LJNYC83

Out of curiosity, why does it bother anybody who said it does if a provider is willing to lower their rate to make the deal, for lack of a better term? I get the mentality from the provider POV in a way.

I’ve lowered my rate for some clients when they’ve asked me to, as long as it’s not drastically lower from my norm (I only charge $200 an hour, which I think is pretty low here in NYC but since I’m new and there’s so many available escorts in the market). Now I’ll say I’ve ended conversations with guys who asked for me to only take half my rate and were speaking to me in a very rude way. But somebody who is speaking to me nicely and asking me to shave a few bucks off, and may turn into a regular customer? I’m willing to work with that.

Someone who has been a provider for much longer than I have advised me not too long ago that I should always contact people who look at my profile. If the potential client has their profile filled out, I definitely read it and use what I can to strike up a conversation. Or to decide we may not be a match (like if someone says they’re specifically looking for tall guys, or uncut guys, etc.)

I’ve met a couple of guys who I contacted first. And I’ve had at least one convo go nowhere. And a slew of others who never respond. But this is a business and all businesses require footwork of some sort. It’s worth the effort of taking two minutes to send someone a message who had looked at my profile. The worst thing they can do is ignore me and I haven’t lost anything. But the potential gain if they respond and show interest is totally worth it.

I definitely prefer advanced bookings. It’s way easier for me to schedule something than to randomly be ready to run. Especially since I’m very much willing to travel anywhere in NYC, but certain parts can certainly take time to get to by train from wherever I’m at.

I feel like I tend to get contacted by people who are looking for right now. I believe I missed out on at least two clients this week because they reached out to me while I was at my day job and they were looking for right now. Ah well.

Just wanted to celebrate that I received my first review on rentmen last night! 5 Stars! I’m really quite thrilled! And the experience was a blast. Guess you always remember your first one!

I’m not against these apps being used, especially now.

 

I’m against someone using the app, writing out a profile that looks like they’re just looking for fun and dates, hitting me up, the at the last minute they say, “you got $300 to make it happen?”

 

There are millions of ways to make it clear what you want. I’ve seen plenty of ads in my area, with emojis and the word ‘generous’ spelt out various ways. And their profiles have never been taken down.

Seems like it would be most of the same keywords that were used on Craigslist. Gen, generous, roses, etc.

Personally, I don’t want to use my Grindr profile to advertise. But if I see someone saying they’re looking to be generous, I may hit them up. I had one person message me the other day asking if I was okay with them being generous. I didn’t even ask and they messaged me first! I of course said that’s not a problem haha.

I’m vers but I love to swallow as long as I know the guy and know he’s clean. Would definitely swallow a regular.

The only time I punch anybody is at the boxing gym. Or if they actually request it. Gotta find your niche, right? Haha.

An just to make sure I'm not marked as a guy looking for cheap thrills, my threshold is $300. But I've been seeing more and more guys asking for $400 and more. I hate NY!

I’m glad you threw numbers out there. I had someone text me Friday who said “forget it” when I told him my rate was $250. Made me think I was asking too much but really I thought that was average. And I was even willing to travel to Queens!

well your profile looks great, you are just my type. If you travel to Dallas I will be your first client. Keep up the good work

Thank you! Will definitely keep that in mind!

I’d echo what others have said... a more wide variety of pics (and a boxing one with your face visible). Perhaps break up that big block of text into spaced paragraphs; I’ve also seen good profiles with 4-5 bullet points at the bottom with the essential info for the people just perusing the list quickly.

Thank you!

Welcome!!! Some thoughts:

That all makes sense! I think my profile fits a lot of what you’ve said, content wise. Any chance you looked at my profile or could and let me know what you think? Just content wise. Thanks either way for the advice so far!

https://rent.men/LJinNYC

I’d politely suggest that your ad needs more

pictures. There are only 3 pics and only one

of those pictures shows any skin at all. And

one of them has you fully dressed and covering

your face with boxing gloves...lol

 

You don’t have to go bananas and post tons

of pictures, and I don’t think “R rated” pics

are required. I’d say 8-10 various shots in

various states of dress and undress is a

minimum to attract attention.

Definitely great advice! I need to take more pics stat. I don’t have many with facial hair bc I just grew it out a month ago. And I don’t want to post any without since it’s my current look. I’ll work on that over the next day or two. Certainly I can get another few pictures or so.

You can draw traffic to your ad by attaching your ad link to lots of different types of content, not just your posts on this site. For example, posting nudes on social media accompanied by your ad link is a great way to draw traffic.

That’s interesting. I honestly have no clue how to utilize social media for this.

