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Hello, I'm brand new, but as far as I can tell; should I search any of my keywords my gig does not pop up in the search. At first, I thought maybe it wouldn't show my listings so I logged off and tried again but no luck. I understand I'm going to be mostly responsible for my self-promotion but to not even appear on a search? I don't know for sure, I imagine Fiverr takes a cut of the payment should I book a gig, but why? If I'm not even going to show up last on search? What service is being provided? If I'm responsible for 100 percent of the outreach and I'm not even going to show up on a basic search, Why wouldn't I just start a website and direct people there? I do understand there's a certain level of buyer and seller protection, in the event of a chargeback for example; Fiverr would take responsibility for that. Even then I do imagine there would be some cost to my profile. Also, is that protection any greater than processing payments through PayPal? I'm sorry if this comes off as an attack on Fiverr, it's not my intention. I'm just trying to figure out if this is worth my time, over cultivating my platform. 

 PS. My gig is active. I'm brand new so I don't have any history on the website. I double and triple-checked my keywords. The only way I appear in a search is if I search the title of my listing word for word. 

What's the point? I don't understand what service this site provides?

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