I have never offered to barter with any providers. However one knew that I had a cabin up in the mountains that she wanted to stay at for a weekend. She offered to trade for that which we did.

Then another time, a provider I had seen many times needed some handyman work done around her place. She offered to trade her services out for me to do the necessary repairs.  

Closed mouths don’t get fed.

If you don’t ask you will never know. The worst thing that could possibly happen is she says, “no!”

I have made friends for life off honesty.  

You missed 100% off the shots you do not attempt.  

Yes & yes to your ?’s. I just recently had one of the most amazing dinner date & overnight due to the fun fact that this daring individual reached out with a proposal to pay in full what he could reasonably afford. I respectfully accepted. We built a bond. I feel it helps when they can see all of me before by subscribing to my paid content that is exclusive.

And if the provider explicitly says no negotiation/barter, I feel like they'd be justified to be pissed or even refuse to service/bl you if you try to barter. It's one thing to complain about pricing online and another wasting a sellers time when they explicitly said no negotiations or trades. No means no.  

 
The only exception for me is massage parlors where tips are negotiable and without haggling you'd often be taken to the cleaners. I remember almost a decade ago Amp hopping in Vegas and one jack shack lady asked me for over 100 for a happy ending hj. At the time the going rate for a handie was 40. I just chuckled and told her to then just go through with the regular non sexual massage and that bluff call made her agree to I think 45 or so.

I traded my ex wife's pilates reformer for two sessions and a three way to a short lived favorite I was seeing.  She got frustrated with my over attentiveness to the OTR girl she brought to the three way and I don't think I got my last session.  But I got that reformer out of the garage.  Always a silver lining.

I had begun helping her screen, not asking or expecting anything in return. She said she wanted to formalize the arrangement by giving me one free session a month in return. I told her that wasn't necessary but she insisted. So we did that for a while. Fun.

When I think of bartering, my original thought was chickens or potatoes. Then, I thought of what I've seen in the hobby, drugs. 😔 So no to all that...  

 
BUT my regular clients, even through my agency, would take me to vacations, exclusive restaurants or events, or pay for my travel or hotel sometimes. I'd ask the agency if I could take it or part of it off their rate and 99% of the time they'd agree.  

 
However, "gifts" like flowers or jewelry were considered tips. So once, this gent tried to give me a watch for a session. A.) It was our first session so I didn't know him from a can of paint. B.) I'm not a watch appraiser... So I politely declined. He called and gripped at my Madam, which was a stupid idea, and she said that he didn't have to pay, he would simply be banned from the agency. Magically, my price appeared in cash out of his shoe. She still banned him but she didn't post about him as far as I know.  

 
Don't expect a barter and don't try to barter with someone that youre just meeting. But every provider is free to do what they want...  

 
Best,
Katie

Because my line of work is appealing to some ladies, a few ladies have asked me for help or for guidance in launching their vision. A couple of girls have offered to take care of me in exchange for my assistance, but I politely declined. Except one girl, I did I take her up.  
It was cool, but it didn't feel right so we went back to our original business play plan.One thing, when we did me, she wasn't a clock watcher.

Strictly in conversation, we were not neglecting offers or anything like that. Here’s an interesting item that was mentioned:

Two separate providers (independently of each other) have told me they have bartered for dental work with clients that were dentists.  

I guess there are no dental 🦷 plans when you’re self employed.

Pro Photos

Way back in 2004 when I was a VERY new and UTR, one of my first clients was a professional product photographer and ran a very well regarded wedding trade magazine. He offered to barter pics for sessions. He was a total sweetie, saw me often and mentored me with some industry 'best practices' type of knowledge. I'd already done a few shoots with him for his magazine (my hands even had a cover! so bizarre🤪) so I figured "Why not?".  
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Well, because he freakin' sucked at boudoir. We had our sessions planned as the deliverables were met and I realized it's super hard to have just finished sweaty fun and then look at pics so bad that I felt a bit traumatized.... and still have to smile and act pleased with the whole thing.🥴 So I picked the best handful of the dreadful lot and made specific requests about how they might be edited. The next bartered session came when the edits were finished... and the raw pics somehow looked better than the edited ones, and he even did several different styles of editing to show what X or Y style  produces.  
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Once more... gulp, deep breath, smile and nod.... "thank you sooooo much!"😘🫣🤢  I couldn't let him know just how awful the pics were; I was afraid it'd damage the great set up we had going on this side of things. So I kept my mouth shut and we continued seeing each other for a few years, but the ICK of it all never really went away for me.  
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Lessons learned: 1) Establish/verify the value of the thing to be bartered and make sure you actually get what you're bartering for BEFORE the service portion of the exchange. He's GOING TO get what he wants anyway, so you gotta be sure you get YOURS first. 2) Be willing to speak up and lose a good client if it goes sideways for any reason. Sitting in that ICK and smiling through a situation just isn't worth it.  
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And that's why I've not bartered since😑

I was in the trade's; I'm a retired plumber. trades rarely worked out in my experience, one party always felt cheated.  Happy to hear it can work out

I have bartered successfully over the years. I changed professions about a decade ago, but still barter with on gal. Weve had the same deal going on for almost 2 decades.  

If it aint broke, dont fix it!  

If you have the right skills or goods, why not?

I have income coming from elsewhere so I would be up for a barter if done respectfully, cleanly, and discretely, and the item in return was over the value of my time. i.e. amazing concert tickets, a ton of airline miles, a Birkin (j/k) etc.  

I quite like learning from my clients, so professional advice might be interesting as well (legal advice if needed as an example).  

But bartering for my rates, never.

There is/was a pretty well know provider in the MPLS area that actually brought bartering into her ads.  She was/is a prepper and I had an extra 5000w generator that she was extremely interested in but schedules never worked out.  Value can be assessed and agreed upon before hand and less hard feelings come into play.

if it was something i already need or really want, ie tattoo work, cosmetic procedures (fillers, etc). with well-established clients that i trust i would also be open to having home renovation work done as well. i at one point had a bartering policy on my website but removed it since it seems to be much easier to just pay cash for bookings. i still have an eye open in case a good trade comes along.

I'm not the type to barter or haggle.  However, I have had providers mention something that they need doing that I was able to accomplish, and I have received complimentary or extended service in exchange.  I've similarly had civilian girls offer me extra spicy times in exchange for solving particular problems.  Sometimes, it really does come in handy being handy!