Scott100

In my experience, both alternative outlets, Friendboy and Mintboys are run by honest people with the best intentions to provide us with a service, beyond any particular differences I may have with each. I like transparency, and I have disclosed before my relationship with them, allow me an update.
 
My first deal was with Friendboys, when they were Rentboy. They would include a banner with my blog name (back then my traffic was just a few hundred viewers monthly, mostly from these forums), and I would promote them here and produce anonymous comments after hiring one of their advertisers).
 
That changed a few moths ago, when I made a deal with Mintboys, their competition. Since then, the only agreement I have with Friendboy is an exchange of links. I keep a link to them in my home page, they keep a link to my blog in some of their pages. We are still doing this.
 
My deal with Mintboys included a monthly payment for keeping a link in my homepage, intervening in discussions where they were mentioned here, providing them with new advertisers, and linking the boys in my reviews to them exclusively when such a thing was possible. When they asked for exclusivity is when I changed the deal with FB. The deal with MB ended this month, they were not happy with the traffic coming from my blog, and we cancelled it. Now my new deal with them is similar to FB. I still keep a link to them in my home page and they keep a link to my blog in their FAQ page. I am free of any other obligation.
 
Going back to Friendboy, when I learned that one of their business practices was copying profiles from other outlets, I did let them know my disagreement. Their defense, that is not satisfactory to me, was that:
 
1. they did not see any problem with the practice, and it is a standard practice (according to them) in the business.
2. every time they publish a copied profile, they send an email to the provider letting him know. If the provider expressed discomfort. they would immediately delete the ad.
 
Again, I disagree with this practice. However, one bad business practice is not enough to me to question their intentions and honesty. Overall, I am still happy they exist and wish them success and growing.
 
I still recommend to everyone to check both, MB and FB, before calling a RM advertiser. If you call him from an alternative to RM, there is a good chance you will get a better price.
 
Also, you can find in these two websites new guys or guys who are afraid of the higher exposure they would get in RM. My experience tells me that you will not find more fakers or scammers than you would in Rentmen.
 
Long live to both, Mintboys and Friendboy.

Thank you for your insight. I may reach out to the owner. I admire much of what he has done, as well as the transparency he offers in the "About" section regarding his approach. Based on the variety of escorts he has attracted who do not advertise elsewhere he may be on to something. It appears that he wants to prevent escorts from being voluntarily explicit and avoid boxing escorts into offering information that may not be relevant to their services. I'd personally like to see height, weight and something that indicates their demeanor. I guess he can't force them to provide descriptive headings and text.

I like to connect with escorts off of Mintboys more than I do Rentmen, actually. I like how clean Mintboys' interface is, and, as someone who prefers escorts who are a bit more casual about the whole thing, I find it preferable.

I’ve never used criaglist either, and one bad experience with BP ended me ever using it again. However, I cannot help but think of the poem “First they came”
 

Me too, if I could only figure a way around his bodyguards. http://www.boytoy.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif
 

i had a lot of good experiences with Craigslist before the trolls started flagging the generous ads.. i met a several good young "amateurs" who were really everyday guys.. sweet, genuine.. I still have good relationships with a couple of them today..
 
But Craigslist did go downhill and i never really understood what the trigger was.. except that so many of the ad types i used to like kept getting flagged

Hey No I don't mind! And thanks for the great article. I retired from escorting in 2004 - it might be too long for many former clients to remember me, but I'd be flattered if they did. I am still friends with a few people I met originally as clients, but I'm not sure if they use this forum.
 
Scott
https://www.mintboys.com

Hi, I'm Scott, the founder of https://www.mintboys.com. Yes, you're correct that those messages weren't a bot. We've personally reached out to people like you to invite to be in our site.
 
We're just getting started at MintBoys, but all of the site features are now active. We're in a handful of cities now and planning to expand to more soon. Since we're a new website, we're allowing escorts to advertise for free.
 
MintBoys is different than the other websites - our vision is bring the male escort industry out of the shadows and to make escorting legal and safe. We do this by including clear disclaimers stating that money is exchanged for time only, not sex. We screen all profiles to make sure that all photos and content are consistent with this message. We advise all clients and escorts not to agree to exchange money for sex when communicating. We want to protect not only ourselves, but the escorts and clients.
 
