Poppenreiter killed the service and went back to square one, consulting heavily with the women who work in the industry to find out what might actually work: “Because I still believe after all that this market needs be disrupted,” she tells me.Today she launches the new concept, Ohlala, in Berlin first but with an English language rollout soon. One person wants to be paid, the other one wants to pay.more about Oksana from Kiev Are you looking for a respectful lady who will accept you for who you are?
It actually solves problems in this marketplace, that dating sites and most escort sites don’t solve: We match expectations, on-demand.” She says this solves three stumbling blocks: on-demand bookings, privacy (there are no public profiles), and security for both parties.
A key aspect is this is that the old tradition of women being “picked” by men is turned on its head and puts the power back in the hands of the women. With Ohlala, the women decide who they want to show their profile to. We instead flip the booking process in order to realise the on-demand aspect,” Poppenreiter says. He pitches a price per hour, duration, place and personal preferences and sends it to available ladies near by. This is where the distinction with Uber ends, because on Uber the booking platform selects the driver that is nearest and available.
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While it’s a responsive mobile web app for now, it will become a native app in the next few weeks, assuming it’s accepted. It’s a platform where people connect to meet for their “paid dates” offline. “Whatever those two people want to do — may it be to give company at a dinner or end up in bed together — is a private matter and should be agreed upon in the chat before meeting,” says Poppenreiter.
“It’s simple: We match people for paid dates immediately.
This fact in turn is well-known to police and the political powers, who, where prostitution is illegal, usually prefer to act against more visible and problematic street prostitution.