Moving your ad from a classifieds board to Aurora

What changes

Six differences you will notice in the first week.

1. 01

   You verify once, and the badge says how

   Before your ad goes live you prove your identity with a government ID and a liveness check, through Didit, under a data agreement. Aurora keeps the result and a hash of the document, never the document. The badge on your ad then names that method, so a reader knows what it means. You repeat it once a year.

2. 02

   A person reads the ad before it is shown

   Every ad and every photo is looked at by a person. If something has to change you get the reason in writing and a way to answer it. The upside is the ads around yours have been through the same door: no stolen photos, no fake ads next to you.

3. 03

   You pay per period, not per post

   There is no bumping. A Pro ad is 39 euros for 30 days and sits in your city's listing for all of it; Elite is 129 euros and takes the top of the page. You buy a period, it runs, it ends, and nothing is charged unless you buy the next one.

4. 04

   Your contact lines, your choice, shown only to adults

   You decide which lines appear: a number and how it may be used, Telegram, email, your site. They are shown to people who have passed the age gate, and only there. Your account email and your verified identity are never shown.

5. 05

   No public reviews, in either direction

   Aurora has no review boards and no ratings. Your name does not accumulate a thread of strangers' opinions you cannot answer, and clients are not rated either. Screening stays between you and the client.

6. 06

   A hide button that works in one click

   On a bad day, or a trip, or for any reason, your ad comes off search, the city pages and its own address at once, no reason asked. It goes back up when you say so, with no new review.

What you keep

Everything that was yours stays yours.

• —Your ad text, photos and rates. Use the same ones; the writing guide covers the one line worth changing.
• —Your own website and your social accounts. Link to them from the ad.
• —Your regulars and your number. Aurora has no messaging in between and never sees who contacts you.
• —Your other listings. Run both as long as you like and compare.
• —Your data. You can request a copy and delete your account at any time, and deletion really deletes.

In an afternoon

The order that avoids a gap.

1. 01

   Collect your materials

   The ad text, the photos you use today (originals, not screenshots), your rates by duration, the cities you tour, and the contact lines you want shown. Ten minutes.

2. 02

   Create the account and verify

   An email address and a password, then the ID and liveness check on your phone. A few minutes if your ID is to hand. Nothing about the account is public.

3. 03

   Write the ad and submit it

   Paste the text, upload the photos, set the rates, pick the services as tags, choose the contact lines. Submit. A person reviews it, usually the same day, and tells you if anything needs a change.

4. 04

   Go live, then point to it

   Once approved the ad is live, and the 60 days of Pro from the founding offer start the same moment. Put the address on your social profile and your site. Keep the other listing up for now and see which brings the enquiries you want.

Questions

Asked by people who advertise elsewhere.

Do I have to leave the board I use now?

No. Aurora does not ask for exclusivity. Most advertisers run both for a while and watch where the better enquiries come from. The ad text, photos and rates are yours to use anywhere.

Is Aurora a LeoList or Tryst alternative?

It is an alternative in the sense that it does the same job, an ad with your contact details on it, read by people in your city. It is not a copy. The differences are the ones on this page: ID verification named on the badge, a person reviewing every ad, pricing per period rather than per post or bump, Bitcoin payment with nothing renewing, no public reviews, and a hide button that works instantly.

What about my regulars?

Nothing changes for them. They have your number. An ad brings new enquiries; your regulars are yours wherever you advertise.

How long does it take to go live?

Verification with a government ID and a liveness check takes a few minutes; the review of your ad is done by a person and usually within the day. Once approved, the ad is live in search, on your city's pages and at its own address.

Why Bitcoin and not a card?

Because no card processor that serves Canada will take payments for this kind of advertising without reserving the right to close the account, and because a card leaves a line on your statement with the site's name. Bitcoin from any regulated exchange, bought in your own name, pays an invoice in minutes once you have done it once. There is a plain guide at auroramembers.com/paying-in-bitcoin.

Next

Advertise with your own contact details on the ad.

Aurora is an ad board for independent companions, operated from Canada. Every advertiser verifies with a government ID, a person reviews every ad, and the people who read it contact you directly. Aurora charges for the ad and nothing else.

More guides

• Where to advertise as an independent companion in Canada

  The kinds of places an independent companion can advertise in Canada, what to check before paying any of them, what the Criminal Code says about advertising your own services, and where Aurora fits.

• Writing an ad that gets the right replies

  How to write a companion ad that attracts the clients you want and screens out the ones you don't: the first line, what to include, photos that pass verification, and the contact lines that work.

• Screening clients: a practical checklist

  A plain checklist independent companions use to screen new clients: what to ask, what to verify, the warning signs, and the records worth keeping. Written for Canada and the US.