Since the collapse of RentBoy (the original one), I think many people are now aware of the risks involved with the old male escorting model. I know people that had advertised on RentBoy up until it was shut down, and decided to stop escorting because they didn't want to risk getting caught and having criminal record. I assume there are clients that stopped meeting people for the same reason. We want to provide a safe, legal way for them to come back.
 
A little bit of background on me: I was an escort for 7 years, and advertised on the original RentBoy. Later on, after I quit working as an escort, I became a client that regularly meets people from these kind of websites. So I think this gives me insight into the needs and concerns of both clients and escorts.
 
I'm happy to answer any questions.
 
Best,
Scott

Hi, I'm Scott, the founder of https://www.mintboys.com. Yes, you're correct that those messages weren't a bot. We've personally reached out to people like you to invite to be in our site.
 
We're just getting started at MintBoys, but all of the site features are now active. We're in a handful of cities now and planning to expand to more soon. Since we're a new website, we're allowing escorts to advertise for free.
 
MintBoys is different than the other websites - our vision is bring the male escort industry out of the shadows and to make escorting legal and safe. We do this by including clear disclaimers stating that money is exchanged for time only, not sex. We screen all profiles to make sure that all photos and content are consistent with this message. We advise all clients and escorts not to agree to exchange money for sex when communicating. We want to protect not only ourselves, but the escorts and clients.
 
Since the collapse of RentBoy (the original one), I think many people are now aware of the risks involved with the old male escorting model. I know people that had advertised on RentBoy up until it was shut down, and decided to stop escorting because they didn't want to risk getting caught and having criminal record. I assume there are clients that stopped meeting people for the same reason. We want to provide a safe, legal way for them to come back.
 
A little bit of background on me: I was an escort for 7 years, and advertised on the original RentBoy. Later on, after I quit working as an escort, I became a client that regularly meets people from these kind of websites. So I think this gives me insight into the needs and concerns of both clients and escorts.
 
I'm happy to answer any questions.
 
Best,
Scott

Hi, I'm Scott, the founder of https://www.mintboys.com. Yes, you're correct that those messages weren't a bot. We've personally reached out to people like you to invite to be in our site.
 
We're just getting started at MintBoys, but all of the site features are now active. We're in a handful of cities now and planning to expand to more soon. Since we're a new website, we're allowing escorts to advertise for free.
 
MintBoys is different than the other websites - our vision is bring the male escort industry out of the shadows and to make escorting legal and safe. We do this by including clear disclaimers stating that money is exchanged for time only, not sex. We screen all profiles to make sure that all photos and content are consistent with this message. We advise all clients and escorts not to agree to exchange money for sex when communicating. We want to protect not only ourselves, but the escorts and clients.
 
Since the collapse of RentBoy (the original one), I think many people are now aware of the risks involved with the old male escorting model. I know people that had advertised on RentBoy up until it was shut down, and decided to stop escorting because they didn't want to risk getting caught and having criminal record. I assume there are clients that stopped meeting people for the same reason. We want to provide a safe, legal way for them to come back.
 
A little bit of background on me: I was an escort for 7 years, and advertised on the original RentBoy. Later on, after I quit working as an escort, I became a client that regularly meets people from these kind of websites. So I think this gives me insight into the needs and concerns of both clients and escorts.
 
I'm happy to answer any questions.
 
Best,
Scott

Hi, I'm Scott, the founder of https://www.mintboys.com. Yes, you're correct that those messages weren't a bot. We've personally reached out to people like you to invite to be in our site.
 
We're just getting started at MintBoys, but all of the site features are now active. We're in a handful of cities now and planning to expand to more soon. Since we're a new website, we're allowing escorts to advertise for free.
 
MintBoys is different than the other websites - our vision is bring the male escort industry out of the shadows and to make escorting legal and safe. We do this by including clear disclaimers stating that money is exchanged for time only, not sex. We screen all profiles to make sure that all photos and content are consistent with this message. We advise all clients and escorts not to agree to exchange money for sex when communicating. We want to protect not only ourselves, but the escorts and clients.
 
Since the collapse of RentBoy (the original one), I think many people are now aware of the risks involved with the old male escorting model. I know people that had advertised on RentBoy up until it was shut down, and decided to stop escorting because they didn't want to risk getting caught and having criminal record. I assume there are clients that stopped meeting people for the same reason. We want to provide a safe, legal way for them to come back.
 
