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kVox · Joined: 10 Nov 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Raleigh, NC

Does anyone have any experience with Voice Hunter? It's another web service that "represents" voice talent for a fee. They've got several "levels" at which you can join but it looks like to get to any meaningful level the fee is pretty darn steep.

I've got no problem investing in my career but with fees like this they better produce something besides another tide of auditions.

Just wondering if anyone here has ever tried them, worked with them, whatever.

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asnively · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:20 pm Post subject:

My experience was anything but positive.
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Deirdre · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:39 pm Post subject:

I've had a nice experience with VH, and you can see that they rep some really hot talent.
Voice Hunter is not a pay-to-play site like some other very popular sites, but they similarly engage in what I call "collective marketing" where listees pay a fee upfront for services rendered. Rather than the talent auction-type of structure however, they have specific tiers of management with some auditions, some "here you go" jobs, and visibility in their marketing that increases as you go up in the listing hierarchy.
There are different levels of representation at VH dependent on your discipline, and you have to be invited to move up— they're not a take-all-comers company, and there are a set number of people allowed in the upper tiers.
It's expensive in the upper tiers, but there are no hidden fees or ugly surprises— and they don't invite you to an upper tier unless they feel you can surely make more than the money you're paying. They pay attention to their talents' successes and keep track of client satisfaction.
With Voices.com and Voice123, your yearly fee grants you access to all the benefits of the sites. With VoiceHunter, it's more like you're front-loading management fees.
As with anything, Your Mileage May Vary and only you can decide how your marketing dollars are spent.
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asnively · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject:

I very rarely heard from them, and when I did the absolute only auditions I was sent were for cheapie, hack, local political ads. A big waste of time and money for me.
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Philip Banks · Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:23 am Post subject:

One wonders whether some of the top talent is on voicehunter at no cost to the individuals concerned in order to encourage others to sign up. I know there is a UK site with a number of people on it for the same reason. Go to Voicehunter and find me, I paid for that result.

They apear to have better things to do than deliver value for money, internet visiblility, name awareness for artists, easy search facility, leads, auditions, work or bother to reply to emails. I paid for that level of service.