Providers CAN require you to join in order to see private photos but they cannot require a log-in to enter the website itself if they want the website to be linked to their TER profile.

Just curious. Do others get annoyed by providers who require you to log-in to their website to view photographs and other information? I just keeping moving on to other providers with easier access. I understand the business strategy of doing it, but I think providers lose a fair number of potential clients by creating this restriction. What do providers think?

I tend to just move on...

The lady is fully vetted and screened. A big part of that is what is on her site. This creates an issue as it is hard to vet her without knowing the information on her site. So unless I can find it elsewhere I will not sign up. If I get it elsewhere what is the point of her site again? All it can do is convince me not to see her after all at that point as by the time I am willing to turn over information I am willing to see the lady. Now I have a very controlled board email I give out freely but that is useless for screening as I don't use it to book, nor is it linked to my real info. I mostly skip such websites at any rate.

It cuts down on the window shoppers and time wasters. It also heightens the "exclusivity" factor, which I do think is bullshit marketing, but if it works in getting her the clients she wants then more power to her.

This is not one of them, personally I find it annoying as well, and simply move onto the next lady that interests me.

I realize that "some" women actually want to cut down on responses, I say this is a very effective way of doing so. Now for the vast majority of the women who want to drive MORE traffic, I will add my name to the list of the guys who find this a huge inconvenience and who won't even think about jumping through this hoop to check you out further, much less book with you. I don't find that if makes you seem the least bit more exclusive, it just makes it appear that you have control issues to me.

A girl's pool of potential clients is reduced very drastically if she password-protects her site.  

Its not necessarily a business strategy. If she wants to be exclusive, then she can set her rates and standards high, and refuse dates that don't meet her criteria.  

and not for me to second-guess them about it.  

If their entire site required a password to access then most definitely "someone" should have reported it.

I don't know which providers you are talking about as I pay almost no attention to who wins Miss TER and even less to the photo board as a whole, but it does seem rather pointless to be posting pics graphic and revealing enough to win Miss TER, but keeping the rest of her gallery under virtual lock and key.

Oh well, I don't understand hooker math either.

...in terms of IT security, I've seen some that were poorly locked down and could easily be broken into by a determined individual (ex. easy passwords, not all pages locked). Hopefully, this worked as intended for you and those you know.

At least two of them were Miss TER last year.
Should I have been submitting problem reports all this time?

But like many others, personally I move on. Obviously I am not their target audience.

Great reviews don't mean that a woman's business is great, it just means (or at least it is supposed to mean) that the guys that did see her enjoyed their time.

also keep in mind that Melanie has pics on her P 411 site and those pics along with her reviews is plenty of info to book from, just like the many women who ONLY have a P 411 site and do just fine. As for Isabella, she appears to be delisted, so I really don't see your point here.

I will not dispute that password protecting their site works for some women, but guys who think said women are more "exclusive" for doing so are idiots IMO, but each to their own. I don't tell the restaurant owner who refuses to accept reservations and makes his patrons stand in line to be "lucky enough" to get a seat when he has a line going around the corner to get in, but I won't patronize his restaurant either.

I always getting a feeling that she is trying too hard to be pretentious. I just exit off immediately. Plenty of other gals in available anyways. Stuff like that pisses me off.

Melaniee Benson (TER ID: 215896) is one example with no pictures on the website but several on the myprovider link. She is highly reviewed so it must be working for her. Lovely Isabella Fox (TER ID: 263731) is another with no pictures on the website but are located on other links.

Not every provider necessarily NEEDS new business at all times.  That's why some girls do not do any advertising.  The guys seek HER out if they want to see her.  Including registering for the site.  That's half the situation of the beautiful girl from Toronto who has her site locked.  That, and a higher need for security which is only her business.

So that leaves Melanie in good shape there as far as TER rules go, I can't speak to the other lady as she has been delisted and quite frankly unless the research can be done with three keystrokes or less, I am just too lazy to do the work to find out. lol

It does seem to be a complete contradiction, doesn't it?

Of course what do I know? I am still trying to figure out hooker math. lol

I have seen that on several profiles in the past, however the two Miss TER's were Melaniee Benson and the lady from Canada who delisted after her win. At the time of their wins, their profiles had links to protected websites. However, one of those two providers are no longer on TER and Melaniee's website link is no longer on her profile. Funny thing is she has a link to a myproviderguide ad, as well as P411. There are pics there as well as on her TER ads. I guess her reason for protecting her website has nothing to do with pictures.  

I am afraid that it will cause too many to get discouraged and leave before the miracle happens. So, I don't... But, I think those that do, are not concerned with gentlemen leaving. I believe that these ladies want to be ultra discrete and so, they know that the men that are ultra discrete will respect their desire to keep things private.  

I was just commenting on the fact that there were definitely locked websites on the profiles.

Jamie. I disagree with the basic premise that these providers are motivated by the desire to be discrete or that somehow they attract a "higher" quality of clients by limiting access. Anybody who is on TER and P411 who is willing to log in, has the cash and references can see them. So much for exclusivity.  

and pictures hardly screams exclusiveness. For many of us ladies and gentlemen searching for our next possible playmate it just screams a pretentious and transparent sales tactic that fails. We move on to providers who don't make it so difficult to find out the info that we need to know before deciding where we will be spending our hard earned money.

Most sites that require a log in will also have a tracking software that can locate you within 100 feet.  Not ALL but most!  It is the same way that any ole sales and marketing firm tracks potential client by locale so they can sell info to their clients.  It helps ladies verify you without you knowing.

For the public photos, I just kept it to a very few I was comfortable with, and for which there would be A LOT of plausible deniability. For instance, until my hair color and style had completely changed, I didn't show hair on my ad photos (I did show my hair on my site). For the public photos, I just kept it to a very few I was comfortable with, and from which there would be A LOT of plausible deniability

and I repeat, marketing had NOTHING to do with it, especially as I got LESS business than I would have otherwise. I'm in this business to make money, not play Pretty Pretty Princess. I was actually exposed as an escort IRL.

It's almost as funny seeing him call someone else annoying as it is when he calls someone else stupid. but I suppose if anyone knows stupid, it would be the two time SPOTY champion of TER.

hey can keep themselves locked up also. Not calling

I know, it sucks