Nine9

No customer service. Just care about wasting your money. No real guidance getting into the industry. Superficial salesperson that sell you a dream, website is outdated and hard to use to get castings, I really dislike this organization and the people behind it.

An agency do not require to pay upfront. They get money if you get money. (see picture)
I've done several like this one, and I'm telling you it's a SCAM.
I'm pretty sure those who wrote good review here are paid by them to do it.
It's very sad, the lady seems super nice, it's a shame they use people naiveness to get money...

They got me on a group zoom and sent me a link to Register for $90 one time payment plus $30 something a monthly fee.
I told them let me sleep on it before I decide to join or not...they told me the link expires a midnight that same day.

They lost me right there...nothing legit has an expiration date to register.
If I putting my money down I want to be able to choose when I do that.

To all aspiring actors. Agency's work for you, they get paid when you get paid. You never pay an agency. Never! This is the oldest scam and still works because people give them money. I'll say it one more time. You never,ever pay an agency upfront until you land a job... Call any successful agency in LA and NYC, they will tell you the same, so stop giving them money.

I've been in phone sales all my life. Many Americans are scammed out of their money I've seen it a lot but this time they were going to get me. I believe I had my blinders on because the goal of getting on American idol. She mentioned it in the beginning of the call and so I think the passion everybody has of becoming an actor in a star shuts down that part of your brain that's supposed to say don't do it. Instead it touches that button of oh my gosh I might actually get on the show. My good friend said well just Google her first make it sure before you send any money I said I will do and thank God I did. Thanks for everybody's reviews it saved me money.

THEY CAME OUT ON VICE! And set my boy Taji for failure

They pay so much for advertising!
Def quantity over quality. They don't care who's on the call.
They say it's a casting call yet it's not. It's more of a scam tbh. If you're running a business how are you not seeing who you're interviewing? How do you not pick and choose who you want? I've been to casting calls and this ain't it lol
Steps
1) pitch you a 20min video
2) then they explain pricing ( they will hit you with the " oh Covid affected us all so we dropped the price 400$)
3) then while your on the call they will have you pay the fees. And will call out random names acting like people paid but I'm reality it's their own people.

Please read reviews on companies before you send them money. I was on the zoom call with them and everything is too sketchy, so I googled their reviews and too much negative came up. Neon red flag!
Reading is fundamental. Read reviews in depth before sending money to these companies. They shouldn't be asking for money up front before they do anything to help you. That's a dead giveaway that it's a scam.
I thank God I didn't fall for it.

All they do is talk about how to be an actor, model, etc.
They ask 100 up front then ask you to pay monthly during this crisis here in the USA like rent and food like bruh we struggling to pay already lie about getting paid at least around 500 for jobs for acting, not a single one opend up, im already struggling to get money and hoping this would pay the bills, not worth it.

Hi! I'm writing this because the way they took my money was not fair I joined on Thursday or Friday of May which was maybe like the 18th or 19th and they said that my money is not refundable. I told him I needed an operation and could not continue. That was so unfair so please do not give them your money.

I was told it was a free sign up and that I didn't realize I had to pay if I wanted to move forward in auditions. Just be aware if they ask for your credit card, they're going to charge you. They charged me $99 for sign up and it said monthly would be 40. Definitely a scam and not worth it. It's Never Mentioned In Zoom Meeting, Only In Contract, Make Sure You READ Your Contract. Learn My Lesson.

I answered a FB ad about casting for a TV series and was texted same day. They wanted to have an open audition zoom meeting next day. I ended up looking them up on BBB and saw abysmal reviews and confronted them about it. They assured me there was no up front costs so I decided to attend the open audition. Needless to say, it ended up being a sales pitch to join them for $99 plus a monthly fee. Avoid at all costs, predatorial sales tactics and a waste of time.

