Fiverr gig promotion is a death to professional sellers

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The OP explained this in a post up there. ⬆️

Thanks, I did not see that. I was just wondering how is that possible. I didn’t scroll down to check. I should start checking before leaving comments.

[marinapomorac]

Thanks, I did not see that. I was just wondering how is that possible. I didn’t scroll down to check. I should start checking before leaving comments.

. I didn’t scroll down to check.

And you are not alone. A lot of people do this.

I don’t understand how can someone come to the topic and read only first post, without reading the rest. The point of forums topics is to read everything and then respond if you have something to add to the topic or want to participate in conversation.

I only skip reading all posts on share meme topics.

But reading all posts before commenting on topic for the first time should be standard.

[mayanksusngi]

By the way, Fiverr didn’t launch until 2010.

Oops.

If it’s any consolation, OP, I’ve seen multiple comments from established sellers who tried the Promoted Gigs feature and it either didn’t work for them at all or it has made things worse in terms of sales. Which is something I personally was surprised by. If the people who pay for promotions don’t get the sales, someone else has to. Assuming that extra exposure is the main factor in getting sales on fiverr and nothing else comes close to it.

Personally, my gig is pretty much dead organically at the moment because I took a 3 month break. The only way I even get any clicks right now is through the Promoted gigs. It’s kind of unfortunate, because logically speaking Fiverr isn’t incentivised to extend the organic reach of people who promote gigs.

[nidushani]

I think you are correct and I already have same issue
But try to find some thing new or unique
so fiverr promoted gig cannot destroy you
good luck

[journalistica]

If you can’t make sales because you rank lower in a category page there is something fundamentally flawed eith your business.

You can’t blame Fiverr for the supply for what you are selling far exceeding the demand.

They aren’t going to opt out of advertising revenue to help people sell things for which supply exceeds demand.

Research your competition here and sell something that isn’t being sold by dozens of thousands of people.

This is a business. They’re going to do what’s right for the business, not what’s right for you. This isn’t a charity and they don’t owe you a shot at sales.

You are not only wrong, but kind of a not nice person. If promoted jobs means others get no jobs, they are a disservice. The person was right to ocmplaim.

[donnovan86]

Hi.

I am a level 2 seller and have been working on fiverr since 2005. I have had many projects completed and more than 800 positive reviews on my profile. For the las couple of months, I have only got a very few orders and it seems as if the buyers are not interested any more in fiverr or if the market is shifted at once to the new group of sellers. What really is annoying is the new feature thats called “Promoted Gigs”. What it really does is that, it promotes gigs for sellers who actually pays fiverr back what they earn in the name of marketing. This feature does’t care if you have positive reviews, or how much revenue you were generating for fiverr. What fiverr now cares is to promote the seller who pays back fiverr for marketing. Its like fiverr wont let sellers earn a penny and charge after charging 20% commission already. This is a death for the sellers. Every freelance company sinks one day and another market takes its place because of the hardships and rules they make to profit themselves and not the actual people who are earning for them.

I would request fiverr to think about this and change the algorithm to what it was before.

What do you think?

I am a level 2 seller and have been working on fiverr since 2005

Fiverr was launched in 2010

[mariashtelle1]

You are not only wrong, but kind of a not nice person. If promoted jobs means others get no jobs, they are a disservice. The person was right to ocmplaim.

If promoted jobs means others get no jobs

That’s not what promoted gigs are.

[m_kareem999]

On 1/2/2021 at 6:52 AM, vickiespencer said:

I think you have a typing error as you started here in 2015.

I tried the promoted gigs feature and I did not like it. However, usually my orders are $30 or less. Sellers who have larger average orders seem to like the feature.

 

On 1/2/2021 at 6:52 AM, vickiespencer said:

I think you have a typing error as you started here in 2015.

I tried the promoted gigs feature and I did not like it. However, usually my orders are $30 or less. Sellers who have larger average orders seem to like the feature.

Hi, I used the promoted gig feature and moved all my gigs to last page. Now, i disabled this feature. will my gigs be back in some time?

[vickiespencer]

7 hours ago, m_kareem999 said:

Hi, I used the promoted gig feature and moved all my gigs to last page

I think that happen because when your gigs are promoted you are paying for one of the first 4 spots on the first page of search. So when you are promoted you will be seen for sure. Other wise, you are way back in the search. 

[gongor32]

Since I have always been on last page. Promotion feature is like dream come true.  It makes Fiverr bit more consistent. Since I'm not in field that can do large quantity all I need is just 2 orders a week. So for me click per price ratio is darn good.  

[nidushani]

agree 😞

[monirthuin]

When I completed level 1  all criteria. That days to today I have no order regular .What I do can any one help me  

[andrewvzla_]

On 1/1/2021 at 5:14 PM, themajiks said:

Hi.
I am a level 2 seller and have been working on fiverr since 2005. I have had many projects completed and more than 800 positive reviews on my profile. For the las couple of months, I have only got a very few orders and it seems as if the buyers are not interested any more in fiverr or if the market is shifted at once to the new group of sellers. What really is annoying is the new feature thats called “Promoted Gigs”. What it really does is that, it promotes gigs for sellers who actually pays fiverr back what they earn in the name of marketing. This feature does’t care if you have positive reviews, or how much revenue you were generating for fiverr. What fiverr now cares is to promote the seller who pays back fiverr for marketing. Its like fiverr wont let sellers earn a penny and charge after charging 20% commission already. This is a death for the sellers. Every freelance company sinks one day and another market takes its place because of the hardships and rules they make to profit themselves and not the actual people who are earning for them.

I would request fiverr to think about this and change the algorithm to what it was before.
What do you think?

There's too much sellers that don't do their proper job on their orders. They just want to scam people or just deliver anything for earning just a couple bucks. But that affects professional sellers like us, because buyers spend their budgets on poorly capacitated sellers, receiving a bad experience and going away from Fiverr.

 

Fiverr system should check the professionalism of sellers in order to block their accounts if they are delivering poor job, and put people with more than 100, 200 or 800 reviews on the front row.

[andrewvzla_]

On 1/2/2021 at 6:15 PM, english_voice said:

All the online platforms have their pros and cons.

For me the benefit of Fiverr is that it delivers a lot of buyers. But the downside is definitely the fickle way in which gigs are promoted - one moment you can be highly visible, the next nearly invisible. I have been here for nearly eight years and there are definite cycles of busy and quiet times.

During quiet times I might not have an order for an entire week, at busy times I might have a dozen orders in one week. Because I offer a three day turnaround, I can cope with multiple orders - but this cycle of busy vs quiet is something that is difficult to manage longterm, as we all have life to deal with.

However, as sellers we’re not going to change anything. We either accept the way that Fiverr works, or we don’t. I choose to accept it.

Any other platform like Fiverr that you can recommend me?