Wouldn’t it be nice and convenient to have ONE chart that compares the online casting sites (aka pay to plays – P2Ps)?
*Cue the Sparkly Music*…Your wish is my command. ????
There are A LOT of online VO casting sites. It’s hard to know which one to try, so I created a side by side comparison of the top P2Ps.
I didn’t include some (Voice Bunny, VoiceRealm, Fiverr), even though these are known sites. Voice Bunny has awful terms & conditions that are NOT in the voice actor’s favor, VoiceRealmhas gotten some really strange reviews, and Fiverr is a place I’d say you could start out at, but don’t stay. Fiverr buyers are looking for a good deal. You build a quality VO business on quality clients.
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DISCLAIMER: We are an affiliate for V123 and have had the CEO on our podcast (I’ve reached out to Voices about coming on the podcast with no response). We do know V123 prioritizes protecting and providing opportunities to voice actors. However, we’ve also been honest with issues we’ve seen.
We love to offer the affiliate because it gives you a 15% discount and allows us to cover 1% of our content creation when someone signs up but in no way are we saying this is the only platform or the one you should choose.
FEATURED ONLINE CASTING SITES
Click on the link and it will automatically take 15% off your membership
Additional features: Rolling out a program where it will automatically add in a digital audio watermark so that no buyers can use your auditions/bookings delivered via V123 to create synthetic voices.
Another highlight is you don’t have to have a fully produced demo for this site. Even if you have some samples, you can join. These may not compete with other talent’s professional demos but it does allow voice actors to get started somewhere as they save upfor a demo.
There’s been a lot of controversy over the years with Voices. Personally, I was on it for a couple years and did fairly well. I do love their feature that allows you to see if
1| the client listened to your audition and
2| if it was shortlisted.
That becomes helpful data as you grow your VO career.
You definitely need a professional produced demo for this platform. There’s a lot of “pro voice talent” features to this site, but the biggest downside I’ve heard/seen is the lower quantity of auditions.
Let me clarify what I mean by “German company” under the cons. I didn’t have enough space to add this to the chart. But the time zone can be tricky with clients from Bodalgo since they’re mostly international clients. Sometimes having a session with a client where English is the 2nd language can also be challenging. That said, I have a client in Brazil who speaks barely any English, and we ran a whole session with her daughter translating. It turned out fine.
Bodalgo is a fine online casting site – this is simply something to be aware of if you use it.
Backstage is a site with information and opportunities for voice over and on-camera acting. I added it on there because many people starting out like to begin on Backstage.
The low cost, low barrier to entry and variety of projects appeal to them.
That said, don’t build your VO career just from Backstage.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Casting Call Club is another online casting site. One of our Mentorship members, Helen, said she enjoys the auditions they offer (a lot of anime, dubbing, etc) and has booked through there. Most of the jobs are very low paying or don’t pay at all. If anime, animation or dubbing are the areas you want to pursue, CCC could be a great way to get experience.
If Voice123 is the platform you choose, check out the V123 Pros course. It has in-depth instructions on how to optimize your V123 profile, and they’re constantly giving updates to keep you in the loop.
Hope this helps make your decision a little easier!
