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Name: Mandy.com
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Mandy.com 1 star review on 2nd February 2023

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“First the good. I'm an industry professional of 7 years - a jobbing actor as it were - and I can thank Mandy (or really, Casting Call Pro as it was before it was bought out) for helping me to establish my career. It was, for a long time, a brilliant platform on which to gain invaluable experience, and has led to contacts who I still work with 6-7 years down the line. It was a great pool for corporate work, short and student films and fringe theatre, with an intuitive and helpful interface, and a range of features that really gave me a sense of ownership over my career - it allowed me to track my applications, to see their status, and yielded really positive outcomes. The cost of an annual subscription was easily recouped. The bad news is that Mandy has recently been bought out by Backstage. Since its takeover, Mandy has lost a lot of its useful features. The quality of the jobs on the site has diminished rapidly - for the most part it seems to be teaching, immersive experience for parties and shopping centres, and badly paid corporate work. It was always a real gripe of mine that Mandy never monitored the rates being offered - commercial and corporate jobs will often use the site to exploit actors trying to gain a footing, by offering insultingly low rates. I'd flagged this in the past to no avail, and sadly there is even less of a chance of any user concerns being addressed - the customer service department appears to have become automated, and a community of actors have, since the takeover, offered a stream of feedback on the changes, all for the negative, with no real response offered by Mandy. It appears to be headed in the direction of Star Now, also a subsidiary of Backstage, by which they lure early-career actors to pay to access castings that really won't do much for the majority of users' careers. I've been with Mandy for 8 years, and I am on the verge of leaving the platform for the first time. It has always had its critics and those in the industry who have advised against it, yet I have remained an advocate throughout. Until now. I would not recommend joining - there are other emerging platforms out there - and I have no doubt that usership will drop as a result of the unconsidered changes being made, and poor customer service being offered.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Didn't really find it worth it to pay for premium. No real jobs came from paying premium. Or I would get Job offers from places way outside of my selected locations. Like I get it, you guys want to make it seem like your website job offers are popping, but they're not. Sometimes, moronically, you see a job offer here that says you still have to apply through another site, that is just like mandy.com. No real guarantees. And it is a little irritating that even now that I am no longer paying for premium, I'm getting emails about jobs that sound great, but only applicable if I upgrade to premium again. With no real guarantee. Just send me jobs that I can apply for without you robbing me please. I've heard from others as well that there are other & better platforms available. Thankfully the few jobs I was able to land, were through the classic platform of word of mouth. Not paying for a service that has no real guarantees and instead seem to be more like a "guarantease". If I am not paying for premium, stop sending me jobs only available if I pay for premium, since you can't even guarantee it. This platform "service" is basically extortion. Sorry to say, but mandy.com is not worth it. You have a better chance cold calling.”

Mandy.com 1 star review on 20th March 2021

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Posted 3 years ago

“SPEND ALL THIS MONEY SO I CAN SUBMIT MYSELF FOR WORK-MEANWHILE THIUS SITE IS JOINING FORCES WITH OTHER SITES AND YET I CAN NOT GET HELP WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG-THEIR UPDATE SCRAMBLED ALL MY INFO AND THE SITE IS SO CLUNKY THAT I CANT MAKE MY VIDEOS PUBLIC AND THERE IS NOM ONE WHO WILL HELP- THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL”

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Posted 5 months ago

“Absolutely shocking service. There is NO way to get hold of anyone there. I have made contact with them in literally every conceivable way. Various email addressed. Filled in their online form. Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. I have a paid account I'm unable to log into. Its been nearly a week and N0 ONE has been in contact. Their only phone number goes to a voicemail telling me to email them. What fresh hell of customer service is this. I would not recommend paying money for this shocking service. They do not care about their customers.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“I bumped into this site randomly and found this amazingly working platform for job seekers. I am a music professional and the kind of offers i have been getting looks very professional and satisfying. I look forward to upgrade and get my hands on one of these. Wish all the very best to the team of "Mandy"”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Mandy helped me out by helping me make connections, find new job opportunities, and by being extremely simple to navigate. I recommend Mandy to everyone that is looking for a foot in the door in the entertainment industry.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Definitely has some good casting calls on there, worth trying out. They often do promotions and discounts which is good, as their pay monthly option is more expensive than Spotlight.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Mandy is a great platform to meet with the right crew member that you are looking for.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Great website for finding gigs! You get a lot of different positions added every day in all areas - from acting to writing. The interface of the website is convenient to use and everything is easy to find. You have a lot of tools to track your applications progress and view your profile statistics.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“if ever anybody is looking for an acting career. I can sure recommend Mandy as it is a good company .”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I'm new to acting and new to Canada. When i wanted to look for jobs I did not know how to are were to start. I even got cheated by a modelling agency who claimed that they could get jobs for me and i lost 500$. once i paid, there was no response to anything. i found Mandy while looking for acting jobs in google. once i registered, i have been consistently getting lots of jobs to my mail. i have done 2 gigs and have auditioned for 3 roles so far. not bad for free subscription right? thank you mandy..”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Mandy.com is a very useful website for actors. There are a lot of unpaid opportunities on the free version for actors at the beginning stages of their career, looking to build up their portfolio, and high quality paid work can be accessed on the premium version for more experienced actors trying to stay busy. It could do with some more moderation, as there are some questionable castings, but all in all Mandy has helped me gain professional acting experience and is a tool I can't do without.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I now have been on Mandy.com for 4 years and I have worked on many great shoots thanks to them. They take care of choosing their castings carefully and the website is clear and easy to use. The only thing I think could be improved would be to be able to delete a casting from the list if we're not interested as it would make it easier not to have to go through the ones we have already seen. Thank you Mandy.com ! Laura”

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Posted 3 years ago

Mandy.com is rated 4.3 based on 220 reviews