Voice123

I'm currently "ranked" in the top 20% of talent, and see at least a dozen projects posted daily. Typically the pay offered is a mere $100 - $150, licensed in perpetuity, for 1 - 5 minutes of VO, well below any established industry standard. It is widely rumored on social media that successful users are those that have been on the platform at least 5 years, and having joined prior to sweeping changes made to the site and algorithms in 2017. Since those changes there doesn't seem to be an avenue to success for new users.

So, once again Voice123 sent me their weekly sample page, and, once again, I've received an invitation for 1% of the projects listed.
I am so beyond unhappy with my current membership. I am barely getting any auditions this year, when I got plenty of auditions last year under the same plan. Also, SO many auditions seem to "become available" in the middle of the night and are closed for booking before 6am. This smells like total bull$#*! to me. As for their recent email about sample projects for the week, only ONE of those opportunities was given to me, and it didn't even make sense because I cannot do a New Zealand accent, nor do I have it listed in my skills. I paid almost $1000 for what feels like NOTHING! Every time I get these summary emails from you, showing me what I am NOT getting for my $888, it makes me sick to my stomach. My membership was a positive experience until my membership renewed on January 5th, and now, the few opportunities from Voice123 have been pure garbage. I am so upset and feel so ripped off. The last communication I had from them basically told me that I had to change my settings to allow projects requesting quotes. Again, I had the same tier membership in 2023 and received plenty of quality leads. This year, the leads are so poor, it's as if I only have a level 1 plan. Total rip off.

I only received invitations between 12am and 6am. When I reached out to their customer support, they claim this is when the auditions are being posted. This is absolutely not true. I've been in the industry over a decade and nobody wakes up in the middle of the night to post casting calls. The customer service agent Mariana argued with me and said this is indeed what is going on, casting agents wake up in the middle of the night to post auditions.

Since I am not okay with being lied to in this degree, I opted to receive a full refund. I'll be joining a more professional VO website. Stay away from voice123 if you are a professional.

If you are on the free plan you will be send "fulfilled" auditions by the Voice 123 team.
I just spend my sunday morning auditioning for a project that wasn't looking for voice actors anymore.
When you get send the project you will still be able to submit your proposal and only then will it tell you the job has been fulfilled.
This is time you spend recording you will never get back and a very $#*!ty way of trying to get you to pay for a plan.

It's amazing the number of projects a person can audition for without a bite. This can be very discouraging. Especially when a person has extensive experience and a huge resume. I have connected with only ONE job after probably 60+ auditions in the past month. So I am especially shocked when I see Brian K with a review stating he books 4-6 jobs a week. Would love to know what he's doing right and I'm doing wrong. I have come to the conclusion that Voice 123 is a service in business to over charge voice over talents in an effort to line their own pockets with cash. They have different "levels" of subscription fees ranging from the $300 + per year amount to over $4000 per year. And those fees only give you access to audition scripts. No guarantee of work. But by spending a larger amount of $$ on your subscription, you are allegedly given a shot at bigger better jobs and a smaller pool of auditioning talent. This allegedly gives you a better chance of getting the job. Who falls for this crap?

I accepted an offer of a 20-percent discount to join Voice123, which took $79 off the full rate. However, accepting the discount also disqualified me from cancelling after 30 days, as allowed with payment at the full rate. Sorry to say, I have wasted my money and my time. Invitations to submit auditions apparently are based on the number of job offers and "likes" a voice actor receives from clients. In a curious twist, it seems that the more submissions you make that are not liked or accepted, the fewer invitations you receive. In other words, the more you try and fail, the fewer chances you're given to try again. I have received about a half-dozen invitations over the past few days, and most are for paltry sums or for voices that do not match my profile. (Recent projects request submissions from African Americans, which I am not, and from French speakers, which I am not). Had I paid the full amount, I would have cancelled. As it is, I am out $316 and no longer bother to submit proposals.

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?

Voice 123 needs tweaking. Far too often I receive invitations that don't match what I filled out on my profile, when I signed up. I don't do different voices. I don't speak a foreign language or have an ethnic accent and I can't sound like a 20 year old. And then there is the issue of payment. I've learned its better to get the job on the site but exchange email addresses and phone numbers with the clients and finish the work off the site. You get paid quicker. Until I find something better, I'll stick with it. This is a great idea but needs tweaking.
I increased my membership level and have gotten more work. It has paid for the increase in membership. Until I can find a better alternative, I'll stick with Voice 123.

I tried it out for a month and most invitations I received wanted me to do work free of charge. That is a hard pill to swallow when I just paid over $300 on their Bronze Plan to make a living. I had received 66 invitations and my profile appeared 2 times in the Voice123 search. So spending over $300 for a membership includes a profile search of ONLY 2 times? They also told me If I was a Premium member, I could have received 209 invitations and appeared 69 times in the search instead. Just greed to get you to buy a more expensive membership. I ended up requesting my 30 day money back guarantee which I did receive promptly.

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.

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.

As a newbie to voice talent work, I pulled the trigger on this particular P2P because they looked legit and got good reviews. And they offered $100 off! SoI've been using this site for 2.5 months and have peppered them with many, many questions. Fortunately, they've always had answers, or been open to suggestions. No issues, lots of help, some advice. And I've scored enough gigs to pay for the service, so there's proof Voice123 works.

I love that Voice123 is a facilitator. It connects you to clients and lets you run. Their support staff is very caring and genuinely cares about helping talent. I am glad I use Voice123 as part of my voice acting career.