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cnina1986 Newbie

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His portfolio video was perfect, his gig description was flawless, and his $10 standard package was pretty reasonable, specially since it features a 2-day delivery (other sellers take 5 days or longer).

These tips have been repeated over and over on the forum yet there are still many new sellers who have a completely useless profile and description. It pains me when I go to check out the gigs of a new seller who is moaning about not getting orders and I see a profile and gigs that would have taken 5 minutes to set up. I refuse to comment on those threads where I would spend more time on the comment than the seller has done on his gig. Where I see some effort or evidence of time spent I am happy to give a few pointers if necessary but not if the total effort of the seller is just above zero.

As fastcopywriter has described here, price is what made him buy from a new seller and the gig description and video are what made him choose a particular new seller. I am the same when choosing a new seller, and I am sure most buyers are the same. So put in some effort, if you spent less than 2 hours writing your gig, creating a video, searching for images etc then you have not done enough. If you have copied someone else then change it. If you have taken the first images you found on google and claim them as your own, wake up - people are not all that stupid.

If you want to earn money then you have to spend time.

I agree. When I was new, I revised my gig description several times before publishing the gig. Sometimes people rush too much or think that buyers will not care about the quality because it’s ‘just’ Fiverr. Well, no wonder they earn little money with this attitude.

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You’re right, new seller in fiverr doesn’t mean he don’t have skills, it’s just he don’t have ratings.

I am new seller and finding it too difficult to get my first client, even though I’ve good skills in my field.

Though sometimes buyers need to message seller so that they can confirm if seller have the quality, and I completely support it.

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You are a wonderful person indeed. There is one thing about buyers often working with newbies, they inbox if you can do their job, you say yes…and then they are gone…they wont reply to you ever…atleast informing the person that the order is no more a decent way of going along…what are your views on this…

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New sellers always try to get the job done the best and fastest. While the quality of work is equivalent to the old sellers

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New sellers always try to get the job done the best and fastest. While the quality of work is equivalent to the old sellers

New sellers always try to get the job done the best and fastest.

And seasoned sellers aren’t?

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New sellers always try to get the job done the best and fastest.

And seasoned sellers aren’t?

And seasoned sellers aren’t?

I am a new seller but a real person. You believe in trust

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Good. Every successful gigs starts with no review before getting tens of hundreds of positive reviews.

Not necessarily. I just recently started selling and got my first order within 2 weeks and the buyer left a positive review. Not everyone finds success right away but the ones who keep working hard at it will find success on some level. Almost half of my buyers (9 total so far) left a review and they were positive. I strongly believe the reviews are important. There are a lot of buyers who base their purchasing decision on the reviews and ratings.

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You are a wonderful person indeed. There is one thing about buyers often working with newbies, they inbox if you can do their job, you say yes…and then they are gone…they wont reply to you ever…atleast informing the person that the order is no more a decent way of going along…what are your views on this…

I’ve had buyers message me about an order they need, letting me know they’re interested. They ask if I can do a project for them and, when I say I can, I don’t hear back from them. If they decided to go with someone else with their project, it’s fine but it would be nice if they would AT LEAST let me know. I won’t be offended. I’ll just move on. They key in ANY business relationship is clear communication so it’s frustrating when it isn’t clear or when there’s no communication at all regarding their request.

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You’re right, new seller in fiverr doesn’t mean he don’t have skills, it’s just he don’t have ratings.

I am new seller and finding it too difficult to get my first client, even though I’ve good skills in my field.

Though sometimes buyers need to message seller so that they can confirm if seller have the quality, and I completely support it.

You’ll get there! Just stay positive. When I don’t have orders, I work on my blog posts. I have up to four posts I’m working on to launch my blog. I hear that blogging is a great way to promote yourself. If you’re a logo designer, write an informative blog about logo design. Or if you’re a social media manager, write posts about the benefits of having a social media manager, etc. Good luck to you. 😊

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That’s great and am glad the seller gave you the best but for me i like my buyers contacting me first before ordering for so many reasons, for one we are on the same page and understand each other perfectly well.
A buyer once contacted me before ordering one of my gigs and one of the things he required was advertisement on social medias which is not in my gig description.

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You’ll get there! Just stay positive. When I don’t have orders, I work on my blog posts. I have up to four posts I’m working on to launch my blog. I hear that blogging is a great way to promote yourself. If you’re a logo designer, write an informative blog about logo design. Or if you’re a social media manager, write posts about the benefits of having a social media manager, etc. Good luck to you. 😊

New seller need these practical example, most of the success stories I found is theoretical and seems unreal or too hard. Thank you for sharing this great insights. I am planning to open a blog, I am a UX Designer, so I’ll write on this subject, any tips from you to promote the blog? @lettersbyleslie

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New seller need these practical example, most of the success stories I found is theoretical and seems unreal or too hard. Thank you for sharing this great insights. I am planning to open a blog, I am a UX Designer, so I’ll write on this subject, any tips from you to promote the blog? @lettersbyleslie

I’m actually working on that myself. I posted my second blog article yesterday but, if I have an idea related to letter writing, I add it to my list. So, I’m still working on promoting that. I use my Twitter account to promote my Fiverr and Wordpress since I have the most traffic there. I’m trying to build a following on Instagram and Pinterest. I have a study program from Paidsocialmediajobs.com that I bought a couple of years ago to learn how to promote myself effectively. They have a lot of good tips. For Twitter, it’s suggested that you should only have 2 promotional posts for every 8 to 10 non-promotional posts and that 1 post every hour isn’t too much. I’ve also considered paying for a social media manager on Fiverr but I have to build up some revenue first.

I hope that helps. 😊

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That’s great and am glad the seller gave you the best but for me i like my buyers contacting me first before ordering for so many reasons, for one we are on the same page and understand each other perfectly well.

A buyer once contacted me before ordering one of my gigs and one of the things he required was advertisement on social medias which is not in my gig description.

I completely understand that. I’ve only had one buyer click on a Gig, and the rest have been custom orders which is fine, because I like the communication. Finding out what they need and letting them know what I can do for them. However, it’s the ones who give limited or no feedback that I can do without. I’ve had to politely decline a few orders because the customers took too long to answer my questions or didn’t answer at all. For example, I had one that asked me if I can help them and, when I asked them what they needed, I received no response. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask, if they don’t, initially, provide any information. I have a hard time with lack of communication, especially on Fiverr, since all communication between buyer and seller is in writing. Maybe you agree - it’s frustrating.

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To this day I still remember my very first buyer, and looking back I think she bought from me just because I was new. The job was extremely simple, so much so that I was worried I had misinterpreted it somehow, but the review was quick, encouraging, and I’ve got to say, came at a time when I was considering remaining on other sites instead of spending any time here.

Can’t say her username here, but I’ve never forgotten her, and it has its…frustrations…but Fiverr really has changed my life. So thank you to She Who Shall Not Be Named, wherever you are.

I got the same feeling too ：）

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