nickj2013

Promoted Gigs doesn't work as of today. It was FAR better when first launched. Not sure what they did to it but it fell off, HARD.

I've never used seller plus before. But your experience with it certainly isn't an endorsement. I get more work from interacting on LinkedIn than Fiverr to be honest. As for ChatGPT. That's another downside to the tool. Being accused of using it to fill orders. I think in my time here on Fiverr, only one client has accused me of outsourcing my writing. But with ChatGPT now more 'in the mix,' hopefully those accusations don't become more frequent. It might get to the point where writers have to film themselves writing, in order to keep it on the level with clients. I hope not though.

This is interesting. So you're saying if I get a negative private 'review' on a 'completed' order, that will affect my order completion rate? That's a laugh if true. Considering completing an order has nothing to do with a buyer being disgruntled. If the client decides a week later, they didn't like the delivery, that shouldn't affect order completion. Because the order... was indeed completed by yours truly. Take a movie screening for example. If I didn't like the film, I can't leave a negative review for the theater on their site. Unless... they refused to sell me a ticket. What I can do, is leave a bad rating for the film itself on a relevant site. But the cinema itself fulfilled their obligations. I paid for a ticket, they sold me one.

They never fixed this issue. It happens to me and many other people also. No accounting for it. I've completed orders for example, at the end of a month. And not had any orders for weeks after that. Yet, my OC drops anyways.

I'm not a fan of calls unless it's a big project. I write screenplays and do narrative design and level design for games. Those are big projects, so if someone demands a voice call on zoom before getting started, I have no problem with it. But for something simple like a press release, or a movie synopsis, I think a client should have all their ducks in a row before ordering. And know what they want, and don't want. I've hired poster and logo designers on multiple platforms without a call of any kind. Because I already know what I want. Down to the lettering, colors, imagery, aesthetic, etc. So transmitting it to them via inbox is actually quite simple.

It's hard to take the temp of a client when it comes to anything really. