📈 Fiverr Simplified: Get Matched!

[vickiespencer]

On 11/24/2022 at 11:25 AM, fatemazaman833 said:

Before the launch of Brief on Fibre, I used to get buyer requests/messages every day

How many orders did you get from those Buyer Requests? 

[breals]

On 11/20/2022 at 11:34 AM, vickieito said:

It’s time for another installment of Fiverr Simplified!

@vickieito  I have to say that it's so refreshing to come onto the forum and read your posts/advice/how to guides.  I have been on Fiverr since 2017 and have been a TRS since April, but I'm not ashamed to admit that I read all of your posts in the hope that I earn an extra few $ from your advice

I really hope that new sellers actually take the time to read what you have written as you have clearly put so much effort into them on top of the work you do as a freelancer.  They are also really relevant and well written. 

However, when the most popular posts seem to be congratulating people on their 9th sale, it annoys me that the quality posts on this board are less likely to be ticked up and shared in place of people chasing forum badges.

But that aside. THANK YOU.  You're a star!!!!!!!!!! 

[filipdevaere]

7 hours ago, vickiespencer said:

How many orders did you get from those Buyer Requests?

None.
0 reviews since September 2022. So probably no sales at all. 

[vickieito]

2 hours ago, breals said:

I have been on Fiverr since 2017 and have been a TRS since April, but I'm not ashamed to admit that I read all of your posts in the hope that I earn an extra few $ from your advice

Thanks for reading my posts, @breals! It makes me happy that you find them useful even with your years of experience. I have a lot to learn from you, too!

2 hours ago, breals said:

However, when the most popular posts seem to be congratulating people on their 9th sale, it annoys me that the quality posts on this board are less likely to be ticked up and shared in place of people chasing forum badges.

I wish all the newbies to Fiverr and the forum read (and understood) what you wrote so perfectly here - it would make such a big difference!

https://community.fiverr.com/forums/topic/286296-my-first-weeks-musings-and-frustrations/

Thanks for all that you do on the forum!

[cartoon_avatar]

Nice post @vickieito 🙂

I know that one of the reasons for not getting buyer briefs, as per Fiverr is,  "Fiverr uses a wide range of quality criteria that are taken into consideration to determine seller eligibility." 

But, I think another reason might be that the feature is not fully rolled out yet? (As we can still see the Buyer Requests option under "My Business" dropdown). 

It would be great if @Lena can shed some light on this.

[vickiespencer]

4 hours ago, cartoon_avatar said:

As we can still see the Buyer Requests option under "My Business" dropdown)

When I clicked on the option a window pops up saying there are no more Buyer Request.

[vickieito]

5 hours ago, cartoon_avatar said:

Nice post @vickieito 🙂

I know that one of the reasons for not getting buyer briefs, as per Fiverr is,  "Fiverr uses a wide range of quality criteria that are taken into consideration to determine seller eligibility." 

Also - Fiverr doesn't guarantee that there will be matches (for buyers submitting briefs or sellers). Some buyers are receiving no matches for the briefs they submit. I also think there's a false expectation that all sellers are supposed to get briefs (and a lot of them). If a seller isn't getting briefs, there just aren't any matches for them at the moment. As you mentioned, Fiverr is using a criteria to determine which sellers will be matched to each brief. Only a few sellers will receive the alert to make an offer.

5 hours ago, cartoon_avatar said:

But, I think another reason might be that the feature is not fully rolled out yet? (As we can still see the Buyer Requests option under "My Business" dropdown). 

1 hour ago, vickiespencer said:

When I clicked on the option a window pops up saying there are no more Buyer Request.

I think Fiverr has this here because Customer Support is already getting flooded with inquiries of "Where is Buyer Requests?!"

Keeping Buyer Requests under the "My Business" tab will, at least, explain to sellers why they can't see the Buyer Requests (and hopefully curb the number of inquiries flooding the Help Desk). Based on the number of inquiries that I see on the forum, it's not helping that much.

I think the feature is rolled out but @mjensen415 mentioned that there would be adjustments made based on user feedback. I'm not sure how that feedback is being collected at the moment.

