Pro Tip 10: Fay: don't be fucking pushy with guys

Would you take advice from a girl who has that much cash stashed away in her cleavage? Well... I would, so I asked Fay Fire for a Pro Tip.

Fay Fire (fayna): You see guys landing here all the time... 3 whores greet him and tell him shit... Guy leaves 10 secs later... Why?
Tsai Cheng: I do the same in a clothing store, I want to look around quietly before I commit.
Fay Fire (fayna): Because he just can't bother wasting time having a conversation with multiple girls.... They come here in first place to avoid having to work on a conversation... Why would people think they want 4... I just dont get that
Tsai Cheng: Hmmm.
Fay Fire (fayna): In my experience... You do better if you stay totally silent and let the guys talk first.
Tsai Cheng: Yes, or give them a lead and see if they react. But don't overdo it.
Fay Fire (fayna): Then you engange in a convo... because the guy already showed you he wants a convo.
Tsai Cheng: If nothing comes back, stay put.
Fay Fire (fayna): And yes, it is like shopping: nothing bothers more a guy in a shop that getting "help" he didn't ask in first place.
Tsai Cheng: Hmm.
Fay Fire (fayna): Some might want you being super pushy... and that is fine, and you should be pushy with those... but many use that method as default.. and law of chances says it is a bááááád idea.

Pro Tip 9: Bojana: try to figure out what your client likes

I spoke with Bojana about my series 'Pro-Tips' almost 2 months ago now and she had actually given me a pro tip for my blog. I hadn't processed it until now though. So, it's about time:

"Always look at the Client's profile and try to work out what HE likes. Don't get stuck on what YOU offer..."

Being a whore is getting into someone's mind and becoming their fantasy. In RL learning to read the clues in someone's behaviour, or even their cock's reaction to what you do can be quite an art, in SL it can sometimes be much simpler: take the trouble to read someone's profile. Look at what it says, in SL and RL tabs, look at picks and groups.
Then you can have a look at their avatar and you may get an idea of what this person is about. Some may still surprise you of course. But that's part of the game too...  You will learn to read avatars over time.

Pro Tip 8: Violet: Change your outfits

Violet, with her sheer endless inventory and gigantic wardrobe is sitting on the fountain edge here. She asks a lot of money from her guys, but then: she gives a lot of love and made 1.5 million L$ in her first year of (text) escorting alone. If they don't respect her though, they can 'Go fuck themselves." She is quite clear on that. This is her Pro Tip.

Violet's Pro Tip:

"Always  wear a new outfit  every day. That always works for me."

While buying a new outfit every day, as Violet claims to do, is a bit drastic, it does help to not always look the same. (As I actually often do, with my pink dress... oops) Of course it makes sense to be recognisable and have your own style, as Titzy told us in her Pro Tip, being exactly the same does get boring, also for punters. And boring is not a service we want to provide.

Pro Tip 6: Meli: Keep notes of what each client likes

Meli is one of the popular girls at Street Whores. She hasn't been around as long as Mel, with whom she is always bickering, or me, but she's good at hooking up guys. Her sexy dresses and her looks will help there as well.

Meli's Pro Tip:

 Meli: "Keep notes of what each guy likes"

Her tip points to an obvious truth: if you're a sex worker and you meet many clients, you need to have some sort of administration. Just your memory will not be good enough to remember all of your clients, their likes, their dislikes etc. Also it's better to make each one of them feel welcome. Giving them the feel they are remembered, if at least a little, adds to their self-esteem, their lust and their feel that you are a girl they want to come back to.

Pro Tip 5: Titzy: have a consistent look

Every week there are one or more new girls who work the streets here. Some of them are newcomers, some are seasoned professionals. You don't always see that when you have just run into them. A little chat usually tells it.
Titzy could have been either when I met her, a lot of detail to her avatar revealed that she knew SL well, but it didn't tell me whether she was new to whoring. We were alone in the Meat Market for quite a while. After she clicked my boobies (they give out my rates and a link to this blog) we ended up chatting.
She has been whoring in SL for 8 years now, one year more than me and she has pretty much seen it all. New to this place, she wondered whether the men here would like a girl that is both top and bottom-heavy. "They help balance my ginormious ass, " she told me about her boobs. I assured her that there will be plenty men who like large breasts and with the services she offers, there'll most likely be business.

Titzy's Pro Tip

Titzy has a good tip for all of us, as we were talking about our shapes and skins, meshes etc. we both agreed that changing looks too drastically is bad for business. She said:

"I update mine, I do not make major changes to my look as a rule. It helps with the business a LOT to have a consistant look. Guys want to hire a person... Not a shapeshifting thing."

All Pro Tips

Pro Tip 4: Tsai: Give them pussy

Or: become a cat!

Why? Because there are idiots out there that think they can trick a professional sex worker into having unpaid sex with them.

"I will pay after..."
"That is okay, honey..."

Next, you just start giving them a blowjob. Just when they think it's getting fun, you change into your furry humanoid cat avatar. (A fat man will do the trick as well) Trust me. They won't be back...

Pro tip 3: Christina: Get paid first

"First you get paid, then you get laid"

"It sounds blonde, every girl who has done this job knows this advice, " Christina said, "But you don't want to know how often it is overlooked. Not by me. I always get paid up front. After that they can stick it in my rear for all I care."

She mentioned this story of a man walking around in our street trying to trick all the girls: "He told them he would pay afterwards. He would not leave. Any sex worker who believes that is an idiot."

She also menioned this man actually had someone else pay a hooker for him the other day. "It is like those films in which the dad pays for his son, " she said, "I would do his dad first."

Pro Tip 2: Jade: Be patient

I met my lovely shemale friend Jade this morning at work. I thought to ask her for my series of 'pro tips'. This is what she said:

Be patient

It is one of the things I have been saying myself over and over:
Men are not going to suddenly jump at you. whether you work in a club or stand at a street corner, you have to be patient. You may think that men approach girls all the time and it will be easy to score them, the moment you add money into the equation they get all kinds of funny ideas that affect their willingness and ability to go with you. Some of them may have a kink for sex workers, but you can expect more of them to suddenly get prudish or all 'principal' when their wallets are involved.

Or they may just decide that they like the girl standing next to you better. That's the business. There is plenty competition and you have to be patient.

Pro Tip 1: Jennabel: take care of your hands

Pro Tip 1: Jennabel: take care of your hands

I thought to do a series of 'pro tips', suggestions, tips, tricks and ideas by some of my colleagues at Street Whores in Second Life to unleash your potential as a hooker. Naturally I should be working on the next installment of 'How to Become a Prostitute' too, but that's for another day...

Jennabel has been my colleague for a while, stripping in a few clubs besides whoring on the streets here with me. She doesn't look like the seasoned pro yet though. There must be a secret to it ...

When I ask her for my first 'Pro Tip, she says to take care of your hands. Especially now Bento gives us a chance to have slim, feminine hands, with pretty fingers, nails and rings added, that can move as we like, we can do that little more.
I tell her that many of our men might not be subtle enough to notice, but maybe something will work on a subconscious level. She counters that though by adding what a good set of fingers can do between the sheets. Jennabel doesn't hesitate to push a product too, while she's at it: "I tried all of the Bento hands and Tuty's are the slimmest, most feminine ones."

Well, that's a whore!