It was my first order

[mairasaleem1995]

I have worked for a client i have sent all the work when client was online. He told me that i would receive $20 for the work. He did not gave me any deadline or any end date of project so we worked for like 2 weeks. I send him all the files within these two weeks. The 2nd day after receiving all the work he became offline. He had not place any order. When i got 2nd client i knew how it works and the 1st buyer did not place an order. The 1st buyer contacted me through message. He is not online. Its been 13 days. I had worked for $20 but because he haven’t came online i did not received any payment. I have sent him some messages after that but did not get any response in return. What shall i do now?

[capitalquality]

What you do now is be happy that you learnt a lesson early and for only $20 and not $100. You have to shrug it off and move on. Whatever a buyer says, NEVER work without an order. You won’t get your money now but If they still have an account you can report them to customer services under trust & privacy, bad user behaviour. This might stop them scamming someone else.

[emmaki]

You get nothing, because you worked for free, and because you chose not to use the protective measures left by Fiverr, you have no recourse. Place a curse on his house and yell a bit. Oh, and report them to Customer support, but… you made the mistake here, and now you’re paying for it. Chalk it up to experience and move on.

[zubairfb]

Salam,

Maria never start working till buyers place an order. Keep Contact with your buyer, may be if he is not scammer he will give you money. But, since he did not place an order, so chances are very low. But Keep you head high do not be upset, this is your first lesson here…

[hq_dynamics]

We’ve all been there. Take this as a lesson learnt and as experience. Many buyers are dishonest and even come with a bag full of tricks to get free or cheap work.

[mudasiransari]

@hq_dynamics 100% agree

[mudasiransari]

@mairasaleem1995
Kabhi bhi kisi bhi client ko Inbox main files send na karo jub tak k wo Order na place kary, hum kali chamri khali badnam hain 😉 ye hum se teen haath agy hain
dont lose hope
fiverr is ever best 🙂

[cutevamp]

Forgive him. And keep working with new customers and in future only start work when you got order from buyer.

[mariokluser]

Murder his family and burn his village down, then pee on his smoking ashes!

To prevent all that violence in the future, just tell them to hit that very well hidden ORDER NOW button. It’s there for a reason.

[mariokluser]

No, we’ve not. It’s obvious that there is a order process for those who want to have work done. It doesn’t take an academic degree to understand the concept.

[Guest sohelzdesign]

@hq_dynamics is right.

[ladybugbusy]

I work as a Portuguese translator on Fiverr, and offer cheaper services here because one of the great things of Fiverr is that if the clients accept your order you get paid.

A lot of persons tried to do that with me on Fiverr but I only deliver the work after they make an order, or else I know I will be working for free.

Follow the advices that were posted here: contact the Customer Support, move on and never do that again.

[alyanraheel]

In my openion best buyer always pay after the work have done, i have 5 or 6 buyer which is pay after the work, so its the matter of trust.

[liz_iudakhina]

No - those who have complied with Fiverr T&C have never been there, as they all got paid automatically after 3 days have passed since delivery. Such is Fiverr life.

[cybercube]

What kind a work you did for him?
Report him to CS and then they will take a action against him
Wait few months and publish your free given work on internet, With your story
That way that buyer will learn his lesson too 🙂

[cutevamp]

hahahaha

[louismarkin]

I had similar experience when a buyer contacted me to work on their project. Though I was happy to let them I couldn’t start a work without an order.

So dear, all I can say is just get over it and move on. Meanwhile make the attempt to report it to Fiverr support. 🙂

[vigasan]

Happened to be very recently as well but for a $5 order. It was a long time client who has made at least 10 separate orders with me. She wanted a small change that took me like 5 minutes to do. I sent her the offer and quickly made the change since I had access to her website from a previous order. Never heard from her again. I’m kind of worried since it’s not like her at all. I hope she’s okay!