I would love to find out more on how the voice over community is viewed by the people who pay our wages. This is usually video producers like you! So this thread is very interesting. There is a huge disparity between voice over rates. There has been a downward pressure on rates recently due to the gig economy and sites like Fiverr. This is being constantly discussed within the voice over community.
$1,500 for a 1,100 word read which should be less than 10 minutes of audio does seem high to me. You are looking for a documentary read on You Tube so there is no commercial usage involved. Usage can be a very important part a voice over quote as the voice is usually licensed just like music is.
My price for this would be around $450 and is open to negotiation. I know of many other voice overs that would charge more than this and others who may charge less. In truth, the saying "you get what you pay for" is true when you go down to the levels of Fiverr.
We are all freelances and have to work out budgets and still get paid what we think we are worth. In both video production and voice over there are many different costs and reasons on how we get to our final quotes and I think if we all understood this better it would help in making budgets match.
If you have any specific questions on this I would love to discuss this with you.
$1,500 for a 1,100 word read which should be less than 10 minutes of audio does seem high to me. You are looking for a documentary read on You Tube so there is no commercial usage involved. Usage can be a very important part a voice over quote as the voice is usually licensed just like music is.
My price for this would be around $450 and is open to negotiation. I know of many other voice overs that would charge more than this and others who may charge less. In truth, the saying "you get what you pay for" is true when you go down to the levels of Fiverr.
We are all freelances and have to work out budgets and still get paid what we think we are worth. In both video production and voice over there are many different costs and reasons on how we get to our final quotes and I think if we all understood this better it would help in making budgets match.
If you have any specific questions on this I would love to discuss this with you.
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