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A few months ago, someone sent me a message on Fiverr asking to pay me to give him/her good reviews on Upwork. First of all, that's not my area of expertise. Second and most important, you should not pay a stranger to give you good reviews. That's wrong and I admit, maybe I should have reported him/her.

Has this ever happend to you as well?

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1 hour ago, perunwebdev said:

A few months ago, someone sent me a message on Fiverr asking to pay me to give him/her good reviews on Upwork. First of all, that's not my area of expertise. Second and most important, you should not pay a stranger to give you good reviews. That's wrong and I admit, maybe I should have reported him/her.

Has this ever happend to you as well?

It hasn't happened to me specifically on Fiverr but vice-versa. Upwork frequently has buyers looking for people to give them good Fiverr reviews. The buyer gives the seller the exact words to state in the review and everything. It sucks to know we've worked so hard for our reviews while others are getting them from family/friends and buying them. Though I believe Fiverr is supposed to take measures to detect and remove these fake reviews. You should've reported it, but have no doubt, they would've made a new account and done so again.

What do you say, @vickieito? Have you ever seen Fiverr do something about these reviews?

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8 hours ago, perunwebdev said:

Has this ever happend to you as well?

4 hours ago, williambryan392 said:

Yes it happens. Just politely say no and block them.

@williambryan392 really has the best response. Unfortunately, there are some people who think it's okay to pay to get good reviews. They are surprised when you tell them it's wrong and against Fiverr ToS. It's best to simply tell them 'no' and refuse to work with them.

6 hours ago, ashleymahan217 said:

It hasn't happened to me specifically on Fiverr but vice-versa. Upwork frequently has buyers looking for people to give them good Fiverr reviews. The buyer gives the seller the exact words to state in the review and everything. It sucks to know we've worked so hard for our reviews while others are getting them from family/friends and buying them. Though I believe Fiverr is supposed to take measures to detect and remove these fake reviews. You should've reported it, but have no doubt, they would've made a new account and done so again.

What do you say, @vickieito? Have you ever seen Fiverr do something about these reviews?

I think "fake" sellers paying for good reviews will eventually be found. Their lies will eventually catch up to them. If they have to pay for reviews, that just means that they don't have the talent or work ethic needed to be successful on this platform. An honest, skilled, and hard working seller will always get good reviews doing just that - being honest, delivering high-quality services, and working hard.

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4 hours ago, ashleymahan217 said:

I have to agree to disagree with you, @vickieito. @donnovan86 has the best answer. Don't let them get away with it! Equal review rights for all!

I totally agree with you both on this! I need to develop thicker skin ..this is the only way that Fiverr can start taking action.

I tried out the "report" flag for the first time yesterday (for several folks who were copying my gig description word for word), and was surprised to see how quickly those gigs got shut down. This might be my next favorite button to use besides the spam button. So, consider me in whenever you and @donnovan86 wants to bring justice to all those liars and copy cats!

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On 8/12/2022 at 9:21 AM, vickieito said:

I totally agree with you both on this! I need to develop thicker skin ..this is the only way that Fiverr can start taking action.

I tried out the "report" flag for the first time yesterday (for several folks who were copying my gig description word for word), and was surprised to see how quickly those gigs got shut down. This might be my next favorite button to use besides the spam button. So, consider me in whenever you and @donnovan86 wants to bring justice to all those liars and copy cats!

I never knew they copied your gig descriptions! That's crazy. And to think, here I am trying so hard to make something LIKE your page when this whole time I could've just copied it and put my name on it.

I once tried to help a foreigner fix their profile description. I told him to try and put something more like "yada yada (insert your skills here) yada yada." He ended up copying the whole thing and putting the "insert your skills here" part instead of actually listing his skills. I'm like "yeahhh that's better, no one will know you copied that & that you don't actually speak fluent English" lol. (I didn't really, I helped him fix it bc I'm a good person but it's funny to think about him leaving it like that)

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12 minutes ago, ashleymahan217 said:

I never knew they copied your gig descriptions! That's crazy. And to think, here I am trying so hard to make something LIKE your page when this whole time I could've just copied it and put my name on it.

 

Yesterday a "writer" on Fiverr contacted me asking for samples, posing as a buyer. I visit his profile, he copied my gig's name, description, my profile description, and obviously he was also trying to steal my samples too. Needless to say... I immediately told him to remove everything, otherwise I will report him. And he deleted everything. But clearly there are a lot of people just trying to emulate other people's success. These copycats are the reason why some buyers leave Fiverr. It's even funnier that the dude in question had double my price, yet he is stealing the description of someone with a lower price. If he is that good, why didn't he write the description and everythign else on his own? Yeah, lots of people just trying to con buyers and run off with their money...

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1 minute ago, vickiespencer said:

How quickly? I have been still waiting since yesterday morning. They used to get shut down within hours.

Hi @vickiespencer - the first gig was shut down within minutes and a second one was paused. By the next day, 4 of the 5 gigs I reported were gone. I went ahead and reported the last one again and will see if it gets taken down as well tomorrow.

