creativeman Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Hello Fiverr Family,I was most excited to hear from a buyer today that they wanted to give me a tip and asked how they could do that.I didn’t have a “tip gig” in place so decided to make one.I come from New Zealand and the culture here is no tipping so don’t know if I fully understand the whole process as well as some people here on Fiverr who have grown up in countries where tipping is commonplace.I wonder if you have a moment if you can…Shed some light on tipping?Do you have a tip gig?What has your experience been in giving and/or receiving tips on fiverr?Does anyone here after delivering their gig to a buyer make any mention of a tip gig? Of course you certainly don’t want to push the idea.Your thoughts on the above would be most helpful, thank you! =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscrystal Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Someone wanted to tip me and asked me to make a tip gig so I did.Then someone criticized me for having a tip gig. So I removed it.I have too much pride to have a tip gig. That’s just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingle Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 HiI have made a Coffee Gig for this purpose more details on: http://www.fiverr.com/wingle/let-you-buy-a-cup-of-coffee-for-me so you get the idea.Basically when i deliver the order i include the link in message if you are happy why not buy me a cup of coffee for the work i done for you. And 60% people do offer me Cup of Coffee. 🙂 I never ask them too much. I just mentioned down in my delivery message once about coffee.It is very disappointed that fiverr has not implemented such feature so that we do not have to make separate Tip gigs or coffee gigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artworkking Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Agree with Wingle.Fiverr should have implemented this feature ages ago. A simple ‘Leave a tip’ button at the end of a completed order - even if Fiverr where to take $1 in every $5, it would still be worth it.I have a tip jar - I was asked to put one up by a client and I have no shame in promoting it. Hell, a basic gig is $5 for crying out loud - where can client’s get that kind of deal elsewhere.When I’ve completed a gig and I’m sending it to my client, I always put:"P.S.Blown away by this gig?You can help me continue my work on Fiverr by offering a small tip here:http://www.fiverr.com/artworkking/gratefully-accept-tipsAll tips are gratefully accepted!"Someone mentioned pride? I guess if this was a site called "Hundrederr", there'd be no need to ask for tips. ;-)Cheers,AK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscrystal Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 You make a good point. I do over an hour of work for almost nothing. Could I call it something besides tip jar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artworkking Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Reply to @misscrystal:I do understand your issue with a ‘tip jar’, it took me a month to finally give in an put one in my gig selection. But the more I thought about it, the more I thought is was essential.I’m a fulltime designer and I started Fiverr to put a few gigs on from jobs I had done in my ‘other’ design work that I had enjoyed producing for clients.My main gig is my retro style poster (around 800 gigs in three months) and this started from me doing a retro poster for a private client that I charge $120 for.Therefore, 800 Fiverr clients have had a similar poster for between $5 and $70 (depending on what gig extras they require) so I have absolutely no shame in asking them for more to pay what is essentially the going rate for such a design.If buyers want to help you continue to work on Fiverr, they should tip - I don’t think it needs to be called anything else. It’s a tip to enable you to do the work for them agin in the future. You can’t live on beans.Cheers,AK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artworkking Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Reply to @misscrystal:Ha, ha, I’ve just seen your gigs MissCrystal. Casting spells? What an awesome money spinner! Only in America! 😉Cheers,AK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creativeman Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 Reply to @artworkking: I like the way you add your tip link as a p.s. etc as you don’t want to push it too hard.Some of my gigs that require less work may not garner many tips but others that take longer are more worthy of tips. It seems all your gigs are artistic so are more worthy of tips.I love your knock your teeth out gig - what a crack up 😮 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscrystal Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Actually it is practiced in many countries and in my case it is what I do all the time as a religion. If you think it’s just a money spinner read my feedback. People have gotten lots of help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeus777 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I have a tip gig too, I name it"I will gratefully accept a tip for a job well done for $5"I also have a “I will get a coffee and a cookie atStarbucks for me and my best friend who introduced meto Fiverr for $15” tip too as an extra!Just a few days ago I got the extra gig, so I took my friend toStarbucks! 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artworkking Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Reply to @misscrystal:Nothing against you, but it’s all BS. You know that. But hey, if people are willing to pay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestinmarket Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Reply to @artworkking: 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestinmarket Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Hi all,I have added it as a GIG EXTRA in my best gig as:“I will accept this as an appreciation of my work” 😉many buyers do select that Extra without me asking for it.And yeah, it really motivates me more and more… 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creativeman Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 Reply to @bestinmarket: Do you find you have delivered the work then they add the gig extra after?I’ve found this happen to me where I delivered an order, then they order a gig extra afterwards but by this time there is 2 hours left still going on the clock. I had gig extra set to “no additional time”. 3 hours later I saw they had ordered this gig extra after the initial delivery so for one hour it was late.Normally i would expect people to order gig extras at the beginning and not at the end so this caught me out and made me think I should make all gig extras on all my gigs at least +1 day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjakkerman Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I really think we should have a Fiverr tip jar, eventually (as I proposed in the suggestions before) with the possibility to donate your tips directly to a charity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejosiahruff Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 To make a “Tip” gig seems redundant. If someone wants to tip you then they should just purchase another gig and then mark it complete or inform the seller that this is a tip and expect no delivery.My father always said that a tip was “To Insure Perfect (service)” I guess if that’s the case then maybe tips should go before the gig and not after. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestinmarket Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Reply to @creativeman:creativeman said: Do you find you have delivered the work then they add the gig extra after? I haven't noticed that yet. But I think buyer can add gig extra after the order is DELIVERED..creativeman said: Normally i would expect people to order gig extras at the beginning and not at the end so this caught me out and made me think I should make all gig extras on all my gigs at least +1 dayBuyers usually add extras at the start... but during job if they need extra, I always redirect them to my gig extras.Yes, that's a good practice to make extras +1 day at least. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestinmarket Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Reply to @creativeman: I am thinking to make separate Tip GIG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyspace Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Interesting views and ideas fellow fiverrs 🙂The fiverr tip possibility in every gig as some wrote, would be a good option I think.I do have a jar. But it is still empty. And I don’t feel comfortable to ask for a tip actually. I just… hope the satisfied buyers will notice the jar 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solow13 Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 I have a tip gig, however is almost empty!:-(( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmish Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Reply to @artworkking: I know it is the internet and we are basically anonymous and all, but calling someone’s religion BS is still kind of mean bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creativeman Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Reply to @mjakkerman: Sounds like a great idea to have it incorporated into the site. I wonder if they held back because they would take 20% commission on a tip which seems cheeky haha. I’m not sure how easy it would be to donate to a charity when your dealing with charities all over the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creativeman Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Reply to @happyspace: haha everyone with a Jar say “I” then we will know who to tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creativeman Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Reply to @solow13: You know the song…There’s a hole in my tip jar, my tip jar, my tip jar,There’s a hole in my tip jar, my tip jar a hole.So fill it dear fiverr buyer, dear fiverr buyer, dear fiverr buyerSo fill it dear fiverr buyer, dear fiverr buyer fiiiiilllllllllll it!(If you don’t know this tune this won’t make any sense) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmish Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Reply to @thejosiahruff: I love that philosophy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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