Do providers rate clients?

[ShortCutie7]

6 hours ago, d.anders said:

I don't mean to be rude, but this is the worst concept I've read on this thread. It's also extremely false and misguided.

Communicating with a potential new customer is often the best way to build a relationship. It may be the only chance you get. Compatibility is at the very core of building relationships. In any service business, but especially the more intimate ones, building a relationship should be a primary goal. 

The very best customer is the one who wishes to return for the service over and over again. It takes time to build relationships. There are data analysts who specialize in determining how long it takes to accomplish solid goals in business. Only a fool, or an uneducated business person, would call that time "wasted."

Not every customer will be golden. Not every catch will become your favorite. Not every text, phone call, or email will produce a paying client. If your goal is to make money in a service business, then you need to study the fundamentals of business, and not take wacky advice from strangers on the internet.

Exactly, whenever I inquire as to a provider’s incall location and rate, his answer determines if and when I can see him- I am not wasting his time by asking these very basic questions.

For example,

Rate over the NYC median range? Won’t see him

Doesn’t do incalls?  Won’t see him

Location very close to work?  Will see him as soon as I’m available and have the money to do so

Location somewhat close to work?  Will see him eventually 

Location not close to work?  Will see him at some point if I can venture out to his neighborhood 

Edited February 17 by ShortCutie7
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