Apps Used by Escorts and Sex Workers
Apps Used by Escorts and Sex Workers lists messaging apps, dating apps and social networks commonly used by escorts, sex workers, hookers, massage girls, bargirls, male escorts and transgender prostitutes to find customers, advertise and keep in touch with regulars.
There is no single best app for escorts around the world. It depends where you are. LINE is everywhere in Thailand, Zalo is the local choice in Vietnam, WeChat is huge in China, while WhatsApp is used almost everywhere. Telegram is also full of escort ads, groups and private contacts.
Dating and hookup apps such as Grindr are also used by some prostitutes and part-time sex workers, although most people on these apps are obviously not selling sex.
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Messaging Apps Used by Escorts
A lot of escort business starts on one website and finishes on another app.
A girl might advertise on Massage Republic, EuroGirlsEscort or another escort site and put her WhatsApp or Telegram contact in the ad. Another girl might meet a guy in a bar, massage shop or through a dating app and give him her LINE or Zalo.
Once you have the girl's contact you don't have to search for her ad every time you want to see her again.
WhatsApp is probably the most international app on this list. Escorts and agencies commonly put a WhatsApp number directly in their ads.
The customer finds the girl on an escort site and messages her. Prices, location, incall, hotel outcall and availability can then be discussed privately.
It is also common for hookers, massage girls and other working girls to give their WhatsApp to customers they want to see again.
WhatsApp is especially common in Europe, the Middle East and places such as Dubai.
LINE
LINE is one of the main apps to have in Thailand.
Asking a girl for her LINE ID is completely normal. Bargirls, massage girls, freelancers, escorts and ordinary dates all use it.
A tourist can meet a girl in Bangkok or Pattaya, exchange LINE details and message her again later. Girls met through ThaiFriendly, bars and dating apps also commonly move the chat to LINE.
LINE is also heavily used in the Thai gay scene.
Zalo
Zalo is the local app to know in Vietnam.
Vietnamese escorts, hookers and massage girls often use Zalo instead of the apps foreigners are more familiar with. A girl met through an escort ad, dating site, bar or massage shop may simply give you her Zalo details.
It is commonly used in Saigon, Hanoi and Da Nang.
WeChat is the big one in China and among Chinese-speaking users.
Escorts, hostesses and middlemen use it for private contacts. WeChat groups can also be used for nightlife and escort contacts.
You will run into WeChat in places such as Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Chinese escorts working abroad may also continue using WeChat.
Telegram
Telegram is different because the groups and channels themselves can be full of escort ads.
Some groups advertise girls working in one particular city. Others contain ads from agencies, pimps or independent escorts.
Girls can post photos, prices, locations and availability and then talk with customers privately.
Telegram escort groups don't last forever. Groups disappear, links die and another group usually replaces them.
Kik
Kik has long been used for private chats because you can give somebody a username without giving them your normal phone number.
For sex workers and mongers this can be useful because the escort contacts don't have to sit in the same WhatsApp account as family, girlfriends and buddies.
Some escorts advertise somewhere else and then move the customer to Kik. It is also used for hookups, sex chats and selling sexual photos or videos.
Kik has been more common in the United States, Canada and other English-speaking countries than in Asian escort scenes, where local apps such as LINE, Zalo and WeChat are usually more used. See Kik for Kik escorts, privacy and Kik sex and prostitution scams.
SnapChat
Snapchat is used by some escorts, hookers and adult content sellers for private messages, photos, videos and stories.
Some girls, men and transexual escorts put their Snapchat username in an advertisement or give it to customers after they have already met. Others use Snapchat only to sell sexual photos and videos and have no intention of meeting anyone.
For mongers, a different Snapchat account can keep hooker contacts away from the WhatsApp account they use with family and work. Escorts may like it for the same reason.
Snapchat is also much more centered around pics and videos than Kik. This makes it particularly useful for girls selling adult content or showing regular customers new photos and updates.
A sexy Snapchat account proves fuck all about whether the girl actually meets clients or fuckbuddies.
Grindr
Grindr is mainly a gay dating and hookup app, but prostitutes use it too.
Some male escorts, gay escorts and transgender prostitutes use Grindr to find guys nearby. The first conversation may happen on Grindr before moving to WhatsApp, Telegram or another app.
Most guys on Grindr are of course there for dates, hookups or casual sex, not prostitution.
See Top 10 Best Male and Gay Escort Sites and Directories in the World for actual male and gay escort websites.
Apps Used by Massage Girls
Normal local girls looking for casual sex will usually use same apps as escorts and massage parlor workers. You could meet a girl in a erotic massage shop and get her contact details to meet her after at your hotel for sex. If she wants you to, you can call her direct instead of coming back through the shop each time and spending time for the massage.
In Thailand this generally means LINE and in Vietnam it is mostly Zalo. In many other countries WhatsApp and Telegram are more popular. Massage Republic is also commonly used to find masseuses and escorts online and then take the conversation to a messaging app.
Which Apps Are Used in Different Countries?
- Thailand — LINE is extremely common with bargirls, massage girls and escorts.
- Vietnam — Zalo is the main local messaging app.
- China — WeChat dominates local messaging.
- United Arab Emirates — WhatsApp and Telegram are commonly used, especially in the Dubai escort scene.
- Europe — WhatsApp and Telegram are common, but it depends on the country.
- Gay escorts — Grindr, WhatsApp and Telegram are commonly encountered depending on the country.
Don't assume the app that works in one country will be useful in the next. LINE is much more useful in Thailand than Vietnam, while Zalo is the opposite.
Escort Apps and Escort Sites
WhatsApp, LINE and Zalo are not escort directories. They are messaging apps which escorts and hookers use to talk with customers.
Actual escort sites such as Massage Republic, EuroGirlsEscort, EscortNews and Skokka carry escort ads where customers can browse different girls. See Top 10 Best Escort Sites and Directories in the World for the most commonly used international escort sites.
The two are often used together. You find the hooker on an escort site, click or copy her number and continue talking on WhatsApp, Telegram or whichever app she or he likes to use.
The same thing happens with other types of escorts. Male escorts and gay escorts advertise on dedicated sites listed in Top 10 Best Male and Gay Escort Sites and Directories in the World, while shemale and transgirl escorts can be found through sites covered in Top 10 Best Trans and Shemale Escort Sites and Directories in the World.
Some girls, guys or trannies advertise on many escort sites at the same time but use only one messaging app to talk with customers. This is why the same telephone number or WhatsApp contact can sometimes be found on many different escort ads.
Scams
Escort apps are full of scams just like escort websites.
One of the oldest tricks is the escort deposit scam. A supposed hooker, pimp or agency asks for a deposit, taxi money or booking payment before you have even met the girl. You send the money and suddenly she disappears or there is another excuse why you need to send more.
Fake profiles, stolen photos and bait and switch are also common.
Be especially careful when some random girl contacts you first and immediately starts asking for money.
See Escort and Sex Scams, Escort deposit scam, Common scams and Precautionary Steps When Ordering Escorts.
See Also
- Top 10 Best Escort Sites and Directories in the World | Massage Republic | EuroGirlsEscort | EscortNews | Skokka
- Top 10 Best Male and Gay Escort Sites and Directories in the World | Top 10 Best Trans and Shemale Escort Sites and Directories in the World
- Escort and Sex Scams | Escort deposit scam | Common scams | Precautionary Steps When Ordering Escorts
- Incall | Outcall | Erotic massage | Bargirl
- Gay | Bisexuality | Transgender | Male escort | Shemale
