Many providers like myself have worked hard on their websites so that potential clients can easily have a look and see my rates, pictures, disclaimers and answers to frequently asked questions. Yet, I still receive the same questions again and again. "What are your rates? Send me pics. Do you ask for a higher rate for couples? " etc. I usually don't have this issue with clients who have found me through TER but clients who have seen me on other sites that I advertise on I seem to get it a lot. All of my info is clearly there so I don't know if I am just getting people who are lazy or what. I would like to attract client's who take the time to do more than look at my pics and immediately message me questions that are clearly in front of their face in bold. Do any other provider's run into this issue as often as I do?

And you must be drunk if you think complaining about it here will accomplish anything.  Most of the guys who read this board know how to play the game.  But our world is full of idiots who are too stupid, lazy or otherwise fucked up to do the simplest things.
I suggest you save yourself some angst by simply ignoring such guys and move on.

I understand how frustrating that can be.  I think customers of any business are like this.  
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Yes, there's lots of info on your site, and yes you ask for the same best practices as most providers (envelope with the donation in plain sight, take a shower and use mouthwash, etc.), but most consumers are too lazy to actually research the product or service they want.  That's why fast food restaurant menus are 90% pictures and 10% text. Point and eat.
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Long ago, I worked at a photocopy store. There was a huge price board high the wall behind the counter that laid out every price for every service offered. There was even a 6-foot message painted on the largest window in the storefront that said" "Copies 5-cents ea." You could not enter the store without passing in front of that sign.  
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The most frequent question asked by a customer:  "How much for a copy?"
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So imagine most horny guys, sitting in their cars scrolling through dozens of escort ads on their tiny phones. They see your hot pic and nearby locale and insta-text you... "How much for an hour? Do you have any lingerie? Can I bring my basset hound and a gallon of Velveeta?" (Ok the dog & cheese thing is probably not asked very often...  
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Now you might be tempted to put some type of mechanism on your site that will only let a client contact you AFTER they have seen all the important info. Something like a "click here to get my text number" box by the rate chart. Well, in the world of search optimization and customer conversion rates, that's a great way to make sure no one ever contacts you. It won't make your clients less lazy. It will motivate them to find another ad with a phone number in a large font, at the top of the ad.  After all, that's the most important piece of info you want the client to get - how to contact you. The rest, like rates, rules, preferences, specials, etc. is all nice to have, but not critical to your business. Right?

I worked for several years in your customer service type jobs. Vast majority of the people are decent people, but there is always a few who just cannot master basic reasoning. Unfortunately these days we are being deluged with more and more poorly educated people incapable of reading and thinking. I read every service provider's website thoroughly and know the price when I make a date. If I were to make a dinner date with a service provider, I would probably ask if she had any food allergies or preferences. What drives me crazy is the service providers who do not post rates.

I think their bored ,and want to carry on co conversation, And    just want to play games.. 🤡

..... I get so amped up in the excitement , I forget the last thing I read. My brain chemistry goes haywire in the excitement. I have to go back, over and over again to the information.

... despite the references to couples (which is awesome, btw). It was on your P411 profile that i saw that you are truly girl friendly. Had I not been a TER and/or a P411 member, I would have pinged you to clarify.

Stick around.  LOL.

Yeah, she's hot! I would book her too, if I was in LA.

You say it does not happen often from those who find you through TER, so why complain here?

LOL... the spitting Cobra... well spits, I suppose.  :p

Wow, lol, well aren't you just a doll. Thanks for the polite advice. Happy Holidays ya big sweet talker.

Yes, I am very girl friendly I will have to update that, thanks for the heads up! xoxo

Thank you for the more informative and less harsh "I'm out of Xanax" response. No, I don't want to stray people away from contacting me by making it more difficult to reach me. I understand that a lot of clients are reaching out to multiple ladies and might have forgot who is responding.

Not advertising or trying to complain just asking a question that I have been wondering for a while, thought it would spark a conversation not get anyone's jock straps in a bunch.

Just don't mix the two or you could go from charming venom spitter to drooling dead guy. And nobody wants that.

I would think anybody contacting me was a potential sale and would be glad to try to close the deal.  Unless, of course, you have so much business you are turning it away.

That should be the name of a cheap motel. "Freaking Get a Room" (with color TV and flavored condoms in every room)

Jake in a really good mood.  This IS an example of his softer side.  Lol

Every lady I have ever talked to about this topic (time wasters, newbies, dumb asses, etc) has a similar story. "We're buried" was the way one lady described it, with e-mail, PMs, etc. I don't know what the percentage is of queries/questions, on average, to actual clients seen, but it can't be that high. Part of the job unfortunately, of course you can always factor that time in to your rates  ( - :

Ignore JanetfromStateFarm. He is the first fat old angry troll to jump on a thread and shit on it. I'm not sure why he is still allowed to post He is a post/board killer. He did that to my first thread - and his post was deleted. My thread then went on to have over 3,000 views once his negativity was removed.