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19 minutes ago, catwriter said:

Perhaps his plan was to outsource the work he gets to you.

I know, I am flattered 🙂

The funny thing is that I checked my gigs for plagiarism and ended up on a site where someone actually stole all my images, profile image included, named themselves donovan and others stole my description from him. So there was an entire network of people, all having the same description stolen from me, they just changed their name.. I hate these people that take shortcuts like this instead of doing the work themselves... But I guess that's how life is..

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On 8/14/2022 at 4:26 AM, donnovan86 said:

Yesterday a "writer" on Fiverr contacted me asking for samples, posing as a buyer. I visit his profile, he copied my gig's name, description, my profile description, and obviously he was also trying to steal my samples too. Needless to say... I immediately told him to remove everything, otherwise I will report him. And he deleted everything. But clearly there are a lot of people just trying to emulate other people's success. These copycats are the reason why some buyers leave Fiverr. It's even funnier that the dude in question had double my price, yet he is stealing the description of someone with a lower price. If he is that good, why didn't he write the description and everythign else on his own? Yeah, lots of people just trying to con buyers and run off with their money...

This is so crazy to me! I never knew there was an issue of sellers stealing gig descriptions and such...I always just figured that they're hard to make different sometimes..but exact replicas AND charging more?! (it is kind of funny - how mad would you be if he succeeded in getting paid for his endeavors?!)

Anyways, you should take it as a compliment like @catwritersaid; I guess? He really, really, really wanted to be like you!

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14 hours ago, jafors17 said:

1. Active online daily & regularly

WRONG. There is no need to stay online.

 

14 hours ago, jafors17 said:

2. Open 7 Gig at-least

There is no need to create 7 gigs. 

 

14 hours ago, jafors17 said:

3. Sent buyer request regularly

Why? I have sent 2 buyer requests in 21 months. It is a waste of time, and mainly used by people who have no orders and are desperate. 

 

14 hours ago, jafors17 said:

4. Active fiverr forum with like & comments 

Why should you do this? This will not help you to get orders. There are spammers enough on the forum.

 

14 hours ago, jafors17 said:

5. If possible buy some review (not important)

Buying reviews????? Are you crazy?

 

It seems that all your advice is not even helping your account. 
I strongly suggest that you as a new seller with 0 (zero) reviews start to learn from the forum instead of giving the wrong advice.
 

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After 3 years of working on Fiverr i got 2 warning for things i didn't do!

Hey my name is Ryuzaki am here to share my experience and my thoughts here.

So i've been working on Fiverr for almost 3 to 4 years now and i was doing good have more then 600 5 stars reviews and it was all good until a new client did order from me as always i did my job and send everything as usual in the next couple days he did order again and same thing did deliver on time, then a warning pops up telling me that m buying reviews and this one wasn't a legit order? i talked to support for soo long they were like no this is for sure not a legit order, then couple days goes by and the sec order also got flagged and now i got 2 warning in my account and its under review most likely gonna suspend it which is so sad i did work so hard those couple years to make my account as big as it can be i was loved by my clients and had really good relationship with them all, all that goes away by Fiverr not knowing what to flag! i just got so sad and tbh wanna stop doing everything!

Thank you guys for listening to me i just wanna talk to someone.

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I got the same buying reviews flag. It's a glitch in their system. But, as I learned, the algorhythm can NEVER be wrong. Even after I proved beyond a reasonable doubt that no "buying" could have taken place, the flag remained. 

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5 hours ago, fastadking said:

I got the same buying reviews flag. It's a glitch in their system.

When was this?

 

Well, this is something concerning and it's not the first time this story has been shared on the forum... I remember someone had the same problem after a buyer ordered multiple gigs and left a few similar reviews. The system ''identified'' those as being ' fake reviews/paid reviews ' for some reason. I have repeat buyers as well and usually, they thank me or they write the same thing... what if Fiverr accuses me of having fake reviews because of that? Something should be done to solve this problem.

@Lena @milos_siena @ana_tomy

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16 minutes ago, Alex.M said:

  

When was this?

 

Well, this is something concerning and it's not the first time this story has been shared on the forum... I remember someone had the same problem after a buyer ordered multiple gigs and left a few similar reviews. The system ''identified'' those as being ' fake reviews/paid reviews ' for some reason. I have repeat buyers as well and usually, they thank me or they write the same thing... what if Fiverr accuses me of having fake reviews because of that? Something should be done to solve this problem.

@Lena @milos_siena @ana_tomy

So true.

And some highly-active repeat buyers write the same review for multiple sellers too. This flagging can happen to any of us, for no fault or wrong intention of our own! 

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Thank you guys so much for the support i hope they can fix it too so no one can feel what i felt it really hurt i don't wish anyone to feel that! hopefully they can fix there system. i heard a lot of stories to ppl that have same experience i really hope they can fix it and make a human examen the order not an AI or a bot.

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3 hours ago, catwriter said:

@Lena, would it be possible for someone to look into this case, please? And to investigate false warnings for buying reviews? That kind of glitch could cause a lot of trouble.

Hopefully someone can look into this and to all ppl that has same experience 

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