idk about the producers thing...
But for me personally, tickling is a very sexual/intimate experience. It's like, on a level akin to oral sex.
(Because I can orgasm if I'm tickled for too long / in a certain way)
So... Paying someone to tickle them, I almost see that as a form of prostitution.
As a ticklee, I would be the one who pays someone to tickle me.
Of course, I'd never do that because I prefer to be tickled by a boyfriend. (Or someone very close to me).
But yeah....tickling is a very sexual thing for me, and I'm sure it is for many others on here too.
Lets say if I were to meet up with someone i met on here, for a single tickle-session;
In my eyes, that's like a one-night-stand.
I equate tickling and sex pretty strongly, and paying for it in a non-professional manner is almost like selling ones' body.
It doesn't have to be a good or bad thing, it's just how I see it. (And possibly how others on here see it too)