I've been hobbying for over 20 yrs and recently got hooked on TS girls. I always give a short description of myself in an introductory text requesting a date, providing age, race, height and weight. Now I am as superficial as the next guy as looks are everything to me and I couldn't imagine kissing and dating an older woman. Well it seems to me that TS girls have more in common with guys than a dick as they are more into looks than female providers. I say this based on the response rates to my introductions, whereas for female providers it's around 50% but for TS girls I'd say 10%. It's not the race, height or weight in my case, but my age, over 60. So it could be my imagination or possibly that response rates for TS girls is 10% and I am getting the norm. What say you?

Some can be. When i was younger i used to get a lot of freebies
 As im older now, not so much.

Are these reviewed providers? Because if they are, these are shocking numbers. I get considerably higher from both, and I would say it's fairly equal. Probably closer to 80%. If it's unreviewed providers, than that's another story. I have found unreviewed TS providers to be much less reliable than civi ladies.

If only 10% are responding, it could simply be because they’re busy or not great at keeping up with their phones, which at worst just makes them poor businesswomen. I have a hard time believing they care about your age, height, weight, and so on. That’s what the money is for.

From an escort’s perspective, I’ll be honest. I usually roll my eyes when clients send detailed descriptions of themselves. First, many clients exaggerate or misrepresent how they look or the shape they’re in. Second, it’s not really my place to care. My job is to create a fantasy and craft a great experience for you, regardless of what you look like.

When you send a description, you may be unconsciously signaling that you’re hoping for a discount or some kind of freebie based on your perceived attractiveness. Some women may skip over the message entirely because they assume you’re going to waste their time. Personally, I still respond because I take every client seriously, but let’s be honest, not everyone operates that way.

My advice is to drop the description. You do not need it. I would bet your response rate goes up immediately, and I doubt anyone will ask for those details later. Even your comparison to a 50% response rate with women is low. When reaching out to escorts, you should expect a 70 to 80% response rate, accounting for those who are busy or simply not paying attention.

When it comes to CIS women, finding ones with reviews, good ones to be more specific, isn't difficult. In LA, I have a good 20 on my radar at most times. And, this is with high standards. If I lower them just a little, poof a lot more. Furthermore, if I open my wallet further, well even more. This number can get quite large. And this is just locals. There is also a good steady wave of touring providers.

 
With the TS women, I can count on one hand the number of locals I am interested in that have good reviews. Since some men prefer tops and some bottoms, I am looking not just for good reviews, but for ones that also confirm which I prefer. I like a bottom. So, if I read a good reviewed provider, but every review only mentions her topping, I'm not getting the assurances I want. Someone else who wants a top is equally looking for this confirmation. The number of TS providers that advertise as verse but are not is really high. And when it comes to touring providers, there are not many that add to this pool. All of this brings some clients to feeling more pressure to take some risk with unreviewed TS providers. And, once you get into this territory, the response rate curves downward.

 
Thankfully, since I like both CIS women and TS women, I'm comfortable waiting for the right ones. But this isn't the case for everyone.

Thank you for your insights Naomi. My text message intro is pretty short: "Hi XXX. I saw your ad. You look and sound wonderful. I am 62yr white professional 6'1" 180lbs. I'd love to meet for an hour tomorrow evening at 6pm. LMK either way so I can make plans. "  So basically my description is meant to convey that I am a average older guy. In my area ( South Florida, not Miami) few CIS providers are reviewed and even fewer TS girls, so my percentages relate primarily to non-reviewed providers. I will leave out my description and see if the response rate changes. But even if it does, I don't feel that's necessarily good if the provider is disappointed when she opens the door and the experience is meh.  In NYC it's a different story but I am rarely there these days.  Oh how I miss the city.

If they don’t respond, it’s usually because you aren’t offering enough money.

First, I don’t volunteer information that I haven’t been asked. In my case the number of negative responses is lower than it could be, because of my need for early mornings only. I believe that has led to being ghosted while waiting in the parking lot for a room number. Some providers like to forget that we agreed to meet in the morning, and blow me off. I had one who went out to a party the night before and didn’t get up in the morning, because she considered her sleep more important than a commitment made.
I have never booked her since, even though she’s really hot.
TS Daisy Lee was the last one, and she even tried to bribe me  not to say anything about it. I told her that I would rather cost her business, for what she did.  
I don’t think my age has ever figured as a negative.

Ahhhh you’re in south florida? Say less… now I know for sure it’s because they aren’t paying attention lol.

As much as I HATE early morning appointments I’d never ghost. That’s freaking trash. Some of the stories I hear about girls shock me considering the significant sum usually being paid.

Yup. Girls can be pretty flaky and just blow guys off, regardless of how much they agree to get paid or when or where the appointment is, even girls with great reputations will do it. Part of the game. Surely, girls with great reviews, such as yourself, would never do it, but not all girls are so honorable.

Verification for CIS providers usually consists of my TeR creds or two recent references. More often than not, with TS girls, "verification" is a photo, often required on first contact.  Certainly a photo of an old woman wouldn't interest me for any amount of money. And if I did it for the money, I can't see myself getting a boner.  I believe this is the mindset of many TS providers.  One girl here is upfront about it and upcharges 25% for old guys. Too bad my fascination with TS girls didn't occur 20 yrs ago when I started hobbying.