Mmmm... something's a bit weird. Domain name owned by one person, contact page is on a different domain owned by a different person...

Can't tell whether the site's worth joining or not - I'm not going to join just to see whether the info's legit.

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Some more sleuthing: this site asks you to input your annual income in order to create an account (this is a REQUIRED field, and you can't sign up without submitting it).

Initial research suggests that people should be avoiding this site. It's nothing but a wannabe arts site set up in order to skim some money off advertisers.

That and the fact that contact info is not freely available about the site and that the contact page is on a different domain name than the rest of it suggests someone who's just whacked a site together and has nothing to do with the industry.

EDIT: I retract that. Once you login, you're on a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DOMAIN NAME. Dodgy as.

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Once you sign in or visit the contact us page, the domain name is sunburytokyneton.com, which is registered to one:

Terrance Grogan in Sunbury, Victoria (address redacted).

The btsjobs.com.au site is registered to one:

Registrant: SHERIFF, GARETH DAVID
Registrant ID: ABN 27 536 182 157
Eligibility Type: Sole Trader
Eligibility Name: Actors Not Included
Eligibility ID: ABN 27 536 182 157

which matches the profile info given on Theatre Australia, and these listings:

http://www.theatre.asn.au/node/12323

http://www.theatre.asn.au/billboard_bulletins/puppeteers_and_puppet_makers_required

http://www.theatre.asn.au/member/jaxson

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Gotta love people that don't know what they're talking about. Bts Jobs is affilliated with another company and is currently piggy backing off another domain until the official hosting comes through. We wanted to establish an initial introductory presence. Thanks to the lovely bad mouthing of people that think they know everything and love to bad mouth everything they see... we have stopped this initial phaze and will re-open when everything is officially ready.
Thanks!

I was merely pointing out some things that I saw and felt it in the best interest to the community here to mention them. People can and do get ripped off by crappy sites.

By the way, I've worked with websites before, and have some experience in building them from the ground up. Not only that but I have a good understanding of how arts sites like yours works (having done it myself). (I would add, I spent 6 months helping design a website before we launched it... this is why you don't launch anything publicly until the site is complete to your specifications and on the CORRECT domain name)

If the site was under construction, you should have mentioned it. I think it's only fair to mention that fact; there was nothing about it in the above ad. Furthermore, it pisses me off when there's no contact info provided on a contact page, when people in this industry will want to know who they are dealing with and whether or not the site is legit. There are heaps of scams out there and I think it is within reason to investigate when a new site pops up.

As a business, you are not presenting just information, you're presenting a service and with that service comes a knowledge of either website business or the arts, and there have been sites that I have seen who've been known to do dodgy things (one in particular will remain nameless, for what I've heard about their actions is from a friend whom doesn't want to make a thing out of it), and with an out-of-the-box web design, it suggested to me that the site was being built merely for a quick buck.

Feel free to be pissed off; you did not make it clear the site was under construction, and given that you will be making money out of the site at some point, I think it's only fair that people don't get confused when they see two different URLs. As someone who's read up on SSL and secure sites and runs my own online business, I can tell you right now, having two different domain names can confuse people and send them packing.

I would not have bad mouthed it at all if I had been aware it was under construction and not missing certain details which I feel were important to knowing the background behind who set up the site in the first place. (Feel free to consider that a half apology)

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