Who is the English test really for?

[surajrenuka]

[cyaxrex]

Maybe i’m being too harsh, granted - but I’ve seen a lot of buyer requests that demand the world. It doesn’t even have to do with price, necessarily. But when I see a buyer demanding proof of everything, specially in a certain tone, it’s a red flag. They think they’re better than me. “You better be X, Y, Z, I need samples, perfect scores on tests, etc.” They are assuming that sellers replying to their buyer requests are idiots, pretty much.

Maybe i’m being too harsh, granted - but I’ve seen a lot of buyer requests that demand the world. It doesn’t even have to do with price, necessarily. But when I see a buyer demanding proof of everything, specially in a certain tone, it’s a red flag.

I can’t look at buyers requests without feeling demeaned as a human being.

I have occasionally tried to use buyer requests. On those occasions, I have applied for the best of a whole lot of bad projects and created a rock-solid bid that quite frankly, you would have to be a fool to dismiss.

Sadly, all this has ever led to is someone who doesn’t speak English very well (even though they may be a native Brit or American), who also has a huge chip on their shoulder messaging me to try and negotiate an even lower price or ask to see more proof of my abilities.

By comparison, I can go to other biding platforms, pay to send premium proposals on well paying projects (if I am short of work), and can be guaranteed that I will scorte at least one project within 72-hours.

Why people even use buyer requests on Fiverr is beyond me.

[fibocci]

I’ve found a few great deals on BRs as a New Seller, but yes, most of them aren’t worth even hitting any button. A lot of what I’ve done that shows on my profile so far, including the tests, I did out of pure boredom. Like wanting to explore each corner of a building.