barrydavian Posted August 17, 2020 Posted August 17, 2020 Hi,I’m new to Fiverr. A month or two after joining Fiverr, orders start to flow. Now I have repeated orders from many buyers. I did really enjoy Fiverr’s simplicity. Everything is going well.Until just now, I found out someone stole my gig. Completed with my works and my descriptions! I’ve sent a message to him. No response yet.I want to ask you dear forum, what am I supposed to do in the case like this? Did you ever happened to be in the same situation as this? What is the solution?Thank you.
nafishasan Posted August 17, 2020 Posted August 17, 2020 Please report the issue to Fiverr support immediately. Fiverr support will investigate the matter and take necessary actions.
patelhari Posted August 17, 2020 Posted August 17, 2020 Hello @barrydavianits worst when somebody copy your gig and steal it.I advise you to report that seller and contact support team with all the information and link of that seller .This will help you.Thank You 🙏
imagination7413 Posted August 17, 2020 Posted August 17, 2020 Report the seller through the copied gig, and provide a link to your own gig in the provided spot.
barrydavian Posted August 17, 2020 Author Posted August 17, 2020 Thank you all, for your advices. I think contact the support team will be the best way. I’ve never contacted the support team before for any reasons. It could be my first experience.But before I proceed to contacting the support, I think I’ll wait the good response from the guy who copy and paste my gig. Geez,… how could someone copy and paste someone else’s gig. 😕
anidee Posted August 17, 2020 Posted August 17, 2020 Thank you all, for your advices. I think contact the support team will be the best way. I’ve never contacted the support team before for any reasons. It could be my first experience.But before I proceed to contacting the support, I think I’ll wait the good response from the guy who copy and paste my gig. Geez,… how could someone copy and paste someone else’s gig. 😕and if he decides to report you first?
imagination7413 Posted August 17, 2020 Posted August 17, 2020 Why wait? They’ve broken the ToS. They’re a thief.
marinapomorac Posted August 17, 2020 Posted August 17, 2020 and if he decides to report you first?I was thinking the same thing.He should NEVER contact the thief. My guess is that he will report him first and then it will be impossible to prove first egg or chicken and both will loose GIG.The moment you see something wrong or stolen you file report, never message the seller.
Guest humanissocial Posted August 17, 2020 Posted August 17, 2020 Thank you all, for your advices. I think contact the support team will be the best way. I’ve never contacted the support team before for any reasons. It could be my first experience.But before I proceed to contacting the support, I think I’ll wait the good response from the guy who copy and paste my gig. Geez,… how could someone copy and paste someone else’s gig. 😕roceed to contacting the support, I think I’ll wait the good response from the guy who copy and paste my gig.Don’t do that. No one who steals from you is going to say “Yeah you’re right” and take it down.
lenasemenkova Posted August 17, 2020 Posted August 17, 2020 When you’re contacting another seller for anything other than a potential order discussion, you’re technically sending them spam (and possibly threats) thus violating ToS. Not a good idea.My gig got copied a few times in the past, I just reported the users and all the copies were gone in a matter of hours. These days, realistically, it’d probably take days given how busy CS is but they are usually very sympathetic and efficient when it comes to this stuff.
barrydavian Posted August 18, 2020 Author Posted August 18, 2020 and if he decides to report you first?Whaaat? Is that possible. Damn. Not thinking of this in the first place.
barrydavian Posted August 18, 2020 Author Posted August 18, 2020 roceed to contacting the support, I think I’ll wait the good response from the guy who copy and paste my gig.Don’t do that. No one who steals from you is going to say “Yeah you’re right” and take it down.Actually he replied to my message and willing to take down the gig. But he didn’t do that until now…
barrydavian Posted August 18, 2020 Author Posted August 18, 2020 I was thinking the same thing.He should NEVER contact the thief. My guess is that he will report him first and then it will be impossible to prove first egg or chicken and both will loose GIG.The moment you see something wrong or stolen you file report, never message the seller.Yeah, I see. @anidee comment opened my eyes. And yours make it bolder. Just wow, I can’t believe the possibility of this.Behind the Fiverr’s simplicity, there is a ‘hole’ where a ‘thief’ can take the advantage from. A Hundred hours of hard works potentially gone in a blink of an eye… What a system… 😓
barrydavian Posted August 18, 2020 Author Posted August 18, 2020 When you’re contacting another seller for anything other than a potential order discussion, you’re technically sending them spam (and possibly threats) thus violating ToS. Not a good idea.My gig got copied a few times in the past, I just reported the users and all the copies were gone in a matter of hours. These days, realistically, it’d probably take days given how busy CS is but they are usually very sympathetic and efficient when it comes to this stuff.In a matter of hours is fast. Would you please give me exact procedure to report this to the CS?
