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Hi all . I created this topic to talk about my experience, as well as impressions and small victories. I also hope that my topic will touch some issues in more depth and help sellers like me.
 I became a seller a few years ago, my activity is related to product photography and modeling. My first orders were small tasks such as taking a photo with a caption and the payment for such orders was $ 5. It was not a lot of money but I was delighted! Over time, the price of my services increased and I began to earn and enjoy.
 In a short period of time, I received the title of Level 2 Salesperson. I had thoughts of quitting my main job and completely freelancing, as the money I earned was enough to live on. In addition, I always dreamed of being free and not tied to the workplace. Fiverr gave me new life and I was grateful.
 And now I will tell you what happened next, how I lost the page and tried to start all over again. 

5-6 people could write to me a day, 3 of them could use my services. I did not want to take on small orders, I was only interested in large fish. This is how I started to grow and become a successful salesperson. My work looked like this, the client contacted me, we discussed the details and then placed the order. The main work was a product photo, that is, the client sent me his product, I received it and took a photo and also a video, depending on the package.
 In order to send a product, the client asked me for an address, but Fiverr's policy does not allow sending his data, and this was my failure. I sent customers a shipping address and then I got a warning for violating the rules. Fiverr perceived my actions as an attempt to get in touch with clients outside the trading floor, but in reality this was not at all the case. 

My page was frozen and soon completely blocked, and this was my big nightmare since I lost everything I had been working on for two years. 

I did not give up and started a new page, but it was not so successful. I couldn't find my past clients who were regulars. And my page is no longer in demand. Different people wrote to me, but there were few clients among them, I was often offered home tasks, it was even such that the client asked me to film how I step on bananas or tomatoes, one of them asked me to film how I douse myself with paint . I refused these strange orders and blacklisted a few pushy people. Over the past two months I have not made a single order and this is very sad. I think my sales career is over. 

In conclusion, I want to say that I am very grateful to Fiverr for making me spread my wings and feel like a successful salesperson, despite the fact that my career is over. I read a lot of similar ones but still could not figure out how it all works. Perhaps luck matters here. I want to wish all beginners to achieve heights and fair wind!
 

The story of my rise and fall .

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