Running an escort agency

Running an escort agency is so much work and way harder than most escorts assume!

Last Tuesday night on Twitter, an agency I know very well and who have a great reputation, were slammed by a group of private escorts. The agency had tweeted that a girl they had worked with was a thief as she had run off owing them a large sum in agency fees.

Maybe they shouldn’t haven’t called her a thieving c**t but isn’t the C-word a term used for someone who has been rude, disrespectful and stolen money that wasn’t rightfully theirs?

From my experience, I estimate the agency would have done 20+ hours of work to plan, advertise and manage the 2 tours they did for this escort.

Online advertising for this individual escorts tour would have cost perhaps a few hundred dollars, on top of their normal agency overheads.

The escort (aka the thief) had contacted me whilst she was on tour asking if I could ‘give her some bookings on the sly’ obviously I said no and I am mightly glad I did!

An Escort agency works speculatively

Atlantic spends more money & time on tours than with local work and we do that with the expectation of being paid at the end.  Touring is more difficult than local work too as the hours are longer with timezone differences and tours always have so many timewasters (OMG Whatsapp is the worst!)

It’s very upsetting when you put your time, effort and money into a tour and receive nothing but a big ‘F*CK YOU’ in return

Escorts join an Agency by Choice

An Escorts joins an agency by choice, and costs are explained to her before the agency starts work.  If an escort doesn’t like the payment structure, she doesn’t have to join she can tour as an Independent.  Instead of paying, just as any contractor would, this girl has decided to keep the money for herself.

Due to the twitter nastiness and slander the agency received, they posted ‘Agency = Devil, Thief = Angel’ which summed up what had gone down on twitter

I have been in this biz for 17+ years and have met a lot of escorts, some of whom have created their own agencies. The majority of female escort agency owners are current or former escorts; the agency that copped this barrage of twitter hate is female owned and managed (I think it 2 or 3 ladies that run it 24/7)

Calling the agency owner the devil and a pimp and a lot of other nasty names; how can you be sure that an agency owner isn’t one of you & isn’t still escorting?

I know plenty of agency managers who tour under the radar, I toured with Atlantic for years haha

Not all Escort Agencies are terrible

I totally agree that there are some really shitty agencies.  

That said, bad businesses exist in every industry.  It’s not fair to judge every agency the same way and I for one am so sick and tired of being judged for someone else’s shitty behaviour.

A bit of background – I was a contract Analyst/Programmer in the banking sector. I escorted part time whilst doing my day job and in 2002 I started Atlantic.  

As a contractor I was paid an hourly rate, the client was charged a higher rate by the company I got my work from… so a similar business model to an escort agency but companies providing computer contractors aren’t slandered for being the devil. They are called a business….

Agency Escorts are Independent Contractors

I don’t regret my choice of becoming an escort or becoming Sarah as I have enjoyed both roles.   Every day as Sarah is different, it’s dynamic and never boring. The hours are long and it can be super stressful and sometimes heartbreaking (people can be nasty – see twitter for many examples)

My job is a job and it gets tiresome listening to the same rhetoric from private escorts in Australia that agencies are the devil.  In London (where Atlantic was started) a very high percentage of escorts choose to work with agencies (sometimes the do agency + independent).  Many international touring escorts choose to work with either an agency or a PA service that specialises in touring as we have invaluable experience, information, contacts and the all-important banned client’s lists.

Last week I decided I would document my day, to show how much work does go into running an agency and that perhaps this might shift a few people’s perspectives…

My Schdule – Thursday, September 21, 2017

Today Bec isn’t working so I am the receptionist 10am until 1am.  I am taking calls, replying to SMS, WhatsApp and emails also chatting to girls all day on WhatsApp about this or that and being kept up to date with their day/availability

8am

I am super tired this morning as I couldn’t get to sleep til about 3am – i need coffee so out I go to get one

I turn on my phone to a stack of WhatsApp messages

I talk to an escort in Paris regarding an upcoming tour that she wishes to do

I talk to a London escort regarding an NYC tour to check the rates she wants and discuss marketing + hotel options with her etc

I message an escort who is touring Dubai to check what rates and dates she has decided to do. I am waiting on her confirmation so I can write the newsletter and have all the tours listed on it

