🌻 Fiverr is reducing (4041 editing gigs gone)

[Guest render_worx]

Hey, interesting thread for sure, keep it up! The fluctuations seem to come in bursts, however the tides are dramatic both ways.

[designer_pro2]

Just checked logo design - its is down to 45886!

72,007

-45,886

= 26,121 less logo design gigs in the space of 2 weeks!

Currently logo design is at 32,000 so another 13,000 gigs gone!

It has less than half the number of gigs that it did 3 weeks ago.

SEO has also lost almost 1000 gigs in 2 days!

Wish I had checked that 6 weeks ago.

I agree with @miiila, this was a great idea Sydney.

Currently logo design is at 32,000 so another 13,000 gigs gone!

Right now

All categories 59405

Logo design 46316

[eoinfinnegan]

Currently logo design is at 32,000 so another 13,000 gigs gone!

Right now

All categories 59405

Logo design 46316

I searched for “logo design” and took the number from the “logo design” subcategory.

That is what I have done for each time I checked it and it is still at 32k for me.

[designer_pro2]

I searched for “logo design” and took the number from the “logo design” subcategory.

That is what I have done for each time I checked it and it is still at 32k for me.

This is what on my side in fact 10 gigs added.🙂

[eoinfinnegan]

This is what on my side in fact 10 gigs added.🙂

You are searching for “Logo” not “Logo Design”.

I get the same results as you for just “Logo”.

[thecreativeguys]

Fiverr made a bold and decisive move to delete so many sellers in this way and it shows they are committed to cleaning up the bad cheating sellers making it a better experience for everyone.

Don’t forget - not all gigs were removed because of inactivity, it’s safe to assume many of those are paused. I have multiple paused gigs.

[designer_pro2]

You are searching for “Logo” not “Logo Design”.

I get the same results as you for just “Logo”.

You are searching for “Logo” not “Logo Design”.

I get the same results as you for just “Logo”.

Yes, you are right I was searching LOGO.

[miiila]

Don’t forget - not all gigs were removed because of inactivity, it’s safe to assume many of those are paused. I have multiple paused gigs.

Wouldn´t pausing and re-activating/making new gigs kind of maintain a vague balance though on the whole as opposed to leading to the dramatic drops we’ve seen?

[thecreativeguys]

Wouldn´t pausing and re-activating/making new gigs kind of maintain a vague balance though on the whole as opposed to leading to the dramatic drops we’ve seen?

Yes. That very well may be the case! 🙂

But given the recent “phone verification” initiative, I’d only assume it comes into play as well.

[psychicbunny]

While I’m happy that Fiverr is getting rid of the inactive accounts, my gigs have been VERY slow lately. Wish Fiverr could help us pick up

[misscrystal]

Wouldn´t pausing and re-activating/making new gigs kind of maintain a vague balance though on the whole as opposed to leading to the dramatic drops we’ve seen?

It would have to be a lot of paused gigs.

[fonthaunt]

Do we know what sort of criteria is used? Is it just the phone verification+inactivity?

The only thing I’ve noticed besides phone verification is that forum posts about suspended accounts have got up a fair amount. Besides suspension, others have been notified they won’t show up in search or that they have one or more gigs permanently denied. Many of those weren’t for phone verification, but for a variety of issues including crackdowns (it appears) on multiple accounts, homework gigs, the generic “unusual activity on account” messages and a few others. While that’s nothing official, the reports by new and questionable sellers seems to indicate more gigs being halted after an edit or other review action.

[misscrystal]

So fiverr lost about 20% of all sellers. And at least another 10% of all gigs.

[tadamn]

That’s an interesting thing, should we all look up to even more orders soon?

[misscrystal]

That’s an interesting thing, should we all look up to even more orders soon?

It’s possible that the 20% that have been eliminated were not competition for good sellers anyway. Sellers who feel they need to list the wrong country on their profile or have multiple accounts generally speaking don’t tend to be big sellers, or at least that’s my theory.

[tadamn]

It’s possible that the 20% that have been eliminated were not competition for good sellers anyway. Sellers who feel they need to list the wrong country on their profile or have multiple accounts generally speaking don’t tend to be big sellers, or at least that’s my theory.

About the wrong country on profile by the way, I’ve moved since I create my account, but now, I can’t change it, will it possibly be a problem?

[misscrystal]

About the wrong country on profile by the way, I’ve moved since I create my account, but now, I can’t change it, will it possibly be a problem?

You should notify customer support about the change.

[tadamn]

You should notify customer support about the change.

Ohh, good to know.

Thanks a lot!

[jonbaas]

So fiverr lost about 20% of all sellers. And at least another 10% of all gigs.

So fiverr lost about 20% of all sellers. And at least another 10% of all gigs.

I think it’s safe to say that “lost” isn’t the right word. If accounts have been suspended or gigs removed, Fiverr didn’t “lose” those gigs – they willingly got rid of them, likely for reasons that break the rules, relate to fraud accounts, etc.

I think the word “lost” only applies if they wanted to keep those gigs. 😉

[rockbellstudios]

This is what on my side in fact 10 gigs added.🙂

How do I get to this list? I’m trying to see numbers for the Music and Audio category.

[miiila]

‘Translation’ from April 30th to May 30th:

All Categories from (22204) > (11412) : down 10792
Translation from (20384) > (10589) : down 9795

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from last screenshot, 11 days ago, to today, 17-05-30:
from 12315 (all categories) > 10792: down 1523
from 11429 (translation) > 10589: down 840

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[madyr9228]

‘Translation’ from April 30th to May 30th:

All Categories from (22204) > (11412) : down 10792

Translation from (20384) > (10589) : down 9795

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from last screenshot, 11 days ago, to today, 17-05-30:

from 12315 (all categories) > 10792: down 1523

from 11429 (translation) > 10589: down 840

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This is incredible! Thank you for the update! I’ve been lurking on this post since it’s started. Haha it’s crazy how much they are cleaning house. 🏠

[webdealspro]

Wow awesome! All things happening now are aiming at improving the platform more and more. This change will help and ease both buyers and sellers.

[solutionshub_au]

I have been noticing it as well, thought I was going crazy(er) there for a second. One of the things I have noticed as well has been the number of BR have seemed to have dwindled, not a bad thing but still curious to see if this cleaning house initiative has had some effect on that.

[Guest gabbyseunagal]

Wow. I wonder how they decide which gigs to eliminate.