RATES

VOICEOVER RATES

A quick but important note on voiceover rates.

Voiceover is quoted for on an individual, per job rate.
Here's why.
Every job has its own specific requirements and cost factors. These being:

It's Genre
(What type of job is it)

It's Usage
(What platforms will it be released on)

The Length of Time it's used for
(How many months or years will it be publicly available for)

You can think of buying a VO as similar to taking out a new phone contract. The make and model of the phone is your voiceover genre. This is the base product. In the same way you can get a Google phone or a Samsung phone, you can get a voiceover for a Commercial, for eLearning or for your video game. Your air time or tariff is the usage. Maybe your voiceover is going on the Internet (sounds like a data plan) or maybe traditional broadcast TV (perhaps that'd be standard phone calls). The Usage defines how the product will be used. The length of your tariff, or phone contract, is your usage length. Are you going for a 12 month contract length or a 24 month one? As both your phone tariff and a publicly available voiceover continue to offer value and benefit for the user for as long as they are available, both are charged based on how long you use them. Roaming charges are your defined usage territory or region. Your phone provider assumes that you'll use your phone in the country you took the tariff plan out in so doesn’t charge any extra for that usage. Voiceover is the same.

However, if you want to use the phone in another country then you pay roaming fees for that additional usage. The more countries or areas you use the phone in, generally the higher your roaming charge will be. The same applies for how many places you use your voiceover in. So there you have it! The same info you need to take out a new phone contract is the exact same as you need for a voiceover; What type of VO/phone? What tariff? How long do you want that tariff for? Where in the world will you be using your VO/phone?

The Geographical Regions it's used in
(Is it company-internal, regional, national or worldwide)

The more information you can give me, the more accurate I can be when quoting.

But please don’t hesitate to reach out no matter what as I’m always happy to chat through any potential project and advise on applicable rates and pricing.

If you’ve already got a budget in mind, then let me know. Us voice artists always do our best to be as accommodating as possible and find the ‘everyone’s-happy medium’.

Remember; I’m try before you buy kinda guy, too! If you’d like a free, no-obligation demo to make sure we’re the right fit for each other then just let me know!

RATES GUIDE

Whilst each job is quoted on an individual basis, this guide acts as my start-point for any new quote.
Use the buttons the skip to the most relevant category for your project.

Internet Commercials

eLearning

Streaming Commercials

Internet Commercials

Streaming Commercials

Web / Internet Commercials

Online commercials that are only shown on the internet, such as promoted material on social media, YouTube pre-roll, on-website commercials (e.g. Amazon product listing videos) and Google Ads / Meta Ads / TikTok Ads.

BSF – starting at £250.00
Usage – starting at 400% BSF per year

Streaming Platform Adverts / ‘OTT’ Commercials

Commercials that are shown via common streaming platforms such as Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime etc. These are sometimes known as ‘OTT’ or ‘Over The Top of TV’ commercials.

BSF – starting at £300.00

Usage – starting at 500% BSF per year

Explainers

Corporate (Public)

Explainers

Short, unpromoted films hosted on the internet that explain how something works. These are usually animations or cartoons, and generally hosted on organisation’s websites and video sharing platforms such as YouTube.

BSF – starting at £250.00
Usage – ranging from 50% - 400% of BSF per year, depending on the expected reach/audience numbers for the video

Corporate Content & Brand Films

Publicly available online content hosted on the internet, organisation’s websites and social channels and without advertising spend behind them (non-paid). Usually live-action & stock footage.

BSF – starting at £250.00
Usage – starting from 100% of BSF per year, depending on the expected reach/audience numbers for the video

eLearning

TV Commercials

eLearning

Educational content delivered via digital devices such as computers, smart phones and tablets. Can be hosted publicly online, internally or sold as a purchasable product.

Rate – starting at £0.20 per word recorded.
Usage – included in the BSF fee.
Minimum Fee - £125.00

TV Commercials

Traditional ‘broadcast’ advertising; commercial content shown on terrestrial, satellite and cable television channels.

BSF – starting at £300.00
Usage – terrestrial television content is always calculated via TVRs (Television Ratings). Satellite and cable content may be calculated by impressions converted to TVRs. I calculate all three using this excellent TV fee calculator.

