Heaux Confessionals: The SINtroduction | Chapter 6 - The Law of Supply and Demand

The Law of Supply and Demand

Escorting for me has usually been few and far between for a number of reasons. The main reason is because I usually made enough money juggling my other jobs that it is not necessary. Secondly, if it were my only job and I did it full-time, I would be bored to tears as it usually meant just alot of sitting around. But the main reason and the main reason for this commentary?

Cheap ass escorts!

Specifically cheap black escorts. This open letter, is a literary slap to their idiocy as a rarity in Europe. Anywhere else in the civilized world, it is common sense: when there is less of a product, you pay more, right?

Right.

Well, heauxz...when it comes to the majority of black escorts in Europe, throw that thinking out the window. One of my biggest complaints with working as an escort in Europe is that I had to contend with black escorts who seemed quite content to accept a bucket of KFC and a joint as payment. Luckily, most of the few clients I had were regulars or repeat clients. But whenever I did throw my hat into the ring, I always had to hear the following from clients inquiring about my services.

“Where are you from?”

(that’s code for, “Your price is too high. You must not be African!”)

“The other black boy charges less.”

(to which I reply... “then go to that black boy!”)

“Do you bareback for that price?”

(I didn’t even bother to respond to these dumb ass bastards. I simply hung up.)

Seriously. Whenever I’ve worked as an escort, I did my research, found out what the going rate is for the other escorts are, and then I either charged alot more or marginally more. It depended on the circumstances, because 90% of the time, I was the only black escort in the city, so I had the market covered, a cock monopoly if you will. Secondly, if there was another black escort, he was usually African, in the closet (or ‘straight’), and escorting for a little extra spending money. And interestingly enough, when it comes to black people and the sex trade, black Americans are considered the top tier, the ideal. Go figure. So even if there was another black escort in the city I may be in, he was only slightly my direct competition. Because quite frankly, I maintained my higher rates specifically because I did not want to be sharing the same clients as them.

When clients asked me about bareback, it is because someone offered the service. I know for a fact some do and that’s not my intended client base.

If you are going to work as an escort, your mindset must be right before someone else wrongs it irreparably. If it’s not, let me help you out and share my insights.

First and foremost, all escorts need to always remember that their services are a luxury. As such, that means that not everyone should be able to afford the services. Of course, there is a market for what I call the ‘nickel and dime’ escorts. Anyone can afford them as their prices are low, but for every five to ten clients they will see, I may see one or two. If your mindset fits this category, then so be it, but I personally am not about to share myself with that many random people potentially.

Second, you need to respect yourself so your clients respect you. For example, my clients were told that I do not accept text messages or emails to confirm appointments. If am a callboy, what does that mean? To quote Blondie...

Call me.

Otherwise, what happens is that you field countless texts from clients that are just lonely and desperate for any attention, so they will and can afford to send you several text messages at nine cents each. But they won’t be shelling out serious money for an hour with you or even to call you, so now you’ve wasted time and money responding.

Know your niche market.

If you are into S&M, market yourself as such. If done right, your client base will hold and you won’t have to search for new clients. I give excellent massages and some of my clients called me just for that. Happy ending, optional.

Be wary of other escorts.

For every escort on the up and up, there are a dozen on the down and lowdown. I’ve had clients tell me about escorts stealing from them, beating them up against their will, and the list goes on. This one is really a catch 22. You need to talk to other escorts sometimes, so you will have to take the risk to deal with some and just learn from your mistakes. In my experience, I found that most escorts are uneducated but sometimes street smart, have no long-term or future goals and ambitions, and waste a big chunk of their money on designer clothes and drugs. If that’s what you want to do, then by all means go right ahead, but I caution that alot of those that choose this path do not last long.

Discretion!

I had a married couple that liked to book me. He was the mayor of a mid-size city in central Europe. I had a client that you have probably seen on television on a weekly basis. One designs a label of underwear you probably wear (that is, if you wear any). And so on and so on. At first I was a bit shocked at who some of my clients were, but in hindsight, I shouldn’t have been. There are alot of people working in the public and entertainment sectors that I have collided with in this way. When that happens, discretion is always applied. Any story I print always changed names and sometimes locations if necessary.

Always play by the rules, respect the codes, and respect yourself!

mirror, mirror

on the wall

who’s this trick

in the bathroom stall?

doing lines and chromosomes

by the pound

scrapin’ her knees

on the tiled ground?

I think we need to call up that elf

or tell her about her triflin’ ass self

I see no one picked up her tab

looks like it’s time again for rehab

“I’m an A-R-T-I-S-T, muthafucka! Which means I can sing notes around your jugular and strangle you, tap dance another hole into your already damaged cranium, or release a literary laceration that changes the game. Any questions?”

(Heaux Confessionals, verbal slap #84)