Tipped money from buyer

[artisticlife460]

Hello!
I’m working on fiverr as an book Illustration artist. all my experiences are good with fiverr. But one special thing I noticed that fiverr takes the same percentage from buyer tip. when I get tipped they take the percentage from this money too. I think tipped money is very special and fiverr should think more about this issue.
thank you

[ashad_alif]

I have experienced the same . However It is Fiver’s Policy

[artisticlife460]

yes. I think they should think to make lil changes on their policy. Isn’t it?

[lilychinadancer]

Fiverr can take 20% away from Tip no problem, otherwise many buyers will pay a big part by tip then pay for the real order , fiverr will lost a lot of money . Fiverr created and provided this platform to for us to make money , they also have to pay for maintaining the site, paying employees’ salaries and many other expenses, so they should earn money too .

[jake_hopkins]

To be honest, I really disagree with Fiverr on this. They shouldn’t take money from tips. In my eyes, that’s totally unethical. Whilst they process the money, that shouldn’t mean they can take 20% from TIPS.

It’s the law that employers cannot take money from tips. And while Fiverr isn’t our employer, I honestly believe that the same laws should apply to digitally processing tips. If employers can’t, I don’t think it’s right that Fiverr does.

But Fiverr are completely in their rights to do so, but I just believe it wrong.

[imagination7413]

Honestly, I understand why the current system is in place the way it is.

Personally, I think if the percentage taken from tips were scaled (5% on first $5, 10% on $10, 20% on $20 and above) there would be a few fewer complaints.

My thoughts on the matter. ^