Corp Internal

Gaming

Corporate Internal

Corporate content that is not publicly available, often hosted behind a paywall, on an organisation’s intranet or used in pitch meetings.

BSF – starting at £200.00
Usage – included in the BSF fee above. As this content is not public facing, it does not require an additional usage fee, however if the content’s usage ever changes to publicly available then it requires a separate usage fee to be purchased.

Video Games

Dialogue and character voice acting for player characters and NPCs in video games. Games are graded as AAA, AA, A or Indie and may release on multiple platforms (Xbox, PS, Nintendo, PC) or just a single platform

BSF – starting at £200.00
Usage – always negotiated on a per-project basis. For indie games I quote based on the VAC Rate Guide

Audiobooks

Audiobooks

Audiobook narration for both fiction and non-fiction titles. The below rates include recording, proof reading, and post production including audio cleaning and mastering to Audible / ACX standards (the gold-standard for audiobook file quality and formatting). Clients will receive a full recording of the entire book, ready for immediate upload to their preferred audiobook platform.

BSF – £220.00 per finished hour
Usage – included in the per finished hour fee above. No additional usage fee required.
Additional Fees – For fiction titles with character voices I charge an additional, one-off £220.00 fee to cover prep time and character voice development.

Additional Information –
‘Per finished hour’ means the final length of the book in hours multiplied by the BSF rate listed above. E.g. a 10 hour book would be charged at £220.00 x 10.
Minutes are rounded up to the nearest whole hour. E.g. a 10 hour and 17 minute book would be charged at an 11 hours rate.
I do not upload the finished audiobook onto audio platforms for clients. This must be done by the author or the publishing/production house themselves.
I offer a ‘Quality Control Guarantee’ with all bookings. If the audiobook fails its quality control test on upload to an audiobook platform then I will revise the audio until it passes its quality control test.
Before starting to record the full book, and if requested to do so, I will send a ‘test sample’ to clients to confirm tonality, performance and any character voices we’re using. Revisions or re-record requests made after the initial delivery of the completed audio will be charged at the standard per finished hour rate.

IVR / Telephony

IVR / Telephony

Voiceover recordings for answer phone messages, phone trees and telephone Interactive Voice Response systems. Rates are calculated ‘per prompt’, which means a single line of dialogue preceding the caller inputting a response.

Rate – starting at £7.50 per prompt recorded.
Usage – included in the per word fee above. No additional usage fee required.
Minimum Fee - £75.00

Not seeing your project type listed here?

No problem! Reach out to me via my contact page for a free, no-obligation quote.

Copyright & Intellectual Property: Terms & Conditions

All prices for all projects are quoted pro-rata. All copyrights, intellectual property rights, broadcasts rights and any other rights associated with the author (for clarity, the artist hired by the hiring entity, namely in this instance Barney Cooper), and the authors’ works and/or performances shall remain with the authors. Upon full payment of the invoice associated with the project, the license to use the audio is granted by the author for usage rights of the works listed in the invoice associated with the project.

License details
The author’s works may be used by the hiring company for a period of one-year, unless otherwise stated in the line items and usage rights description in the invoice, upon which time the works shall cease to be used, or an additional usage payment (equal to the usage payment in this invoice) shall be made to the author. The author’s works may only be used for the agreed product or service (and any of the platforms or mediums) detailed in the invoice line-items, and not in any additional productions or services in the future unless otherwise stated.

For the sake of clarity, this also means that the works may never be incorporated into any text-to-speech, synthetic voice, or AI Voice models, on any platform or medium, known now or in the future.

The author’s works may only be used in the geographical region as specified in the invoice line-items, unless otherwise stated; if no geographical region is stated then the license specifies that this is the hiring company’s country location only. The hiring company may not transfer the works, nor this license to any third parties, (including the sale of the hiring company itself) without the written consent of the author.

Payment Schedule & Late Payment

Full payment shall be made within 30 calendar days from the point of initial delivery of the entire project. Should payment not be received within 30 days of the date of delivery of the files as per above then Barney Cooper shall have the option of charging interest at 12% per annum (1% per month) on the full balance due.

The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2002, as amended by the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2013, applies to all invoices sent by Barney Cooper. For more information please see the Pay On Time website.

