What are the good habits for a new seller?

[ik360designer]

Some good habits for a new seller:

• at first be confident on your skill
• to be a quick learner
• try to response quickly on your client sms
• Ask your client questions for work.
• try to maintain your client for next project
• maintain your active time at fiverr.
• dont push your client to give you order.
• Don't ask your client about good reviews.
• Good Price is not mendetory for a new seller, Need a Good client feedback.
• Friendly conversation with your client.
• Be professional because your client need a professional seller.
• Be happy and healthy.

Edited November 8, 2021 by ik360designer

[timothykoen]

Thanks for your valuable tips. I try to treat potential people as I would like them to treat me. When you are friendly, respectful and knowledgable you will have greater success. So, don't swear, don't make jokes and above all call people by their name. People love it when you know their name, treat them with respect and aren't trying to be funny.

Tim

[imagination7413]

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habit

noun
1. a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up.

By definition, the following cannot be habits.

16 hours ago, ik360designer said:

• at first be confident on your skill
• to be a quick learner
• try to maintain your client for next project
• dont push your client to give you order.
• Don't ask your client about good reviews.
• Good Price is not mendetory for a new seller, Need a Good client feedback.

'Confidence' can be or become a habit, but "at first" implies that someone can and/or should, after a time, just stop.
'Quick learner' is a personality trait, not a 'habit'. Willingness to listen and learn, on the other hand, can be a good habit to acquire.
'Try to maintain', 'don't push', and 'don't ask' are all just things to do or not do. The 'how' is what should become a habit for customer retention, for 'closing a sale', and for earning any review without asking.
... I'm not even sure how to address this last one, it's such a garbled mess, so have a link to a helpful video of actual, useful tips. https://community.fiverr.com/forums/topic/220973-top-5-tips-to-protect-yourself-from-badly-behaved-buyers/

[ekbass503]

- "at first be confident on your skill" Yes, but dont do it over. As a buyer i have seen enough sellers "who can do it easily from a scratch" without even reading what i am actually askin for. I would rephrase this as "Be aware of your skills"

- "try to response quickly on your client sms" Yes. When your customer needs you, be available. When your customer asks a question, a price for something, do not be quick. When you give an answer, customer expects that he has your professional opinion about the issue. As a buyer i ratherly hear honest "I will find out, ill get back to you in a bit" than some random guess that will be changed in few minutes. I expect you to know your work just as much as you expect me to pay for it. Proseffionality is not that you know anything and everything in a eye blink. It is that you find out and when you have done so, you have the answer that is valid.

- "Ask your client questions for work." Yes, yes and yes. If customer sends you 25 lines long explanation what he wants, read those 25 lines carefully, think about the job and if necessary, tell your customer that you will get back after you have thought about it. Nothing, absolutely nothing frustrates more than a seller who gives answers which he changes depending of hours, moon position etc. 

- "try to maintain your client for next project" By doing your job professionally and with decent price, you dont need to. Buyers comes back to you because they know you can solve their problems.

- "Friendly conversation with your client." & "Be professional because your client need a professional seller." Yes. Sometimes, deals that are allmost there can be cancelled. You just lost a job worth of 2000$. Yes, it pisses you off for sure. But there is reason for the buyer to cancel the deal. I mean cancelling before accepting the offer. Maybe needs has changed, tax man didnt return what promised...

I have now negotiated with 8 sellers about the same job. 1 told instantly that my request was too much for him and he cant promise that he can do it. Respect for him.

3 sellers felt like way too carefree about the job. When i did ask some specific questions about the job and how they plan to do it, answers were from the bluemoon. I instantly felt that they havent ever read through my feature request. But they kept reminding me that there is atleast battalion of programmers ready to do the job. If you can hire battalion of programmers for a few hundred dollars, youre one lucky b**tard. But i dont believe it 😉

1 seller felt good, but then the price started to bounce. I was wtf. Yesterday we chatted and agreed the price, today it was not enough "because hes friend sayd so". Sorry man, im out. And then the original price was ok, after a while. Sorry man, im even more out.

2 sellers promised to give me a price, havent heard after few days.

1 seller responded after a while reading my long feature request list. Gave complately new ideas how to do it, links where i can study more etc. With this one, i felt like he is listening and he considers hes replies. Hired.

Price is actually a pretty small part of the deal.