Saved-search alerts

What a saved search does

A saved search remembers a set of filters from the listings page (genre, deal type, exclusivity, completion timing, audition deadline, and format tags like dual, duet, or multi-cast) and watches for new listings that match. The moment a Rights Holder posts a matching casting call and it goes live, your saved search picks it up and emails you.

It only ever looks forward. Saving a search will not send you the listings already on the board today; it alerts you to listings posted from that point on. To see what's currently open, browse the listings page directly. Saved searches are for everything that comes next.

Saved searches are a verified-narrator feature, so the Save control appears once your profile is verified.

Saving your first search

It takes about fifteen seconds:

1. Filter the listings page to what you want. Go to listings and set the filters that describe the work you're after: one or more genres, a deal type if you only take PFH or Royalty Share, a format tag if you specialise in dual or duet, and so on. The results update as you filter, so you can see exactly what the search would catch.

2. Click "Save this search and get alerts." The button sits just above the results. One click saves the current filter set.

3. That's it. The search starts watching immediately, set to alert you the moment a match appears. You can change how often you hear, or pause it, anytime from your dashboard.

Choosing how often you hear

Each saved search has its own delivery setting, so a search you care about most can run hot while a broader one ticks along quietly. There are three choices:

As soon as a match is posted. An email within minutes of a matching listing going live. This is the default, and it's the right choice for the searches that matter most to you: getting in early, while a casting call is fresh and the audition pile is still short, is a real advantage.

Once a day. A single daily email rounding up everything new that matched. Good for a steady search where you'd rather not be pinged in the moment.

Once a week. A weekly round-up. Good for a broad, just-in-case search you want to keep an eye on without much noise.

A simple rule of thumb: put your bullseye searches on instant, and your wider nets on daily or weekly.

Managing your alerts

Everything lives on one page: open your saved-search alerts from your narrator dashboard. For each search you can rename it (so "Romance, Royalty Share" can become "My RS romance net"), change how often it emails you, or remove it. There's also a View current matches link on each one that opens the listings page with those exact filters applied, which is the quickest way to sanity-check that a search is catching what you intended.

When you're booked up or taking a break, you don't have to delete anything. Pause a search and it stops emailing you while keeping all its settings; turn it back on later and it picks up where it left off. You can keep up to ten saved searches at a time, which is plenty for a well-organised set without flooding your inbox.

Setting up searches that actually work

A handful of habits make the difference between alerts you act on and alerts you tune out.

Save a few focused searches, not one catch-all. Two or three specific searches ("thriller PFH," "romance duet," "literary fiction") will each send you genuinely relevant emails. A single search with no filters catches every new listing, which sounds thorough until your inbox proves otherwise. Specific beats broad.

Aim at your real strengths. Point your searches at the genres you're known for, the deal types you actually accept, and the formats you offer. If you do duet work, a saved search on the duet tag puts those listings in front of you the day they appear, and that's a niche where demand tends to outrun supply.

Don't over-narrow. Stacking every filter at once can leave you with an empty inbox for weeks. If a search has gone quiet, loosen a filter or two. It's better to skim a few near-misses than to miss the listing you'd have loved.

Keep your profile ready to act. An alert is only worth as much as what you do with it. Make sure your profile, samples, and credits are current so that when a great listing lands you can audition the same hour. A prompt, polished audition while a call is fresh is exactly the edge these alerts are built to give you.

Let Rights Holders find you too. Alerts are one direction of discovery; your profile is the other. Flag the formats you offer in your profile editor so Rights Holders filtering the narrator directory can find you and invite you to audition directly.

What to expect in your inbox

A saved-search alert names the listing (or lists several, if a few matched at once), with the genre, deal type, and audition deadline at a glance, and a link straight to the full casting call. Open it, read the submission, and audition if it's a fit. Every alert email also carries a link back to your saved-search page, so pausing or adjusting is always one click away. You're in control of how much you hear and when.