Are they really making that per minute?
No we are not. Plus we are lucky we get a 5 minute call each hour.
We pay connection fees, platform fees, and in some cases featured listing fees to be seen on a website.
Some, like myself, have certifications and charge based off of those. We want to make what is at least industry standard which is:
$120/hour for a tarot reader so like $2/minute
$200/hour for a psychic so about $3.34/minute.
Some sites charge a standard rate per minute and that reader/psychic may only get $0.30 to $0.60 per minute. And remember we are lucky we get a 5 minute call an hour.
This is due to so many readers on a site, plus how the economy is.
Online psychics should be sharing their gifts for free or at least charge a bare minimum! Why won't they do that?
For starters it's our bread and butter. It's our job. 9-5 does not work with the overly sensitive, empath who feel everything energy wise. It's overwhelming. Plus it pays the bills, puts a roof over my head, and food on the table for my son and I.
If I charge the bare minimum on a psychic site this is what happens:
1) The client doesn't take the guidance seriously and comes back asking the same question because they are not following the advice given. Charging more puts more responsibility to the client to follow the guidance since they paid more for it.
2) The client wants a fairytale romance story. They think they will get it with a cheap psychic. When they don't, they get mad and leave 1 star reviews because they did not get what they wanted to hear and paid for. Even energetically we sense these calls but we can't refuse them because it ruins our placement on the site and we could be kicked off. A 1 star review can be possibly removed depending on its context though.
3) The client is a competitor who wants to destroy the psychic reader they called. So they will 1 star a psychic with no review to help bring that psychic down from the category and hopefully the competitor above them to be seen.
This is why you may typically see psychics charging $6.99 or more per minute to deflect those kinds of clients. It's a rarity a psychic will get that type of client if they charge that amount or higher.
Why do rates increase?
Because that sites fees increased for the psychic so the psychic may increase their rate to be able to make the same amount that they were making.
My rates are lower here and on my Etsy page because I make more with less fees.
I hope this answers your questions about why psychics charge what they do.
