How to get exactly what you are looking for!

[barrelofmonkeys]

Communication. Rather then just straight ordering, messaging the seller first helps a lot.

Being a voice over seller, it makes a world of difference when I can talk a bit with a buyer so I can get the exact tone and details for the project before I just go and record it. Saves you as a buyer from getting a product that you weren’t expecting or wanting along with unneeded frustration

[barrelofmonkeys]

So I normally do voice over and I had a buyer, a new one actually, recently order from me. He sent me an example of what he was kind of looking (like in tonality and feel) for but then told me in the messages how he wanted it to be a bit different. This was super helpful for me because I knew exactly the feel and the emotion he was looking for in his voice over and was able to get him exactly what he was needing. So if you’re not sure exactly how to spell out what you need, find an example of what’s at least close to what you’re needing. It may just help the seller be able to have a better idea of what you are looking for in your product!

[imagination7413]

This is valid advice for plenty of categories.
Note, Buyers: please don’t just go “like this” and leave it with no context. A picture might be worth a thousands words, but keep in mind that people can and will come up with different words than expected. 

[oolliich]

I would recommend you to write your wishes in your order as closely as possible. Describe every possible detail and think in advance what you would NOT want to end up with. And it is natural to write to the seller about it.

[porma9]

Yep. Illustrators want examples of photos or drawings. Musicians want examples of music…lol. I try to accommodate these example requests, though I find it comical that I’M asking for the drawing and they need a drawing to get started…things like that. Like…well…I’m…asking FOR the drawing. If I had one…well…

[abari07]

Buyers should take the time to give sellers crystal clear instructions on what they expect from the order. Requests should be reasonable and should reflect the amount paid for the gig. If requests are larger than the amount paid, buyers should compensate. Sellers only get $4 out of $5 ($1 goes to Fiverr) - keep this in mind when ordering.

[jonbaas]

On 8/19/2021 at 8:49 AM, abari07 said:

Sellers only get $4 out of $5 ($1 goes to Fiverr) - keep this in mind when ordering.

I don't know about you, but I am one of many sellers who make a lot more than just $4 per order. Please don't assume that every seller works for cheap. Bottom of the barrel pricing usually results in bottom of the barrel buyers. 

[tryshameem]

On 8/20/2021 at 3:03 AM, jonbaas said:

I don't know about you, but I am one of many sellers who make a lot more than just $4 per order. Please don't assume that every seller works for cheap. Bottom of the barrel pricing usually results in bottom of the barrel buyers.

Yes, its right. But not everyone can charge a lot like you. We all knows that, seller increase their charges gradually they grow their profile here on fiverr. Most of the people start their career from low price and gradually they increase their pricing.

By the way, to me it doesn't matter how much we charge for a service. Buyer should provide clear instructions. Even seller also should provide clear instructions to buyer, so that he can prepare the requirements and send to the seller.

And not everyone is equal on the earth, Some people understand based on short instructions and some needs long instructions. As a Freelancer, we should take time and also take the order only once the buyer understand our requirements and send us all required informations.

[moikchap]

As direct advice for buyers; I've found that whenever I've gotten a botched delivery, it's because I didn't add enough context. If the seller know what you're using the delivery for, what it fits into, they'll be able to make it fit better.

The earliest example if this I encountered was while getting landscape art for a fantasy setting. A few of the deliveries for some ocean-themes pieces contained modern ships. I hadn't mentioned in the task details that it was for a fantasy setting.

Like, at the start, my tasks details looked like this:

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Hello again, I'm wondering if you would be willing to do another landscape at the Basic/$5 tier, inspired by this text:
"Whale Migrations - Mass migration of giant sea life travels below the ship, their geyser-like emissions causing trouble."
I don't have a specific thought on how it should look, but it should generally look like it's in the middle of the ocean. I don't need detailed whales or anything, just spouts/geysers among the waves is good. It would be the same book ratio as before of 8.5 inches wide by 11 inches high with anything between 72 and 300 dpi being fine.

And by the end of it, my tasks details looked more like:

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Hello! I'm wondering if you would be willing to do a landscape at the Basic tier inspired by this text:
"Whale Migrations - Mass migration of giant sea life travels below the ship, their geyser-like emissions causing trouble."
I don't have a specific thought on how it should look, but it should generally look like it's in the middle of the ocean. I don't need detailed whales or anything, just spouts/geysers among the waves is good.
- The setting is Fantasy like Dungeons & Dragons (no modern-looking elements).
- It is summer-themed (clear, bright skies).
- It is far out in the ocean (no land visible).
- Daytime is preferred so that details are more discernable.
It would be for a book, sized 8.5 inches wide by 11 inches high. Anything between 72 and 300 dpi would be fine, in a .png.

Basically, the list in the middle is something that will come from experience. It's hard to predict. It would be nice if sellers also kept track of those mis-understandings which caused revision requests, to pose it like a set of questions to new buyers. For example, the question about "Day time or night time?" came from a seller. 

[sawoda_sumi_29]

Rather than just straight ordering, messaging the seller first helps a lot. Buyer and sellers conversation is most important to get right products.

