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The email address doesn't seem right ?? As my previous mails hv bounced. Is there any other way to get in touch with covoco n team ?? Pls suggest, as some way much be there. Cheers A A.

I find this site to not be very transparent. Fake pictures of fake contacts are the first clue. The few occasions I have been contacted about a job, it seems to take forever to make "the client" happy. The rates are typically low, compared to other audition sites. Each job is a long drawn out process and, frankly, I haven't even checked to see if I have been paid. I used to audition quite frequently. No more.

As a Voice Talent - I can tell you there are some issues with the system. It has come a long way since I first visited the site, but it feels like it's a site in BETA release and not fully ready for public access. The first issue was that my account would not allow me to audition. A field in my account was not visible - I tried multiple browsers and computers. I reached out to support, however, I then ran into another issue... the published support email address bounced back as invalid/not found or went unanswered (after notifying them several times, this hadn't been resolved and I do not know if it ever was). I was able to locate an email address after searching my emails to find that an actual person had sent me a 'welcome' email when I first set up the account. They were able to forward my message and get my issue resolved very quickly. The next issue I had was logging in with a Google account. This led to me constantly being logged out when switching between my profile, auditions notifications, uploading auditions, etc. I switched my account to a log in by email and password and this issue was resolved. Payments can also take longer than the site claims (more on tracking that later). My first payment did not go through on schedule and I had to contact support. They had payment to me about 72 hours later (though it was for a few dollars less than quoted). Clients can take quite a long time to wrap up a project. One of my longest took about 7 months to finalize. My recommendation is to be very patient if you plan to use the site. Use it to augment a marketing plan - and get some work here and there that might pay a little less , but also didn't take you any time to market. For my 'wishlist' - I would like to be able to set a filter to only view projects over a certain dollar amount and sort by the length of the final script. There should be much more transparency in the estimated final script length (to estimate $ to word or $ to minute ratios) and when the project will close, not just the audition timeline and audition scipt. Also - and this is for any voice talent using any site - any time you are sending your voice out, it is very important to keep a spreadsheet with the details of each audition (the site auditioned at, client name, payment amount, any dates, details, websites, etc. mentioned in the process or script) and be diligent about checking for unauthorized use and verify prompt payments. Covoco could make this much easier by showing auditions submitted, percentage won and other tracking metrics that skilled & experienced voice talent demand. Something that lacks transparency - I believe the site is run by the same person that owns/runs Advids and this is simply the casting for the videos - so it's interesting that Advids posted a review. See linkedin.com /in/bhatalok and agency.covoco. com/why-advids/ [EDIT] I was finally paid for my next gig and it was again for less than the posted payment. Turns out, 'free' (their website makes multiple claims that it is free for voice talent to use) isn't free. Their terms and conditions points to a non-working page that 'explains' the payment terms. Basically they take a 10% cut off what they pay voice talent. They also charge the video client a fee for finding voice talent. So, take 'free' with a large grain of salt. Keep in mind most of the jobs pay well under standard payment amounts. For a good baseline, check out the Global Voice Acting Academy rate guide (I have no affiliation). After the payment issue, I'm changing my review to two stars.[/EDIT]

The people are nice, but unfortunately only in it for themselves, because the talent are paid on the cheap and have to wait months for their measly pay after doing all the work.

Customer took over 6 months to complete project and I waited 4-6 months to get paid. There is no place to see my earnings and deductions for admin fees, and customer was able to reduce my pay by $100 because they made a mistake. It is very difficult to track a project and the status of it. The customer overlapped versions of the same project, which is why he made the mistake. Extremely clunky. I have not submitted additional auditions because I am reluctant to do work have to wait months to get paid with no one to tell.