ModelMayhem

When Craig's List got knocked for letting purveyors of porn advertise and they had to take down the category, MM picked up the slack. Model prices quadrupled even for non-nude. MM models no longer need a portfolio to get work. Porn photographers will pay them for a test and try (usually successfully) to talk them out of their clothes. The price of artist's models went from $35/hr to $150 in three years or less. Now I can no longer message a model that isn't one of my "friends" with my free membership. Artists and photographers are employers. Models are employees. Why should I have to pay MM? What employment agency asks employers to pay up front to try to hire someone?

I wish I could give ModelMayhem a zero.
I know that there are photographers on this site who take photos of valuable people who trust to quickly and the photographer is in no way to be trusted with the models safety and have the wrong motives for a photography shoot. To all the models and parents out there accompany your family member doing these photography shoots and put your guard up.

What a terrible site. Hard to navigate. Awful customer service. Scams galore and no app. It appears that they created a site 20 years ago and forgot about maintaining and updating. There are far more credible sites out there.

Basically other folks have said it all I'm just agreeing with them. The moderators turned hostile and wouldn't discuss anything. They cancelled my account without warning because I had a picture of a camera to let models know what I use.

The site use to be good 5 or 6 years ago. But now its Bad they delete your profile for unknown reasons. Not worth the monthly paid membership. The webmaster is a Scum Bag. I heard that he was in the Tampa Florida area and living a Hugh Heffner wanna be lifestyle. Typical Joe Blow with a fancy car who tries to get Laid with models.

Whether I'm using this for modeling connections or to share opportunities for casting calls with the members, Model Mayhem proves to be disappointing, unprofessional, and apathetic to helping its members. The only kind of people this benefits are the ones making the money off the sponsored castings or the ones that like to post trashy pictures and get comments for attention (these photos get approved much faster than real modeling photos for actual fashion and editorial work). They're flat out terrible and I will not be using them again. They took down my paid casting call because my profile is technically "model" but I use the site for both purposes (casting and modeling). It sounds like they don't want to help their members, but rather inconvenience them and promote tasteless work. You're better off using craigslist.

Been a paying customer for years to promote my fashion and swimwear photography. They shut down my account without any warning for posting two PG rated implied photos taken from a recent photoshoot. When asked if I could just remove it, they refused to refund or re-activate my account.

Would not recommend this company until they re-train their moderators. Terrible customer service and time is better spent on instagram and facebook where this is more active traffic.

Ironically, I am writing this review now because the site is down and I was looking for info about the outage. There are not a lot of good sites out there for photographers to find and screen models. Yes, the site is archaic and buggy, and yes there are some creepy photographers and models on there, but overall I have found the site to be a convenient place for me to create a portfolio and recruit models. You just have to use your head when it comes to picking who you contact and work with. My biggest complaint is that I am at the maximum photo capacity for paid accounts and they will not offer any upgrade--seems like a missed business opportunity to me.

Was a newbie model trying to get my name out there and more of the experience in return all I got were scams, and really mean threatening photographers. Had to take my site off twice, don't sign up worst choice you could possibly ever make. As well as all of their critiques

They force you to reduce all the pictures you upload to a miniature pixel level with low memory. Their customer service is rigid and not real bright, not following their own guidelines sometimes. They'll charge you a lot for running casting calls but you can do a lot better with free or other services.

F ModelMayhem, they've been around too long and smell like another Google Facebook Israeli monopoly

Model Mayhem (MM) is dead.

Most of the new members are retouchers who clog up friend requests. (Apparently taking one course in Photoshop makes you an artist.)

The remainder are "models" and "photographers" who submit as their portfolios a gaggle of color balance challenged images.

Add to this a self-serving clique who run the site like a North Korean Prison camp with all of the grace of a brain damaged guard at a Stalinist Gulag and you have a dead site.

Is there any hope?

Yes.

Institute a system where the members evaluate the Moderators for politeness, competence and honesty.

Will this happen?

No.

The Site is Dead but is Too Stupid to Know it!

Be very careful, unless you are a Slu. And don't care what happen as long as you get your five bucks. Told by many ladies that tried Model mayhem that the site is infested with rapists. One wrote me that she was drugged and when she wrote about it, evil mayhem deleted her account. Whenever someone write about bad experience you automatically get blocked from site. My self done nothing other than invite models to make videos. They deleted my account saying that is a violation. Really... Stay away from this site and read more more about the owners. Find out more info about them.

