Reviews

[Corym]

Hi All,

I think it would be helpful if SPs that advertise had review data attached to them. Meaning when you browse most online shopping websites, the product in question will have a rating of 1 to 5 stars and how many reviews it has.

Wouldn't this cut down on the scammers?

Of course the reviewer could be a shill but that would be pretty easy to spot.

Thoughts?

Corym

 

[ElsiDawson]

On LL, you can't link out to anything within your description. Some people screenshot their reviews and post them as one of their pictures, but you only get so many of those.

I used to have a few links in mine as "p3rb.cc/..." but it just caused more headaches with punters complaining that "the link is broken/it doesn't go anywhere when I put it in the browser" and "it says I need to make an account to read your reviews." You can't even put "perb" in a LL ad, which is a shame because of how flooded the site is with scammers right now.

You're not wrong, Corym.

 

[lazky]

I don't think an overall 1 to 5 rating system will be effective because as you know every encounter between an SP and a client is different. A clean, considerate person who booked a long session will receive a better service than the smelly guy who booked a 15 min special.

A better way to improve the quality of reviews is to have a standard template with necessary info us clients want to know and then have reviewers fill it in. For example:

SP: other names and numbers she used in the past? where did you find the ad? Agency or independent?
Booking: method used? Prompt responses? what type of session and for how long? Donations and extras?
Location: Car parking available? How close it is to public transit? is it easy to find?
Room: Shower, a/c, clean bed sheets, .. etc
Looks: Are her pics real? recent? rating?
Service: hard restrictions? Soft (ymmv, depending on hygiene and other factors) restrictions? rating? was it rushed?

...and so on

 

[felixthecat]

Meaning when you browse most online shopping websites, the product in question will have a rating of 1 to 5 stars and how many reviews it has.

This industry has a few distinctions that make a similar approach more difficult.

• It is not illegal to buy on amazon.ca, so people are not afraid to rate/review, often under real names.
• Online shops can have a "verified purchase" mark to give the review more credibility. Cannot do the same when an SP sells service outside of the website (and not really interested to pay a cut per every sale to the website).
• Buying a doll at a sex shop does not carry a risk she'll restrict or deny services based on the buyer's hygiene, race, etc.
• Due to subjective ratings and personal nature of the service, SP review sites need more censorship effort to be useful.

But yes, it is a reasonable thinking to apply a working business model to a different industry. Just recently a new company launched their "online shop" for sex services, I don't feel like advertising them.
I don't expect much success for them, in part due to the factors above.