off his body, etc.

    3. Chat with them! Getting personal (and being sweet) often breaks down the barrier and makes him realize he's being a dick by not tipping. Sometimes I just go through introductions around the stage right at the beginning of my set (while doing some easy floor moves) and make some personalized comments to each group of guys to make them feel like we've got something special. They are more likely to want to tip "their girl." AND I've sold dances later because of this.

    4. ENJOY MYSELF. No matter how bored or tight-fisted the crowd is, I dance like the stage is the only place I want to be. It makes me look more desirable when I get back on the floor to sell dances, too. BUT: it's still not a free show. Once I see that I've got their attention, I'll slide down to the floor or climb up the pole and do something cute, batting my eyes and rubbing my fingers together (money, babe?). I find that by the end of my set, my energy and attitude has usually pulled at least a few people up from their seats to throw money on the stage, even in the driest audience--and most of them don't even bother with tipping my thong, they just dump stacks or large bills on the stage.

    I'm also really fortunate to work in a great club with a cooperative bunch of girls. When things are slow, we are good at encouraging our custies to go tip our friends and try to get the money moving. The staff and DJ are also great at tactfully reminding everyone that the girls work for tips. If the attitude in your audience is always really bad, then maybe club and city itself just has a bad attitude toward strippers.
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    I always get guys saying " You gotta work harder then that " because i am very lazy when it comes to stage. I always just smile and say "Okay, keep your dollar" then go back to dancing away from them. Most of the time they just leave the money on stage.

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