Point of order.
I'm a lifestyle domme. I have a submissive cuckold husband, and several people I see for free, both one on one and as a Mistress at fetish and BDSM clubs locally. However, I genuinely have no free time for more submissives, so for me to see you I have to stop working and earning.
You don't need a lot of money to see me- as long as you interest me and I think I'll have fun. You need to be local, intelligent, literate, and able to read profiles. You also need to recognise you're coming to serve me- I'm not in the scene to give up my very hard earned personal time to give submissives what THEY demand for free.
So, if you can't string two sentences together without txtspk, and you have a checklist of things you expect me to do for you, then too darned right it'll cost you money.
Prodommes have their expenses. My last piece of bondage furniture cost me over £500 for example, and I have lots. It costs me to have a Dungeon (it's not just a few floggers in a spare room in my house). It costs to have a wardrobe of the appropriate clothing and appropriate toys. It costs me to travel. If you wish to be double dommed, then they too need their fees and/or expenses. All of this is on top of the expenses we all of us have- rent, rates, utilities, food...
There are lots of people online (GetDare you mentioned. Fetlife, Collarme, Informedconsent are full too) who do it for kicks. That's fantastic, and good luck to them. Some are good. Some are adequate if you're just after someone to jerk to on msn. Some are great Mistresses, others only if you don't mind that it's actually a 38 year old bloke called Derek who still lives with his mother in Cardiff.
You're right about one thing though. In general, ProDommes don't give sexual relief. I don't. You may if lucky get a supervised wank. Or get to cum as I fuck you with my strap on. Or suck or be sucked by a fellow sub. You are very unlikely to get to 'worship my womanhood'. Ever. What you see and get to wank to in the porno is not the norm. Some ProDommes are also prostitutes too though... and ironically those that give sexual services tend to be cheaper than those who don't.
You'll notice from my profile here that I make it clear that I'm not trawling for business. I'm not one of those dommes whose every post is a cut and paste message that links to another site. I'm here to read and comment on discussions that interest me.
Lucie xoxo