I can’t afford to take another year to prepare for my exams, so I’m thinking about selling my virginity. How much could I realistically get? Is there anything I can do to raise the price?

Even if you market yourself as a virgin, it’s only a one-shot deal, so it may not be very efficient. It’s probably more realistic to get lots of offers here, build up several monthly arrangements with papas, and earn your allowance that way. Your looks, attitude, and the quality of the adult relationship will all matter, so do your best.

Being a virgin doesn’t mean your appearance can be anything and still be accepted. In the end, looks are important. Also, once a virgin has an adult relationship (intimate) even once, she is no longer a virgin. So rather than focusing only on that one occasion, it’s important to think strategically about the following year: “How much would this man be willing to spend on me over the course of a year?” In other words, you need to find a man who wants a long-term relationship, recognizes the value of your virginity (and therefore offers a generous allowance even after the second meeting), and will continue to treat you as a person afterward. That’s why the men who approach you simply because you wrote that you’re a virgin usually don’t meet those terms. Even if they promise to continue seeing you afterward, a man who sees no value in you beyond your virginity may go back on that promise. So rather than selling your virginity, the idea is to present yourself as a whole—to find a man who genuinely likes you as a person and is also willing to provide a generous allowance. Sadly, however, virgins often have little life experience, so they may not be able to judge men very well. That means you may have to rely on your own judgment: look for someone who seems likely to stay with you long-term, while also finding someone whose allowance would be enough that you wouldn’t regret it even if things ended after one meeting. Incidentally, at Universe, there are men who will pay ¥100,000, ¥150,000, or ¥200,000 for a single meeting even if the woman isn’t a virgin. So while thinking about how to appeal to that kind of man, you could register as Dating Type B1 and meet various men over dinner. With B1, you’re allowed to have quite a few dinner-only dates, but the men will be wondering what comes afterward. You can continue dating them while saying that you’re not quite ready yet, and then decide which man seems right before entering into a relationship with him. Online, around ¥150,000 seems to be the going rate. Of course, there are also many men who are just wasting women’s time, so women often face a storm of no-shows. Even so, attractive women apparently do sometimes have the man actually show up and receive around ¥150,000. At Universe, people seem to view virginity differently from how they do online, so I don’t think there are many men who would pay ¥150,000 specifically for a virgin. However, there are plenty of men who would pay ¥150,000 for a woman who isn’t a virgin. There also seem to be men who don’t particularly value virginity itself, but do value the idea that they would be the only man in her life—men who dislike women who see multiple partners and want her to be exclusive because they’re afraid of disease. It’s a difficult situation, but ideally, you should find someone you can stay with for at least a year. If he is willing to pay an allowance of ¥100,000 or more per meeting (and the first meeting may come with a bonus), he may be easier to find than someone offering ¥150,000 or ¥200,000. That said, your appearance and figure make a significant difference, so keep that in mind.

I don’t think there’s any going rate like that. If you want to receive as much as possible, you’d probably be better off holding an auction. The more bidders you attract, the more likely you are to receive higher offers, so it might be a good idea to gather as many bidders as possible. I remember seeing a news story years ago about a foreign woman who auctioned off her virginity on an overseas prostitution website. Apparently, it sold for several hundred million yen.