If you believe that you will not be able to pay inside of 30 calendar days from the point at which you receive the initial delivery then this must be discussed before the project begins and a specific payment schedule must be agreed between both of us. I do aim to be as flexible as possible, within reason, but only if advance notice is given and an arrangement agreed before work begins.

RATES

VOICEOVER RATES

Voiceover is quoted for on an individual, per job rate.
Here's why.
Every job has its own specific requirements and cost factors. These being:

It's Genre
(What type of job is it)

It's Usage
(What platforms will it be released on)

The Length of Time it's used for
(How many months or years will it be publicly available for)

OK, so what exactly are genre, usage, length and regions then?? Click here

The Geographical Regions it's used in
(Is it company-internal, regional, national or worldwide)

RATES GUIDE

Whilst each job is quoted on an individual basis, this guide acts as my start-point for any new quote.
Use the buttons the skip to the most relevant category for your project.

Streaming Platform Adverts / ‘OTT’ Commercials

Commercials that are shown via common streaming platforms such as Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime etc. These are sometimes known as ‘OTT’ or ‘Over The Top of TV’ commercials.

BSF – starting at £300.00

Usage – starting at 500% BSF per year

eLearning

Educational content delivered via digital devices such as computers, smart phones and tablets. Can be hosted publicly online, internally or sold as a purchasable product.

Rate – starting at £0.20 per word recorded.
Usage – included in the BSF fee.
Minimum Fee - £125.00

Copyright & Intellectual Property: Terms & Conditions

For the sake of clarity, this also means that the works may never be incorporated into any text-to-speech, synthetic voice, or AI Voice models, on any platform or medium, known now or in the future.

Payment Schedule & Late Payment

The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2002, as amended by the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2013, applies to all invoices sent by Barney Cooper. For more information please see the Pay On Time website.

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RATES

VOICEOVER RATES

Voiceover is quoted for on an individual, per job rate. Here's why. Every job has its own specific requirements and cost factors. These being:

It's Genre (What type of job is it)

It's Usage (What platforms will it be released on)

The Length of Time it's used for (How many months or years will it be publicly available for)

OK, so what exactly are genre, usage, length and regions then?? Click here

The Geographical Regions it's used in (Is it company-internal, regional, national or worldwide)

RATES GUIDE

Whilst each job is quoted on an individual basis, this guide acts as my start-point for any new quote. Use the buttons the skip to the most relevant category for your project.

Streaming Platform Adverts / ‘OTT’ Commercials Commercials that are shown via common streaming platforms such as Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime etc. These are sometimes known as ‘OTT’ or ‘Over The Top of TV’ commercials.

BSF – starting at £300.00

Usage – starting at 500% BSF per year

eLearning Educational content delivered via digital devices such as computers, smart phones and tablets. Can be hosted publicly online, internally or sold as a purchasable product. Rate – starting at £0.20 per word recorded. Usage – included in the BSF fee. Minimum Fee - £125.00

Copyright & Intellectual Property: Terms & Conditions

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For the sake of clarity, this also means that the works may never be incorporated into any text-to-speech, synthetic voice, or AI Voice models, on any platform or medium, known now or in the future.

Payment Schedule & Late Payment

The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2002, as amended by the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2013, applies to all invoices sent by Barney Cooper. For more information please see the Pay On Time website.

Voiceover is quoted for on an individual, per job rate.
Here's why.
Every job has its own specific requirements and cost factors. These being:

It's Genre
(What type of job is it)

It's Usage
(What platforms will it be released on)

The Length of Time it's used for
(How many months or years will it be publicly available for)

The Geographical Regions it's used in
(Is it company-internal, regional, national or worldwide)

Whilst each job is quoted on an individual basis, this guide acts as my start-point for any new quote.
Use the buttons the skip to the most relevant category for your project.

Streaming Platform Adverts / ‘OTT’ Commercials

Commercials that are shown via common streaming platforms such as Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime etc. These are sometimes known as ‘OTT’ or ‘Over The Top of TV’ commercials.

eLearning

Educational content delivered via digital devices such as computers, smart phones and tablets. Can be hosted publicly online, internally or sold as a purchasable product.

Rate – starting at £0.20 per word recorded.
Usage – included in the BSF fee.
Minimum Fee - £125.00