I just signed up for the account and uploaded my demo. But to apply for any job the website is making me purchase the membership. Do I have to purchase the membership for any job or any audition ?
Good morning, you do yes. The “free” profile allows client to find you and privately invite you to audition but to actively audition for the cattle calls then you need a membership.
@@CrownStagVoiceover if i get privately messaged and they want to audition me then can i apply for the job or i have to sign up for membership for that as well?
I don’t really audition for North American auditions. I wouldn’t recommend using auto tune or noise reduction because they will effect the natural sound of your voice. The client wants to hear you not the processing
Thank you for making this video! It's pretty disappointing to learn that they also take a 20% cut of every project and are not transparent about that in any of their promo materials on the website. The annual membership fees seem justifiable enough (though not cheap), but not notifying people before signing up about the 20% feels very shady. It's too bad they don't charge for one or the other. Free membership but we'll take 20%, or an annual fee and you get the full rate.
Ahh, that explains a few things, thank you! My free membership was showing 250+ hiring projects, but as soon as I paid for the $500 level membership that number went down to ~40 jobs and I couldn't figure out what happened, or why I was getting next to no job results in my selected areas of animation/video games. I wish the algorithm was better, it keeps showing me offers for jobs that want specific accents that don't match my profile at all (Mid-Western American here being offered jobs that want a Singapore accent!), then the site gives me a really low score for the exact kind of projects that I'm looking for. For the price of admission, the site is extremely frustrating.
Any pay to play site has its risk and rewards. You really need to think if you have that money available that you “don’t mind Losing” if you don’t get booked
Great content love your incaragement .I have a question 1 is there an ideation fee Ibat the moment have a problem with my PayPal does voice s have alternative to PayPal?
*It is also worth mentioning that 40% of all "jobs" on voices never end up hiring anyone on the site. That's right -- 40% !!!* *This is due in part to the fact that the same "job" is often posted on other sites as well, and someone on the other site may get hired instead.* *So, if you do 10 auditions per day - keep in mind that 4 of them will not hire ANYONE !!!* *As far as them charging 20% on top of the annual fee, they claim that the 20% fee is essentially a financial handling fee for keeping your money safe, so that you don't get ripped off.*
@@CrownStagVoiceover *I've been on voices since 2017. Back then you could see in your auditions cue how many hired and how many canceled or just let the job sit there with no one being hired for months on end. They have since hidden this feature. Now, the job is automatically marked "Completed" as soon as the posted "Project Deadline" date has expired - regardless of if anyone was actually hired or not.* *To answer your question, I arrived at the 40% number based on my own auditions cue prior to them hiding the stats. Secondly, I did confirm this number with the CEO (David) during a live Q&A session. And he gave the same excuse, that many of the jobs are posted on multiple sites, which brings down the hiring success rate.*
I can understand if I wasn't hired because my audition didn't make the grade, but most of my auditions aren't even listened to. They claim that if your audition didn't get listened to one of the reasons might be because a client might reach a decision before they listen to all the auditions, but they also say there is no need to audition early because the client doesn't see the auditions in the order they are received. If this were the case, more of my later auditions would have been listened to. I suspect they want to keep the clients happy and not so much the talent. At the same time, they don't mind receiving that extra $500 from more talent than will get hired.
It sounds easy but no no no!!! I went through the hassle and built my own studio which cost me over $400 and I paid the membership for voices which cost me $200 at the time. I was so excited at first, I thought it was going to rain a lot of money, but I was very wrong. After almost a year of submitting over 500 auditions, I only got $250 which means I got my money back plus a little extra money ($50). Now my membership is going to end soon and there's no way in hell I'm going to renew. My point is don't waste your money. It's hard to make money on that damn platform.
Thanks so much for this video. I’ve been thinking about the membership, because there’s no way to know if your income with the paid modality will allow you to invest such an amount plus the 20 percent! … Tricky! 🤭
For using the platform? most people have samples commercial or otherwise that a client can listen to on their profile but as far as audition go 99% want you to read what ever they have.
Voices isn’t a bad site but it has an insane amount of competition. Depending on your aim and budget I’d say give it a go or Voquent or perhaps even Mandy or upwork. One website is not going to be your silver bullet
Is that your own tiktok or are people hiring you? I’d say start out on the free or cheaper platforms and then move onto voice and the other pay to play when your budget allows
I'm clueless, too. As an American, I thought nation and country were interchangeable. The US is a country made up of states and our pledge of allegiance says we are one "nation"... So the whole several countries, one nation confused me as well. But then again, I guess you don't have "states" over there either. Hmmm...
No we have countries and counties. Each country is independent but works as a whole politically but has their own governments and rules (like states) each county has its own governing bodies along with regional accents and dialects (depending on country) accents can change in a ten mile radius
Personally I’d look at upwork, Mandy, voice fairy, voice crafters, Voquent and Fiverr and only IF. you have disposable income look at the pay to play sites like voices and voice123
I feel so mixed about this site. I made like a thousand dollars really easily when I signed up with a handful of jobs. Now I feel like I pump out all these auditions and Ive had nothing for a long time...