9am

Bec dropped over to give me the agency phone, We have a chat about work stuff

9.30am

Update girls pages, add girls to available today gallery on Atlantic Sydney & Atlantic International.  Add tweets to Hootsuite

9.55am

Message each lady and double check she is available as per her schedules. Check if the lady has things on that I need to book around.  See how long they need to get to outcalls today etc

Confirm today’s pre-bookings with clients and add notes to schedules

10.15am

Read thru an SEO report & run a couple of diagnostic tools – I am a little obsessed about SEO at the moment but excited now I am doing it myself and seeing results. Read a couple of articles and play with an SEO tool. Lose track of time lol

11.04am

Get in the shower – I got thru a shower without my phone ringing which is always nice :)

The worst is when you are dripping wet & cold answering questions, it’s usually just when your teeth start to chatter from the cold, they say ‘thanks for that, I will call you back’  They are the question guys, they want to discuss a booking that will never ever take place.

I don’t discuss sexual services.  An escort gives us a list, we add it to her page, she approves it and we change it if she asks for changes; that’s the extent of my involvement. It’s her body & her choice.  I make arrangements, the nitty-gritty is between the escort and the client and none of my business.

11.10am

Editing and re-writing this blog to make a bit more sense – Writing is so time consuming, I wish I could just blog directly like some ladies do.  My brain is better at analysis than writing.

11.47am

Ask one of the girls to read my opening paragraph & see if she thinks my blog is dumb or interesting.  I am lucky to work with some ladies who enjoy writing and help me edit my blogs

12 Noon

Check escorts in Asia are awake and available today as per their schedule and check what plans they have that I need to book around and also see if they want additional meetings to their pre-bookings.

12.28pm

I receive a call from a private who wants to apply to us.  We chat for 15mins, damn I am a chatterbox sometimes, note to self; stop that!.  She seems really nice so & I will meet her in October & see if we want to work together

1.05pm

I finally get a reply from the escort I messaged this morning regarding Dubai.  She is arriving tomorrow! Luckily her tour isn’t exclusive and I can do it just for members :)

She is going to send her photos to me so while I wait for those I need to crack on with the newsletter and get that out today so members know about her tour

1.35pm

Start newsletter :(  Goodbye blog, back in a while

1.58pm

Microwave meal for lunch – no time to go out today!

2.42pm

Talk to Bianca on the phone for 10mins – I gotta get back to newsletter

Whoops now I got side tracked with a WhatsApp chat with another agency owner – Must do newsletter….

Whatsapp is going nuts – this afternoon everyone seems to want to chat I have 6 WhatsApp conversations on the go right now – I like a chat and anything is more fun than the newsletter ha

4.30pm

Head outside to get a takeaway coffee – I look like a hobo in a sparkly cap lol

4.42pm

Back at my desk – phone keeps ringing, trying to write the newsletter is a struggle with the phones going off at the same time! I need more pairs of hands!

6.03pm

Double checking information with a girl on tour – I think the info she put on her schedule may not be 100% correct – looks like the info is slightly wrong so now I need to update site and ads

6.30pm

Just checked Margo’s schedule to add it to the newsletter & it’s exploded with a tonne of new places that I have never toured before.  Looks like I am reading and researching a lot this weekend  – Luckily Margo always does her own research but I like to have some clue myself before I do a tour; I don’t like to look like a dumb dumb and not know where a city is.

7pm

Hubby is home from work so I ask him to proof read newsletter.  It’s not my best effort but it will do its job – my brain is starting to feel a bit mushy from staring at a screen so long so going to take a walk to refresh and get some food & another coffee

7.50pm

I am back without food but have un-mushed my brain enough to download the newsletter subscribers and get this news letter out :)  HURRAH

8.15pm

Just got a message from a London girl to say her tour dates have changed – Updating newsletter, luckily I haven’t sent it yet and updating the website

I need to do tour promo too but they can go on my to do list tomorrow. The to-do list I did nothing from today (haha!)

