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The main issue that many new sellers face can be stemmed from Fiverr's terrible ranking algorithm.

The algorithm in charge takes many factors into account, such as overall performance, ratings, number of completed orders, etc, which is why the position of your Gigs cannot be manually altered. 

Your gig rank doesn't change if you have 0 reviews / 0 orders / 0 views / 0 etc. 

Your gig is moved up if it has x number of reviews (estimating it at 20 on average) / x number of orders (estimating it at 50 on average) 

You can only promote your gig on Fiiverr if you have past sales and reviews... 

This is also accounting for the fact that Fiverr + Google SEO is absolute c**p -- after tedious research and testing. 

Now before some Fiverr "Seller Plus Member" of 10 years comments: "No you're wrong" -- being a seller plus member of 10 years where there was less competition 10 years ago in this platform to start. This is part of the problem. Long time users have the privilege to abuse features that are given only to them.
 
Picture this a Fiverr buyer (not seller): Most of your focus goes to best seller or recommended. As a buyer, you have given more trust to gigs in either of these categories. You give more trust they are of quality when on Fiverr this may not be the case due to how long-term gigs can abuse being on top. 

While I wonder what the churn rate is for new users/ new gigs as they have no features to promote their gigs. 

 Take amazon for example, their algorithm is not perfect, however each item can be promoted whether it is new or old. 

All in all, this algorithm heavily favors 

for Fiverr rather than seller opportunity. 


My fiverr experience as a new seller~ basically what is wrong with Fiverr.

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