I know it’s been a month since you commented but, any luck landing more jobs? I got the $99 for a year deal which I felt was really good. And I’m nearly there with my space to be able to audition reliably
That's the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). Not Britain. Northern Ireland is British (in the sense it is governed as part of the UK) but is not in (Great) Britain. British, yes, Britain, no. It's also Irish. Many Britons get this wrong, the inhabitants can't even agree on these either, so no surprise the Americans are completely clueless.
I just signed up for the account and uploaded my demo. But to apply for any job the website is making me purchase the membership. Do I have to purchase the membership for any job or any audition ?
Good morning, you do yes. The “free” profile allows client to find you and privately invite you to audition but to actively audition for the cattle calls then you need a membership.
@@CrownStagVoiceover if i get privately messaged and they want to audition me then can i apply for the job or i have to sign up for membership for that as well?
To the best of my knowledge, if they message you then you can connect and work but that’s it
I don’t really audition for North American auditions. I wouldn’t recommend using auto tune or noise reduction because they will effect the natural sound of your voice. The client wants to hear you not the processing
@@alinaroy6345 there are thousands of voice actors. The chances of someone finding you are next to nothing.
Thank you for making this video! It's pretty disappointing to learn that they also take a 20% cut of every project and are not transparent about that in any of their promo materials on the website. The annual membership fees seem justifiable enough (though not cheap), but not notifying people before signing up about the 20% feels very shady. It's too bad they don't charge for one or the other. Free membership but we'll take 20%, or an annual fee and you get the full rate.
Ahh, that explains a few things, thank you! My free membership was showing 250+ hiring projects, but as soon as I paid for the $500 level membership that number went down to ~40 jobs and I couldn't figure out what happened, or why I was getting next to no job results in my selected areas of animation/video games. I wish the algorithm was better, it keeps showing me offers for jobs that want specific accents that don't match my profile at all (Mid-Western American here being offered jobs that want a Singapore accent!), then the site gives me a really low score for the exact kind of projects that I'm looking for. For the price of admission, the site is extremely frustrating.
It can be. Makes sure you don’t have English other checked as that may be the source of your other accent requests
Hi Neil. Here to check this video out because they are having a sale and am considering a membership.
They often do offer $100 off or so. I get an email probably 1-2 times a month
I’m thinking about starting voices soon so this was really helpful. I’m unsure tho.
Any pay to play site has its risk and rewards. You really need to think if you have that money available that you “don’t mind Losing” if you don’t get booked
It's been 4 months since you posted this comment. Please tell me you're making money..
That would be interesting to know actually
Great content love your incaragement .I have a question
1 is there an ideation fee
Ibat the moment have a problem with my PayPal does voice s have alternative to PayPal?
*It is also worth mentioning that 40% of all "jobs" on voices never end up hiring anyone on the site. That's right -- 40% !!!*
*This is due in part to the fact that the same "job" is often posted on other sites as well, and someone on the other site may get hired instead.*
*So, if you do 10 auditions per day - keep in mind that 4 of them will not hire ANYONE !!!*
*As far as them charging 20% on top of the annual fee, they claim that the 20% fee is essentially a financial handling fee for keeping your money safe, so that you don't get ripped off.*
40 % wow, that’s a lot, if you have anything you can share on where you got that number, please do.
@@CrownStagVoiceover *I've been on voices since 2017. Back then you could see in your auditions cue how many hired and how many canceled or just let the job sit there with no one being hired for months on end. They have since hidden this feature. Now, the job is automatically marked "Completed" as soon as the posted "Project Deadline" date has expired - regardless of if anyone was actually hired or not.*
*To answer your question, I arrived at the 40% number based on my own auditions cue prior to them hiding the stats. Secondly, I did confirm this number with the CEO (David) during a live Q&A session. And he gave the same excuse, that many of the jobs are posted on multiple sites, which brings down the hiring success rate.*
Omg wtf?! 2k!? 😬😬😬 Was considering joining. This really helps. Thanks!
I can understand if I wasn't hired because my audition didn't make the grade, but most of my auditions aren't even listened to. They claim that if your audition didn't get listened to one of the reasons might be because a client might reach a decision before they listen to all the auditions, but they also say there is no need to audition early because the client doesn't see the auditions in the order they are received. If this were the case, more of my later auditions would have been listened to. I suspect they want to keep the clients happy and not so much the talent. At the same time, they don't mind receiving that extra $500 from more talent than will get hired.
There may be some truth to that. they make there money from memberships more than the fee per job.
