The World's 1st Escorting App - Coming Soon

[amy]

Fuber is also like the military term 'Fubar' which means fucked up beyond all recognition....

Yeah, thats what I thought of when I saw it but then I don't use taxis and I don't think we even have uber here. Not really a big improvement, mind .

[Fuber]

Hi all,

Thanks for the continued engagement. Some fabulous word play going on.  The office team have a current favourite so far, F(uck)donalds!  Not sure about their cheeseburgers though!

How is Fuber different?

We have created some great features which  have come out of direct feedback from current working escorts:

Just a few of the functions include:

• Real time matching ? our aim is to make meetings happen faster and easier so you get to work more efficiently. We aim to match escorts and clients in real time to avoid unnecessary messages.
• Touring is made super easy ? with the ability to set your availability across multiple locations in advance.
• Safety features - such as our confidante system where you can keep a nominated person updated on your whereabouts.

These are just a snapshot of what we have coming as we need to keep some secrets.

Is Fuber.com secure?

Our existing landing page doesn?t need an SSL certificate as we don?t have any sensitive information on it. Any registered emails are stored within a secure AWS server. However, point taken and we have added SSL certification which is now live.

How do you charge as you say the first 1000 get free connects?

Fuber does not charge for listing, advertising or for being ?available today?. We charge a small connection fee for connecting clients and escorts.  However, escorts receive free connects for signing up, completing a profile, referring escorts/clients and using the system.

Is Fuber private?

Converstions within Fuber use end to end encryption (the same as whatsapp). We only store information on your last booking and future bookings.

Everything is kept private on secure servers and we never hand out your information unless required to by the law.

Why Wont I need a second phone?

The app offers complete booking management and communication with clients removing the need for a second ?work? phone.

Is Fuber on the App stores?

Not for launch. We will release details of how you can sign up close to launch.

Will Fuber?s database be enormous?

We hope so, but we know it will take a bit of time.  We are confident that it is far superior to anything on the market at the current time and that our database will build quickly making it the place for escorts and clients to connect.
 
I appreciate we are being a bit vague about our functionality but that is because we don?t want to give too much away to our competitors however we are keen to listen to your feedback.
 
If you have any ideas on features you would like to see we would love to hear them. What features would you like to see on an escorting app?

Rach

[xw5]

What features would you like to see on an escorting app?

A bit of modesty and basic knowledge from the lot pushing it would be a start.

The idea that having an app that outs you to anyone looking at your phone removes the need for a work phone is laughable. Ditto that everyone wants a 'find me x now' service. Ditto that you'll ever get a prostitution app past Apple.

We only store information on your last booking and future bookings.

"What could possibly be wrong with that?"

Good luck with trying to charge both sides for messages.

[SheilaStar]

Kudos at least for the professional response after all the slagging off and taking some feedback constructively into consideration 

[amy]

I still can't see why we're supposed to no longer need a separate phone? If you're going to try the tack where you assign advertisers with a premium rate number instead of using our normal work numbers, punters won't phone them and why should they?

I have a perfectly good number for them to ring and make bookings without anybody getting ripped off, and I don't see why you should make money out of that happening. Plus presumably for you to direct these calls I would have to give you my personal phone number if I didn't have a work phone. Like fuck.

Are you seriously saying you plan to charge people for sending and replying to messages? What sort of messages? All that will happen is that nobody will use your site - most punters see an ad that appeals, call or text, book and turn up. There's really no need to make it complicated and every reason not to, because the sites you're competing with don't involve so much buggering about.

[Kay]

Another point - I deliberately use a dumb phone for work, and a lot of punters do the same. When the new version of the old Nokia comes out, I'm buying one! I'm thus never going to use an app.

[SheilaStar]

Fuber, if you want to live up to your name and compete with an established escorting site for a share of the market you need to be able to demonstrate that you offer better service at the same or lower cost to your users.

Can you produce a comparison table (Fuber vs competition) that summarises what you do better and highlight cost benefits? Without marketing malarkey if possible.

[losthope]

When is it being launched ? I'm all for new ways of advertising, think it sounds quite exciting, I do believe there are flaws and glitches in other sites, so will be interesting to see how this works.....not sure about fuber.com though 

[losthope]

I still can't see why we're supposed to no longer need a separate phone? If you're going to try the tack where you assign advertisers with a premium rate number instead of using our normal work numbers, punters won't phone them and why should they?

I have a perfectly good number for them to ring and make bookings without anybody getting ripped off, and I don't see why you should make money out of that happening. Plus presumably for you to direct these calls I would have to give you my personal phone number if I didn't have a work phone. Like fuck.

Are you seriously saying you plan to charge people for sending and replying to messages? What sort of messages? All that will happen is that nobody will use your site - most punters see an ad that appeals, call or text, book and turn up. There's really no need to make it complicated and every reason not to, because the sites you're competing with don't involve so much buggering about.

