Voice123

I bought a cheaper plan to give this a try. Got plenty of auditions for first six weeks then ironically right after my 30 day refund window the auditions completely dried up. When I spoke with to Voice123 customer service "it was because I needed to upgrade" and they literally said, "you won't be happy with us unless you buy the $395 plan." I will never find out because i'm not interested. Lol. Just thought you all should be informed!

Been a subscriber for years and they removed my good reviews! Three years after they were posted they said they were unable to verify them, despite finding the original posting for the bookings and me showing them the finished work. What company would actively work against their clients? Terrible terrible customer service - no resolution. I won't be renewing.

I spent the $99 for the plan that should've gotten me more options to record and, hopefully, offers. I believe I submitted samples 78 times and didn't get one offer. I used to work in radio and know my voice is worthy enough, but this is a joke. AND, in the last month or so of my paid subscription, I rarely heard from Voice123. Don't waste your money with this company!

I had some success on Voices.com with some hired jobs, enough to quadruple what I had spent for the premium membership. So I decided to check out Voices123.com as well to see if I could have some success there as well. Boy, was I mistaken. The site's UI is absolutely atrocious, MUCH worse than Voices.com's site. The jobs that actually pay money are few and far between, and even when there are jobs like those, by the time they trickle down to you (as there are paid membership tiers), your audition won't even matter. All this with the caveat that there's a 30 day money back guarantee UNLESS you get in during a discount, which I did. Then they refuse to refund you. Ridiculous. Stay far away from this platform if you know what's good for you.

I've been part of the Voice123 community since 2007. The level of talent and buyers has always been quality and meeting industry standards. While there will always be first time talent and/or clients, Voice123 has a strong supply of both outstanding competitive talent and legit, professional buyers from small to big agencies. Always happy to do business with buyers on Voice123.com.

Hundreds to thousands of voiceover jobs are available for audition on this online casting marketplace and hundreds to thousands of voiceover talent are there to competitively apply. That said, talent is of the utmost professional and Voice123 will help, if ever you have a question.

I was previously a Premium Member for a year. I have been a Professional Voice Artist for over 45 Years.
I received ONE $40 script in that year.
It seems whomever is in the Same Time Zone as You gets the scripts Immediately.
I get the New Notification for a script and am told either:
1) The allotted number of auditions have been Filled...OR...
2) A talent has already been chosen for this client.
It was Not worth my $395 and certainly did not entice me to purchase Your $600 Membership...Right?

I got my start here, but... it's not what it once was. Voice123 used to be good in the mid 2010s but there are now too many pricing tiers to choose from and it seems even the $888/year tier is pointless to continue. From over-auditioned opportunities where the client asks for 50 auditions and gets back over 100 by the time I'm invited, to the incessant need to beg for Likes and Hearts (to satisfy the ranking algorithm), the platform has figured out the perfect way to hoodwink you into thinking you have a chance. The harsh reality is that the Non-Union VO market is oversaturated, they know it, and are raking in the dough from anyone who doesn't already know the game has already been played--and those at the top (e.g. Those who pay multiple thousands of dollars per year) will remain at the top, with early access to the best auditions.

So long.

I was an active paid subscriber to Voice123 for a few years around 2015 - 2020. I auditioned regularly and got many meaningful VO gigs. Around 2020 I let my subscription lapse and stopped doing VO briefly. About a year ago I inquired about re-upping my subscripttion and messaged customer service for guidance. No response. I attempted again a few months ago because I wanted to know if they were still actively in business before I gave them my CC info for the $395 subscription price. Once again, crickets. I went out into the VO community to see if Voice123 was still a viable option for work. No one responded. These experiences, along with the multitude of negative reviews here, lead me to conclude that Voice123 is a ghost town. It's a shame because I wish to resume my VO career but these sites are all I know (Voice.com doesn't seem to have any better reviews). Not buying under these circumstances.

I regularly book work as a voiceover artist on Voice123. The platform is easy to use and I can continue my relationship with the client beyond the first job. Their customer service is helpful and friendly and quick to respond.

I was shocked to find out that when you submit and audition the clients have the option to download your audition. That means if your audition is not watermarked they can actually use your recording and you won't even know it, without paying you for it. You wonder why you audition for so many jobs and never hear back. Some clients even have the nerve to say no watermark on auditions. Hmmm I wonder why. Why does Voices123 allow this? Why can't they just have clients listen and not download. That feature is unnecessary. I guess they don't care, as long as they get their annual fee. I can't imagine how many people have been scammed on this site.

As a full time professional, I appreciate Voice123 for their consistent audition opportunities, easy to use platform and excellent customer service. My booking rate and average rate paid is higher with Voice123 than with their main competitor and not having to give up 20% in "platform fees" is a huge plus.

V123 punishes talent that can't afford the higher, exorbitantly priced subscriptions. The copious, cream of the crop auditions are showered upon them. The offerings get less and less the lower down the financial totem pole you are. Auditions should be accessible to all voice talent. The "other", arguably more popular and professional big name P2P site is fantastic with one yearly fee and tons of listings daily. Everyone has a fair shot. Never any bugs with their site either. V123 will often crash when I'm in the middle of update my profile info or samples. It also has a bad habit of sending me laughable matches which often are not even in the correct gender or language! The few times I have contacted the help line (after fighting with the bot), I get a response that makes almost no sense and skirts over my issue. Did they even read my concern? I could kick myself for subscribing for another year (I'm in the mid-range subscription.) The jobs that are right for me are few and far between, but the 5 to 10 or so jobs I do land per year are good ones. Is it worth it? I'm not so sure. I find plenty of voice work on my own without paying to audition. I think this might be my last year with V123. It just always seems to be more trouble than its worth. My money is better spent on education or equipment.

There are many horrible things about the new site, but possible the worst is how they allow jobs to be grossly oversubscribed. If a voice seeker requests 20 auditions, the system will deliver... 40,50, even 100!? This devalues talent and depresses the market.

Despite these problems, Voice123 is still MUCH better and productive than Voices Dot Com! Avoid that site completely! There are many reasons, but one of the most glaring is the fact they ACTUALLY charge voice seekers to hire you. This is on top of the $500 annual membership fee! Terrible!

Voice123 used to be very good before the revamped site. Hopefully they will find their way again and work through these major problems.

I used Voice123 ten years ago, and it went very well. I tried it again this past week, and my project is "still being reviewed" after 4 days (they must not count weekends, so it totals 4). I wrote to them for help, and all I get is automated spam messages asking me if I 'still need help.'

I need a human. This is pointless.

Not one audition has ever been approved and I simply didn not know if my voice was being used without my permission.

I would say steer clear because it seems very scam-like.

I've been a paid member of Voice 123 for several years now and every year I basically get enough jobs to just cover the cost of the yearly fee. Interesting. Just enough work to keep me coming back. Then this year, 2020, I have won just 1 job so far and after that I am barely getting any auditions at all. Where I used to get many a day I now am only getting a few, 3 or 4 a week. Voice 123 says it's because of my "rating". Which, interestingly enough, is managed by their own convoluted calculations that no one understands, it is cloaked in secrecy and they can't even explain it so that it makes sense. I was recently told that there are levels of paying members that are not advertised. Very high priced memberships and supposedly those are the only ones that really get any jobs. I don't know if that is true, but I know this, it seems like Voice 123 gives you jobs if they like you and if they don't, you won't get anything.