
Originally Posted by
miss.adventure
I had no idea Eros ads ran specials like that lol. You are absolutely correct about the lowering of rates, and the fetish thing.
I've lowered mine since I started, I was 225/in and 250/out and had no problems getting that at all. But then again, when I started, there may have been 10 or less ads on bp per day. Now there can easily be 100! And I'm sure I don't have to tell you the things some of those girls offer at what prices. It's sad, really, but yes, I was forced to lower my rates by $25. I still don't offer half hour appts, so I guess I should be thankful I can hold my own by sticking with hourly appts at hourly rates. I do lose an awful lot of people tho. Even though I'm not exactly where I'd like to be as far as my rates go, (I'd be thrilled if I cld just go back to my old rates, lol, which I have been contemplating, thats why I'm so interested in this topic) I am thankful I haven't had to go lower or offer 30 min rates. I need to be able to keep my self-esteem in check, and I can with where I am. Anything less though, I know I wouldn't enjoy what I do anymore.
I also used to mention "fetish friendly" and omg, those guys need so much of your time, it's crazy! I mean, they may only want to text "hello" and have a short conversation with you a couple of times a week, but when you are carrying on several other conversations thru out the week, it's just too much! I use google voice, and what I do is log into my account on my laptop and text every body back at the same time. I'm carrying on 10 texts conversations at once, lol. I can't do that all the time, I do have one on one convos at times lol but it really is time consuming.
I don't have a car right now, but as soon as I can get my act together and get one, I'm definitely going to check out Eros to post on. That market isn't far from me, but not having a car is killing my business right now, even locally.
I think that the escorts overseas advertise on adultwork, and those girls cam and escort don't they? You can remind other girls of that as your ducking, LoL!
Sorry to threadjack dear, but the conversation we are having is a peek into the real world of escorting right now. My take on it, and this I'm getting from the guys on the boards local to my area, is that men will pay more for somebody that's "visiting" as opposed to what's in their own backyard. Only you can determine your rates, but if you aren't going to travel, I'm not sure how well you will fare with the rates you are thinking of. abarrett mentioned she had HDH experience, so maybe she will come back and give us some insight. I'd love to hear it, as I'm interested too!
**I'm not saying these things aren't possible, I'm looking at this as a small city enterprise as opposed to living in Chicago, L.A., Philly, NY, and not traveling, and just trying to establish a good client base that you can rely on.
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