Require any buyer to contact a seller before placing an order

[rainbowchazer]

Is there a way where I can require buyers to contact me as a seller before landing me with an order I don't want?

My regular buyers are wonderful and always contact me with their requirements to see if I'm available. Newbies, not so much and I find it RUDE to be landed with an order with no prior communication.

I don't want to be offline if I'm available, I just want to get the buyers to be polite enough to talk to me first so I have the chance to decline an order because it's not my specialism or I'm busy with other things. Is there an option to set this as a requirement? I state it in my gig blurb but I still get random orders from newbies whose topics I would not accept if they contacted me first.

[filipdevaere]

This is what I do: I write beside the package name that they need to contact me first. 

They still can order without communicating with you, but this method really helps a lot. 

[tannikhan]

Thanks. 

[emidio_alex]

Yes, Fiverr REALLY needs to fix this. An obligation for the seller to send/confirm an offer prior to the order starting should be mandatory. It is absolutely ludacris that this does not happen, for a number of reasons. 

[rayhan_designs]

On 12/4/2021 at 5:39 PM, filipdevaere said:

This is what I do: I write beside the package name that they need to contact me first. 

They still can order without communicating with you, but this method really helps a lot. 

Thanks for sharing your valuable information.

[jakrinhosneara]

Thanks for sharing your information