Buyer requests unrelated to gigs

[ankushlaxman]

Does anyone else get a list of unoffered buyer requests that are unrelated to their gigs?

[nadia_younus]

Sometimes…

I guess that’s because sometimes the buyer selects unrelated category.

[ankushlaxman]

Sometimes…

I guess that’s because sometimes the buyer selects unrelated category.

@nadia_younus Thanks for replying. It seems to be happening all the time, ever since I became active on Fiverr. I have gigs related to word processing, desktop publishing and making presentations, but I get buyer requests related to stuff like sales, mortgage and other stuff not even related to my gigs. It is very rare that I do see buyer requests that could be aligned with my gigs in some way.

[tazdidshahriar]

sometimes its happened but you can discuss with your buyer that your work is not related what he wants?

[ankushlaxman]

sometimes its happened but you can discuss with your buyer that your work is not related what he wants?

@tazdidshahriar I am talking about the list of buyer requests even before I send out any offers. There’s a list of offers I have seen - about 20 in number per day and it is very rare that any of the offers could have anything to do with my gig. I have managed to send out only 11 offers in the last couple of months and only 1 resulted in a sale. I haven’t even got replies to the other 10 offers.

I came across a post that it may depend on the gig category. I never found any category for word processing, desktop publishing and presentations though. So I selected Business → Other. That was the closest category I could find.

Edit: Here is the post I was talking about buyer requests depending on gig category:

Generally, the list of buyer requests that you can see depends upon the category of your gig. For example, if you have a t-shirt design gig, and you have that gig in the t-shirt design category, you will only see buyer requests that are seeking t-shirt design services. If you don’t see any buyer requests, that it may well be the case that no one has posted any new buyer requests for your gig category. A word of advice, though: Don’t depend upon buyer requests to be your only source of sales le…

[tazdidshahriar]

@tazdidshahriar I am talking about the list of buyer requests even before I send out any offers. There’s a list of offers I have seen - about 20 in number per day and it is very rare that any of the offers could have anything to do with my gig. I have managed to send out only 11 offers in the last couple of months and only 1 resulted in a sale. I haven’t even got replies to the other 10 offers.

I came across a post that it may depend on the gig category. I never found any category for word processing, desktop publishing and presentations though. So I selected Business → Other. That was the closest category I could find.

Edit: Here is the post I was talking about buyer requests depending on gig category:

Generally, the list of buyer requests that you can see depends upon the category of your gig. For example, if you have a t-shirt design gig, and you have that gig in the t-shirt design category, you will only see buyer requests that are seeking t-shirt design services. If you don’t see any buyer requests, that it may well be the case that no one has posted any new buyer requests for your gig category. A word of advice, though: Don’t depend upon buyer requests to be your only source of sales le…

yes sometimes its happened .in that case you have to be patient and its a matter of luck that every client contact you because they have lots of option …

[optinmagnets]

So, I’m not the only one… 🙂 I’m getting completely unrelated requests all the time! There’s nothing you can do, I guess (someone please correct me if I’m wrong)?

[lloydsolutions]

yes sometimes its happened .in that case you have to be patient and its a matter of luck that every client contact you because they have lots of option …

You are a new seller who joined the forum just one day ago.

Your reply is not relevant to what is being discussed.

Posting all over the forum will not get you sales.

[ankushlaxman]

So, I’m not the only one… 🙂 I’m getting completely unrelated requests all the time! There’s nothing you can do, I guess (someone please correct me if I’m wrong)?

There must be something that can be done. It is too bad I cannot change the primary category of a gig. Only the sub-category can be changed. For example. Business → Presentations (just discovered it). I cannot change the “Business” category though. There is nothing like Word Processing → Formatting (or something similar).

[optinmagnets]

There must be something that can be done. It is too bad I cannot change the primary category of a gig. Only the sub-category can be changed. For example. Business → Presentations (just discovered it). I cannot change the “Business” category though. There is nothing like Word Processing → Formatting (or something similar).

Once you publish a gig, you cannot change the main category, right? I agree that there is definitely a need for more categories & subcategories!

[ankushlaxman]

Once you publish a gig, you cannot change the main category, right? I agree that there is definitely a need for more categories & subcategories!

@optinmagnets Yes, the main category cannot be changed.