How the irrelevant job offer come to a Gig

[sparkbrain23]

Sometimes, freelancers on Fiverr receive job offers that don't match the services they advertise in their Gigs. Why and how? Don't the clients read the gigs well?

[helali009]

3 hours ago, sparkbrain23 said:

Sometimes, freelancers on Fiverr receive job offers that don't match the services they advertise in their Gigs. Why and how? Don't the clients read the gigs well?

Can you elaborate your experience regarding this issue?

[katakatica]

2 hours ago, md_taimor said:

It's very rare.

It's not rare at all.

3 hours ago, sparkbrain23 said:

Sometimes, freelancers on Fiverr receive job offers that don't match the services they advertise in their Gigs. Why and how? Don't the clients read the gigs well?

Some people don't read, and some search for something else and see your gig pop up (they either don't realize it's different OR think you can still help). Rarely, people just aren't sure about how the platform works and they try to get info from someone who seems to know what they are doing.

These are all reasons WITHOUT even mentioning potential language barriers and so on. 

It's not fun, though for sure, when you get a lot of it in a row, it can be frustrating.

I do find, though, that briefs I get are usually way worse - the majority of people who contact me know what they want (though they might not have the right budget...). Briefs, on the other hand... Are trickier.