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    Default How do house fees work?

    Do you pay before after does it depend on the club? What happens if your new and u cant keep paying the house fees because ur not making enuf money or uve been there awhile and ur in a funk of consistant slow days? Does it just keep racking up or does it get to a point where they let u go and u cant come back ever or u have to go untill u can pay back house fee? I'm moving to Virginia later this week and Im considering stripping I'm a former escort and I do cam now but I'm a BBW and I'm worried about house fees ruining me before I even get started. I've been lurking on here for awhile but Ive never read anything about what happens when house fees become an issue.
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    Default Re: How do house fees work?

    Quote Originally Posted by Snowy0Star View Post
    Do you pay before after does it depend on the club? What happens if your new and u cant keep paying the house fees because ur not making enuf money or uve been there awhile and ur in a funk of consistant slow days? Does it just keep racking up or does it get to a point where they let u go and u cant come back ever or u have to go untill u can pay back house fee? I'm moving to Virginia later this week and Im considering stripping I'm a former escort and I do cam now but I'm a BBW and I'm worried about house fees ruining me before I even get started. I've been lurking on here for awhile but Ive never read anything about what happens when house fees become an issue.
    The minor details are club specific, but generally house fees start off low and, as the day progresses, it costs more for dancers to come in. Usually, you pay before starting work, although some clubs will allow you to pay later on in the night after you've made some money. Sometimes, for new dancers, the managers will comp your house fee for a few days while you settle in.

    I've heard of managers not collecting house fees for slow nights or if girls didn't make enough money, but in my club, you pay your house fee regardless, even if it means you leave in the negative (fortunately, that never seems to happen). Maybe it happens in some places, but I've never heard of house fees racking up. If they allow you not to pay, it doesn't continue to build night after night as a running tally.

    The managers would probably only comp house fees for so long, especially if it's not that slow and other girls are able to make money. After that, the dancer would not be allowed to work until she can pay prior to starting.

    Sometimes when clubs are SUPER slow, there's no house fee at all for a period of time.

    My advice is to come in every night with enough money to cover your house fees and tip out. Good luck with your new club! Hopefully, not making your house fee will never be an issue

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    Default Re: How do house fees work?

    Clubs have house fees that are generally easily attainable and surpassable. If they didn't, no dancers would be working there. Also, if you get hired, management thinks that you will appeal to their clientele and thus be able to make your house fee. So, don't worry about consistently not making your house fee.

    There have only been 3 instances in my 3 year dancing career where I have not entirely made my house fee. I've never worked in a club that refunding or didn't charge house fees if it was slow, which I found fair because they never asked us for more when it was busier. Stripping is notoriously inconsistent and unpredictable, but it tends to even out to be lucrative.

    I've always worked in clubs where you paid your house fee upfront and I quite prefer that because then I feel like all of the money I'm earning is going right in my pocket.

    If you're *that* concerned about not making your house fee, perhaps seek out a club that takes a cut of earnings instead of charging a house fee. That might not be a bad system for you to start out in since you're guaranteed to never leave in the red, even if you don't make one sale. Once you get comfortable and realize your earning potential, you can move on to the house fee system that is much more profitable!

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    Default Re: How do house fees work?

    We pay our house fee's when we start the shift, they don't charge new dancers housefee's the first night only. In the summertime when it is slower, they have some shift incentives like work 4 nights & get credited $100 toward future housefee's.

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    Default Re: How do house fees work?

    Different in every club I've worked!Some take a set fee beginning of night, some take a percentage of what you earn (I have a love/hate relationship with these clubs, I hate when I earn big and then consider how much I'm giving them-but then if I have a bad night I love them lol. One club I work in charges set fee but you make as you earn so you don't have to pay it upfront....
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    Default Re: How do house fees work?

    My current club has us pay at the end of the night (pain in the ass cuz I want to leave) even on the first shift. If you don't have enough to pay out (at any time) you can owe it the next day and pay a $5 fee. If you are constantly having to pay the next night though they will fire you because that means you aren't making the club any money, therefore not worth keeping around.

    Another club I worked at comped the first night. But then you had to pay at the beginning of your shift or you weren't allowed to work until you could pay. They also had a deal that if you paid a full weeks fees on one night you could get a discount of 1 fee knocked off the total.

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    Default Re: How do house fees work?

    my club wants it at the beginning of the shift, but will take it at the end as long as its before midnight ( after that they fine you another 25 dollars). if you don't make it one night, most of them will usually let you make it up the next day( if they are nice), but if you make it a habit they will most likely get rid of you because you aren't doing them any good. i've never not made house fee, so i wouldn't worry too much about it ! some will even let you skip it your first night , and often the house fee is much lower during the day shift and week nights.

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