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I've been a talent there for over a decade so I can give you the good, bad, and ugly.
Good: IF you get hired, it's usually easy money.
Bad: You're competing with newbies/those with zero experience willing to take any job at any cutthroat price.
Ugly: their annual fees are not worth it at all anymore. $500US PLUS a 20% fee on each job, yikes. Also, tons and tons of "this has a run time of about ten hours of voice work, and our budget is $250." Rather than set those clients straight, Voices' replies are "well, just don't bid or bid what you think it's worth". Waste of time. You won't earn a living with this site at all. As a pro, I get maybe 5 contracts a year. MAYBE.
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Hi Tara,
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We’re sorry to hear that your experience on Voices has not been as positive as time has gone on.
We do know that Voices is a competitive marketplace and we do our best to ensure that experienced talent are getting good job opportunities while also making sure that new talent to the platform get a chance to audition. This is a fine balance, and we are always working on it.
In terms of new talent undercutting experienced talent, this is not what our data shows. There’s an audition process that involves clients selecting the best talent for their job. While there are clients who have smaller budgets, most clients on Voices are looking for high-quality voice over and want to hire talent who can provide that. This is why we work to provide resources, seminars, etc., to new talent - so that they can improve their chances of booking work.
As a business, we do charge a membership fee to premium members, a 20% platform fee to talent (calculated against their client-facing quote) and a 4% or 6% processing fee to clients depending on the client’s payment method (calculated against their job’s total cost pre-tax).
Talent are able to adjust their quote when responding to jobs to see what their take-home earnings would be, and we show right there, based on the talent quote, the amount that the client will pay. We also show in this same spot what the platform fee would amount to, so that the talent has all the information.
Our goal is to provide the highest possible value to both our clients and our talent to make the fees worthwhile. That being said, we continue to look at pricing and the ways we can improve this element of the customer experience.
You’re correct that we do encourage talent to always quote what they feel is fair for the work involved or to pass on jobs that they’re not interested in auditioning for. We also provide a budget calculator and recommended pricing to all clients. Talent are always encouraged to report jobs they see that are not properly priced so we can look into it. Our Support Team can then reach out to the client to let them know what a recommended budget would be for that job and that the client will receive better responses with a more appropriate budget. If you see a job that is not priced appropriately, please report it to us.
We encourage talent to diversify their income streams and offer Voices as one tool—there will be those who find it’s all they need and those who wish to use Voices in addition to other platforms or other opportunities they seek out on their own. Everything comes with a cost of money or time. Our goal is to connect clients with the best talent, and talent with the best job opportunities. We do have many talent members making a very successful full-time living on Voices.
If you have any further feedback on your experience with Voices, we’d love to hear it at feedback@voices.com. This goes directly to our Product team.
Wishing you all the best in your voice over career.