Oh, for a second I thought you meant JanetfromStateFarm couldn't get it up again. Mea culpa.

Its just human nature. People gather information in different forms and different ways. An old term is "tire kickers" for people buying cars, and just looking - not buying. Kicking the tires does nothing, its a freaking tire.  

It's called He's Not Here...

Get in line.  But you'll need to improve your game first.  "Janet" is a rather lame attempt and not worthy of an acceptable stalker..  Though it's one I'd expect from anyone calling himself "Tippecanoe,"
Are you aware that "Old Tippecanoe" was our shortest-serving President, dying after only a month in office? How long have you been here?
PS: I should note that Layla herself handled my comment just fine, as did herb.  You? Not so much.

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Many times there is one set of rates on TER, another set on website, another set on the ad, etc.... so do I pick the lowest rate, put that in the envelope and hope it's right.  Or pick the highest rate and hope I don't feel ripped off, or pick something in the middle.  It's a business transaction.... when I'm at a store and pricing is confusing, I get a price check before I go to the register

"I usually don't have this issue with clients who have found me through TER but clients who have seen me on other sites that I advertise on I seem to get it a lot"

It's not easy being lonely Jew at Christmas...

is where have you been all my life and will you sit on my face!

Dude, relax. Put down the explanation points, everything is gonna be ok. I was just asking other providers if they experience the same thing from new clients, because believe it or not, providers do advertise outside of TER so I thought some input from them and how they handle would be beneficial and also what clients had to say (ya know, the nice ones). Not that you deserve this long explanation but just wanted to clear that up before someone else gives me another “how daaaare you!!!”

I wonder how many man-hours went into typing this thread?

That’s actually really helpful. Thank you.

I get it almost everyday and it drives me bananas. I have to redirect them to my site and sometimes they continue asking questions. We as well take a lot of time to put together the websites and it isn't cheap and clients just rush right to calling or texting asking the same questions. What are your rates, where are your pictures and so on. I even have people ask me if I am even a real person. Clearly I am real as my reviews state what some of my past experiences are with clients that have wrote reviews. I don't get it. I do know as I have been reading that this a very impulse decision so they probably are not evening reading and just looking at pictures then make the call. I don't understand. It takes a few minutes to go over the site. So I am in the same boat as you.

Oh, I didn't realize that - explains a lot.  Please see link below.  Must have been Jake who was on on J-Date, fits the personality.

You have a tremendous grasp of the obvious.

Its frustrate to say least.

of your own dick.  And little else. Now, please listen to Mr. Goodbar.

You flew all the way to Atlanta to see someone. LA is a lot closer to you.

That he's not as young as a few years ago, so he probably has the same problem I have in getting that third pop out in a one-hour session.  

OK, now I'm offended....lol

I've met Jake and he is NOT fat.

You're still not a lawyer!

the Snipe hunt.  I'm reading back up the thread to find where Fisher said he was a lawyer to put your post in context.  

You are correct perfectstorm. You've got your Gotcha moment, lol!

and to end his suggestion with, "still not a lawyer."

is not legal advice, but rather psychological in nature.

Mind you, that's not a criticism.
(still not into sploshing)

The ratio of inquiries to actual clients is absolutely staggering. I think that's what guys don't understand. For every 1 actual client, I would guesstimate I field a minimum of 100 inquiries. Seriously....I'm not exaggerating. And that's not 100 messages, that's 100 people repeatedly asking me:

It doesn't really matter how hard and for how long you worked on your website.  

Amen to that.  Drudge Report (politics aside) is one of the simplest web page designs possible and has been one of the most visited web sites ever, for most of two decades now.  

I JUST had this happen with me when someone wanted to book and I requested my screening info. They said "they do not do that." Um, what? Did you look at my website????  

I do NOT screen hard and still get this!! Guys, we are going to screen you for our safety!!  Get over it!!

First I agree that getting asked the same stupid questions is likely to occur in any service industry.  I’m a lawyer and literally have clients or family members of clients ask me the same questions multiple times in a half hour.  Some people who do it are fine and just want reassurance if I am telling them what they want to hear, others are not that bright, and many are just assholes.  I think in your profession and because of the internet, even more people feel emboldened to be jerks.  One way to deal with is to focus on the all the people who are nice, and try to ignore the idiots.  20% of everybody in everything are annoying. Remember the good ones.  Hope you have a great New Year

It is amazing to me that some folks here complain about the people they call "customers".  If a client hasn't violated one of your rules or boundaries, then you should cut them some slack.  And I believe having a minimum IQ score isn't high on your criteria for screening clients.

Ah yes, the 80/20 rule. Applies to everything in life.  

I would LOVE to meet Jake!!! Tell me how it went.... In detail.....  