[creat1vepattern]

On 11/20/2018 at 2:24 PM, barrelofmonkeys said:

Being a voice over seller, it makes a world of difference when I can talk a bit with a buyer

I can certainly see what you mean as a voice over seller. If you're speaking over Zoom, perhaps you could even try out different tones to see what style the buyer is seeking. While I am always open to having a conversation in the message center first (as a writer), I have personally found that the finished product for buyers who order straight away is the same, so long as the buyers completely fill out the gig requirements. Thank you for the post! 😃

[newsmike]

Don't buy anything priced at $5.  You get what you pay for.

You're welcome. 

Edited November 29, 2021 by newsmike

[imagination7413]

Part two:

If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

[catwriter]

13 hours ago, newsmike said:

Don't buy anything priced at $5.  You get what you pay for.

What if what they're buying is worth $5?

[imagination7413]

If you're buying a $5 sample, then you'd still get what you paid for.

There is a period/full-stop in the middle, so those could be taken as two separate tips.

[johanessurya]

As a seller, I'm really hard to catch with cheap thing like $5. So, I started give reasonable price than force me to give service that cost $5. But it's all depend on seller too.

For me personally, I'm not happy give cheap thing that give bad experience for my client. 

[cs_evans]

On 11/28/2021 at 7:26 PM, newsmike said:

Don't buy anything priced at $5.  You get what you pay for.

You're welcome. 

Not that you need me to support you, but I can't get behind you on this one.  Totally support "you get what you pay for", but that doesn't innately imply poor quality. It can mean you are buying risk.  Plenty of people on Fiverr are offering high quality services for $5 because that is what it takes to get their feet in the door.  So the "you get what you pay for" part, is buying the risk, not necessarily the quality. 

[visualstudios]

On 12/5/2021 at 4:53 AM, cs_evans said:

Not that you need me to support you, but I can't get behind you on this one.  Totally support "you get what you pay for", but that doesn't innately imply poor quality. It can mean you are buying risk.  Plenty of people on Fiverr are offering high quality services for $5 because that is what it takes to get their feet in the door.  So the "you get what you pay for" part, is buying the risk, not necessarily the quality. 

Excellent take. Although that will really depend on the type of service, naturally - some things are just impossible to get at $5 with any semblance of quality. But that is indeed the case for certain services.

[workinghub28]

On 7/14/2021 at 9:28 AM, anwer_bijoy said:

Buyer need level one or two seller who are most experience person

Partially agree with your statement.

But it might be a new seller on Fiverr who is expert in his skills and didn't heard about this platform. Seriously a lot pf people are not aware of the Fiverr but still they are providing services to their clients using multiple platforms.

[mdhassansiam]

Every Buyer should give proper instruction for a seller.

Because  when a seller start to work buyer project he /she need to proper instruction. Otherwise, seller don't provide proper information or leads or data as required as demand of buyer. For these reason, seller have to face many problems. Sometimes, seller have to give more revisions for the requirement of buyer. Even buyer also give bad review for seller account which is very harmful for a seller Fiverr account.

If buyer give proper information & also give a demo sample, then it is very easy to do work for a seller work properly.

[strategist_ceo]

On 8/20/2021 at 5:03 AM, jonbaas said:

I don't know about you, but I am one of many sellers who make a lot more than just $4 per order. Please don't assume that every seller works for cheap. Bottom of the barrel pricing usually results in bottom of the barrel buyers.

While this is true, I believe that most new sellers starts from the bottom of the barrel. I know I did, and even at bottom-barrel pricing, the Fiverr team asked me to lower my price to $30 for a service that took up at least 30 hours of my time to match another seller from a third-world country. That was poor advice, I know.

I turn out to be okay now.

Edited November 20, 2022 by strategist_ceo

[emailspedia]

While you are choosing any freelancer for your potential work then always check their testimonials and reviews first. And pick them after that judgement of review and testimonials.

[ahmed_faroquee]

5 hours ago, emailspedia said:

While you are choosing any freelancer for your potential work then always check their testimonials and reviews first. And pick them after that judgement of review and testimonials.

@emailspedia With due respect, I am not agree with you. Testimonial & review are not the only criteria to choose a skilled freelancer. As a buyer , before hiring a freelancer for your projects you should contact first, tell him/her, your jobs requirements, then wait what he/she feedback. Through chatting if you think the seller catch your job requirements with properly, then you can carry on dealing.  Their are lots of new freelancer who so skillful but they don't have reviews because of their account is new. So, You don't consider them unskilled. 

[emailspedia]

@ahmed_faroquee I also love to consider your point also. My mean is just to help somebody who doesn't have any much knowledge about the criteria of choosing a freelancer. Testimonials are so helpful because they can show the buyer their past work and he or she can judge on this basis without any conversation. But I genuinely loved your point. Yup definitely testimonials and reviews are not the only judgable factors. Their skills matter.

[grayprogrammerz]

On 11/29/2021 at 5:26 AM, newsmike said:

Don't buy anything priced at $5.  You get what you pay for.

$5 is not cheap for everyone specially countries having high dollar rate.

Like for Pakistan, rate is like 1USD = 220pkr. So every dollar get multiplied by 220 times !