Honestly, half the reason I am venturing into escorting is because I love sex. I want to feel good during the sex as well. Granted I feel like it’s all about making sure the client is satisfied, but if they ask me what I like, I am absolutely telling them the things that I know drive me crazy.

I skip ads without face pictures and move on.

I figured a lot of people would feel the same way. I know when I was a client in the past, I would look for faces. I want to know I’m attracted to the person and to me that starts with their face.

detroit area haha. I should put my link in my signature like that good idea.

Yeah it’s a good idea! I noticed the number of views my profile receives yesterday was up! I’m guessing putting my ad in my signature here had something to do with it. (If only those extra views resulted in bookings!)

I just started out too! Well, actually I've gone back and forth about it for a little while but I'm ready to get more serious about it now haha.

I'm sure Gold would definitely help! Where I am I still show up on the first page with the standard cost, but I think when the standard runs out I'll renew it with Gold.

Thanks for mentioning Rentboy.pro , I'll definitely look into putting an ad on there as well as rentmen. I was originally going to post a thread asking about places to post ads and find interested clients haha, but I figured it'd be better to just add to this thread.

Where are you at? I wish I was in a city where I easily showed up on the front page!

What's the difference in price between standard & gold membership??????

 

You're in NYC where it's over saturated with escorts, so many ads that guys need to pay for platinum boost just to be able to get on the first page. Sometimes the entire first 2 pages are full of platinum boost guys only lol. I would invest in at least Gold. I imagine most clients won't be looking through every page, so the further back you are, the less traffic you'll get...

Gold is $80, standard is $30. Definitely worth it if it even brings me one client I wouldn’t have had otherwise.

I have no clue about platinum.

I figured out how to add the link to my signature as well!

AND you should have your link in your post. You can edit the post and add the link by clicking on the link symbol (a chain link) and pasting your link. I look forward to seeing it.

Thank you! I’ve edited the first post to include it now.

I'm not an escort, but the obvious first response is to ask why you don't have a link to your ads in your profile here? I would have at least checked out your ad had I known how to.

 

My second response is that it's okay to suggest to a client to submit a review, but I would stop at one simple request.

How does one put their link in their profile? Probably a stupid question but I have no clue.

Thanks!

Hey guys! Looking for some advice from the experts!

I know that building up clients and such is something that simply takes time. But I would also think that as with most things, there’s ways you can boost your visibility and proactively stir up interest. I just don’t have any idea where to begin.

I know reviews would help but I’ve only seen one client so far and he indicated that he doesn’t do this regularly so even though he seemed to have a great time (and genuinely, I did), I’m not surprised that I didn’t get a review from him. And too much time has passed for me to ask (saw him Saturday) plus I wonder if it’s even okay to ask.

I have my ad on Rentmen and now Rentboy.pro (it’s free, so why not?) Right now I just have a standard membership on RM. Would upgrading to gold increase my chances of picking up some more business?

Is there anything else I can be doing to promote myself?

So far I’ve gotten contacted by about five people. Three didn’t follow up (one was for an potential weekend trip but didn’t want to speak on the phone, which made me uncomfortable so I let that die out) and one I met and a second I’m arranging to meet. Maybe I’m actually doing well for someone who just started this late last week, haha. But I feel like right now it seems like the most I can do is wait for people to come to me and that feels very inactive.

Thanks for any advice!

EDIT - Here’s my ad - https://rent.men/LJinNYC

I regularly stay in 5* hotels...rarely if ever has an escort arrived

looking as though he belongs there. Even when specifically asked

to dress the part. Most of them don’t even seem to own a tie....

much less a suit.

 

It’s just the nature of the beast. And if you stay at one hotel more

than two or three times...they will quickly come to the realization

that only “stunningly handsome but poorly dressed nephews” seem

to visit you. Hotel staff may turn a blind eye....but they're not stupid.

I definitely own a few ties, a couple of suites, and even a custom made tuxedo from my wedding a few years ago (it didn't work out, but the tux still fits!)

I plan to dress up and post a pic or two like that.

So how do you guys suggest strumming up interest? Does it just take time? Should I plunge for the gold membership? I only have the regular now, I'm assuming I could upgrade for the rest of the price. I know these things just take time, but given the nature of things I'd like to start building a base of clients asap just in case.

Man, I picked a good week to create a RM ad and give up CL...

This is crazy though.

Are you sure you want to go right out of the gate with face pics in your profile given you have a 9-5? Discretion is the better part of valor. Maybe you're in a field where it's not going to matter, but you'd be surprised.

Yeah I don't think it would matter in my line of work, but I totally get what you mean.