j6nyc6 Posted August 18, 2020 Posted August 18, 2020 Actually he replied to my message and willing to take down the gig. But he didn’t do that until now…It doesn’t matter if they took it down, what they did was unethical and they are now likely to do it to someone else.Report them and have them removed from the site. Fiverr does not need sellers like this ruining their reputation and the reputations of other honest sellers.
Alex.M Posted August 18, 2020 Posted August 18, 2020 Hi,I’m new to Fiverr. A month or two after joining Fiverr, orders start to flow. Now I have repeated orders from many buyers. I did really enjoy Fiverr’s simplicity. Everything is going well.Until just now, I found out someone stole my gig. Completed with my works and my descriptions! I’ve sent a message to him. No response yet.I want to ask you dear forum, what am I supposed to do in the case like this? Did you ever happened to be in the same situation as this? What is the solution?Thank you.I found out someone stole my gigit happens from time to time…a few days someone copied even my name from a gig… it’s pretty common to see such things however if you contact support they will take care of it fast
donnovan86 Posted August 18, 2020 Posted August 18, 2020 The fun thing is, a dude copied my about us gig’s description and I am removed from search, yet he is on the first best selling page in my category with a stolen description. And I am talking almost verbatim, copy-paste… I just rest my case, if someone that steals descriptions can rank higher than the original gig he copied…that’s just sad.
muztre Posted August 18, 2020 Posted August 18, 2020 Whaaat? Is that possible. Damn. Not thinking of this in the first place.sadly. yes, it could be.
muztre Posted August 18, 2020 Posted August 18, 2020 In a matter of hours is fast. Would you please give me exact procedure to report this to the CS?you can email them support@fiverr.com
lenasemenkova Posted August 18, 2020 Posted August 18, 2020 In a matter of hours is fast. Would you please give me exact procedure to report this to the CS?I don’t think it’ll get handled in the matter of hours now. CS seems to be very busy at the moment. But:Support - Help & Support - Seller Help Centerimage1878×1200 102 KBI’d include the dates your gig was published/edited just in case. Although I’m sure CS can see when our gigs were created and updated and how.
airgil Posted August 18, 2020 Posted August 18, 2020 Hi,I’m new to Fiverr. A month or two after joining Fiverr, orders start to flow. Now I have repeated orders from many buyers. I did really enjoy Fiverr’s simplicity. Everything is going well.Until just now, I found out someone stole my gig. Completed with my works and my descriptions! I’ve sent a message to him. No response yet.I want to ask you dear forum, what am I supposed to do in the case like this? Did you ever happened to be in the same situation as this? What is the solution?Thank you.want to ask you deaThis is doubtful, you can screenshot to see evidence.
staceyworld Posted August 18, 2020 Posted August 18, 2020 Report the seller through the copied gig…it takes less than 2 minutes.How to do this;Open his/her gig,Click on “flag as inappropriate”,Select “plagiarism” as the reason for flaggingPaste your gig link in the space provided as the original gigClick report to sendThe duplicate gig will be deleted from fiverr immediately.
imagination7413 Posted August 18, 2020 Posted August 18, 2020 Report the seller through the copied gig…it takes less than 2 minutes.How to do this;Open his/her gig,Click on “flag as inappropriate”,Select “plagiarism” as the reason for flaggingPaste your gig link in the space provided as the original gigClick report to sendThe duplicate gig will be deleted from fiverr immediately.The duplicate gig will be deleted from fiverr immediately.Pretty sure the process isn’t ‘immediate’. IIRC, when you flag a gig like you’ve described, it say’s it’ll be ‘investigated’. Fiverr CS is really behind right now.Still, thank you for sharing the exact steps with the OP!
barrydavian Posted August 19, 2020 Author Posted August 19, 2020 UPDATE:This guy, finally, taken down ‘his’ gig. Just before I contacted the support.I’ve double-checked this. He really deleted it.But, when I looked around at his page, it seemed that he had also copied other seller’s gig. 😵This is really bad.
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