Read every request carefully.

A good request matches what you offer: one of your appointment options, a time you have opened, and nothing you have said you don’t do. A request that asks for something else before it is even sent is telling you something.

On BelleTime, customers choose from your listed options and openings, so requests arrive in the same structured shape every time. Customers verify their email first, and neither of you sees the other’s address.

Common red flags.

• Haggling over price, or asking for services you don’t list.
• Pressure to confirm fast, or to move the conversation somewhere private.
• Refusing your conditions, or arguing with your boundaries.
• Asking for your personal details, real name or home address.
• Anything that simply feels wrong. You don’t need a reason to decline.

Decide each booking yourself.

With manual approval, every request waits for your decision. Nothing is confirmed until you accept, and the customer’s A$19 booking fee is secured before confirmation. Automatic confirmation suits providers who prefer speed; you can change this setting later. Compare them in the automatic or manual confirmation guide.

You can also pause new requests whenever you need a break, without explaining why.

Keep a safety plan for the day.

Peer organisations such as RhED recommend simple habits (RhED personal safety tips (opens in a new tab)):

• Tell a trusted friend where you are and who you are seeing.
• Keep your phone charged, within reach, and an emergency contact on speed dial.
• Check in with a driver, friend or security at the start of a booking, and set an end time.
• On outcalls, note the exits and whether anyone else is there.
• Set boundaries early, and leave if you feel uneasy.

In an emergency, call 000.

Use your local alert service.

Peer-run “Ugly Mugs” services let sex workers report dangerous clients and read alerts from other workers. RhED’s Ugly Mugs (opens in a new tab) covers Victoria, and SIN’s Ugly Mug service (opens in a new tab) covers the Adelaide region. Check what your state’s sex-worker organisation offers.

What BelleTime does — and doesn’t — do.

• Customers verify their email before requesting, and providers never receive it.
• A booking is confirmed only once the customer’s A$19 booking fee is secured. Your full price is paid directly to you at the appointment.
• You can decline any request, pause requests, and withdraw consent at any time.
• BelleTime does not screen or vouch for clients. Verification of providers is not a background check or a guarantee of anyone’s conduct.

For account security and scams, read the online safety guide for independent providers.

Common questions.