This is my process:
1. Her pics
2. Her reviews, but more specifically, does what she likes to do or what she does well match what I like to do? e.g. if a girl has great reviews and is great looking but is known for LFK only or doesnt allow daty, I scratch her off my list.
3. Her overall professionalism. Website professional or is it some super cheap piece of crap with a million misspellings and crazy fonts and bad design. I am not looking for some Fortune 500 product but it tells me something how serious the lady takes her craft.
4. I pm her last few guys and see what they have to say. The reviews are so overinflated anymore because gusy dont wont the giref of blowing someone's page after page of 10/10 reviews. PM'ing allows more honesty outside of the public spotlight.
5. I search her board posts to ser if our personalities would be a good fit
6. I check out her eros ad, other review sites, DateCheck/P411 profiles, etc to give me something I may have missed in steps 1 thru 5
7. Lastly, I contact the lady in question and see her contact response time, personality and professionalism when replying.

Hope that helps! Good luck!

This is only a problem if you live in a major city (like NYC).

If you're on Long Island, this isn't something that ever comes up. You have a handful of agencies, with far fewer women than in the major cities (in fact, today, between the three agencies I use most often, there is *one* woman available). And, traveling ladies rarely ever head out to LI (or, if they do, they expect the economic climate to be equal to NYC, which it isn't).

Well, I've read this entire thread, so far, and I've thought about it and here's my take on how I pick em'....
BTW, this is a great thread. It's a good topic to get perspective on from other hobbyists.

I think for me it's a real thoughtful process....
The reality for me is that economics does play a part in my decision process. It might not be the first thing on my list, but it's certainly not the last thing on my list either. The reality is that with the general economy being what it is, you're either crazy if you don't factor it in, or you're in the 1% income bracket that doesn't think about it and has disposable income to burn. Well that's not me, so I really think about my choices.

Looks are always a consideration, but not in the way you think.. I'm in the communications, marketing and design biz (and in that world I've been around the fashion biz enough to know what I'm looking at) so when I look at pictures of the ladies, I'm probably looking beyond what the average guy sees. I have a trained vision for photography composition and I can often look past the picture in front of me and I have a sense of what I'd expect in real life...

Highly produced photoshoot pics might say the girl has made the sacrifice to invest a lot into marketing herself and that says a lot for initiative to stand out in a crowd, but it also might convey that she's too high profile for a down to earth connection and ultimately neither of us have a good time. Conversely, crappy pictures might convey that the girl doesn't really care and she's just going thru the motions, but she might just be starting out and can't do a slick photoshoot, so there's that to consider. Sometimes candid pictures can really be a lot of fun - giving a playful vibe. Those kind of girls are usually the best to connect with.

Review are reviews, sometimes they can be totally accurate and other times they can be totally off base and biased for one reason or another. Sure, I look at them, but it's not the be all to end all that helps me make a final decision to see a girl.

It's also nice to see how a gal communicates with me before I make any decision. Does she chat on the boards a lot, does she communicate thru twitter, how do we click via email communication? All that is taken into consideration.

As far as resources go, I've found that P411 profiles are a really nice addendum to the info I get on TER. Put all the stuff above together, shake it up well and I make a decision from there.

Since I don't hobby with great frequency as some of the other guys are so lucky to be able to do, it is, as I've said, a thoughtful process. And usually, when I do make that decision of who I'll see. I try very hard to make sure that each of us has an enjoyable time that both of us can be happy with.

nycad

I look for the perfect confluence of attractiveness, performance, and price point. Specifically, for me, someone on the younger side and in shape who is GFE for under $400 (greek offered a big bonus!). What will keep me coming back is chemistry.

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My process is very visual and in-line with the male stereotype that we're visual first. If you read my reviews, you know I have physical aspect that I look for. What frustrates me more than anything is when a provider uses crappy photos. And by crappy photos, I mean the following:
- mirror shots
- small photos (100x200 or 300x500), c'mon an iPad mini is 1024x768 - make it at least 800x600, a full body pic that's sized at 100x200 is useless
- unclear/blurry/out of focus photos and I don't mean show the face. I don't care if you go into Windows paint and draw a black rectangle over your face. If you blurred the photo so I can't even make out our physique, it's useless.

What's even more crazy is when a provider's rates are higher (mid-3 figures and up) and the photos are like that. It just shows you don't care. I'm not saying that you need to break the bank on a shoot. Even if all you did was take an iPhone or a point&shoot camera and had someone take photos of you, that would be fine. I'm not looking for heavy Photoshop or any Photoshop for that matter. A perfect example is a provider from the Midwest who toured recently. Her content was plenty original and her photos were clear. Nothing fancy and she seemed to have booked up quick.

If you want to go fancy, go to a female boudoir photographer. Most male photographers in this space do the same stupid poses and they don't know how to pose people. There are some great reasonably priced female photographers in NYC - you just have to do your homework. But again, the homemade photos are enough.

Other factors for me, are the content and interaction. You can tell a lot from her posts on forums, Twitter, blog, etc. The more data points, the better it is for me. The one thing I'd recommend against is tweeting about politics, religion, etc. The downside outweighs the upside in my opinion.