Why Have the Orders Stopped Coming in?

[jamesbulls]

I’ve noticed that my sales slowed a LOT the past few days, too. If many people are having the same problem, then it could be that Fiverr is trying a new search pattern for how buyers find sellers.

[alexa_guru]

Reply to @misscrystal: No. Someone tell us that we should manage our buyers from any possible location and then redirect them to fiverr for pay.

[Guest]

Reply to @alexa_guru: I really don’t understand why you see a problem with advertising what you already sell on Fiverr.



You’re correct that I do not use Fiverr as a main source of income. That’s why I keep my gigs quick and cheap. I don’t trust the platform enough to put effort into creating and selling high-dollar orders.



You’re incorrect about my experience. I have been successfully freelancing for almost 9 years. I deal with larger clients away from Fiverr, where I have better control over communication, process and payments. I have no problem giving fiver a 20% commission on $5-$15 gigs, but when there are so many risks involved with the entire platform, I’ll put that 20% in my own pocket and make sure things go as smoothly as possible when there is ‘real money’ and reputation at stake.



The point you’re missing is that when I started selling on Fiverr, I did do some outside promoting - and then I realized how flawed the system was. Other than posting on the forum when I’m in the mood, I HAVE DONE NOTHING to promote and encourage sales.



I sign in once a day to see if there are any orders or messages (again, the notification system cannot be trusted), and if there’s an order, I crank it out. Would I prefer to get a few more orders per month, sure. But I have no interest in investing effort into building an empire on the flawed Fiverr foundation.



If you are serious about earning a living wage on Fiverr, it makes no sense that you do not understand advertising or how to get targeted traffic considering your entire account is based on SEO and ranking.