Personally, I would be very happy if the providers who aren't actually "available now" (to at least respond to an inquiry) never, ever used the AVAILABLE NOW board. Contrary to many providers' popular beliefs, there IS another part of the site for providers who are not available right now. It's called the
entire rest of the site. Trust me when I say the clients know about it.
The regular listings on the site are there for clients to browse, particularly for those who like to book in advance. Each time a provider logs into the site, it bumps her regular listing to the top of the pile automatically.
I can never understand why so many providers think they have to post an Ad on P411 to get exposure. You don't! Your listing shows to the clients and that's all you need.... unless, of course, you are "available now" and want to advertise that on the AN board.
Although I'm never going to start policing it, I would like to see providers who are not actually available now refrain from cluttering the Available Now board with posts. Stick to the regular listings! The clients using the AN board should be contacting providers who are available now, not suzy creamcheese who is
not available now but just wanted someone to waste their time contacting her, just in case she can squeeze a dollar out of it, later on.
Ironically, "time waster" clients are the number one complaint from providers.... however, many providers see absolutely nothing wrong when they are the ones doing the time wasting.
Always,
Gina