I do face to face and recorded distance readings working with people's Spirit Guides.
I don't want to go too off-topic, but since there's a discussion of spirit guides on the 'spirituality' forum, I thought I'd ask - do you mean by this that you believe everyone has a spirit guide?
Are you reading face to face Alison? If so and presuming you are good at what you do ... I don't think £40.00 is overly expensive. Many Tarot readers/psychics around here are charging £20.00 for a twenty minute reading.
That said, whether people will pay you £40.00, depends on what you deliver 🙂
But good luck.
Thank you, Tarot Woman.
No, not face to face - I get really distracted in the presence of people.
Previously I have asked people who want a reading to think very carefully about the matter that they want some insight into, and then to phrase the question carefully. After they have done this, they contact me to say they are ready and I do a meditation on the question. I prefer not to know what the question is and I think that when they have thought about it, it's a much clearer reading.
I enjoy the whole process - am not sure that twenty minute face to face readings would be the way that I would want to go.
I do face to face and recorded distance readings working with people's Spirit Guides. These readings take 45 mins to an hour usually although in person it can be longer depending on what is being asked.
I also do Auragraph Readings but these take ages, involve materials and I send them by post. I change 75 for these including postage.
Thank you for answering Butterflywings - and now I need to do a google search to find out what auragraph readings are!
Alison
I work as a therapist so can sort of understand a lot of what you say. You cannot compare it to getting so much an hour elsewhere, the people who do that are not allowing strangers into their home, nor are they sitting at home hoping they turn up. Nor are they taking the risks you would take. And when you charge properly you weed out most of the people who would come if you were free or very cheap. Some will only come to you if you are free or cheap and go all over seeing as many free and cheap ones as they can. Others will be picky and prefer one good one to loads of lousy ones. Many will think you are sitting there all day hoping they want to come and get annoyed if you cannot see them when it suits them or think they can ring you at 9 pm to come that day. They get anxious or have no patience and think that as they are offering you money you should be grateful. I work by appointments only. But have been doing therapy a long time. When people ring me and TELL ME they are coming tonight or sunday I say no, no can do. Most of them are like this. I find its best to have set hours where you put time down in your diary for this and time for that and never let this take over the rest. You could easily let a person get you to cancel a meeting with a friend or whatever, and then they dont turn up.
You will also get people expecting you to travel to them. I find this ridiculous cause they never expect to pay more for your petrol or travelling time - and it is dangerous too. Something else to watch out for
is the payment, I get clients to pay before they come on my website, this idea they can turn up if they feel like it and pay at the end of the thing if they want is all one sided. After all you would not know their address etc, and it would be very time consuming and costly to chase it up.
Beware of those who want to become a "friend". They really mean they want to get free consultations and also beware of those who just turn up thinking that when you open the door yoy will stand and chat to them for free, with no intention of ever paying again.
I help people with anxiety and depression, through counselling and hypnosis so I probably get the same proportion of unbalanced types who would latch on to me or use me as you would. You will meet very nice people but they may be few and far between.
RE you saying your hour is worth £40. Not sure where that comes from. Sure it is worth more than it would be if you worked on the check out at tesco because there you are not allowing them into your home, taking risks, and you get holiday pay and sick pay, you also have no expenses like advertising.
But £40 seems rather steep. Where else an you earn that? I gave up being a solicitor on £500 an hour plus vat to be a therapist at £50, and even then people moan and groan, yet I am properly qualified with a lot of experience. To be honest when people go and pay £20 for a reading they dont expect it to be any good, it is just entertainment, somewhere to go, a change from the cinema etc. The really good ones would have to charge more so that they can keep the timewasters away who would go there every day and never give them any peace.
It costs a lot to get a website up and it takes a lot of time to take care of it. It can cost you thousands to pay others to do this for you if you do not knowhow to or are too busy to. Have you take this all into consideration?