DirectChat allows you to offer and conduct Phone Chat services with other AdultWork.com members without the need to use bookings on the site. You can see our how-to video for the setup of this service here.
Service Providers set the per-minute price they wish to be paid and supply the number they wish to receive the calls on, (which remains anonymous).
To set (or change) your price per minute:
1. Go here
2. Select the Phone Chat tab
3. Change the DirectChat price per minute in the relevant box
4. Press Save
Service seekers call a central number and enter a PIN number relevant to the service provider they wish to chat with. Their call will be connected to the service provider via the service provider's nominated phone number and their credits debited automatically based on the duration of the call and the price set by the service provider.
The call will only be connected if the service seeker has sufficient funds to conduct at least a 5-minute call and if the service provider is set up correctly, is active and currently showing as available for Phone Chat.
All service providers need to know is that calls coming to their nominated number, from 02081148000 are part of this scheme and that they will receive credits, by the second for the duration of the call at the price they have specified for DirectChat. Calls coming from other numbers are not part of this scheme and unless a manual phone chat booking has been set up, the service provider will not be credited. (You may wish to add the above number to your phone so that calls from it are easily recognized.)
Phone chat fees example: price 1 credit/min, call duration 2 mins 30 secs, the service provider receives 2.5 credits.
The telecoms facilitator of this service has imposed a charge of 0.20 credits per minute (increased on the 1st of May 2024 from 0.15 credits per minute, to accommodate the current cap from telecom where international calls were not going through), (billed per second) that is automatically deducted from the service provider at the end of the call. (Whilst increasing your desired rate might seem like a good idea, you should remember that the service seeker will be paying for the cost of the call also, although not at a premium rate.)
The main benefit of this scheme, despite appearing to attract higher fees, is that service seekers will not be put off from arranging a phone chat session by unwieldy forms and processes, so you should receive much more interest than before. If they see you and like you, they call up and get through to you with no fuss.