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I was a Voices member since 2016. I worked the craft part-time, took a year off while working full time corporate because I did not have the time to devote to daily auditions. When I retired over 2 years ago, I had missed this little "hobby" of mine and signed up again. Mind you, I had attended voiceover classes for a couple of years, spent monies there as well as having a professional demo created. Most times, it felt like the monies we shelled out for premium yearly memberships were just draining the funds of struggling voice actors! There were occasional webinars that were helpful, but they expect us to shell out hundreds of dollars just to VIEW the available jobs. Quite often, jobs would go into "deciding" or "completed" status and your audition was never even listened to! I was only awarded one position, and while I did get paid and a nice review from the ad agency, the client opted for a male voice instead. I requested a 50% off membership since I have been loyal for several years, but I was turned down. Best they could do was $399. Sorry, but when you are retired and on a fixed income, it's very nervy and unfair to expect people to pay that much for a one-year membership! They are already getting paid by the clients to advertise their jobs--isn't that sufficient? Obviously not and very greedy. Now, I am downgraded to a "free guest" membership. NOTHING is ever free--this membership does not allow you to view ANY jobs, but the clients can "find you". Good luck with that. This was a huge disappointment. They would not work with me on price, and didn't care to lose a member. There was no damage control, and that is just poor customer service. Best to find another "pay to play" site and stay away from this group. They will just drain your bank account.
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Hi Ann,
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We’re sorry to hear that this is your assessment of Voices.
As you know, our premium membership, which does come with a cost, provides daily job opportunities that match a talent’s profile and skill set, sent to them directly. Our goal is to connect clients with the best talent, and talent with the best job opportunities to make any fees worthwhile. We do have many talent members making a successful full-time living on Voices.
The premium membership fee also ensures that the premium talent on Voices are at the professional skill level required to meet the needs of clients, which helps to ensure jobs are hired and to ensure that clients continue to come back to Voices to post more jobs. All this being said, we continue to look at pricing and the ways we can improve this element of the customer experience.
It’s true that sometimes clients do not listen to all the auditions that have been submitted for a job, particularly if a job has a very short turnaround time and they find the talent they’re looking for quickly. We know it can be discouraging when this happens. We encourage talent to recognize this as part of the overall auditioning process and to audition as often and as quickly as possible for opportunities.
The guest membership does allow clients to privately invite you to jobs, but you’re correct that this is a more challenging way to book work on Voices. For both the premium and the guest membership, ensuring that your profile and your demos are fully filled out and tagged properly maximizes the possibility of being invited to a job. Our team is here to support you and to provide any assistance.
Our talent success specialist has also reached out to you to let you know that our Black Friday sale is coming up and that will offer the premium membership at a reduced price.
We wish you all the best and hope that you continue in your voice over journey.