Unfortunately for those who do character voices, I am referring to "real children." Almost every profile created for only a child was set up by a parent who was already on Voice123 as a premium subscriber.

WHAT'S THE PAY?

On average, where the voice age was listed as "child," jobs posted through the automated invite casting system have paid $500 or higher. These automated jobs involve the staff screening a job being posted for a child voice talent, and the talents are invited without direct human intervention.

In another method, jobs in which clients reach out to us directly via Live Chat, email, phone, or social media, have paid above $2000.

These numbers are directly taken from staff communication and emails, in which voice talents were asked, "Do you know anyone who can read for this?" The search feature on Voice123 is used by staff to help clients who opt to not use any automated process.

Why are kids receiving higher pay? For very simple reasons:

In the past two years, we began getting emails directly from agents building a talent stable of child voices. I received one, too. They found I was 39, and never wrote again.

Clients are asking us personally if we know of any real child voices available. These clients were only satisfied by hearing a "real child voice."

Clients are still apprehensive about contacting the child directly, and ask us at times if we know anyone. I believe this happens because:

In addition, children have more spare time to communicate online, and therefore may be more visible than an adult.

HOW TO HANDLE?

There are still lots of questions to be asked and answered on how to handle this, especially given that we have learned during quality assurance of demos that adults have used child pics to cover their identities and appear "real."

At one point, we did not let children create profiles unless we spoke with their parents first. Every summer, we offer a free trial program for children of voice over talent interested in getting into voice overs, which some have taken advantage of.

We recently learned of a child getting $4,000 and a recurring contract to do a series of children's audiobooks from a Voice123 contact.

Also, a parent expressed to me that her child made more money from Voice123 in the past month than she did - and she was setting up a phone patch for her son. 

Would you be OK with your child working in voice overs online, if you were managing the process?

Email: steven.lowell@voice123.com

Web: http://bit.ly/Voice123Info