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Click hereShe joined The Website late in my project, snagging only one customer in 3 duty-days, netting her $78.43. But subsequently she's proven popular. She's changed her name to Snow, and replaced her original photos with others that slightly diminish the cuteness. Pity. And she's increased her price to P4500. Still, I think she's doing well.
Korean-cute likely won't appeal to Korean or Japanese tourists. I'll suggest her clients are mostly westerners.
Yumi--Mature (P4800): At age 36 Yumi is The Website's senior whore. But she looks good--another spinner, with ageless, China-like features. Seniority isn't much of a hindrance--she earned $1,694 from 8 customers over 27 duty days. While her customer count is below average (2.1 per week), they're happy with her. She's got an impressive 4.9/5 rating from The Website clients. She promotes herself to "those looking for mature companionship."
Her pics show her in a summery bikini top on which the words "Billabong" are handwritten. Presumably she's courting Aussies. She looks far too Asian to appeal to Japanese. It's her warm and friendly smile that makes the sale.
Her income per duty day is a relatively low $68.12--still much higher than the wage of a civilian employee. But unlike many others, she is regularly booked--there's no long dry spell in her record. It's reliable income.
Conclusion
I am reasonably confident that my average income estimate for prostitutes in Manila is reasonably accurate. My assumptions, while rough & ready, likely make errors of overstatement and understatement in equal measure.
For some girls (notably Paula and Genevie) the estimate seems completely wrong. For others (Jewel) it likely underestimates her income. But I think I'm generally on the money. Either way, there is no better estimate of a Manila prostitute's earnings than here.
Since I stopped the formal research project, I have continued to follow The Website, albeit without writing anything down. The first observation is that the roster is growing. Even in just a couple of weeks there are likely a dozen girls that I'd need to add to my database.
The second observation is that asking prices are declining--even as low (briefly) as P2000. I attribute this to three reasons.
1) It's the beginning of the rainy season, which means there are fewer tourists. The business is more competitive.
2) The Website only serves hotels and condos, which means it's available only to foreigners or "balikbayans" (Filipinos who live abroad back for a visit). The average Filipino cannot afford these prices. But this is a very lucrative audience for hookers, and hence the competition is stiff.
3) Advertising on The Website beats the hell out of standing out on a street corner all night. Of course one doesn't preclude the other, so there is no reason why street whores can't also post on The Website. It's free for them as long as they can live with the restrictions, i.e., not very many customers. And if they get customers they can afford The Website's fees.
Accordingly, you're getting a lot of street meat on the website. I'll suggest that anybody asking P4000 or below is in that category. Right now there are 56 girls posted on The Website; 14 of them are priced as curbside tarts.
The moral of that story is if you use The Website you can likely negotiate a discount. Not that I'd do that--I'd pay the asking price or not hire her at all.
I think The Website gradually puts the agencies out of business. While I've not kept notes, I think almost all new girls now come as independents. I see no benefit to an agency anymore. Of the 56 girls now on The Website, 26 of them are unaffiliated.
As mentioned, there are 500,000+ prostitutes in the Philippines. I've got 163 listed on my database, which means there are only 499,837 left to go. That's a lot of pussy!
I'll end with this hypothesis: Take the price and income values from the Philippines and multiply times three. You will then have a rough estimate for the prices and income of US prostitutes. I suggest the number of customers per week is likely the same in the US as it is in the Philippines.
- COMMENTS
Anonymousover 1 year agoThis was surprisingly entertaining!
... And now I've picked up the habit of browsing that site. They've seem to have grown a lot since this article and seem to have more locations now. It's really entertaining to browse the different countries and see the difference in the type/look of escorts.
JimGrinstedalmost 5 years agoAuthorAs long as the girl turns off her app when she has a customer, it doesn't matter where the customer came from. Unlike an agency, Smooci doesn't care if she gets business on the side. My problem comes from girls like Genevie who obviously don't turn off the app.
You're correct that my tally is off because I don't discount the asking price. The problem is I don't know how to do that in any way that isn't just guessing.
Smooci only works for high-end clients--tourists staying in 3-star hotels or higher, or balikbayans who own their own condos. It won't work for the local market, nor will it work for the backpacking cheapskates who want to get it for free. So I think it's a pretty small market--which is why there are only 163 girls in my database.
Recall that the median daily wage for the low-end hookers (street meat) is only about $35, even on Smooci.
I don't think the wage is all that high--recall this is a high-end market. The median income (for all listed girls) is about $110 per day, or about $1500 per month (few work the entire month). Discount that by 20% and you're down to about $90, from which she has to subtract expenses (e.g., transport). Remember, this is a really hard, dangerous job. I don't think they're overpaid.
Oz_Johnalmost 5 years agoA fascinating analysis, which I thoroughly enjoyed. One could say that you've wasted an awful lot of time as a diversion for your desires, but I could see myself doing the same thing!
Anonymousalmost 5 years agoI hope your wife understands how hard it was for you to conduct your research.
Where l believe your analysis falls down is that most of the girls will be advertising and promoting themselves in multiple channels. Not just via the website.
Additionally if the girls are making that sort of money, then there’d be a lot more girls working... On a trip to Manila and Cebu last month you could find an attractive girl under 25 for P1,000 all night. And there were lots of girls around in the malls, bars, clubs etc. The more desperate would even go as low as P500. (And these prices tallied with my visits to other regions of the Philippines last year).
Not that you had to pay, there were loads of girls interested for free.
That said I didn’t visit the karaoke bars targeting the Koreans and Japanese, nor did I cruise the lounges of the 5 star hotels where prices surely would have been higher. But the girls there tend to be all business and all about money - and I personally prefer a more laidback vibe.
Good research and an interesting read.
