I never only talk, without any facts. The main fact is that I'm on Fiverr for more than 6 years now. During this period yes, there were ups and downs and not always we'll have constantly orders. That's all right. What I've mentioned is based on the experience from the past 6 years.
When I say NEVER EVER, I really mean, NEVER EVER had such order deficit. It's not only about the last year, it's in general.
As for the maintenance... it happens really often actually. And unfortunately NOT all users experience that. Why? I don't know. Maybe it's because sometimes there's something going on only on particular GIG categories and not all of us have GIGs in the same category. Here's an example. 2 weeks ago, my friend called me and asked, I'm I able to use the Fiverr platform via Browser or APP. I checked and everything was fine. He said, I can't use it for 5 hours now and he had maintenance notification.
How do you know if the maintenance is not affecting on the search algorithm? Do you work in Fiverr? Are you familiar with all of the procedure? I guess no...
If they're doing some rearrangements to the categories, I bet there will be some effects on the searching algorithm. Like year and a half ago, when they reorganized some of the GIG's categories and it was a real mess. Not having orders in weeks, until everything got back to normal.
So I really, really don't appreciate such comments, just to find something to talk about and saying that maybe some other sellers have better GIGs and that's why sales went down. No. Something is happening. The same friend who asked me about the Fiverr maintenance, is facing the same problem. Not having neither ONE order in weeks! He have even more GIGs than me. He had constantly orders. That's why I posted this topic here, to hear experiences and to exchange opinions with other sellers.
I really would love to hear some constructive thinking, exchanging experiences, not only to make ourselves smart ones.
I'm more than 6 years on Fiverr, had more than 2500 orders. I know what exactly and when to expect from Fiverr. Except this right now what's going on.
For example, if you block buyer, you'll be held back for a while, even thought there's nowhere explanation about this. But the experience have show exactly how this "algorithm" works.