Very true. I paid thru my nose for the membership but all in vain..it was too late before I deciphered the game
It sounds easy but no no no!!! I went through the hassle and built my own studio which cost me over $400 and I paid the membership for voices which cost me $200 at the time. I was so excited at first, I thought it was going to rain a lot of money, but I was very wrong. After almost a year of submitting over 500 auditions, I only got $250 which means I got my money back plus a little extra money ($50). Now my membership is going to end soon and there's no way in hell I'm going to renew. My point is don't waste your money. It's hard to make money on that damn platform.
Way way way! Too much competition for the price point really
which platforms do you consider to be more "starter platforms?"
Thanks, This video offered some very helpful advice!
Another helpful video, cheers
Glad you found it helpful
Dude, you would make a GREAT Castiel from Supernatural.
Haha I’ll take that.
Thanks so much for this video. I’ve been thinking about the membership, because there’s no way to know if your income with the paid modality will allow you to invest such an amount plus the 20 percent! … Tricky! 🤭
Is a commercial demo a must? Or would auditioning without uploading a demo not really hinder me?
For using the platform? most people have samples commercial or otherwise that a client can listen to on their profile but as far as audition go 99% want you to read what ever they have.
What do you suggest as a. Better website/ app i was going to sign up to Voices until I watched this video
Voices isn’t a bad site but it has an insane amount of competition. Depending on your aim and budget I’d say give it a go or Voquent or perhaps even Mandy or upwork. One website is not going to be your silver bullet
@@CrownStagVoiceover thanks im just starting out and on w budget i do voiceover on Tiktok and want to make money professionally
Is that your own tiktok or are people hiring you? I’d say start out on the free or cheaper platforms and then move onto voice and the other pay to play when your budget allows
@@CrownStagVoiceover my own Tiktok and thanks i will
Check out a few more of the reviews but upwork, Fiverr Voquent etc. Are all good free / low cost platforms
I'm clueless, too. As an American, I thought nation and country were interchangeable. The US is a country made up of states and our pledge of allegiance says we are one "nation"... So the whole several countries, one nation confused me as well. But then again, I guess you don't have "states" over there either. Hmmm...
No we have countries and counties. Each country is independent but works as a whole politically but has their own governments and rules (like states) each county has its own governing bodies along with regional accents and dialects (depending on country) accents can change in a ten mile radius
Do they have a payment plan? For $500 it takes me two and a half months of my full salary to buy this membership
I don’t think so. I think they just have levels of access based on how much you want to pay.
There are thousands of voice jobs a month. Do you really think they will allow thousands of people to apply to each job?
So what is the best platform if you're just starting out?
It depends on your budget, experience and accent really.
@@CrownStagVoiceover so overall, which are the better options?
You can't just pay the 2 grand or whatever it is, you have to have made a certain amount of money on the platform.
What platforms do you recommend to start with ?
Personally I’d look at upwork, Mandy, voice fairy, voice crafters, Voquent and Fiverr and only IF. you have disposable income look at the pay to play sites like voices and voice123
So it means.... If u will not paid the membership fee... U won't get hired?
Not NEVER but not likely
Is there an direction fee on voiceses ?
I've never seen the number of auditions required, only the number of auditions submitted.
Its a feature I have seen on mine but having just checked again its gone - perhaps they removed it.
You're not allowed access to all auditions to narrow down the list for the client.
Correct, unless you are on their top tier of membership you will never have access to all auditions
Super helpful thank you
Glad you found it helpful
I feel so mixed about this site. I made like a thousand dollars really easily when I signed up with a handful of jobs. Now I feel like I pump out all these auditions and Ive had nothing for a long time...
I know it’s been a month since you commented but, any luck landing more jobs? I got the $99 for a year deal which I felt was really good. And I’m nearly there with my space to be able to audition reliably
Any update??
Good review
Thank you
That's the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). Not Britain.
Northern Ireland is British (in the sense it is governed as part of the UK) but is not in (Great) Britain. British, yes, Britain, no. It's also Irish.
Many Britons get this wrong, the inhabitants can't even agree on these either, so no surprise the Americans are completely clueless.
Fair comment.
So it costs money to be able to get money?
Do you mean because its a pay-to -play website?
@@CrownStagVoiceover I guess
Yeah basically. There are no assurances that you will land a role but they do have multiple a day to at least try
Is this really worth it ?
It’s a gamble to be honest. It is a site that the more to pay the better opportunities you get but that’s because they hide it behind pay walls.
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
I would hate to pay that money and don't get hire or money money
Yeah it’s a real worry.
Thank you
Would love to interview you on our platform let me know if interested
Sure, drop me an email and we can talk about it.
@@CrownStagVoiceover Sorry for the late response please email encouragementvibes@gmail.com we are looking forward to hear from you!
So when they say "free" its really not free and not good for people below or near the poverty line
I would never say that.... *nods head in a complete yes*
@@CrownStagVoiceover LMAOOO
What’s funny??
@@CrownStagVoiceover absolutely nothing…. *points to your response above*
Ahhh haha
YO THE BRITISH THING TRIPPED ME OUT
You mean the British doesn’t = English part?
Thank you
My pleasure