Away for 2 weeks?

[flatpp]

Hey,

I’ve just put on vacation mode on for 2 weeks. Will this affect my ratings and/or search rank?

I remember putting it on last time and sales/views dropped significantly. (I was away for quite a bit)

[mariarajput786]

Yes, It can affect search rank. I’ve heard about it but never tried personally 😛

[fonthaunt]

I had a very bad time recovering from a week of vacation mode in September. In fact, I’m still affected by it. I’ve seen varying reports, but that’s my own experience.

[flatpp]

Seems like I have to work forever! 😃 Anyway, I think I’ll just mutually cancel orders and tell people I am not available. I don’t want to ruin my rankings as it took me a long time to get back to where I was last time.

[fonthaunt]

My latest tactic when I can’t work is to lengthen delivery time so much that people don’t order or are willing to wait. Seems to work with less risk than vacation.

[fastcopywriter]

Do you do that for all your gigs or just the most popular?

[Guest paigerachel]

yeah,that may cause to fail you.use fiverr mobile app for contact buyers

[alysmcdonough]

I was off for 4 days last week and all is going fine.

[pixelpurfect]

I took the weekend off and woke up to orders this morning. I also had to go on vacation for the whole month of September and everything was fine. I was actually expecting my selling here on fiverr to be over from what I had read on the forums but my sales even increased. I doubt they increased because of the vacation, more like the time of year but either way it worked out!

[mariarajput786]

Sales increased due to VM? Never heard about it. Quite interesting 🙂

[jellyfishonline]

LOL, when money follows you instead of you following the money.

[thepromogirl]

It does affect your search if someone searches for “active” Gigs. If your Gigs are not active, Buyer’s can’t purchase them. It’s that simple. Fiverr’s search is geared to generating sales and making it easy for Buyers to find what they want as they’re searching for it–active and ready-to-order Gigs. However, in the long term this will not affect your Gigs.

Here’s a pro-tip: If you’re planning on being away for an extended period, note that dates in your profile and communicate this to your Buyers in conversational messages prior to your “vacation” period. This way any both old will know you’re going to be gone (but you’ll be back) and new Buyers will see and know when exactly you plan on coming back if they want to work with your specifically.

You can also create a “quick message” that explains to your Buyer’s clearly and effectively that you’ll be away and when you’ll be away. It’s also recommended to provide the details on how they can get a “notice” of when you return by clicking on your desired Gig. Not ever Buyer knows about this, but when you return from “vacation mode” they will get an email automatically from Fiverr letting them know your Gigs are back and active for ordering.

Overall, it’s best to proactive. In doing so, this will help jumpstart your orders again when you return. I know from first-hand going on “vacation” regardless if you’re actually going on vacation or simply overbooked, coming back off of “vacation mode” there a bit of slow crawl back to Buyers ordering again. I wouldn’t advise being away for more than 1-2 weeks. Buyers want someone they can count on–imaging if your favorite restaurant was closed for few random months of the year. Regardless of the reason, customers eventually would go somewhere else. Customers want someone and something they can count on. Everyone knows you need a few days or weeks of from time to time. Everyone deserves a vacation.

There is also the option to add days to your Gigs instead–this way your Gig are still up and advice, but the longer duration will give you more time to take “breaks” in between orders.

Just do some prep work and you’ll be good to go when you return! Hope this helps. 🙂

[Guest wowyou]

I wish I knew this trick about extending the delivery time. I was away for 2 weeks in August and I’m still badly affected. I’ve since moved to level 2 and still not much movement. Hopefully I can recover from it one of these days in the near future.

[flatpp]

I’ve included an small note in my gig description telling users that I am away with a date that I am back on. Despite that, I still got an order through! But it was hard to turn down because the buyer was paying me quite a lot for it.

Anyway, I don’t think I will use vacation mode at all from now on.

[backtobecks]

I ruined my rating completely because of Vacation Mode. Got pretty angry. What is the point of Vacation Mode then?