What is a good way to get started in this hobby when it's your first time contacting an online provider? I've contacted a few providers and they ask for references or the names of other providers I've been with so they can do sort of a "background check".
I've only been with two other providers in my life. One I last saw about two years ago, the other I last saw about six months ago. Both of which were not listed online, and I have lost contact with both of them.
I tell them this, and I never hear from them again.
So, I'm stuck at an area where I have to have had SEEN a provider in order to see another provider.
Does this make sense? Any tips??