[vickiespencer]

55 minutes ago, vickieito said:

I think Fiverr has this here because Customer Support is already getting flooded with inquiries of "Where is Buyer Requests?!"

That was my thought too. @vickieitoIs your name spelled Vicki or Vickie?

 

[vickieito]

26 minutes ago, vickiespencer said:

That was my thought too. @vickieitoIs your name spelled Vicki or Vickie?

 

It was "Vicki" until I was 6 years old and I realized that my sisters' names (and even our pets' names) ended in "ie" except for mine. My sisters are Jackie, Lizzie, and Connie. Our dog was Blackie and the cat was Johnnie. My parents' names are Patty and Larry, so I guess they didn't like the "y" ending of their names. They were more than happy to let me change my name to "Vickie." 

It's funny that you mentioned my name ...I was looking at my keys this morning and realized my name was there, too (V + key = Vickie)! 😂

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@vickiespencer - Have you always been a "Vickie"? (...and sorry for the dorky picture! Little things like that make me really happy!)

Edited November 29, 2022 by vickieito

[vickiespencer]

15 minutes ago, vickieito said:

Have you always been a "Vickie"?

Yep, I was never a Victoria. And my siblings' names are Sherrie, Cindy, Penny, Tammy, and Johnnie. So, although not spelled with "ie", the long e sound is there.

For the longest time I thought you were an "ie" Vickie.

[vickieito]

7 minutes ago, vickiespencer said:

For the longest time I thought you were an "ie" Vickie.

I changed my name to "Vickie" when I was 6 years old and learned how to write. "Vicki" just felt wrong.

7 minutes ago, vickiespencer said:

Yep, I was never a Victoria. And my siblings' names are Sherrie, Cindy, Penny, Tammy, and Johnnie. So, although not spelled with "ie", the long e sound is there.

It's fun to see that you are also from a "long e" family!

[vickiespencer]

17 minutes ago, vickieito said:

changed my name to "Vickie" when I was 6 years old

Oh so your last name is Ito?
I have not met very many who spell their name like we do.

[vickiespencer]

I just sent my first brief request. I wanted to see how it went from the buyer's perspective. This experience should be interesting.

[vickieito]

15 minutes ago, vickiespencer said:

I just sent my first brief request. I wanted to see how it went from the buyer's perspective. This experience should be interesting.

Let us know how it goes @vickiespencer! I haven't seen many reports from the buyer's side on how these briefs are working. I'm curious to see how well it can find matches for you.

[seoranks1]

I didn't get any order from Brief request But I got 2 order of $255 through Organic Sales, so i'm happy with that.

 

[vickiespencer]

1 hour ago, vickieito said:

I'm curious to see how well it can find matches for you.

The first two offers I got were way off base despite my stating what I wanted to be done. 

[Lena]

Hi @cartoon_avatar

Thanks for the tag.

How can I help? 

[cartoon_avatar]

40 minutes ago, Lena said:

How can I help? 

Thanks for the reply @Lena
As we can still see the Buyer Requests option under "My Business" dropdown, does it mean that the Buyer Briefs feature is not fully rolled out yet?

[Lena]

1 hour ago, cartoon_avatar said:

As we can still see the Buyer Requests option under "My Business" dropdown, does it mean that the Buyer Briefs feature is not fully rolled out yet?

Let me check this with our relevant team and I'll let you know.

[vickiespencer]

14 hours ago, vickieito said:

Let us know how it goes @vickiespencer!

The third response was from a seller whose offer was three words and for only $10. The work I wanted should cost more than that. 

[junaed_a]

Is there any chance to get matched for new sellers?

[seoranks1]

If your skills match and relevant to Buyer requirments you will get brief request on your profile.

[jayshennel]

Buyer's brief are nice and make work easier. But it is to the disadvantage of anyone who is not well ranked. On my account, I haven't had any buyer's brief in months. 

[jayshennel]

I recently returned to fiverr, I was a level 2 seller. 

I had two orders within a month but my statistics went really low afterwards. 

I'm wondering what caused it 

[vickieito]

1 hour ago, jayshennel said:

I had two orders within a month but my statistics went really low afterwards. 

What metric or metrics plummeted (and what were they before), @jayshennel?