It is about supply and demand. You can charge more, if you get too many contacts at a given price, and by charging more, you can earn more for your time, while reducing the amount of people reaching out.
Myself, and I believe some others find the booking process often the most time consuming and energy draining part as there is enough people who make it frustrating with trying to negotiate, or nit pick details. Minimizing the number of people reaching out to be reasonable to handle on your own Is one reason for raising prices. Or realizing at a current price, there is no benifit, as the costs to function can absorb all the finances preventing anything extra to live off of. There are others, I haven't asked around, just giving my own reasons.
As for not answering the phone, we don't want our phone ringing non stop while we are already spending time with someone. Not everyone reads or wants to understand that we aren't available to answer our phones at every given moment, and sometimes that leads to unrealistic expectations. It can sometimes be done on purpose to let someone wait a moment.' I am doing something, I was doing something, I will get back to you when I have a moment to. ' I might be driving, I might be at work, I might already be with a client, I might be having family time, I might be sleeping, I might be editing, I might be taking a moment to play a game and will check your message when I finish my level. We have lives and can't always jump to answer the phone, or respond instantly to messages.
Same as for some the choice is to price themselves where they get the amount they need to make ends meet, to match with the demand of attention. Technically profit only comes in when you have a high enough demand, that you can price yourself more than you need to make ends meet, to get ahead.
I know on the lower end of pricing the fear is not making anything if they charge more, because the demand is hardly there, and if they tried higher and dropped back down, it's because there was insufficient demand at the higher price point. So they go with the lowest price they are willing to accept for the risks, and access to their personal self. But also why lower price might mean more restrictions.
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As for how I chose my pricing. People I like meeting, are people I can closely relate to. We can't afford very much.
I charge 1 days wage for someone who makes what I do in my civi job. Any more than that, and I would outprice myself from being affordable to the the ones I want to meet. For us it can be an effort to raise the funds.
I am priced to appreciate the gentlemen I wish to enjoy the company of, and carnal pleasures we share. It's not about what can I tolerate at the highest price I can get for it. But to be affordable for those who enjoy my company enough to not mind they are helping support me, with the time I am privledged to spend with them.
Any less, and I am priced to meet the ones who have no respect for the person, they just see an object.
