# How Do You Get A Job Doing Phone Sex? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2002, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-job-doing-phone-sex/131870 "2002-10-11T20:12:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-job-doing-phone-sex/131870/1 "2002-10-11T20:12:53Z")
I have a friend who’s interested in doing this temporarily until a better job comes along. Anyway, does anyone here know how she would go about applying and getting such a job? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-job-doing-phone-sex/131870/2 "2002-10-11T21:03:22Z")
Are therer any free weekly papers in her area? Dollars to donuts there will be ads for “adult entertainment services” in the classifieds and the ads may also include hiring information. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-job-doing-phone-sex/131870/3 "2002-10-11T21:09:13Z")
Oh, and tell your “friend” good luck. Let us know when you…I mean **she** starts. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-job-doing-phone-sex/131870/4 "2002-10-11T21:43:25Z")
I’d do it in a minute, but there doesn’t seem to be a big call for 41 year old phone sex operators. I’ll be sure to let “her” know that you wish her luck though… ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-job-doing-phone-sex/131870/5 "2002-10-11T22:57:15Z")
Why would age matter? If you got a sexy voice at 70 then go for it 🙂 My friend did that kind of thing but they take a pretty big cut still she said she could do $60k a year. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-job-doing-phone-sex/131870/6 "2002-10-11T23:35:58Z")
I actually looked into this as a source of extra income. You need a toll free number unless you go thru a “company”, I’ve heard bad things about said companies, such as they don’t give the operators all their money. Also it’s handy to have either a webcam or a website with pictures, of course the “client” has to pay extra for access. Since your friend just wants to do it temporarily, she should go here: [www.keen.com](http://www.keen.com) look under “entertainment”. Her phone number will be secret, and she won’t see the other person’s number. Keen handles the billing and accounts. She can pick her own price, they get a small percentage. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-job-doing-phone-sex/131870/7 "2002-10-12T01:19:39Z")
One of our fellow Dopers had a roommate once that did this for extra money. I will wait to see if she stumbles in here before I say who. The information that she told me was that her roommate was very overweight but that didn’t matter because she had a great voice. The voice is the only thing that matters. Remember that this is all make believe anyway so, to be good at it, you need to be able to sense what the client wants to hear and tell them that. If they want an 18 year old cheerleader, then you become an 18 year old cheerleader. I also know that you generally work from home and get calls only during certain times that I presume that you specify. I am not sure exactly how the calls get to you at home however. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-job-doing-phone-sex/131870/8 "2002-10-12T12:16:46Z")
I think [this link](http://www.phoneactress.com/) should help you find the employement you seek.