I had cold feet several times and turned my profile on, off, on - eek got my first message - off, panic, realise I needed to reply, on - arranged booking, massive panic, went through booking and was away!
It is nerve wracking for all newbies I would think, all the moreso I imagine if you don't really want to do this but badly need the money...
I then had an ex start harassing me and he knew the name I planned to escort under so turned profile off again, decided didn't want to be bullied so defiantly turned it on, he threatened to reveal me to family so off, etc etc... eventually decided enough was enough, polis informed (for other reasons), changed my name, switched back on and haven't turned it off since.
I have heard (maybe on here? Haha) that some girls turn their profiles off when not working - I personally wouldn't do that as a) I like taking advance bookings, b) it's really confusing for the punter, c) what if somebody had just paid for PG access? And finally, just discovered auto-email replies and how to block out your availability if you are away (and a big message on profile saying ON HOLIDAY haha..) But if an established WG is coming and going, work patterns could be the culprit, or threats to out her, or deciding to leave the business but being lured back in..
With new profiles, I am sure some sort of scam/fake is the biggest reason but if it looks legit and a little new/naive then I can verify that starting out as a WG is pretty bloody terrifying, even though I was a swinger first.. Maybe porn stars or lapdancers or very confident ladies wouldn't find it so but I was petrified!
Thankfully you punters haven't been toooo scary...