02-12-2012, 20:12
As an escort or cam girl you have the choice of working for yourself, managed or a bit of both.
Escorts can work from home, rent a flat / hotel room, work in a managed flat, parlour or work for an agency. Working from a managed flat, through an agency or in a massage parlour involves giving somebody else some of your earnings in return for them providing a service.
How much you hand over can vary from place to place, I have not heard of more than 60% being taken and it can be as little as 30%. I have worked for an agency but never worked in a managed flat or massage parlour. When working for an agency, I still advertised locally for myself, but the agency also got me extra work. The agency took 30% but it also charged the clients more, so I did not actually lose out, the agency also advertised in many top shelf magazines and got business from places I would not.
Massage parlours / managed flats have over heads as well as need to make a profit, like any business, they pay the rent, phone bill and do all the advertising, for this they expect a cut of what you take. The rake can vary but you have to consider what you are getting for what you give away. Is the flat busy? Are they spending enough on advertising? Do you get a maid to answer the phone / door when your busy. Working alone can cause dead spots in the day when you are too busy working to answer the phone and take later bookings.
Being Independent means that you have to find a place to work from, you are responsible for the bills, all the advertising etc... But on the plus side you get to keep all the money you make.
As well as advertising on Adultwork, I also have my own web site and promote myself through Twitter. My web site is promoted via advertising it on other web sites and making sure it has plenty of backlinks to it.
Cam girls have a different set up but can still be independent, work through a cam site or managed.
As an independent they can offer web cam bookings via there own web site and advertising through chat rooms or social media such as Twitter and Facebook. They get to keep all the money paid to them but will pay a percentage depending on how they collect the money. They can ask clients to make a direct bank transfer so lose money. The down side to this is the amount of advertising they would need to do to keep busy
Cam sites such as Adultwork offer the best way to get started in web cam, they have an instand client base and you can earn money right away, for this they take a percentage of what you earn. You can also work for 2-3 cam sites at the same time to increase you're earnings as well as promote yourself via your own web site or social media sites.
Being managed, such as in an adultwork group, is much like working through a cam site, somebody takes a percentage of your earnings and should offer you added advantage to your earning potential. They should be getting you extra work not just taking a percentage of your earnings.
There is nothing wrong in other people making money out of you, after all, is that not what happens to most of the working population when they work for other people, as long as they are making you money.
Sarah x x x
Escorts can work from home, rent a flat / hotel room, work in a managed flat, parlour or work for an agency. Working from a managed flat, through an agency or in a massage parlour involves giving somebody else some of your earnings in return for them providing a service.
How much you hand over can vary from place to place, I have not heard of more than 60% being taken and it can be as little as 30%. I have worked for an agency but never worked in a managed flat or massage parlour. When working for an agency, I still advertised locally for myself, but the agency also got me extra work. The agency took 30% but it also charged the clients more, so I did not actually lose out, the agency also advertised in many top shelf magazines and got business from places I would not.
Massage parlours / managed flats have over heads as well as need to make a profit, like any business, they pay the rent, phone bill and do all the advertising, for this they expect a cut of what you take. The rake can vary but you have to consider what you are getting for what you give away. Is the flat busy? Are they spending enough on advertising? Do you get a maid to answer the phone / door when your busy. Working alone can cause dead spots in the day when you are too busy working to answer the phone and take later bookings.
Being Independent means that you have to find a place to work from, you are responsible for the bills, all the advertising etc... But on the plus side you get to keep all the money you make.
As well as advertising on Adultwork, I also have my own web site and promote myself through Twitter. My web site is promoted via advertising it on other web sites and making sure it has plenty of backlinks to it.
Cam girls have a different set up but can still be independent, work through a cam site or managed.
As an independent they can offer web cam bookings via there own web site and advertising through chat rooms or social media such as Twitter and Facebook. They get to keep all the money paid to them but will pay a percentage depending on how they collect the money. They can ask clients to make a direct bank transfer so lose money. The down side to this is the amount of advertising they would need to do to keep busy
Cam sites such as Adultwork offer the best way to get started in web cam, they have an instand client base and you can earn money right away, for this they take a percentage of what you earn. You can also work for 2-3 cam sites at the same time to increase you're earnings as well as promote yourself via your own web site or social media sites.
Being managed, such as in an adultwork group, is much like working through a cam site, somebody takes a percentage of your earnings and should offer you added advantage to your earning potential. They should be getting you extra work not just taking a percentage of your earnings.
There is nothing wrong in other people making money out of you, after all, is that not what happens to most of the working population when they work for other people, as long as they are making you money.
Sarah x x x