Voices.com Answers - Recent questions tagged completed

Is it OK to delete "Completed" auditions that I did not win?

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:47:14 +0000

If the client requests extra work and offers to pay extra (after the job was awarded) how do I request the extra money?

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:03:31 +0000

Is there a way of using VOICES.COM to request the extra amount from the client? or does the client have to do something to send the extra amount that's been agreed?

New job listing goes from OPEN to COMPLETED in less than an hour?

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:45:37 +0000

I understand that voice seekers get bombarded with submission within minutes of posting a job. But I've seen jobs go from OPEN to COMPLETED in less than one hour. This is particularly frustrating when (as I did today) a job seeker responds within 5 minutes only to find they are submission number 50. Then the status is listed as COMPLETED in less than an hour. The CLOSING date for the job was 3 days from today but the job is already COMPLETED. My question is ~ Why do voice seekers do this? Is it that they don't understand the response they will receive will be massive?

When do you request a release from escrow following delivery of the job?

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:55:17 +0000

Why do I get no listens?

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:47:28 +0000

It is quite frustrating when I've taken the time to select a job that my voice would fit, interpret the script the client has provided, and spend the better part of an hour recording & cutting together an audition, and submitting a script; only to see the job completed without my audition ever being listened to!

I generally do not submit an audition or quote for any of these jobs unless I can get it in 60th response or under, knowing that the later I get in my audition, the lower the chances the client will take the time to listen. I also take care to make sure my bid is neither scraping the upper end of their budget range, or not at the bottom or below it.

Given that, why would a voice seeker not even listen to my auditions? Maybe they hear exactly what they're looking for within their budget within the first dozen auditions that come in? Does something in my profile preclude me from even being considered without listening? Is there anything I can do to increase the odds that I could at least get a listen?

I know that persistence (along with some talent) pays off on this service, but I get very discouraged from submitting any more custom auditions each time I submit one and the job completes without my audition ever being heard.

I'd truly appreciate any ideas/suggestions.

What should I do if a job is "completed" on deadline day?

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:51:48 +0000

Today, was the deadline for a particular job and I spent 90 minutes putting together an audition... only to find that when I went to submit the audition the job was already "completed!" :-(

Anyone else ever run into this... if so did you report it to VDC... or just chalk it up to the college of hard knocks??