You probably received a random text, not having contacted their company. Right? Your phone number was probably purchased from a collector. They will invite you to a caring call "Hi (you) it's xxx, there are some new Casting Calls so I want you to attend a Virtual Open Call tomorrow. Can you do 11am, 1pm or 3pm ET. Which one?" But, it's not a casting call - is a sales call for their PAID service, which is a scam. Legitimate casting companies DO NOT charge their actors to be included in their databases. My best advice to you is to block their number immediately - because they will text again, and again, and again... {Barf}
Do NOT give these people your money! Check their reviews! See some that I checked below -especially the Better Business Bureau. They've only been registered since 2019 and have had LOADS of complaints!

Thought I was going to get to be considered as an extra for Billions here in NYC, instead it was a scam to join a casting agency and then you are left to find out how you can be cast. It was a total joke. Save your money. They do not help you at all.
Here is the email response: Hello Frank,
On behalf of the Nine9 family, I am beyond excited to welcome you as a new talent with Nine9! You have joined a united group of dynamic individuals who are here to provide you with tools and resources to help you succeed in your industry pursuits. If you haven't done it yet, you want to login to your account, update your password and complete your profile as soon as possible.

I first heard about NINE9 through instagram. I joined an open call because I have always wanted to be an actress, but I've never known how to start and this seemed like a good opportunity! I have no reference for how an open call is supposed to go, but this one seemed to go well, I was convinced they could help me. I paid the fee; however, I was unaware of the cost it would be to maintain a spot on the website… you pay an initial $99 and then you pay $40 a month to keep going. The guy on the open call made it sound like the original fee was the only thing I would have to pay, so I went ahead and paid it. After creating an account, I did some research on the company and found multiple people saying it's a scam, which resulted in me freaking out. I texted someone who reached out to me from NINE9 about a refund and I emailed the billing office, it took them a while to reply, so I called someone from NINE9 and she was very polite and helpful. Eventually I got my money back, so I'm not sure if this is truly a scam or if they are actually trying to help people who want to be actors. I would just say do your research before paying and be carful! The only reason I'm giving 3 stars is because the people that work there are very nice and helpful!

I have been an extra in 16 movies.

1) The Tale
2) Olympus Has Fallen
3) Straw Dogs
4) The Gates
5) Vampire Suck
6) Super
7) Cool Dog
8) Acceptance
9) Leaves of Grass
10) Streets of Blood
11) Year One
12) Front of the Class
13) I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
14) W
15) Soul Men
16) Disaster Movie

This was very informative, but I wish there was more information up front. For example, my screen was black the entire time. If that is normal, I would have liked an explanation of what to expect.

Having so many bad companies out there the only reason that 5th star is not there yet is because of my skepticism on whether this will be a good opportunity or not.

I am currently on their 'onboarding' call and I listened the whole time and never once did she mention anything about pricing, and when i sent a question in the chat asking about the pricing and if they require it up front or if I can wait until I get my first gig before committing to them, her response was that she already gave that information in the video call. I replied that I heard the whole thing and never heard any pricing amount (cuz i WAS listening to that to see if it was legit or not). She AGAIN just replied that she already gave me that information and doesn't understand my question...which was if there was an option for a month trial or a way to make sure I'm getting work before paying...so it clearly was the typical political non-answer answer. She gave me a number to call, so I'll see if they do the same thing and continue the non-answer answers which will tell me to not waste my money and just stick with a Backstage account, as I have gotten lots of work from that to more than make up for the $199 yearly Backstage costs. They will be charging $500 a year plus the $100 for doing essentially the same thing Backstage does for me but perhaps a little more personal touch, so could be worth it ONLY if I was able to see that I WILL be able to get work through them to cover and go beyond the cost to them yearly. I could see it being a really good system and for the cost and what they claim they could do, as long as i'm making at least triple a year of their total costs through work they get me, would I be on board with it and see the value. But I don't think it's fair to ask up front and not be certain. Even Backstage offers a 75% discount to new members for 3-6 months (depending on the deal at the time) so you can test them out before comitting to their full price.