I always wonder whats the real motive of a professional cuddlist is. Do they really want to cuddle or do they see it as a opportunity to make easy money? The pricing per hour of a cuddle session can vary from $50/hr to $200/hr--maybe more. According to this site, the market rate for a professional cuddle session is $80/hr, although the professional cuddlist decides how much they will charge initially. Ive always thought of the people who charge $100+ to be pricey, and those who charge under $80 to be affordable. My first thought about those charging above $100 an hour for a session is that their goal is to make an easy profit off a costumer versus someone who may change $50 an hour. If I had to choose between the two, I easily would go with the person charging $50 an hour than someone charging $100 an hour. My main thoughts would be that the person charging $50/hr is charging that amount because she wants to be affordable, because she wants to cuddle, not because she wants to make a lot of money. Her goal is to cuddle and not make a profit off of a customer while maintaining a value on her business.
For instance a professional cuddlist I know dropped her pricing from $80 to $60 to make it more affordable for me. She did this because she was more interested in having someone to cuddle with than trying to make a lot of money.
So the bigger question for me has always been, who are the professionals actually interested in cuddling? And who are the professionals who just see it as another job to make money for themselves? I will never be interested in cuddling with someone who only sees me as a way to make a profit off of me.