A voice note is the cheapest product on this site and the hardest to fake. No angle, no lighting, no outfit. Just you, a closed door, and forty seconds of attention.
Which is why most first attempts are unusable: read flat, it sounds like a train announcement.
Record badly on purpose
The instinct is to sound polished. Buyers are not paying for polished, they are paying for proximity. Slightly too close to the microphone, a bit of breath, a room that sounds like a room.
Record inside a wardrobe with the door shut. It kills echo and takes ten seconds. Then get within a hand's width of the phone.
The three-part shape
Every note that sells follows the same arc: notice, describe, instruct. Notice them, describe something specific, then tell them what to do. It works for forty seconds or four minutes.
Three scripts
Read them twice before recording. Do not memorise them or you will sound like you are reciting. A stumble is fine and often better.
Pricing and length
- Free teaser: 30–45 seconds
- Paid note: 3–6 minutes, $5–$12
- Custom with their name in it: $15–$30
- Weekly series: $10–$15
Never send a custom before payment. Not once, not "just this once".
Technical minimum
Phone voice recorder, no music, no effects, exported as MP3 or M4A. Skip background music on your first ten — it dates them and fights the voice.