Change new "Tip your Seller" Feature to start at $1, not $5. Who tips 100%!?

[t_targaryen]

The minimum amount to tip us sellers is $5, which is the same amount as a basic gig. This is absolutely ridiculous. Who tips 100% or more for a service provided!? You might as well buy another gig for those $5! It needs to be changed to start at $1, possibly $2.



I need as many comments as possible supporting me with this to get this done as soon as possible, so if you are a seller reading this and you want to make more money, drop a comment below saying this is a good idea!

[Anna]

There was a thread like this already this past week…I completely agree with you and would welcome the option since more buyers would actually leave tips.

[ifocus3d]

I agree! Plus, I’m pretty sure we have a better chance of getting a tip if the price is lower.

[fastcopywriter]

The guy that can afford a $5 gig, can afford a $5 tip. If he can’t, I’d rather get nothing.

[ardicus]

t_targaryen said: The minimum amount to tip us sellers is $5, which is the same amount as a basic gig. This is absolutely ridiculous. Who tips 100% or more for a service provided!? You might as well buy another gig for those $5! It needs to be changed to start at $1, possibly $2.

 

I need as many comments as possible supporting me with this to get this done as soon as possible, so if you are a seller reading this and you want to make more money, drop a comment below saying this is a good idea!

 

Its great for sellers who over deliver... Buyers do like to tip more in those cases...

 

[onemindstudios]

I’ve been selling for years on here. Most of my sales are not $5 basics. My sales are typically $30-$150 each. I’m pretty sure that’s the case for most veteran sellers…which is who they’re going to target these features to. I’ve gotten tips as high as $20 and…yes…I have been tipped $5 on $5. So I think it’s fine the way it is. =)

[videovoicedave]

Of course tips should start lower… also, payments clearly becomes confusing when extras enter the picture - conditions, non-partial payments, only funding from 1 source is mandatory, etc - all quite surprising and could easily be fixed… which proves that there is a reason they are not fixing an obvious issue…

[myskillsforsale]

You have to consider that Fiverr charges the buyer $1 or 5% of everything a buyer spends on Fiverr. For amounts under $20, they pay a $1 simply to put money on the site and for $20+ it’s 5%. That means your buyer tips you a dollar… and it’s Fiverr’s, not yours. You don’t get your 80 cents because that dollar is gobbled up by a transaction fee. So now the buyer has to spend $2 on your tip – $1 for the fee and $1 for you, of which you get 80 cents. When your buyer tips you $5, they actually paid $6, and Fiverr got your 20% ($1) an the buyer’s $1 transaction fee. It’s one of the ways Fiverr encourages larger orders – less money is lost via transaction fees.

$5 is in the name. It’s a reasonable price. Tips are a lovely bonus but you should price your work such that they aren’t necessary to survive. Sure, cheaper tips could mean more tips, but Fiverr is already a bargain. If your $5 gig is worth $20, a buyer might recognize that and tip you highly.

[miiila]

I´m a new seller and have been tipped 5$ on 5$, as well higher tips on higher amount orders. I´m not quite sure if a for instance 1$ tip would be worth the change in the software, data handling and all from fiverr’s side. And don´t forget that fiverr takes a cut of tips as well, so your 5$ tip is only 4$, then deduct the amount paypal, your bank or whoever takes from those for processing (and eventual currency conversion), then count what you´ll find in your bank account from it, and then start to wonder, if a 1$ tip would even be worth the time it will tke to type ‘Thank you’ for it, or if you´d not be better off using that time to work on the next order 😉
But yeah, maybe a solution like with gig packages, so that 5$ get displayed as the standard, and if the buyer takes the time for a few clicks to choose 3 $ or whatever, could be a compromise.

Honestly though I think there are more urgent things (like for instance repairing the bug that doesn´t let you save your ‘limit orders in queue’-settings, hello fiverr!).