A little bit of background on me: I was an escort for 7 years, and advertised on the original RentBoy. Later on, after I quit working as an escort, I became a client that regularly meets people from these kind of websites. So I think this gives me insight into the needs and concerns of both clients and escorts.
 
I'm happy to answer any questions.
 
Best,
Scott

Hi, I'm Scott, the founder of https://www.mintboys.com. Yes, you're correct that those messages weren't a bot. We've personally reached out to people like you to invite to be in our site.
 
We're just getting started at MintBoys, but all of the site features are now active. We're in a handful of cities now and planning to expand to more soon. Since we're a new website, we're allowing escorts to advertise for free.
 
MintBoys is different than the other websites - our vision is bring the male escort industry out of the shadows and to make escorting legal and safe. We do this by including clear disclaimers stating that money is exchanged for time only, not sex. We screen all profiles to make sure that all photos and content are consistent with this message. We advise all clients and escorts not to agree to exchange money for sex when communicating. We want to protect not only ourselves, but the escorts and clients.
 
Since the collapse of RentBoy (the original one), I think many people are now aware of the risks involved with the old male escorting model. I know people that had advertised on RentBoy up until it was shut down, and decided to stop escorting because they didn't want to risk getting caught and having criminal record. I assume there are clients that stopped meeting people for the same reason. We want to provide a safe, legal way for them to come back.
 
A little bit of background on me: I was an escort for 7 years, and advertised on the original RentBoy. Later on, after I quit working as an escort, I became a client that regularly meets people from these kind of websites. So I think this gives me insight into the needs and concerns of both clients and escorts.
 
I'm happy to answer any questions.
 
Best,
Scott

Hi, I'm Scott, the founder of https://www.mintboys.com. Yes, you're correct that those messages weren't a bot. We've personally reached out to people like you to invite to be in our site.
 
We're just getting started at MintBoys, but all of the site features are now active. We're in a handful of cities now and planning to expand to more soon. Since we're a new website, we're allowing escorts to advertise for free.
 
MintBoys is different than the other websites - our vision is bring the male escort industry out of the shadows and to make escorting legal and safe. We do this by including clear disclaimers stating that money is exchanged for time only, not sex. We screen all profiles to make sure that all photos and content are consistent with this message. We advise all clients and escorts not to agree to exchange money for sex when communicating. We want to protect not only ourselves, but the escorts and clients.
 
Since the collapse of RentBoy (the original one), I think many people are now aware of the risks involved with the old male escorting model. I know people that had advertised on RentBoy up until it was shut down, and decided to stop escorting because they didn't want to risk getting caught and having criminal record. I assume there are clients that stopped meeting people for the same reason. We want to provide a safe, legal way for them to come back.
 
A little bit of background on me: I was an escort for 7 years, and advertised on the original RentBoy. Later on, after I quit working as an escort, I became a client that regularly meets people from these kind of websites. So I think this gives me insight into the needs and concerns of both clients and escorts.
 
I'm happy to answer any questions.
 
Best,
Scott

Hi, I'm Scott, the founder of https://www.mintboys.com. Yes, you're correct that those messages weren't a bot. We've personally reached out to people like you to invite to be in our site.
 
We're just getting started at MintBoys, but all of the site features are now active. We're in a handful of cities now and planning to expand to more soon. Since we're a new website, we're allowing escorts to advertise for free.
 
MintBoys is different than the other websites - our vision is bring the male escort industry out of the shadows and to make escorting legal and safe. We do this by including clear disclaimers stating that money is exchanged for time only, not sex. We screen all profiles to make sure that all photos and content are consistent with this message. We advise all clients and escorts not to agree to exchange money for sex when communicating. We want to protect not only ourselves, but the escorts and clients.
 
Since the collapse of RentBoy (the original one), I think many people are now aware of the risks involved with the old male escorting model. I know people that had advertised on RentBoy up until it was shut down, and decided to stop escorting because they didn't want to risk getting caught and having criminal record. I assume there are clients that stopped meeting people for the same reason. We want to provide a safe, legal way for them to come back.
 
A little bit of background on me: I was an escort for 7 years, and advertised on the original RentBoy. Later on, after I quit working as an escort, I became a client that regularly meets people from these kind of websites. So I think this gives me insight into the needs and concerns of both clients and escorts.
 
I'm happy to answer any questions.
 
Best,
Scott