Newbies!

[fonthaunt]

There are all kinds of tips and advice posts pinned in each relevant forum category. They are the ones at the top of the category with an orange “pin” symbol. There are also hyperlinked announcements above the whole forum with mentions of recent news/blogs/podcasts. In the forum sidebar there are additional notices. I’m really not sure how to push any more info on the forum with all those areas available.

For people who don’t use forums, there is a Community hyperlink with information on the blog and the Fiverr Academy. That one isn’t quite as obvious, but it’s there. 🙂

[fonthaunt]

With the admin tag, I get some incredible ones. I don’t even mean the more understandable mistakes when users think I can help with CS tickets, which I can’t. Most of those are actually polite to my canned response.

I get ones that ask for mentoring and when I decline nicely, they often reply with things like “Admin won’t help me get sell because stupid!!! My baby will starve because you!”

Still, someone will see this thread and pick 5 of us to message for help, guaranteed! 😉

[fonthaunt]

This is one of mine from last week:

He: Hi.

Me: Hi, what do you need?

He: How are you?

Me: Fine. What do you need?

He: What?

Me: Did you want to buy a gig?

He: No.

[fonthaunt]

Since you mentioned this, it’s an opportunity! If everyone in this thread went to the Improve my Gig category and gave feedback to one person, it seriously would help. While responses have improved there are still unanswered posts there. Even brand newbies can offer tips there! Help someone with a typo, a suggest for a better gig image or title, etc.

When newbies do post in the right place, reward them! If they don’t get help, they show up in Tips for Sellers or PM’s. 🙂

[babibalubi]

Sounds both really serious! I guess you did first the model job and then you helped, or?

[fonthaunt]

I just got a message from a seller (not buyer) saying “Can I ask you a question?” Seriously?? I have to keep my response rate up by answering. If I say “no” I will guarantee that they will write again. 😦

[misscrystal]

I get those a lot too.

[tassawar]

Yes,Forum is best for question.

[emmaki]

Hey guys, you missed a brilliant retort to this!

“Yes, you may ask one question–but you’ve already used it up.”

Cue ANGER. I haven’t actually done this myself as I only just had this idea, but I will try it out next time!

[umerkhayam128]

I will take heed from your advice and will perhaps stop messaging other sellers around but basically i wasn’t that rude or something, i simply asked someone if they use softwares to extract data from company website. But after going through this post, i will avoid messaging any seller again! 😃

[fonthaunt]

Good thinking. If you want info from a seller then offer to pay $5 for it.

[umerkhayam128]

Haha, well yes i could but then again its only my first month around and i have made only few sales up till now. So i would rather play the waiting game for some time.

[tony0205]

I need someone to write a script for me or a autoclicker where it is legal i mean it should work as a human bot and can be setup for the given task to click at a particular time and to solve captachas is it possible to have one

[misscrystal]

Today in my inbox:
J:
hey, you need to khow, i’m a boy. this is my sister fiverr account.
J:
i have no account.
Me:
Ok then you can’t buy anything sorry
J:
i will buy one gig.
J:
one gig is ok. for the problem
J:
or, more

[umerkhayam128]

Did you just reply him/her so that your response time remains unaffected ?

[emmaki]

The response rate is only affected by your first response.

The buyer in question may actually be a boy! 😃 (as in a child living with his family…)

[umerkhayam128]

I am fairly new (20 days or so) so yeah been going through forums a lot still not sure what effects response rate and what doesn’t 😃

[emmaki]

You’ll pick it up eventually. Think of it like moving to a new city or country. After a couple of months you’ll be a lot more familiar with where everything is and how it all works!

[umerkhayam128]

Well yeah, i already feel i might have edge on quite a few others on my level-thanks to the forums. Actually they’re detailed and almost help you on anything and tbh i am just here because sales have dropped or not coming at all, got 4 orders just in 4-5 days and its dull since then so decided to get active on the forums and see how that works out.

[vealsad]

I am new also >30 days old, and have found that not only is this forum invaluable but the http://www.vimeo.com/fiverr videos are a great resource also. Thank you all for your valuable input wisdom and experience in all the topics. This is truly better than a “how to” guide.

[misscrystal]

I’m sure it was someone with a picture of a sexy girl on his profile but it actually WAS his account. I don’t want to deal with him whatever the case may be.

[naturelover321]

As a new entrant I’m not sure where to post this question but I hope someone here would solve my query. As a blogger and a literature student, I’m interested in writing gigs here but competition is quite high in this category.
I suppose buyers are more interested in native English speakers and if it’s true then what should I do to improve the quality of my gigs? Though, there are many tutorials available but specifically talking about a non native English speaker and writing gigs, what advice would you like to give me here?

[ronnieci]

stop this nigeria 419 scam here