Several threads have brought up the topic male Review Boards. I had a few things to say and thought I'd open up the discussion to best practices for sex workers to use the sites (if at all), how to make money from the sites, and the pitfalls. As a client, I went from a positive Casino Girl experience, to Backpage, to a Review Board, to being a verified client (using it almost exclusively now). Without the Review Board I'd have likely never found my way to verification type services and my experiences would be much less safe and much less rewarding, so for that I'm grateful to the Review Boards.
I've seen providers who use the advertising section of Review Boards almost exclusively. I've seen providers who use the Review Boards only to check local alerts. I've seen providers get very engaged in the Review Boards, do meet and greets, stay engaged on the forums, and spend countless hours in the community. I've seen providers avoid them entirely.
Here are certain truths (from my experience) that I think should be considered:
- To clients new to the business in the United States the Review Boards can be their only way to find providers: so there is a certain market share of clients.
- Reviews are not fair and can hurt a provider. For instance, you can have advertised services or explain your services, a client can ask for something outside of those services, then a client can post a negative review - even though you performed expertly at your listed services. You have no real recourse, all recourses leave you in a drama war and are not helpful to making money.
- The Review Board primarily serves male community members. Don't get sucked into believing it's 'for everyone'. Behind the scenes chatter can often focus on how to get the most service at the least price, and worse, how to get service and spend nothing. Clients are engaging with other clients to learn techniques to get free SG Time, free services, or very cheap services and time. Some of this talk is reasonable in that its looking to find market value, stay safe, find service, find a provider, etc, but if you read these Review Boards (which I recommend), you'll also find some of what I'm talking about and it might help you avoid time sinks. In other words, if you are using a Review Board for business remember they can turn on you.
- "Meet and Greets" sound like a great way to find SDs, regular clients, and perhaps just feel less isolated. IMHO, they are a bad idea, they are a great way to lose your privacy, give away time, get advice not intended to make you more money, and to become involved in drama with other providers and clients that can actually help you earn LESS money.
-The Review Board local alerts can be informative, but are mostly geared towards providers and clients who are not using verification services and do not have sound screening practices - they will however give you an idea of what hotel areas not to stay.
- Review Boards are only partially helpful for checking your rates. Many providers on the Review Board I once associated are not using verification services and so the Review Board may not be a good sampling in your area for providers that are most like you in service, etc. So the Review Boards are a source to consider for comparable rates -- but they are certainly not the final source.
- Speaking to market share: if I can't find a regular I want to see, if my verification service has nobody advertising, I sometimes still go to the Review Boards advertising section and see if a regular or verified provider I see might be advertising there (which for some reason often happens even though they are on my verification site). This may speak more to be sure your 'visiting advertising' or other advertising work is working on a verification site. Also, be sure to occasionally log into your verifications site - if I spot a provider that hasn't logged in over thirty day I'm much less likely to try and schedule.
- Avoid arguments on the Review Boards. First, they favor the males so engaging in an argument usually results in their side being believed. Second, it doesn't make you money and you spend even more time.
Not sure I can think of anything more right now. But if providers know how to avoid time sinks, make money from Review Boards, how to avoid bad reviews (or advice on when to even get reviewed), then perhaps you can add. If I'm wrong about anything, please call me out.




I know this sounds awfully kumbaya, and I would never have believed a non-adversarial board of both customers & providers could exist, but there it is. It's the rock solid, relentless example of respect and understanding set by the woman who runs the place, that really makes it work. Without her or someone like her, I don't think it can last.


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