Keep calm and stay professional - When buyers underpay

[eoinfinnegan]

a nice comment about how he was unsure

Well, you know - it´s so easy to miss both opportunities to understand the service explained - twice- on gig description and mini ´´package´´ description.

I do wonder sometimes if the problems are due to the gigs being mostly bought by non-English speakers and there is also the possibility that they are using Google to translate the descriptions etc.

[cagricilara]

What a good post! Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts. I hope this post will help sellers who are bad tempered. Such issues, I just leave it back for a while and than a few minutes later I send a kind offer/message. If we reply it instantly, we cant control our temper 🙂

[misscrystal]

The only issue with that is that I am a business, finance, and technology writer and they wanted me to rewrite a short-fiction story. I have advised them I may not be the best fit…

Charge em a grand and sub it for $400.

Charge em a grand and sub it for $400.

[newsmike]

Charge em a grand and sub it for $400.

[jessy455]

I just now had a new seller with gigs that are copies of mine ask to buy one of my gigs for $15, saying that’s all they can afford to pay. My prices start at $65.

Shame on them. I don’t know why they copy others. Why they can’t be creative? BTW what happens to them who copy others. Can Fiverr track them or they would also be ranked.

[eoinfinnegan]

I’m curious what was the Buyer’s excuse?

“Sorry, I can’t pay you more, I have an ultralow budget.”

“Sorry, I can’t pay you more, I have an ultralow budget.”

Had someone request a quote for a decent sized proofreading job but just under the number of words for my priced Premium package. When I sent the price for the word count, I rounded down to $5 less than the price they would have seen on the gig.

“Sorry, family difficulties so I can’t afford that much”.

Ehhhh, wut? Did you think I was going to halve my advertised prices because you also decided to send me a message rather than just place the order???

[paulmaplesden]

“Sorry, I can’t pay you more, I have an ultralow budget.”

Had someone request a quote for a decent sized proofreading job but just under the number of words for my priced Premium package. When I sent the price for the word count, I rounded down to $5 less than the price they would have seen on the gig.

“Sorry, family difficulties so I can’t afford that much”.

Ehhhh, wut? Did you think I was going to halve my advertised prices because you also decided to send me a message rather than just place the order???

I get that a lot too… People requesting lower prices or promising “ongoing work.”

[misscrystal]

I get a feeling of disgust when they tell me they have problems so they can’t pay that much. I tell them I have too much work as it is and am about to raise my prices, which is true.
It’s not like I’m a new seller struggling to make a sale.

[rebekahgillian]

I get that a lot too… People requesting lower prices or promising “ongoing work.”

People requesting lower prices or promising “ongoing work.”

I’ve had this so many times.

“If you do this article for $5, I promise I’ll order from you again in future!”, or “We’re an up and coming business, we can’t afford your prices; do it cheaper for us and we’ll give you exposure!”

[eoinfinnegan]

I get that a lot too… People requesting lower prices or promising “ongoing work.”

ongoing work

Had one today - can you deliver a marketing plan in 1 day, it is for a guy who has one business but can recommend us to 20 others.

Flag 1 - Obviously a reseller

Flag 2 - In a hurry so probably disorganized (NIGHTMARE for resellers)

Flag 3 - Won’t pay extra for extra fast but makes hopeless promises based on what some unknown third party might decide (Thanks for your message but I can’t help you with this. Best of luck)

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I get a feeling of disgust when they tell me they have problems so they can’t pay that much. I don’t go around telling strangers I have money problems so I can’t pay the price of things so they need to sell it to me cheaper.

It does boggle the mind alright. I feel like saying Well, I have to keep my prices or I will end up with family problems too

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exposure

Shudder. As if you want more people like them (which is what their referrals will be like) to come to you!

I did consider responding to an off-Fiverr client who talked about exposure about the fact that I would not charge them extra to put my name beside their business but decided against it.