Ladies....I have been having a slow burn about this for awhile and since its the end of the year (thank goodness) and we will soon be into 2017, lets start off with a little change that will help everyone.

Couldn't agree more. As soon as I see password protected or register I move on too. In the providers defense I think some may not even be aware of it. The website itself may be set up that way and they need to unlock the pictures.

that is protected and requires that the provider give you permission to view. I do not waste the time. These women have gotten bad advice on how to market their services in a highly competitive industry.

One more hurdle to clear.  

I'm right there with you.
A site to promote her business and then it's exclusionary. Makes no sense.
The other irritation is Secret Benefits link popping up all the time

Agreed. Those websites are doing more to hurt business than help it. I leave the site as soon as I see the pictures are blocked. Photos make the difference between me calling or not. I love twitter accounts that show what a woman looks like day to day and are always current. Photos photos photos. Showing your outfits, your style and personality. Sometimes I just want a woman to wear thigh-high black boots and a little school girl outfit. If I see she has a fair amount of photos wearing clothes like that, I know I can request those kinds of outfits. If I want elegant, and classy, the photos will show that's how that girl likes to dress. Looking at the photos is what is going to sell me, so I couldn't agree more. Those websites suck

If during my verification process, a potential client gives me provider references, and any of the provider's websites are password protected, I will not use the provider as a reference...thus, I must contact the potential client and request another reference = a time waster and a pain in the ass for the potential client and myself.

Yeah, it's like Macy's putting a curtain up in front of the display window.  Sort of defeats the purpose.

Very often, the free websites that gals use have a default that requires password protection for their photos, and often the gals don't know how to override that.

This topic has come up 100s of times here. This is not a new "peeve."
As fish said, a lot of free websites do that. The websites charge a fee for access. The providers get nothing out of this fee.
The providers are either unaware they are locked, or don't know how to unlock them.

"If you are they kind of gent that is turned off by how she runs her business, then you are probabaly not the kind of gent that she caters too. "

Especially this line:

What Tori says is totally true for those ladies who purposely lock their photos. However there are many many providers out there with locked photos who are totally unaware.

are password protected. Anyone viewing your website knows exactly what to expect and we are not required to jump through hoops to get the information. Those providers who, for whatever reasons, have that information password protected could take a page from your book.

Many do not have website designers or webmaster so or their own web design skills. Many use those template websites, create them and then leave them be. Some will go back and look at them but have no idea how to make any changes. Some providers have websites they don't even know that they have. There are websites created by scanning the Internet for ads and photos, without the providers knowledge or approval. Many of these same providers that have locked photos on their websites, have photos available elsewhere on ad malls and such.

We're trying to sell ourselves after all, why put clients off when you're trying to attract bookings? Very strange.

It sounds more like a civilian one, and a terrible one at that. Many out to lunch manginas confuse pay for play for irl too so you will have tons of company here.

...password-protected photos.

She seems to make it a habit here of white knighting for stupid marketing ideas time after time. They deserve better.

You can protect photos from being copied without having to put the behind a password protection website.  There are ways to do this.  But when you make potential clients jump through lots of password protected sites just to see a photo it seems to me that you are marketing against yourself and driving business away.

as mentioned in Voo-doo's post in your link, and Tori's post above, and despite how many people might say it's poor marketing, it must be working for those ladies. However, this topic keeps coming up on the boards here because of all the ladies that don't even know that their photos are locked, or don't know how to unlock them.

BTW, it bugs me an idea usually turn away ...  

take that constructively, JD. As has been mentioned when I read this topic before, yes, many gals are unaware of this issue.

I just dont see the photos on the website thats locked. I have to look at other ad boards like TER ads, Euros, P411, Twitter...something. If they have no pictures I can see anywhere, I look elsewhere. I am all about being safe and discrete, but even if your face is slightly blurred out, or half your face is chopped off, I still have to see your outfits and your body...if your hair is long or short...

to be sure all links work.

Thanks

You saved me the trouble of quoting myself.

...too.  Why didn't you blur your photos or just show your body and not your head?  It's hard to believe that a stalker could recognize a provider from only body photos.

For one thing, even a body shot would be recognizable to people who know us well, or see us often. The clamor for accurate pics being what it is.  

And will close down sites if terms are violated. Weebly is one such platform: https://www.weebly.com/terms-of-service

All reved up.  I will never join anything just to see photos, so I just move on.

Just as I do.  I have no problem at all if you don't want to show your pix without a PW. I hope you have no problem if I don't see you.  I'm lazy and the extra step is a killer. Just as an ad here is if it has no pic right in the copy. I will just move on. Lots of tuna in the sea. If that was your plan, you succeeded.

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When using my new name, site, photos, and hair.  

True, most of these password protected sites are to benefit the hosting company and not the lady herself, but not all. What I find ironic are the women with password protected sites/galleries who also have P 411 profiles or Eros ads complete with pics. Try to explain that one. lol

Some photos can be cropped or taken in a way that they're not so revealing. Hair worn up and not shown at all, cropped shots of body parts only (an ass, a torso). (While I can be paranoid, I'm not so paranoid that I really think someone would recognize me from a pic of my ASS.) That's pretty much what I did. I had 3 pics thus taken that were public.  

Having a public and private gallery is fine by me, but if I can't get so much as a glimpse of what you look like without "joining" something or contacting you directly, I am moving on.

I have wanted to see someone bad enough to register on a website and none of the times I did, was I ever granted access. I've registered on a few ladies sites over the years and never once have received an auto generated email with a password or a password from a provider. Not even a typed response from the provider asking for references. I use P411 and have 25 okays, I never have an issue getting dates unless the provider actually calls the girls and they don't remember me. I never seem to have an issue getting verified, but have always had an issue getting access to see locked photos on a website. I don't bother trying anymore. If it has a 100% failure rate and my name and info are "out there" each time I try it, I have since given up ever trying again

checking for new updates. So asking for the simple introduction or email first seems logical.  

telling me the about a "cut and paste" incident. She being a highly rated gal, has a unique and risqué writing style. It seems another highly rated local gal c&p a big chunk from her website onto the transgressors Ad Board post one week.  

but why advertise? Would be my question?

I edit out all identifying marks, even going so far as to completely remove my tattoos, etc. Despite that, I've had several people from my personal life recognize me. Proportions and body shape can be more identifying than you'd expect.  

with playing songs I'd written live was, people recording it and then copying them, and copyrighting the songs under their own name.