faissal1975 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 No sure this has been deeply discussed or not, I am relatively new to Fiverr:There are a lot of sellers having fake profile pictures, not any fake, but mainly pictures of girls (models, actresses asf) to catch buyers attention (,,,**,, to name a few). It is already proven, that the same sellers are very successful (having closed many deals and high ratings). When searching for logo design services you can see quite of few of them being listed on top. I haven’t bought anything yet, but I am staying away from sellers who start their deal with fake impression.Also, I wonder whether Fiverr is doing something against this, since this is so obvious.P.S. If you using Google Chrome you can right click on the profile pic and “Search Google for Image” and see who those profile pics really belong to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esthernyambura Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 I think it doesn’t matter whether a seller has a fake profile or not. I think what matters most is that the seller will perfectly do the buyers task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dijatul Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 of-course, it does matter . If I use Hollywood superstar’s picture , is it fair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscrystal Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 One seller has a picture of Angelina J. on his profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindapool Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 I know I would rather see a picture of the real person I am working with. But not everyone feels the same way, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeus777 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I myself use a drawing of my face since I have an illustration gig, and I believe itbest represents who I am.Other people who offer similar gigs or logo gigs for example tends to use an illustration or their own logo, again that represents them pretty well I think.Delivering a decent quality gig is of course the most important thing, butpresentation does matter. If 2 sellers had a writing gig for example, one avatar was a photo of Julia Roberts, and the other was a woman holding a pen / or a logo of a pen, I’m pretty sure I won’t hire Julia just because he/she seems a bit unprofessional.IF for example a seller was doing an impersonation of a Hollywood actor and was using the photo of that particular actor, then it makes sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
writer99025 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Well, as it’s blatantly obvious, I use my own picture on my Gigs and profile, albeit they were taken 2 years ago…have picked up 5 kgs since then…too much writing, zero exercise… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fonthaunt Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I disagree. Using a copyrighted picture (like a model) is illegal. Using a fake is a form of identity theft unless you have permission. If you don’t use your own photo there are legal and ethical options like @zeus777 mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeus777 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 It’s OK, it’s still you! 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dijatul Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I also using my own picture . Its feels good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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