Adultwork charge for email/text alerts, maybe guys who are sick of calling 10 girls and getting no reply might like this, competition in advertising has got to be a good thing for us, same as any business, when you have competition, you impprove where you need to improve

[amy]

Adultwork charge for email/text alerts, maybe guys who are sick of calling 10 girls and getting no reply might like this, competition in advertising has got to be a good thing for us, same as any business, when you have competition, you impprove where you need to improve

I've never paid Adultwork for either of these things; they're optional and I doubt they make much this way from punters especially. I don't agree that it's up to an advertising site to organise my phone calls for me - I have a text autoresponse that tells them when to call back and other people use voicemail. I do agree that competition is a good thing, but the competition has to be up to the job and we're drowning in advertising sites already?

I note they've not bothered answering any of the questions raised, despite being online earlier this morning? I know the answers aren't terribly helpful when they ignore the points raised anyway, but the least they could do is acknowledge them.

[Fuber]

Good morning,

Thanks for the comments and the feedback. 

Are Fuber charging for calls?

No, Fuber are not charging for calls or giving out premium rate numbers. Our aim is not to create a service that rips people off (escorts and clients).  Fuber is a self-contained mobile web app.  We offer an in-app msg service like whatsapp.

Our premise is that our app is so easy to use that you won?t need a second phone as you will use it for all communications.  We do however appreciate that some people will still prefer to speak to clients on the phone, but conversely this is prone to abuse by timewasters.

Would a very low cost in app phone service be something you would like to see or does a superior messaging service reduce your admin (i.e time spent on calls?)

Do I Need a smart phone to take advantage of all the features?

Yes you do. A desktop version of Fuber is available for those without a smart phone.

Can we provide a comparison table?

Unfortunately, at this stage we cannot as doing so now will give our competitors too much information as to how we plan to shake up the industry and we don?t want that just before launch!

We are confident we will be the best value and most efficient service for escorts and clients. As mentioned we don?t charge for escorts to advertise or to be available today. We charge a small connection fee (reduces timewasters!), but do not charge for sending and replying to messages. Please do register your interest at (_{link removed - see rules}) if you want free connects for the first two months.

Please keep the questions and suggestions coming and we will answer you all in turn as quickly as we can!

We are keen to know what would make your working life easier? And hopefully our tech solution can give you the answer.

Thanks

Rach
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[xw5]

Having looked at the little that's on their website, I notice this gem:

"The integrity of Fuber is driven by the Fuber community. Any users below a 3* rating will be removed."

They either really haven't thought this through or part of the business plan is using this as a reason to say 'We're kicking you off and keeping your money, thanks bye'. I'm not sure which is worse.

[amy]

Our premise is that our app is so easy to use that you won?t need a second phone as you will use it for all communications.  We do however appreciate that some people will still prefer to speak to clients on the phone, but conversely this is prone to abuse by timewasters.

Would a very low cost in app phone service be something you would like to see or does a superior messaging service reduce your admin (i.e time spent on calls?)

I don't use Whatapp. From what I can gather it's basically texting but with having to fill up your phone with a load of shit. I'm fine with texting.

I think you've probably lost virtually everybody by telling them that they're supposed to agree to see punters without speaking to them first. Some of us will arrange by text, but at some point there will be a phone call or are you saying we're supposed to supply our full incall addresses this way too? Most of us don't offer final directions until we've established that the punter has actually arrived - how is not hearing somebody's voice going to help in any way with timewasters when speaking to them to hear their voice and tone is the way most of us screen? We might as well roll them out a red carpet.

Does this also mean that we don't get the punters phone number? How will we alert others if they turn out to be pathological timewasters or even dangerous without any contact details for them?

[losthope]

Having looked at the little that's on their website, I notice this gem:

"The integrity of Fuber is driven by the Fuber community. Any users below a 3* rating will be removed."

They either really haven't thought this through or part of the business plan is using this as a reason to say 'We're kicking you off and keeping your money, thanks bye'. I'm not sure which is worse.

Hmmmm,..... the pimps would be making bookings in force to ensure anyone who isnt part of their cartel or agency gets kicked off the APP .... this is a NO from me now.

[losthope]

Ideally a site that would benefit the girls first, then the clients, happy girls make happy clients.

A site that will block all access to persistent time wasting emailers, no showers and cancellatiions, will block reported phone pests when reported by a certain amount of service providers.

Time wasters are the biggest glitch in this industry and if there was ever a site that would block access by IP Address to these pesky time absorbing creatures

Currently all they have to do is buy another sim card or make a new email, blocking them by their IP Address so they cannot access the site again so easy would be great.

A site like this would free up more time for the girls and make it easier for genuine clients to make bookings, thats my idea of a good site anyway.