Websites for Voiceover Work | Voices.com review

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Welcome back to crown stag voice over. Looking for Voiceover Auditions? Seriously, Watch this Before You Buy Voices.com . in this video on Websites for Voiceover Work | Voices.com review I will be giving you a deep dive into voices.com what i think works well and where they may be able to improve.
There are many websites for voice over work, and freelance voiceover job opportunities for beginners seem to be plentiful online. I am often asked about how to find work, or even start a career from home as a voice actor. With platforms and websites such as Freelancer, Fiverr, Upwork, Voicebunny (now called Bunny Studios), Voices.com, Voice123 and more, how do you know which ones are legit, and which ones to avoid? In this video, I give my VOICES.com review, and discuss what I know about how they work. Please remember to like, share, subscribe and comment if you find this video review about websites for voice over work and freelance voiceover jobs, tips & advice helpful. We hope to see you again soon with more voice-over-related content!
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What can I expect using voices.com? Is voices.com algorithm helpful? Is it worth joining?
Learn how to elevate your voice acting career on voices.com. I’ll share the ups and downs, what works well and where I think they might be able to improve.
If you’re just starting out you may find it a bit challenging due to the competition. However, you may want to consider it if you can afford it.
For those of you who are established voice over artists, this may be the next step to help take your voice over career further.
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@alinaroy6345 3 жыл бұрын

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 ?

@CrownStagVoiceover 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@alinaroy6345 3 жыл бұрын

@@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?

@CrownStagVoiceover 3 жыл бұрын

To the best of my knowledge, if they message you then you can connect and work but that’s it

@CrownStagVoiceover 2 жыл бұрын

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

@vmtz2001 Жыл бұрын

@@alinaroy6345 there are thousands of voice actors. The chances of someone finding you are next to nothing.

@katherinepaige9431 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@TheFangirlWatches 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@CrownStagVoiceover 3 жыл бұрын

It can be. Makes sure you don’t have English other checked as that may be the source of your other accent requests

@minniebonsall 3 жыл бұрын

Another helpful video, cheers

@CrownStagVoiceover 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful

@barbarazancker9836 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, This video offered some very helpful advice!

@thinbluelaneproductions3798 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Neil. Here to check this video out because they are having a sale and am considering a membership.

@CrownStagVoiceover 2 жыл бұрын

They often do offer $100 off or so. I get an email probably 1-2 times a month

@SirZarwid 3 жыл бұрын

I’m thinking about starting voices soon so this was really helpful. I’m unsure tho.

@CrownStagVoiceover 3 жыл бұрын

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

@princeicio 2 жыл бұрын

It's been 4 months since you posted this comment. Please tell me you're making money..

@CrownStagVoiceover 2 жыл бұрын

That would be interesting to know actually

@daltonbates117 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, you would make a GREAT Castiel from Supernatural.

@CrownStagVoiceover 3 жыл бұрын

Haha I’ll take that.

@jasonharris2363 3 жыл бұрын

Super helpful thank you

@CrownStagVoiceover 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful

@cleaneatingcelena Жыл бұрын

Omg wtf?! 2k!? 😬😬😬 Was considering joining. This really helps. Thanks!

@akeshharrypersad4487 2 жыл бұрын

Good review

@CrownStagVoiceover 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@tarekabulleef8304 Жыл бұрын

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?

@kimtalentino1104 2 жыл бұрын

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! 🤭

@asianguy6174 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@CrownStagVoiceover 3 жыл бұрын

There may be some truth to that. they make there money from memberships more than the fee per job.

@SachinKotak-qy9ln 2 жыл бұрын

Very true. I paid thru my nose for the membership but all in vain..it was too late before I deciphered the game

@gangrene58 3 жыл бұрын

Great video

@CrownStagVoiceover 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@princeicio Жыл бұрын

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.

@CrownStagVoiceover Жыл бұрын

Way way way! Too much competition for the price point really

@JayKSilver 3 жыл бұрын

Is a commercial demo a must? Or would auditioning without uploading a demo not really hinder me?

@CrownStagVoiceover 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@uzonah Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@D.Bunker 2 жыл бұрын

*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 2 жыл бұрын

40 % wow, that’s a lot, if you have anything you can share on where you got that number, please do.

@D.Bunker 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.*

@toddmorgan2584 Жыл бұрын

which platforms do you consider to be more "starter platforms?"

@mahaal_takrouri1486 2 жыл бұрын

What platforms do you recommend to start with ?

@CrownStagVoiceover 2 жыл бұрын

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

@copyninjahh 3 жыл бұрын

What do you suggest as a. Better website/ app i was going to sign up to Voices until I watched this video

@CrownStagVoiceover 3 жыл бұрын

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

@copyninjahh 3 жыл бұрын

@@CrownStagVoiceover thanks im just starting out and on w budget i do voiceover on Tiktok and want to make money professionally

@CrownStagVoiceover 3 жыл бұрын

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

@copyninjahh 3 жыл бұрын

@@CrownStagVoiceover my own Tiktok and thanks i will

@CrownStagVoiceover 3 жыл бұрын

Check out a few more of the reviews but upwork, Fiverr Voquent etc. Are all good free / low cost platforms

@empoweredbuilders3234 3 жыл бұрын

So what is the best platform if you're just starting out?

@CrownStagVoiceover 3 жыл бұрын

It depends on your budget, experience and accent really.

@asianguy6174 3 жыл бұрын

@@CrownStagVoiceover so overall, which are the better options?

@asianguy6174 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@amycoomer9486 2 жыл бұрын

Do they have a payment plan? For $500 it takes me two and a half months of my full salary to buy this membership

@CrownStagVoiceover 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think so. I think they just have levels of access based on how much you want to pay.

@joydavis9264 2 жыл бұрын

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...

@CrownStagVoiceover 2 жыл бұрын

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

@asianguy6174 3 жыл бұрын

I've never seen the number of auditions required, only the number of auditions submitted.

@CrownStagVoiceover 3 жыл бұрын

Its a feature I have seen on mine but having just checked again its gone - perhaps they removed it.

@asianguy6174 3 жыл бұрын

You're not allowed access to all auditions to narrow down the list for the client.

@CrownStagVoiceover 3 жыл бұрын

Correct, unless you are on their top tier of membership you will never have access to all auditions

@tarekabulleef8304 Жыл бұрын

Is there an direction fee on voiceses ?

@gigglevibes2307 2 жыл бұрын

So it means.... If u will not paid the membership fee... U won't get hired?

@CrownStagVoiceover 2 жыл бұрын

Not NEVER but not likely

@lovelydeedee3258 2 жыл бұрын

I would hate to pay that money and don't get hire or money money

@CrownStagVoiceover 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s a real worry.

@colinmorrison5119 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@CrownStagVoiceover 2 жыл бұрын

Fair comment.

@makaylamonzeglio4793 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to interview you on our platform let me know if interested

@CrownStagVoiceover 3 жыл бұрын

Sure, drop me an email and we can talk about it.

@makaylamonzeglio4793 3 жыл бұрын

@@CrownStagVoiceover Sorry for the late response please email encouragementvibes@gmail.com we are looking forward to hear from you!

@kantibai7217 2 жыл бұрын

Is this really worth it ?

@CrownStagVoiceover 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@chancebeck6452 3 жыл бұрын

YO THE BRITISH THING TRIPPED ME OUT

@CrownStagVoiceover 3 жыл бұрын

You mean the British doesn’t = English part?

@johnstrong9744 Жыл бұрын

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...

@UlanSays Жыл бұрын

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

@kbee8 5 ай бұрын

Any update??