StarNow.co.uk

I uploaded 3 songs to my Starnow profile & paid my subscription fee on March 1st.
When I did a search for my profile the next day, it stated "This member does not have any audio tracks."
I emailed them to say there was a fault, & also asked for their phone number.
I received a standard reply from 'Renee' saying "it can take 24 hours to embed and show in the talent directory search. Please let us know if it is still not working after this time."
So I did.
I emailed back saying it's still not working & can someone please contact me. I'm still waiting for a reply, and my profile STILL says there's no audio. It's been a week now & they've got my 30 quid. And there's no phone number to call. (Very convenient.) I feel ripped off.
Appalling service.

I got in contact with StarNow via email as I needed some advice. To be honest I wasnt expecting any assistance any time soon, as is often the case with big companies these days, but StarNow responded to me within the hour. By anyones standards in todays climate, that is beyond impressive. They were understood my query and were swift to give advice and reassurance.

Remember as this company is based in another country depending upon the time you post a query will depend on their time - but they will be sure to answer. Incredible service. I feel more assured. Thank you StarNow. Psyche x

Out of all the auditions sites I would say StarNow is by far the best. They actually check to make sure the jobs are real & they have way more than any of the others I'm a member of. I know they have been around for over 10 years and I follow them on Twitter where they post urgent paid jobs which is great for me as I'm super busy with University and only want paid extra work.

My mate got an agent from StarNow & their customer service is pretty quick (especially if you tweet)

A very useful site for auditions & jobs and better priced than many of the others.

StarNow is, without a doubt, a such great platform for both talents and casting professionals. Hugh thanks to you guys, I have been getting so many exciting opportunities and get to meet and work with such amazing people. At this very moment, I am on my way to be feathered in a Music Video. It's been only couple of months that I have been active with StarNow, I have really truely been getting unbelievably amazing opportunities, just for this week inself, I've been consecutively booked for paid jobs, shortlisted or on hold or been in touch with casting professionals.
What more to say. Try see it for yourself.

Hi. I randomly decided to take a plunge and look into applying for shows. Acting. Singing etc. ive no experience only in modelling. I accidently came across Starnow site. Filled in the application and in after applying for a few posts. I was suddenly narrowed to go on a cruise. Be a singer for a short film. Asked to go on an itv show etc. in just a week my confidence level had reached a high. Positions I applied for thinking I wouldn't get. I was then offered to go for audition. This site is professional. Get response quickly and who knows what will happen next. Certainly worth a go. Thanks guys;-)

Not a very good service, particularly in comparison to industry sites such as Casting Call Pro. Much more annoyingly, I cancelled the paid part of my service in the first half of October, when I was pretty sure I had done so earlier in the year. Nonetheless, I cancelled, only to be billed once again in mid-November. I logged in to see that I was again signed up on the paid service, despite having cancelled.

Even more annoyingly, I was told that I would not be refunded, as I would only be entitled to a refund within the first 60 days of having got the service.

So apparently StarNow have decided that they can ignore cancellations and bill as they please, given the consumer no refund or recourse.

Avoid. There are better far, far better resources anyway, such as Casting Call Pro and Spotlight.

They will take your money and cancel you account. 95% of "jobs" are non paying. In fact it will cost YOU money to be in these amateur productions. They will set up an automatic deduction from your account and then argue about it if you question their integrity. Read all of the fine print on their website! You will still waste your money buy at least you will know why. They are so money grubbing that they would rather keep your $49 than have satisfied customers. For them it is money for nothing and they don't give a damn about you.
If you don't want any paying work and want to lose some (lots) of MONEY then sign up today. But if you have more than half a brain sign up to a decent site.

StarNow what happened to this amazing site? Used to be so easy now it's full of restrictions and zero success stories

I remember in the year 2015 you could contact talent by simply messaging them by pressing the message button, now when you press message StarNow wants you to pay credits? It's a restriction for talent who aren't rich or earning a good amount of money. Basically starnow is now a money making machine who doesn't care about talent's success instead they don't care about the lower class anymore.

You pay 9.99 for month and get nothing special just able to apply for castings, again in 2015 it was free to apply to unpaid roles, but you had to pay 9.99 to be able to apply for all jobs and yeah now it's not the same.

You pay the 9.99 and you still can't message talent, I made so many friends in 2015 by messaging talent, collaborating on projects. Now starnow wants you to post a casting ad, however you get the same old talent applying and the new talent are restricted to apply for unpaid stuff, so they need to bring back messaging, they need to stop asking for money about applying for unpaid work and create a balanced website how it was in 2015. No restrictions and yes they can increase the price to 11p/m if that's what it takes to make it the best site for talented people. It's a one because starnow didn't listen to our advice for years, yet their excuse is to pay staff, they could easily do that with ads, and not restrict us

STARNOW is a scam. Avoid it. They take your money and then close your account.

I'm disabled and had someone that spent a whole night harassing me and when I reported them I got banned. Apparently some bogus casting director can harass you with unwanted, offensive and annoying messages but if you tell them to go away or tell them you will report them if they don't stop, the site classes that as harassment and threatening behaviour and take your money and ban you!

It's a 6 month recurring subscription you can't just join for a month and see if they are legitimate. It's a lot of money to lose and it goes through Paypal so you have no chance to get your money back. A SCAM!

A lot of the so called 'castings' are run by pervs or porn merchants or people that will take your money on the promise of a job that doesn't exist. Most are student projects and amateurs but you never find that out until you turn up on set. You can waste a lot of time and money. AVOID!

We placed a casting call but due to 1 discrunteled applicant that we did not approve to enter, starnow canceled our account. All our paid leads now can no longer reach us which is a pure scam. After checking, our lawyers confirmed we did not break any rules or regulations. We lost time and money. Quality on the site is poor, mostly Australian residents.
Our advise; its not worth posting your casting here. For applicants; Modelmayhem is a far better choice with better assignments.