What Money?

[chocoholicgirl]

Is that gross or net (after expenses?)

I gross above 60,000 and after overheads (but before taxes) about 50,000.

I am not a stunner. I'm almost 50 years old and flat-chested.  I do get repeat customers, but it's less than 30%. I don't really like regulars - they bore me. I also have a terrible reputation out there on the review sites (the biggest one has even blacklisted me.) I charge average rates - my service list isn't too limited but I don't do much of the niche services. No spanking or anal or watersports, for example.

I'm picky about whom I see - I reject more than half of the men who contact me just because I don't like the sound of them.

 My average rates don't take my age into account, either. I figure if someone finds me attractive, they'll pay as much to see me as they would someone half my age that they find attractive. I am not interested in being someone's bargain buy - I don't think punters think "I'd like to shag that hot young sexy 21-year-old but I have to replace the boiler so I'll bang that ugly old bag, instead."

I work 10-15 days a month.

What I do do is market myself well by highlighting what is special about me and I know how to set myself apart. Sometimes, I think it's easier to be older or physically unusual. It must be tough to be a mid-20's, size 12 white British girl.

I love that quote!

[fion]

Actually, going back to the OP, I'm certain that 10K a year is below minimum wage and whilst I don't claim to know much about benefits or how they apply to self employed people I'm sure I've read on here that we're entitled to help with housing and council tax costs if we're below a certain threshold?

I know it's probably a bit late now but please make sure you get the right advice about what you can get if you're struggling, and dig your heels in if needs be - nobody should have to leave their home and be selling their things just to survive without at least trying every other possible avenue .

If you earning less than 10 k a year, you shouldn't pay council tax and you should look into working tax credits. You need to have a benefits assessment.

[Rosesugar]

I tend to rely on my part time escort money monthly.
It certainly helps and I'm not slaving it out in another civvy job I wouldn't get as much any way.
I would earn only ?70.00 after tax doing a extra civvy shift  yet I can relax at home and see a client for an hour  ?100.00 .and I'm not answering to anyone else.

[CurlsnCurves]

I earn much less than 10k a year. I have to pay council tax. I get a reduction but it's still a lot of money each money, over ?100. I am behind on all my bills right now. Only earning food money for the last few months. No one is booking for over half an hour anymore. I'm going to drop my hourly price and see how it goes and try and list on other sites but I get so many timewasters it's unreal. I can't even think of saving. It's hand to mouth. Not what I expected from this work at all. The whole point was to make a good living working hours that suited me. I literally have no idea how anyone makes a grand a month or even a regular ?200 a week for that matter. It shouldn't be difficult and yet it is for me. So I totally get what the poster is talking about here.

[GG]

This is not to the exact pound but if you are clearing less that ?6250 a year. That's what your earn minus any outgoings (look into what you can claim as outgoings) you should be able to receive full Housing benefit/council tax support and top wack for working family/single persons tax credits. I will try and find more info and post it here x

Disclaimer; many moons ago I did a few years voluntary work at a benefits advice place  many things have changed so I need to refresh but I will try to find some links for up to date advice, no one should be struggling to pay bills we have enough things to deal with x

[KayKitty]

I think it's impossible to say, really!

Probably there are 'fixed' and 'intangible' factors. So fixed are things like age, looks, location. I'm a middle-aged BBW so I never expected to be turning them away in droves. Intangible would be things like services offered, customer retainment, marketing and so on.

My advice to anyone starting would be to take a thorough look at e.g. AdultWork and price yourself according to your peers with slight variations. So, say you're a 25-year-old size 12 busty blonde who works from an average home and doesn't do CIM and anal; if there's another size 12 busty blonde 25-year-old in your town who works from a luxury apartment and does CIM and anal for 150 an hour, maybe you would charge 130. I think you need to brutally honest with yourself and realistic about your prices. It's all very well feeling you're 'worth' 200 an hour, but if you get no bookings, you won't eat!

Then there's customer services. I'd say if fewer than about 30 percent of your clients ever return, you need to ask yourself why. Are you warm and welcoming? Do you watch the clock? Do you limit the amount of pops or how vigorous the sex is? Are you offering services you don't really enjoy, and it's showing? Do you offer time to shower, decent toiletries, clean towels etc. Do you offer a drink? Do you have a decent range of different condoms? All these things can make a difference.

And marketing - do you market just on AW, or do you also have your own website, Twitter account, maybe Instagram, listings on other profiles? Do you engage on any fora? Is your profile brief and clear? Do you return messages fairly promptly? Display your phone number? Is your availability well explained and your booking procedure clarified?

If you can't work from home, are you touring in the right areas? Picking the best hotels/apartments for discretion and client access?

In summary, I think you need to experiment, and if one or more factors aren't working, change them. So e.g. if you hate doing OWO, change to OW and market yourself as being health-conscious. If there's one day of the week that's always dead, perhaps do a discount on that day only. And think about how you interact with clients, both at the booking stage and face-to-face.

This is great advice and there's a couple of things for me to take on board here! x

[KayKitty]

I earn the same as I would in a full-time civvie job, but I work part-time. Time rich rather than money rich, but that suits me down to the ground. Gives me time to work on my health and also work in my other self-employed business. Tbh, I don't think if I did this full-time rather than part-time, there would be any more work. But I achieved my financial goal for doing this pretty early on and now I just like the job and the life. x