Thank you for clarifying that, sounds like a major PITA!
This PureVIP thing is a joke. I'm not paying a monthly fee just so I can check and see what you look like before I make an appointment! Give me a break!
About another lady doing the same thing. All photo's where behind a pay wall.
It wasn't approved. Ter's Tacit approval of the practice?
I move on. Rapidly.
Just don't understand it, there entire setup is set in motion by a visual representation of themselves. If I can't see you and your competition allows me to see them, guess where I'm going.
Please ladies, please explain how this can be a workable business model.
I can see if you have XXX photos and videos that you'd like to have a membership section, in ADDITION to having regular photos up. But, I think any lady that has a requirement of payment before you can see her regular photos probably is not going to meet you in person, she is probably just trying to make a buck that way.
I personally, am in the process of making a SECOND website with photos and VIDEOS, but it will have no effect on my regular self promotion website.
I just went to the site ( https://purevip.com/ ) to check it out.
It looks like most other escort ad sites, with links to online profiles/reviews, websites, etc...
It's not new for providers to have entirely password-protected sites (in which case I PASS!) or to have an album or two of more "explicit" content locked down. IME, most gals would permit access to those "private" galleries for clients they have seen a time or two (and perhaps still do). What PureVIP adds is the ABILITY for a provider to charge for access to her site or any pics... it is HER choice and not a requirement for advertising on PureVIP (I read the small print).
Don't get me wrong, here. I'm NOT joining another paid website. TER, P411, Date-Check, etc... Enough is enough. I'm not contacting a gal sight-unseen and requesting a password to merely access her site. I'm certainly not booking with a gal I can't see a few pics of, and there is no way in hell I'm paying to see special "explicit pics and video" - there is plenty of free porn on the inet. Yep, just like the idea of a paid "video chat" before a provider will book with you - except worse, as there is no interaction at all. Another lead balloon.
So... the marketing decision is the lady's, the choice to buy into it is mine. I know where I stand on that.
This was a new "safety" feature that was automatically added my website and I am sure many others without our permission. I am assuming once other providers realize that their pictures are blocked they will correct it as I did.
I believe this is a ploy for the webmasters to make money not us.
Thank you for clarifying that, sounds like a major PITA!
This type of crap just lets me know that certain provider is way too thirsty for me,,,lmfao
I just got a PM asking why my photos weren't available!
Why not send out an email saying that without a reply in 7-10-30 etc... days this will go into effect?!
How many gents are looking and moving on quickly with this in effect and no knowledge of it by the provider
I just read this thread and thought, 'well I'm sure mine aren't locked, but I'd better go check to be sure"
And BAM! They are locked and now I gotta figure out how to get that reversed.
Yes, this is definitely a PITA. Grrrrrrrr!
I'm glad you noticed and posted about it. I just went to your site tonight saw the pics were locked and moved on. I will check back again in a day or two. Good luck with getting them unlocked.
...Here's the post by the DC agency with what happened. see link.
Each provider will have to do the fix on their site.
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It was done by our host site admins without our permission or notification. I had NO CLUE until I went in to change something silly on my site just yesterday and when I viewed all of my pages to make sure they looked how I wanted them to, I noticed the photo albums were locked. I was irate! I would never charge anyone to view my marketing photos, and to do it without my knowledge or permission really pissed me off. I have no idea how long it's been like that until I changed it, and I was wondering why my appointment requests suddenly went wayyyyy down.
When I contacted the host site admins they tried to act like they did me a favor, because I'd get some of the "profit". Hahahaha! Oh yea, I'd much rather get $5.00 for my photos than $500.00 for a reservation...idiots.
Some girls may just still not know. So if you notice it, kindly email her.
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