List of online advertising platforms for sex workers

Workers report negative experiences with this site, particularly the owner.
Website described as “dodgy”.
In small, rural & regional towns, however, seems successful & positive.

Multiple workers report not receiving a single booking during three-month advertising periods. Reportedly low traction & difficult to use.
Website’s owner is reportedly open to feedback & sex-worker friendly.

Workers experiencing financial hardship can contact this site to discuss free tokens.
Reportedly works well in rural & regional areas.

Workers report a good Ugly Mug database, though many comments are racist.

Success is reportedly mixed, the site itself has high traction & workers do receive enquiries.

Workers report that the site is quite negative towards sex workers.

However there are workers finding clients through this site.

Workers warn to only use debit cards not credit cards to pay for advertising as they have an alleged history of overcharging.

Mixed success; some workers report frequent bookings whilst others report a high percentage of timewasters.

Locanto is reportedly the advertising space where trans workers can successfully get work. However, clients search for trans workers using language & terms that reinforce fetishisation, often including slurs. In order to get work, trans workers are forced to participate in using language that reduces their humanity and puts their safety at risk.

Locanto does not require clients to provide an email or phone number. This has been taken advantage of & violated by a client who was a police officer Ugly Mug. After this happened, the worker was unable to warn other workers as there was no information about him collected by Locanto. This is something workers must be aware of.

This site also scrapes ads from other locations.

There are a few Queensland based trans workers on this site but no feedback about success.

Some workers report low/no enquiries.

Workers report increasing enquiries recently.

One owner is a sex worker.

Workers report low traffic and/or no bookings.

This site does have genuine advertisers

Workers report positive relationships with the site, especially on Twitter; they will re-tweet and promote workers when tagged.

Useful for backlinking websites.

This is a site for trans women workers.

There are genuine advertisers from Queensland on this site, but we don’t have any feedback at this time. 

We didn’t receive any feedback about this site. 

We didn’t receive any feedback about this site. 

If touring overseas this site is worth it. 

Sex workers are not “allowed” to advertise on Grindr so it is important to use specific language so as not to get picked up & banned by bots. 

We didn’t receive any feedback about this site. 

Not yet launched, coming soon. 

You can find clients discreetly on here.

Good for BDSM.

This was a good networking site when Twitter appeared to be deleting most sex worker accounts. 

Workers report Switter not currently accepting new sign ups. 

Medium success in Australia – it seems clients like the site.

They had a bot-attack recently and are verifying all new advertisers via email.

This site used to be run impeccably but its services to advertisers has created many problems since it was sold to Eros (not the Australian Eros). However, it is still reported as a successful platform on which to get work.

Previously sex workers who advertised on SB had & shared the mobile contact number of the sex worker that ran it – providing a direct line of response – it is now run by an international company that has no connection to (or care for) the people using the platform.

Some workers no longer feel comfortable since new ownership, however report a high amount of bookings from previous advertisements with the site.

Workers report concerns with how their private information is potentially shared by the new site owners. 

Earlier in 2020 workers were having trouble with their new invoice system, because it didn’t have ABN information, which means if you are doing a BAS statement, or tax lodgement, you cannot claim for Scarlet Blue any longer. When the company changed hands some workers received invoices for advertising they had not taken out. The emails were also addressed to incorrect names, indicating a database breach/problem at the company.

Other feedback includes members paying for touring packages, had their tours removed and couldn’t add them back, and members information like race/ethnicity has been changed and can’t be changed back.

A few ways the new company has been problematic: 

– reduction of payment options (with no notice)

– no response to admin support requests 

– complaints met with an aggressive responses

– adverts not going up when set up & no response from admin support for days 

– change to advertising parameters (what you get for the money you pay).

Be informed about the above problems. Clients are still visiting this site.

A few workers on this site, no feedback about if they are getting work.

Reportedly this site is doing well in New Zealand.

Doesn’t have good feedback; cold contacting workers on social media enticing them to advertise & don’t seem to have much traction.

Reportedly donate money to “rescue” organisations & don’t have good customer service.

No feedback from sex workers at this stage

It has been reported that Naughty Ads has shown support towards sex workers and their advertising needs. No feedback for success of getting clients, yet.

No feedback from sex workers about this site yet

Extra feedback about using social media wisely

Twitter can be a helpful advertising platform for workers who identify as female & provide BDSM services. Explicit sex work profiles can be taken down by Twitter, it appears random when this happens. So spending a lot of time on Twitter should be balanced with the knowledge that your account can be taken down or shadow banned without a chance for repeal.

Scraping refers to advertising sites copying & stealing workers’ ads from other sites. This can be extremely dangerous if your personal information, including your photo & phone number is included in the ad & the scraping site changes your ad to list illegal services, this can lead to you being charged. It is extremely important to check for scraping – you can do this by reverse searching your photos and/or your phone number, or by using TinEye.

Trans workers are often discriminated against by sites marketing themselves as ethical. This is done in several ways, namely only featuring cis women on the front page, along with not including gender-diverse sections on their sites to allow for transparency of advertising. Workers report that Tryst and Scarlet Blue now have trans sections, however it should be noted that Scarlet Blue is not currently recommended after being sold to new owners. Trans workers report that advertising on these sites has not proved useful.