nateb99 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Hi folks. What is the best practice when feeling sick?Pause the gigs?Does Out of Office affect things to the same extent?ThanksNate 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 parasmaknojia Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Don’t pasue the gig but atleast give your best for 1or 2 hrs for your gig☺️ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 nateb99 Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share Posted March 18, 2021 Don’t pasue the gig but atleast give your best for 1or 2 hrs for your gig☺️Thanks, but I’m not well enough to do the gigs at the moment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 krheate Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Based on what I’ve read in the Forum, Out of Office can harm your ranking and kinda drag you down for a little.I would suggest pausing your gigs or extending the delivery time! Hope you feel better soon :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 nateb99 Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share Posted March 18, 2021 Based on what I’ve read in the Forum, Out of Office can harm your ranking and kinda drag you down for a little.I would suggest pausing your gigs or extending the delivery time! Hope you feel better soon :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:Thanks @krheate. I’ll pause them 😀 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 naikoosuhaib Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 If you think you can’t totally work I guess it is better to take a break (Health first)Rest if you think you can work just change your delivery time e.g if you used to do some work in 1-2 days make it 4-5 this will keep gigs live. If you go out of office or pause gigs then they totaly disappearSo your take on if you can manage just increase delivery time. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 moonstaredits Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Thanks, but I’m not well enough to do the gigs at the moment.Increase delivery time. Pausing gigs makes them disappear from the ranking and there’s no warranty that they will come back in the same position 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 krheate Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Increase delivery time. Pausing gigs makes them disappear from the ranking and there’s no warranty that they will come back in the same positionDoing anything to your gigs (like editing them) will temporarily move them around in the search results. However, it’s definitely better than going OOO.FYI, as I stated above, I got this info from reading in the Forum- specifically from this post: Went from Top Seller Evaluation to ZERO - #17 by eoinfinnegan 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 eoinfinnegan Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Was just about to comment here but yeah - OOO seems to do something that isn’t good for ranking. I paused my gigs and was away for almost 9 months but when I came back and unpaused them, my gigs have been ranking as well as before. No guarantees this isn’t a fluke or some other reason but I remember that when I used OOO for even a couple of days, it definitely affected rankings for some time. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 looseink Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 I was seriously ill off-and-on this past year.I went Out of Office frequently.It didn’t seem to have a negative impact and allowed me to get well without the added stress of trying to explain to Buyers that I wasn’t really at the point where I could provide top quality service. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 english_voice Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 I’ve written about this before, so apologies to the regulars - but it might be useful to hear.Whenever I’ve used Out of Office mode (usually a couple of times a year), I’ve found it can take two or three weeks each time for my account to start to recover in terms of volume of orders and messages. But recover it does. However, the peace of mind that comes with OoO is that it is like shutting the front door behind you. People can’t hassle you and expect replies.I have also paused gigs in the past, and in my opinion the effect of pausing gigs is a little more unpredictable. I’ve had gigs spring back into life the moment I’ve un-paused them and I’ve also had once successful gigs (100+ orders) never do anything again. However, pausing gigs won’t stop existing and previous clients from messaging you.A half way house would be to extend your delivery times, this way your gigs stay in the search but buyers will hopefully be put off ordering because you’re stating 20 days for a one hour service for example. However, you will still need to service your account by responding to messages etc. In other words it doesn’t allow you to switch off from Fiverr.I wish you a speedy recovery. If you’re likely to be out of action for a few days, then consider extending delivery times - if you’re likely to be out of action for a couple of weeks or more then I personally would opt to use OoO mode. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 melanielm Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 I recently used OOO for almost two months due to a health issue. I almost didn’t get back in time to keep my 60-day ranking high enough. Yikes! The gig ranking did disappear, but didn’t take too long to come back. It took about one week this time for orders to start rolling in again.Best wishes to you! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 enunciator Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Trying to do VO while sick or with a shot voice will obviously show in a recording and doesn’t do anyone (particularly you) any good.Pausing your gigs is debatable as the safest choice, but extending delivery times is the long-term solution if ever you are briefly under the weather. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 nateb99 Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share Posted March 18, 2021 Thanks for the advice/wishes everyone 😁 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 foxyify Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 If i am sick how to deal with regular Buyer? 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 priyank_mod Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 On 10/5/2023 at 3:22 PM, foxyify said: If i am sick how to deal with regular Buyer? If it's an ongoing order - Just have an honest conversation with them and inform them about how many days (tentatively) you would need before resuming work. Most people would understand the situation but sometimes buyers might have unavoidable deadlines - in that case either work through the sickness to deliver or request them to cancel the order and hire someone else for the job. We are all human after all. We work to earn a living (not the other way around). 16 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 successglobal Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 If you are dealing with a return buyer all you have to do is explain your health condition at the moment to the buyer in other to buy more time recover and get the project done once your are okay back 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 kayes_abdullah Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 You definitely should have a fruitful conversation with the buyer. He/She will understand your situation. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 glow_writer Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Just have a discussion with the person. Majority of the time, they will understand and will allow you to extend the delivery time. We are all human beings. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 kevindwren Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 When I have an emergency or condition that require me to extend my delivery time, I always start the message with an apology and then proceed to let them know about the extension request. Most of the time, they understand and wouldn't mind giving the extra time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 kawsar_log Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 You should inform your buyers if they are Kind enough or no issues with them then you can always extend the time! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hi folks. What is the best practice when feeling sick?
Pause the gigs?
Does Out of Office affect things to the same extent?
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