nickj2013

You’re right. That should read… “where customers are bullish on doing business with each other.” I was typing way too fast there. 🫠

I think Fiverr, like many freelancing platforms, has certainly lost buyers. But the new buyers that have replaced them are of less than satisfactory quality. That's really the issue. Many businesses lose customers, or see an ebb and flow, or dip in purchases, visitors, and the like. But when new clients arise, you'd like them to keep you solvent until things pick up again and go back to normal. In the case of Fiverr, the 'fresh catch' are 'spoiled...' so to speak. They want more work for less money, give terrible directives, and ask for services they know you don't provide, in hopes of bullying you into an agreement. Furthermore, it seems, at least in my case, that the site is hemorrhaging U.S. users. Many U.S. sellers are getting solicited by foreign clients who either speak little to poor English. While some U.S. clients are running into sellers who are 'posing' as Americans, and don't even get me started on the people using AI to generate poor quality work. At the end of the day, this dubious environment creates a murky platform, where clients and sellers don't trust one another. Er go, interactions are hostile from the jump. And many clients choose not to invest in freelancers. While freelancers, out of fear of malicious intent and their scores taking a hit, are deciding not to work with certain clients. Some of which are legitimately just trying to get a task accomplished. The aura of current Fiverr seems less lively and positive like it did before, and even during the pandemic. Now, it feels more like a wicked game of chicken. Where some clients just want to squeeze some freelancers, and some freelancers are using bad shortcuts to fill orders. Which, in the long run, hurts all freelancers on this platform. In order for morale to improve, Fiverr needs to go back to fostering an environment where sellers and customers aren't bullish on doing business with each other.

Oddly enough. I got a message from a client around 3 am this morning, and only found it at 9 am this morning in my inbox, when I opened the Fiverr app. Normally. I get a notification on my phone, and then an email in my gmail that I have a message on Fiverr. But I got neither, this time.

At the beginning promoted gigs proved to be quite useful. Now however, it has little to no value. You either get a lot of impressions, and no clicks. Or clicks that don't lead to sales. I think this is because the quality of user on Fiverr now, compared to four years or so ago, has also dipped.

At the end of the day. The best bet is to keep Fiverr as an option, but not a figurehead of your business. And this is directly because of private reviews. Like I've said in the past, I've never heard of a website allowing private reviews for any services, unless the purchaser did not leave a review on their earlier purchase. But if they did, then what's the purpose of hassling them for a private one? They most likely leave negative reviews because Fiverr is spamming their email and they don't like that.

So basically, your ascension in level, or demotion in level, will hinge on your success score. And the latter, will hinge on how many orders your gigs have. Er go, if you have multiple gigs that don’t get ‘a ton’ of orders. Or one gig that is purchased ‘every now and then.’ Even if you do good work, and the gig, or gigs in question have high marks from customers. Your success score will fall because the gig isn’t popular enough? That’s a pretty crummy system my friends.

It's time we got this expanded beyond POETRY, GAME WRITING, LETTERS, AND SONG LYRICS.

When it comes to private reviews. A good idea for Fiverr to implement, would be to count private reviews made by purchasers who DID NOT, previously leave a public review. For example, if a buyer bought something on the platform from a seller, didn't leave a review, let the order auto-complete, and left a private review later on - that would count against the seller. As opposed to buyers who leave 4+ or 5 star reviews in public. Then later on, drop it to -4 or less in private.

I'm sure some competitors will try and do this. But overall, it seems to be a rare instance.

I just turned my briefs button back on after having it disabled almost all of last year. So, we'll see. If I don't hear anything by the end of February, it's going back off again.

I don't give samples that are outside of my gig gallery when it comes to writing. People steal, and use them to pass off as their own. What's in the gallery, is all you get. And I will simply direct you to said gallery if you ask for a sample.

Hi. I had a major synopsis writing gig that Fiverr removed awhile ago because they claimed the video I used for the gig, violated their TOS. I asked how, and they'd never tell me. But told me the gig was deleted on their end, and could not be resurrected. Yet as of tonight, I was doing some editing to my slate of gigs and when I went to the 'view my profile page,' my synopsis gig oddly reappeared. Below is a screenshot for proof. I can't access the gig, because when I click the link, it says the page was removed (no longer exists). But I can play the video if I click the button shown in the graphic. I find it bizarre that it just 'showed back up' complete with rating, reviews, and other information. If I could get the gig back actually? That would be much appreciated. I'd gladly take down the offending video (also shown below).

On the buyer end. When I am freelancer shopping on any platform. I NEVER contact someone I am not intending to purchase a service from. I treat it like in-person shopping. If I am planning to buy sneakers from Foot Locker or the NIKE store? I make a decision based on a number of factors (shoe selection for example), and that’s the store that I ultimately decide to give my business to for the day. Why message a freelancer when you have several others ‘in the wind?’ That’s what profiles are for. You read each one (sometimes five times if you’re me). To gather intel. Then, you compare each profile based on the information provided to you. Then at some point. You start eliminating candidates until you reach your chosen freelancer. The concept of messaging someone for no reason is foreign to me. If there’s something lacking, or missing from their profile that doesn’t line up with what you’re looking for. Then that’s a sign not to choose that particular seller, and keep searching for what you’re looking for.

They probably didn't like your prices and decided to go with someone cheaper. This often happens on Fiverr. I've had a client or two do the same to me, and then return weeks later and say... "the freelancer I hired didn't work out." I wonder why?

It's the holidays. If things don't improve by mid January, then you might need to take a different approach to promoting your services.

Are you saying you decreaed your average selling price from $76 to $45, or increased the latter to the former?

Upwork's problem is most of its job offers seem to be counterfeit. There are also people who put forth opportunities, but flake out and never follow up. And of course, time wasters who expect big jobs to be completed for paltry sums.

Do you have yours set for auto, or are your bids capped?

Promoted Gigs just isn't any good anymore. I'd recommend not using it to be honest. You'll get clicks, but no orders. So far this year, I've received just three orders from promoted gigs ($490 in sales). And spent $850 on advertising. Impressions were clocking 70,000. Clicks, barely 2,000. Inbox inquiries were the worst part though. Either spammers, or people who were not even decently versed in what they were looking for.

If you're a new seller it's gonna take awhile. Especially in this new age of the brand. I was a new seller at one time, but luckily for me I came in during the Fiverr 'legacy' era. When most services on this platform were indeed just, $5.

I offer up to three or four revisions with each order. If for some reason a client needs more, and exceeds the threshold. Then you could offer new revisions with a price tag attached. Maybe $10 bucks or so. Depending on the work required to fix the delivery up to their standards.

i spend a lot of time writing in general. I split the day between my day job, writing novellas and short stories to publish later, and the rest filling orders for clients.

Promoted gigs has gotten so bad even the messages I get now are from low quality clients. It's unreal how far the service has fallen.

Linked in ads, Google adwords, Facebook ads.

Unfortunately not. In its current form, Promoted Gigs is not as detailed or extensive as other advertising services. Perhaps they'll expand its functionality in the future.