Moderators at Model Mayhem have double standards on what they will allow. They seem to target certain photographers and models. Even when they are shown photos they have allowed that are far more inappropriate, they will not be objective. They have a bullying quality about them. There definitely is not a clear definition of what the rules are. Today I am accused of submitting a photo of a model holding his genitals. It was a lace curtain and the hem was visible. The photo was taken from the back. Even though they charge you for "extra services", they will not let you participate if they have targeted you. They also lie about your past " infractions " but will not show proof. I have downgraded my membership. I think MM is becoming obsolete.

I paid for advertising, they banned my account then dropped the ad WITHOUT giving me a refund. Basically stole my money. The moderators are taking their jobs waaayyy to seriously. It's not a forum that enables businesses to grow any longer and there are many political reasons for who gets what job. Avoid at all cost and never do business with them... remember. It's up to them IF they want your ad to go live. In the event that they don't, you've already paid and you are the one out of money -not them.

It's a site that has potential to be great, but it's unfortunately loaded with unprofessional, douchebag moderators who ban or "brig" you for trivial reasons & talentless photographers who are just there to collect trophies (Meaning that they just want to take crappy photos of attractive models for their own benefit).

I am a photographer. Have maintained a piad membership of the MM site for several years.

In July, the jealous boyfriend of a model I photographed made a power play by posting a fabricated slander piece on a notorious scandal site. When this came to attention of the Keystone cop moderators, my account was deleted on a pretext. No warning, no appeal and no refund of fees.

I see from other reviews that shabby treatment of users by the so-called moderators is commonplace. Use this site only if you enjoy beng treated disrespectfully and ripped off for unearned membership fees.

This is the worst site to find Models. It's a horrible site period. Every month my account is downgraded for no reason. I have to go back in and reset up. They delete most of my photos each month when they do this. The site is so stupid when I try to send email to the help department it tells me my email on my account is invalid. Any email I try is invalid. The Models are very unreliable and slow to respond. In one 2 month period I had 3 no shows even though I had paid one. I ate over $800 in Studios that were wasted because of this.

I try to contribute to the MM community by participating in their Picture of the Day contest.

The mods drive me absolutely bonkers with their inconsistent judgements.

They are constantly giving me grief about the photos I submit. There's nothing wrong with the pics, the mods just like to make trouble out of thin air.

I advise people not to bother with Model Mayhem whatsoever.

These people are absolutely horrible. They shut down my account and my girlfriends account for no reason at all. They assumed we were breaking a rule and provided no proof at all. ONLY creepy male photographers looking to find women to get naked. Will be reporting them to the BBB and Department of consumer protection!
This is my first negative review of anything ever! That's how bad they are.

Stay away from this site. It is run by a couple of Nazis that will remove you from the site and take your money. I had posted on my site 4 images that were similar to hundreds of other images on the site. I was told the images were not appropriate for posting (they were posted in a "private" album) and was told to remove them. I attempted to discuss the situation with the moderators and was promptly removed from the site. No refund of my $100 annual membership which had 8 months to go. Not only will they take your money but will not remove your images from their site. If you know what is good for you - stay away.

That's all this site is. Steer clear and DO NOT let any women you know join. They have these $8 and hour moderators slinging girls for inappropriate things, The most well know is LIz a, she thinks she is a stellar model when in reality she is just a traveling prostitute with no agency experience.

The site may work for some but as with all sites that rely on free moderators it attracts wannabe fascists hence dissenting views are not allowed on the forums, by dissenting I mean views that arent right wing american

If you are a mediocre photographer or model that want to make bland photos this is probably the site for you, if you are an artist and want to push boundaries a little you will probably be banned

I reported a guy on their site that I found possibly unsafe and dangerous. They didn't care and blocked my profile instead. I would say not safe to connect with anyone on there because they don't protect the models on there.

So called "mods" terrorize the site and kick people out on a dime for personal - not professional - reasons. One photo could be the picture of the day on 18+ and the next photo could be deleted with no legit reason. One of my photos found too much and deleted and I argued that it was NOT. Next thing - booted out even as a VIP member. They still have my six month paid membership money. Do NOT become a member and do NOT play under kid's behaviors. STAY AWAY or they will steal your money too with no refund.