New sensual and erotic services advertising platform needs help testing

[xtczen]

Would you like to try advertising your services on a new platform that is geared towards developing based on your own direct feedback?

xtczen.com is looking for erotic service providers to help us test our registration and profile creation prior to launch. The website is free to use, and you're in control of your content. You can see sample data live on our site right now

To learn more and receive your registration please join us on our development forum at [multiple link removed]. Anyone who provides erotic of sensual services is free to join.

[losthope]

Are you going to be adding Birmingham to the website ?

[Lotus300]

I'm not sure I understand the concept of your site. For me, it sounds like any directory where sex-workers meet potential customers.

How is your site different?

[xtczen]

Are you going to be adding Birmingham to the website ?

When you update your location in your profile it will automatically update our directory, and show you in Birmingham. No need to wait for us to add a city.

[xtczen]

I'm not sure I understand the concept of your site. For me, it sounds like any directory where sex-workers meet potential customers.

How is your site different?

I will admit that it looks very plain at the moment! Let me share some things that I think differ it currently, and potential things we would love to have in the future depending on the feedback we receive during development.

It's fast. We're using the latest web technologies and practices to build a state of the art web experience. Everything is custom built, and so we will have great flexibility in the features and changes we're able to make in the future. It's not simply a template, or a customized wordpress website. We can take this in any direction that would benefit the people advertising their services on our platform and we intend to listen to their needs and adapt.

We're mobile first. Most people are on the go whether they're a provider or a client. We want to make our site works well first on mobile. Many of the sites I see only really work well on desktop. We want providers/clients to have an amazing mobile experience.

Location based profiles. We use GPS based searches to organize providers in our directory. Providers have total control in advertising to clients nearby. You can put a full address, or just the city you're in depending on your level of comfort in sharing your location. This is really advantageous for large cities where being in the same city as a client could potentially mean you're on the other side of the city (30-45 minute drives in traffic sometimes just to cross a city!). But we can show the client the distance between you and them in meters. If someone sees they are only 50 meters away from your location within the same city it could potentially put you at the top of someones list.

We've built a really great base that will offer us a lot of flexibility in developing more features. Some things that we're looking to include:

Verification system
Scheduling
Location targeted advertisements
Deep social media integration (updating your location on xtczen can automatically tweet out your new location, or even update the location in your twitter profile automatically if you want). Once place to manage your status, and we can update various platforms.
Photo editing (being able to blur or hide parts/ adding filters)

As I mentioned in the initial post though we'd like to build everything with a lot of feedback, and so we are opening the platform up slowly at this early stage before starting with the more advanced features. If anyone has any further interest or questions please let me know and I'll be happy to share what I can.

[Kay]

But we can show the client the distance between you and them in meters. If someone sees they are only 50 meters away from your location within the same city it could potentially put you at the top of someones list.

I'm sure you can imagine this would be a nightmare for some of us!

[xtczen]

I'm sure you can imagine this would be a nightmare for some of us!

For some, yes. And that's why we give you total control over your profile. If you want to only select the city you're in that's totally fine too. but some people work at established centers and prefer to have the full address. We intend to always give you total control of the information you provide and share.

[SimplySinful]

I'm sure you can imagine this would be a nightmare for some of us!

A stalkers paradise? I'm sure I saw a (non Sexwork) film about someone being stalked in this way.

Having looked I don't think what the OP is suggesting is any different/better than any other such site we see.

[xtczen]

A stalkers paradise? I'm sure I saw a (non Sexwork) film about someone being stalked in this way.

Having looked I don't think what the OP is suggesting is any different/better than any other such site we see.

The privacy features allow you to choose your level of exposure. For some they would not rather share more than a city or region that they service. Others may want to share the direct address of the center they work. You have a very good concern regarding the privacy, and that's why we let you choose. Some don't feel the same way and we cater to their needs as well.

To your second point I understand if you're not convinced that it's "better". A lot of the differences are behind the scenes and will take time to become apparent. I didn't advertise a finished better product in the OP. I asked if anyone was interested in helping us build something better with their feedback. The service itself is already free. We're working closely with providers right now to build it better, and hopefully through that effort we'll have something that changes your opinion.

Great things take time, and with the help of others we'll build something great.

[Nataliee]

The privacy features allow you to choose your level of exposure. For some they would not rather share more than a city or region that they service. Others may want to share the direct address of the center they work. You have a very good concern regarding the privacy, and that's why we let you choose. Some don't feel the same way and we cater to their needs as well.

My problem with this is, some ladies who rent short let apartments and don't care about discretion, will add the full address! Then it brings problems for ladies like myself who are extremely discreet, when I rent the same apartment.

[xtczen]

My problem with this is, some ladies who rent short let apartments and don't care about discretion, will add the full address! Then it brings problems for ladies like myself who are extremely discreet, when I rent the same apartment.

This is perfect, and exactly what I was hoping for. Some real honest feedback. That's a very valid concern. My question first is how do other sites prevent the same thing from happening? It doesn't seem like it would be an issue unique to us, and I have seen many profiles with full addresses. Do you simply avoid using websites that allow providers to show the full address?

[amy]

I have seen many profiles with full addresses. Do you simply avoid using websites that allow providers to show the full address?

Where? In fifteen years of working and nine of them advertising online I don't think I have ever once seen an independent advertising their full address, and I'd be surprised to hear of any site that contains 'many' of these ads. Hotels occasionally yes. Addresses, no.

[Nataliee]

This is perfect, and exactly what I was hoping for. Some real honest feedback. That's a very valid concern. My question first is how do other sites prevent the same thing from happening? It doesn't seem like it would be an issue unique to us, and I have seen many profiles with full addresses. Do you simply avoid using websites that allow providers to show the full address?

No, I don't avoid using those sites. Thankfully it doesn't happen too often.
When asked in a previous comment what makes your site different, one point you made was location based profiles.
As you have just said yourself, it's not unique to your site and I don't think it should be promoted as such or at all.

[Nataliee]

Where? In fifteen years of working and nine of them advertising online I don't think I have ever once seen an independent advertising their full address, and I'd be surprised to hear of any site that contains 'many' of these ads. Hotels occasionally yes. Addresses, no.

I have seen a few over the years, not many thankfully.
On E-I and AW
E-I took them down when they were made aware of it.
On AW it was when browsing and saw it in their descriptions. Couldn't link as havent a clue what the profiles were.
Apartment block names and street names, not apartment number.

In saying that, obviously I don't know if they were true independents or not.

[xtczen]

Where? In fifteen years of working and nine of them advertising online I don't think I have ever once seen an independent advertising their full address, and I'd be surprised to hear of any site that contains 'many' of these ads. Hotels occasionally yes. Addresses, no.

Well I'm not going to cast an internet spotlight on any specific sites or individuals. I will say that with a few minutes of googling for places in say Australia, that has many openly legal establishments, it isn't uncommon for providers to include that address. I understand that isn't common or welcome across all regions.