Hello fellow hobbyists. I have a quick question. What percentage of an escort's rate actually goes to an escort who is working for an agency? Feedback would be appreciated. Cheers.

I've used some low end agencies that have practices that lower
the escorts final take.  For instance, phone girls will try to
pressure the escorts to tip them if they get them a booking.
Also, some agencies will force the escort to use their driver.

But like I said, these are low end agencies.  High end agencies
generally don't use drivers.  And reputable agencies don't have
the phone girl taking a cut - they already have a cut.

fr

It has been my experience that most agency girls keep about 50%, though there are agencies that pay the girls 60% or so.

As a phone op for a high end agency, I can tell you how it works here:  The booking fee for an hour is $150, and the girl's tips are generally around $300 per hour.  Nothing is taken out of the girl's tip whatsoever.  The phone op gets a 20% commission off of the booking fee, and the girls generally tip the phone op 5-10%.  (This is not coerced in any way, just a common courtesy considering I am screening all their clients, checking their references, making sure they are safe, getting them directions, keeping the clients informed when they are running late, etc)  As far as I know, this is the industry standard around here.  We had a girl who used to work for us who apparently started to tell clients that we took a portion of her tips in order to upsell them, but that simply was not the case, and she no longer works for us as a result.  Oh, and our girls drive themselves, but we do have a driver on call in case of car problems, and she is responsible for paying him herself.  Hope this helps.

Thanks for the post, very informative. So let me get this straight, the provider gets %50 of her actual rate? (for example $300/hr and she gets a cut of $150) . Also, how much should a client tip in general? Thanks in advance. Cheers.

First, high end agencies do not charge booking fee, etc.  They
just charge an all inclusive rate.  There's no haggling or
upselling from the provider when she comes to the door.

Here's how you operation (which you call an agency works):

1. You tell the unsuspecting client that the rate is $150.

2. The provider goes to client and HAS to upsell otherwise
she makes no money!  That's because the $150 goes entirely
to the agency.  

3. OK, I have no reason to doubt that the 20% (= $30) comes out
of the booking fee.

4. I find it immpossible to believe "tips" as you say are
generally around $300.  I would ask clients to chime in on
this supposed fact.  There's just so many reasons why this
rings false - from logic, to experience - that there's not
enough room.

5. You say "Nothing is taken out of the girl's tip whatsoever".
Well then where is the tip to the phone person coming from?

6. Cut me a break when you say "This is not coerced in any way".
What do you think, we're stupid.  If she doesn't pay she gets
less bookings so it is a requirement.

7. The services you supposedly provide as a booker, are what
the booking fee should pay for.  Why else would the booking fee
go to the agency?


Now I see why people hate agencies.  Where I come from - NYC
that's not an agency.  That's AT MOST a VERY low end agency.
But is better described as a scam - on the clients and the
providers alike.

Now, just where is the God forsaken place you describe
as "around here"?

fr


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He/she would have us believe that they quote a $150 rate to
the client but that the client gives the lady $450.  That
would be $150 agency fee plus $300 for the girl (what he/she
calls a tip).

Please see my translation

fr

ok...im sorry but i think you have to dumb it down for me. im not up on the business side of the hobby like you people are. so, as an example, let's say that a provider charges 300 per hour. what i am asking is: how much of this hourly rate actually goes to the provider herself, considering that she works for an agency?

Jax is a female phone operator for a well-regarded agency in Phoenix. It is considered high end by our standards, but is not in the fee range of high-end NYC standards. (They definitely have some hot girls, though!)

I have several clients who use the agency and like it. It is made very clear at the time of the appointment that the client pays a $150 agency fee; added to that is the girl's tip, which the agency recommends in a range of $250-350.

This means the overall price is about $400-$500. The girl's tip represents over 60% of the total fee, which isn't too bad by agency standards, I guess.

It sounds like this is quite different from the way NY agencies work. I don't know which is the better business model, but bottom line--Jax's agency is reputable and very good.

-- Modified on 5/15/2004 10:37:46 PM