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lizi -> RE: ProDommes- what do you find as a reasonable rate? (4/23/2010 2:29:06 PM)
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This is fruitless to reply but I have some time to waste while I'm waiting for a call. Plus I figured that while my reply is directed at Kevin maybe it could do some good somewhere for someone else. Probably not but oh well...
Kevin, all of your comments on this thread are about you and what you think. You keep spouting off about what the world at large should do as seen through your eyes. You are but one inhabitant, you are lost in the crowd so to speak. Your views on what a Domme should charge are irrelevent, the loss of one potential customer will not change a thing as far as what all Dommes everywhere charge for their services. They have many more clients to take your place. If all the Dommes were suddenly out of work and then came knocking on your door then you could negotiate a cheaper rate but until that day you're stuck with what the person supplying the service is asking. Why? Because as it has been established, Dommes seem to have more than enough customers. Supply and demand. Thats what drives this subject.
If I have something to sell and it is in demand I can get a better price for it. Think of the must have toy that comes into the spotlight every Christmas. Whether it's Elmo or whatever, the toy everyone wants becomes more scarce as the populace buys up the current supply and therefore this toy goes up in price as people get them and resell them for more. The toy itself isn't magically worth more, it doesn't become made out of precious metals, people don't suddenly have to work twice as many hours to make them, this is the same item but it's worth more or less depending on how many people want it and how many are available to sell.
There are more clients than there are Dommes, therefore a Domme charges what the market will bear. There's another financial concept for you. If Elmo is rare and in demand, the price goes up because that is what the market will bear. If Elmo is plentiful and not in demand the price for Elmo goes back down. He may be worth a fair price of $25 but if no one wants him then the supplier or seller has to take less, or accept the loss of not selling his/her product. A $25 toy can be worth much more or much less depending on how many people want it. Therefore if you are selling something that people want, they will pay for it. It's the demand that drives the price, not what the individual customer wants. I'm sure lots of people wanted Elmos and didn't get them because they were too expensive. If you are willing to pay whatever the market will bear, scarcity doesn't matter. So, while Elmo was out of reach for most people when he reached astronomical prices, he was still available for purchase. If you Kevin cannot afford to pay 100$ for a session, that doesn't mean that the rest of the world also cannot afford to pay that. As long as Dommes have men paying them 100$, they will take it - therefore if the going price for a session is 100$ that means there are plenty of men out there paying it and that is what is driving the current price. It won't go down because you have moral standards that insist that 100$ is too much to pay. They'll pass you right on up and take the next man in line who has the 100$ to pay. And the next one, and the next one...
But hey, keep concentrating on your ego-centric view of the world and let me know how that's working for you when you find no Dommes that will work for the amount that you wish to pay. They don't have to take your offer, they have plenty of higher paying work elsewhere. It's asinine to think that someone should accept a lower wage when they could be getting paid much more. But don't listen to me, I'm a stupid business owner. I am part owner of several high end, successful restaurants (still making money in today's economy although it's harder). I can't know what I'm talking about.
I know you'll have some silly comment about how a high price for sessions is awful and it shouldn't be that way because you, Kevin, deem it so. Don't let me hold you back by being logical.
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