Is he really "old"???? I will be so sad to find out he is more than.... say......45.....  

I don't  accept  constructive stupid.  Well said.  Along with  your post in general.  Maybe they will bump your post  to head of line.

...in your inquiry. I've been in sales/customer service/retail ops since 1969 (thus the handle) and have had hundreds of thousands of interactions with people who MIGHT become customers IF I can meet or exceed their needs.  

I'm not sure what kind of business owner you are, but I'm assuming the time you spend with your clients and the kind of time I spend with mine are quite different. I'm not saying you need to be a rocket scientist to see me, but it's appreciated when someone does take the time to look at my site. I don't scold people who reach out to me and ask questions, but when I refer them to my website and they still ask me the same questions, then I can tell this is someone I am probably not going to connect with. If connecting with people wasn't important to me and I was just about the "business" side of things,  I would just meet with anyone who was willing to offer me any amount of money, no matter how ignorant or how big of an asshole they were and that could get pretty depressing. My sanity and well being mean more to me than any dollar amount, hence why I am so selective of who I meet.

Get a dog, if you want a unconditional love.  
I don't know anything about you, but I can guess I am more educated and make more money than you. So by your criteria I, and every man like me, shouldn't see you.  That elitist mindset swings both ways you see.  Anyway, I don't care who you see or don't see, just don't come here whining about it. Yes, you come off like the A-Hole you hope to avoid.

I have had a couple of different careers in my lifetime and I have learned one thing. People don’t believe information that is written. Proposals and product information are rarely believed.  Verbal explanations are always required.  

Yes, sales people are there to help in the selection of goods/products/services to meet (or exceed) the needs and/or expectations of the client. Part of that process is helping to connect them with the options on the table and how well those options might meet (or exceed) their wants/needs.

I have found it to either be laziness, or they contacted a ton of girls and weren't very organized about it so they have to figure out which one you are. I usually give a second chance and send a link to my website with the info they are looking for on it. Many times us ladies are doing 50 other things and don't always have time to type out the info we already have made available. Or I send a screenshot of the info on my site to make it easier in case they have things going on as well.

Lol, yes, between your response and my response I definitely come off as the uneducated asshole and you come off as the money making genius.

Well I learned today that socks go on before shoes!!  
BTW.  I just looked at your web-site (read your profile for all of 2 minutes) and your pictures are freakin hot!!  Wow! More TNA cuz we love it.  Keep up the good work and Happy New Year!
what are your rates..LOL

"Some" buyers are STUPID!!!

I have the opposite approach, I don't mention my libertarian/conservative leanings because a large fraction of the provider-verse is liberal/progressive.  Telling some of them that I voted for Trump would probably send them to ghost mode.  Whereas I mostly just want the loan of their body for a few hours and their political views are of no consequence to me.

One of the earliest lessons I learned in sales (way back in the Jurassic era, circa 1970) was to never talk yourself OUT of a sale. I've seen it happen time and time again, where someone will have the sale "in the bag" and then continue to blather -- and say something that makes the almost-buyer reconsider and back out of the deal.

If you use multiple advertising venues you will pick up on the characteristics of the type of responses that you attract. If you advertise with established online services everyone who browses the ads there know what is expected of them. They know that they need to go to your website for pics, rates, and additional info or to get to know you. If you advertise with those "feed" type sites that rip your ads from other sites and re-post them such as "erotic monkey, escort cafe, etc," you will get the "I want to play but don't know how to" crowd and the "Available now? How much? Pics? I want BBJ" responses.

You got  a good  screening tool there.   Which probably  works  out best for both you and the prospect.  You find compatibility and they do likewise,  when you move them to delete  file. Sounds like a win , win  to me.

Yep,   and as a wise lady hear said ,  " I don't  do constructive stupidity".

I would think you have actually seen a few dudes  in  their best  mongering attire of a bib and helmet, leaving a hooker and getting back on the short  bus.  Just a hunch  though.

Thank you! That's a great idea, I've been working on some prewritten responses

I honestly can't blame you girls for getting a bit frustrated at times. I know just from reading these boards just how dumb some of the questions can be.

My well grounded lady companions  , refer to this as sending through the filter.

Also, Dude, I believe the preferred nomenclature is "escort".

Providers often have no consistency between ads and profiles. Many providers don’t fill out the ad profiles completely, leaving one to wonder. If a guy finds you on P411 and reads about you there, sees your photos there, then goes to TER to see your reviews, he may never go to your website.  

This is not unique to providing. People ate impatient, they want what they want now. They want to take the shortest reasonable path (to them) to any goal. Any distractions are clearly for other people, not them. While there is a very small chance that the issue is how providers present themselves in their advertising, the widespread nature of the problem suggests it has to do with human behavior. And that is likely unfixable. Best thing is to simply accept that this is how it is in the real world, deal with it and move on.