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Leave well clear. Absloute rubbish leads, no money. Complete waste of time.
I signed up with YouLicence in May 2008. I was not interested in a paid account, so did the “freebie” but quickly found that the opportunities were payable only via Paypal. since I’ve had some really bad experiences with PayPal I decided not to bother with the site.
I began receiving annoying emails from them regarding my lack of activity and when I explained my reasons for not wanting to use Paypal they got quite snippy.
I now delete any emails I get from them. There are plenty of other great sites with good opportunities with no submission fee (and therefore no PayPal nonsense)
And Hell will freeze over before I sign up with SonicBids!!!
Yep! They pay you, you don’t pay them.
So Dave In LA , how many submissions did you pay for without result?
really!??!!?this is orrible
BEWARE – YouLicense posts “fake” listings – just to get paid submissions sent to them. SonicBids does too. Not all their listings are fake,,,but some definitely are.
There ought to be a law agin it.
Woody:
1- I can assure you that this is the first time we have posted a paid submission opportunity.
Perhaps you’re confusing us with another site. That’s the truth.
2- We take your comment about “All Genres” on board and understand your issue. This was our partners choice and knowing the nature of our partner ( who has posted many free submission opportunities on YouLicense as well) we think this is a great opportunity for our users. We get approached by a lot of companies who want to charge for submissions, this is the first time we’ve agreed to it.
However, we understand your concern about this and it’s something we will think about and consider.
As I mentioned before, there are many ways to use YouLicense, so you can choose whether or not you feel comfortable submiting to these opportunities.
Thanks
Naama
I subscribed to YouLicense around a year ago with a BMI discount (so it was around $30 or so for a year…not too bad)…..I’ve got a small portion of my catalog up.
I don’t really bother with the opportunity submissions, but I have had a few licensing transactions for decent prices (as compared to standard royalty-free model type library pricing)….so I made my money back and a decent chunk extra.
However, I’m not sure I’ll renew my subscription, as the sales seem to be very rare, and the uploading process is a bit laborious.
Hi Guys, Naama from YouLicense here. Allow me to jump in and explain that the paid submission opportunity was posted by a partner that we work very closely with. In the time we have been operating YouLicense.com this is the first time we have allowed for a paid submission opportunity to be posted on the site as we know that this is a great opporrunity for our users, many of whom don’t have any other way of pitching to these types of projects.
There are also many FREE submission opportunities on YouLicense. All the opportunities are checked and approved by the YouLicense team beforehand to make sure that we are not wasting your time or money.
And regarding the question by John Telaak, YES, you can join YouLicense and receive offers as well as enable Quick License to allow instant pre priced licensing deals.
There are many ways to license music on YouLicense, you don’t have to submit to opportunities if it’s not your thing.
Contact me directly if you have any questions – naama@youlicense.com
Naama –
With all due respect, the first paragraph of your post is neither clear nor entirely true, and you did NOT address the issue Dave in LA brought up. Aside from the four that are up on the first page of ‘Opportunities’, I’ve seen any number of paid submission opportunities at your site in the 6 months I’ve been a ‘free’ member – and regardless of who your partner is, this posting appears to be a ‘honey trap’. Commercials almost always have creative and marketing needs that narrow down the genre of music considerably, and the ones that don’t pay a good deal more than the one you’re offering.
Can you address the point? Why “ALL GENRES”? And why would you say “this is the first time we have allowed for a paid submission opportunity to be posted on the site” when that’s obviously not true?
In Dec- 09 YouLicense posted an “Licensing-opportunity” that was obviously phony and designed to get maximum paid submissions mailed in ,,,,with no chance of success for songwriters. It’s not the only time YouLicense has done this.
They post “German Luxury Auto Co. looking for music for TV and Internet ads. They dangle a large carrot,,,in this case it was $25,000. and then said it was open to “ALL GENREs”.
BEWARE. – Not all YouLicense postings are fake,,,,,but some are definitely fake.
I uploaded 10 tracks {free membership} and have no intentions to pay to submit but was wondering if you could still get offers without submitting ?
I know the odds aren’t great but I have tracks in quite a few places and figured the more places the better chances of getting some placements – i’m assuming your tracks could come up in a search and you could possibly get an offer that way – right ?
If i’m wrong about that please enlighten me – and Dave I agree “never pay to submit”
thanks..