8.39pm

Newsletter subscribers downloaded & uploaded to email but I am tired and I know I will make a mistake if I sent now. I will check the newsletter tomorrow first thing

Moving to sofa to watch TV & will take calls until 1am.  Calls are the end result of all the other work that goes into the day to day running of an Escort Agency

10.30pm

Editing this blog. I think I like it but will ask a friend to have a read

11.07pm

I really should make some graphics to use tomorrow for promo, get a head start on the day.  I Make some pretty little gifs and mess about with an app that create videos.  Its 1am before I know it & time for bed :)

My Schedule – Friday September 22, 2017

Today Bec isn’t working so I am the receptionist 10am until 1am

8.36am

I turn on the agency phone and my Sarah phone and reply to WhatsApp messages from bed. Flick thru our twitter accounts

My hands are really hurting today.  I have RSI due to so many hours on computer and phone so I pop anti-inflammatories, cover my hands in deep heat & put on sexy gloves so I can work with my hands covered in stinky stuff haha

9am

Sit at my desk, proofread Newsletter.  Calls are coming in already; why can’t people read our operating hours?  A disgusting pig of a man just swore at me for being a receptionist. Joy lol

Lucky I didn’t send newsletter last night as it’s missing things, I should have it out by 10am

9.54am

The newsletter is going out now – Hurrah

10am

Same as yesterday –  do available today pages, check in with the girls

Do Sydney Hootsuite for today, tomorrow & Sunday

10.53am

Update the member’s list – Download the current list & upload to phone

11.10am

Add newsletter to the blog – I need to create graphics but dropbox is missing some folders so tidy folders and searching for missing bits as I go.  Grrrr

12noon

Check in with The Escort Touring Asia to check they are OK for today I reconfirm their prebookings

12.10pm

Dropbox is sorted so I can do blog graphic – The newsletter is on the blog :)

12.24pm

I notice one of the website galleries has a problem so I contact web company to see what the problem is – annoying. I hate the web company that controls my site :( I cannot have access to my website backend. I really need to find time to do a new website… Oh time, damn I need more of that

12.30pm

Finally I can get in the shower :)

12.40pm

Message girl to confirm our 2pm interview – no reply

12.50pm

Chat to Bianca on the phone, chat to Kim – Bianca is coming over & bringing me lunch :)

Kim has sent me some tour dates – Add those to the site & run through the promo with her that she wants to be done.  Talk some rubbish, make some jokes, research some new hotel options.

1.20pm

Bianca brings lunch, she bought sushi.  We had a good look & laugh at my old escorting photos – I was a bit of a hottie even if I do say so myself haha

2pm

Leave the office and walk to the train station.  I need to go to the accountant to sign some papers. Will do now as interview girl never replied :(

2.25pm

Waiting for a train

2.45pm

Papers signed & I have time to get my eyebrows threaded. I am meeting up with an escort later and I look like a mess, not a good first impression lol

3.35pm

On the train back to the office

4pm

Updating and posting tour ads while I have a catchup with Zoe on the phone

5.30pm

Start to write sheet for our upcoming tours with all the information for Dani, my USA assistant – I am tired :( There is no way I am getting out tonight to meet anyone, my to-do list has grown in the past 2hrs :(

The phone keeps ringing so looks like this document is going to take a long time :(

7.23pm

Girl missed her flight – bugger bugger bugger – Tour started today, waiting to know if or when she is arriving so I can shuffle & move things

Running an agency means that if something goes wrong for one of the girls, I am the person responsible for communicating and dealing with it. Missed flights can happen to anyone.

Luckily, the tour was exclusive to members so it wasn’t an administrative disaster, but it could have been.

Sometimes, girls have just failed to show up, changed plans without notice (when confirmed bookings and been lined up and I’ve spent several hundred dollars on their individual advertising for that city alone) and left me to deal with a mess. Things happen, I understand that but when girls mess me around, it’s not nice but there nothing I can do. I just need to do the best I can to save the reputation of the agency.

Sometimes the agency loses clients tho because of this, not to mention the time it takes to fix or redo everything

8.15pm

I have food & now I have wine but the phone won’t stop so looks like I am in for the night, talking shit with Elizabeth on WhatsApp and half-arsed writing reception documentation

10pm

I am done in, my hands are aching so I pop pain relief and head to the sofa for Netflix & answering calls til 1am

Yes sometimes my day is fun but mostly it’s just admin, admin & some more, admin

Until next time