all4tech

Yep! I agree... it happened this to me also! Be very careful.

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.

Hi guys. I'm opening this thread because I'm really concerned what's going on with Fiverr. Last year during the Covid lock downs I thought there will be huge sales reduction, but I was wrong. Everything was fine. But this year it happened what I was expecting to happen last year. In the past 3 months sales went down even to -90%, which is devastating. From 30 to 50 orders a month, I came to barely 5-7 orders a month. And it's not just me. I've been talking to my friends and colleagues who are experiencing the same thing. It's really strange. I also know that Fiverr platform constantly have some maintenance, which affect on the searching algorithm and sometimes sales can go down. But what's really happening? Why sales are reduced so much? Any experiences to share? Any thoughts? How are your sales going?

I can’t believe there’s still nobody commenting about this issue! I mean, it’s really issue. Why?! Well… at the beginning having 2-3 incomplete orders it wasn’t a big deal, but with the time, many of us have 10-20 incomplete orders. Lots of them are made by beginner buyers, who still don’t know how to combine extras with the GIG and just place and place new orders. Lots of times, I had 3 orders at the same time, but ONLY one activated by submitting needed requirements. And with the time, having bunch of incomplete orders in the dashboard is really frustrating and confusing. Very often we mix incomplete GIGs with ACTIVE GIGs… and sometimes can be real issue. I still CAN’T understand, why Fiverr is taking for soooo long, to do something about this issue. I guess funds are reserved, but never paid to Fiverr at the first place if order is not activated. I came to other freelancer platforms where they have figured this out with pre-made offers. If order is idle for 2 week, automatically it’s canceled, without any negative effects on the sellers. I have incomplete orders, where buyers were last active 3 YEARS AGO! Hah! That order would never be activated baby 😃 Once again… They MUST find some kind of solution for this situation. Let it be… one, two… even three months… if order is INACTIVE, automatically to be canceled WITHOUT effecting on sellers rating. Once again… WHY Fiverr is not doing anything about this issue for so long?! Oh, and if someone says, just contact CS and they’ll take care of it… are you sure?! Because I did… and every single time they’re saying that it can’t be done anything about that and NO MATTER every cancellation AFFECT on the rating. And at the end, we, sellers are those who are going to pay that price from negligence of the buyers. It’s just no fair. It’s really frustrating.

Have you had any luck from CS? I’ve asked them once and right away it affected on our rating. I think Fiverr should come with some kind of rule for that… for example, if INCOMPLETE order is idle for more than one month, two or three months, after that automatically to be removed without affecting on our rating. Because it’s obvious that if one INCOMPLETE GIG is not completed in time period of three months… it would NEVER be completed. I really think FIverr should consider this kind of option. It would be really easier for sellers. Many new buyers who are not yet familiar with Fiverr’s rules, they’re just placing orders without knowing that those orders will stay INCOMPLETE forever.