Decline in sales after re-activating gigs!....Think before you suspend your gigs

[snomzzz]

Hey Fiverr sellers!..just wanted to give a tip after what i have experienced.

I had recently suspended my gigs on fiverr as i was on vacation.Before suspending my gigs got good number of customers.But after activating my gigs again,my sales have declined drastically.This month i got just 2 orders,when before i used to get minimum 10 orders a month.

So just a small yet worthy tip to my dear fiverr sellers is to please think before you suspend your gigs because you might not be able to retain or get customers as you used to.

Thank you! Hope it is resourceful!

[naturalmystic1]

sheeeet really ? hmmm im not sure … did you maybe lose your ranking in the search engine results ? you sound like you dropped off the radar hun ? or your gig is lost now amongst the 1000’s , find out what customer support has say on the issue ? … but i think your ranking foothold is the likely culprit ??? .

[cheezees]

Are you sure it’s not jut the new fiverr V2? Seems lots of sellers’ orders have declined in number recently. Might be independent of your gig suspension.

[briheartsbooks]

I suspended my gigs for a week or so and then turned them back on, and it was right when new Fiverr rolled out. I had a lull for a few days and now it’s steadily going back to where it was. Maybe just give it time?

[snomzzz]

Reply to @naturalmystic1: Yes! i guess that is exactly what happened.Would have never suspended if this was going to happen.And i will contact customer support now,thank you!

[snomzzz]

Reply to @cheezees: Oh! maybe that is one of the reasons…I just want to have back my customers again

[snomzzz]

Reply to @briheartsbooks:That’s what I am going to do:)… Patience is what i need!

[magellon]

First snomzzz it makes sense that you loose clients when you suspend your Gig, it’s like having a shop and closing for holidays, your customers see your shop closed, they need the service, and they will go elsewhere. Secondly it would make sense that your Gig gets lower on the searches while you have suspended it. Then third, as cheezees suggested it, it might be the V2 effect that has caused your sales to drop, we seem to all be suffering from it at the moment. I questioned support on the subject, and they assured me that things will come right and even be better than before shortly. So keep faith and do what you were doing before, or more 😉

[snomzzz]

Reply to @magellon: That’s right Magellon…Hope all we suffering sellers get our business back the way it was or even better:)

[happyspace]

Hope everything gets OK for you - one should always have the possibility to go on vacation from time to time, right 🙂

[snomzzz]

Reply to @happyspace: Exactly! :D…And thank you happyspace!

[crevlm]

I think it depends on the status previous to suspending it snomzzz.



My featured voicemail gig I had suspended for almost a month, came back and it was still featured and regained sales.



(however, V2 has caused some issues with sales)

[snomzzz]

Reply to @crevlm: Oh! my status was actually good…My guess is that you regained sales cause of some really loyal customers…I don’t have many and that’s again one of the reasons.