Patron: Our expenses may be irrelevant to a guy’s decision making, but they’re certainly not irrelevant to how much we charge for our services. Just like ordering food costs more than eating it at the restaurant - because delivery incurs expenses (And no it’s not because you’re paying the delivery guy, that’s what your tip is used for, not the extra cost for delivery). The same applies to tattoo artists, for example. An artist working at someone else’s shop often won’t charge as much as an independent tattoo artist, because the shop provides the material versus having to buy it all yourself and rent your own studio. (I used to work in that industry FYI). We have to make a profit. You’re right that this isn’t a guy’s responsibility to make sure we make profit. It’s our responsibility, therefore we pick a price that allows for that. It’s really that simple. Not to mention independents work more behind the scene than agency girls do. When they’re at home not working they’re, well, at home not working. When an independent is at home "not working" she’s actually working. Answering messages. Updating schedules and websites. Planning tours. Managing their relationships with their regulars. You talk about lowering expenses like you think every escort should work from home or from the streets, stop posting ads, or whatever. You don’t know how much it costs being an escort. You talk about looks like you forget that it costs money to stay cute, too. Honestly... You can’t expect an independent to charge the same when our expenses are more than twice higher in cost and we actually work in between appointments instead of just waiting for the booker to send another dick. And since you mention "comparing service", when was the last time an agency girl took care of answering your texts? Discussing the details of your fantasies? Maintaining a friendship with you? How often do agencies forget to even mention outfit requests to the girl, etc? There’s more to an escort’s service than just how well she sucks your cock.
STN // Being an Indy doesn’t necessarily "eliminate driver cost". I still pay a driver or a cab when doing an outcall. Indies also rent rooms or incalls. The difference is there’s only one of us to pay the room/apartment. An agency has multiple girls giving them money to pay for it. Agencies have one website to host for many girls - the website costs the same as for an independent except an independent pays it all by herself. It also costs more to advertise on merb as an independent - if agencies were charged the same amount per girl, they’d pay thousands a month to advertise on merb. But nope! they only pay a small price for the number of girls they can advertise. Independents have to pay for their website and ads and they’re paying it alone and can’t even advertise a duo here unless the other girls pays too, or the girl advertising it pays double. Independents have to pay for laundry every day if they don’t have a washing machine inside their apartment or incall. Agency girls don’t do the laundry themselves. Oh and when was the last time agency girls paid for a photoshoot? Literally never. How many agency girls maintain mailing lists? How many of them have two phones to pay for? Ah, right - they don’t talk to the clients themselves. My bad. I forgot that they didn’t need to maintain mailing lists and relationships and two phone bills and two rents and a bunch of advertising.
TLDR : Independent escorts definitely have more expenses and offer a more specialized, tailored service. Yes, all of that *does* justify a higher rate.
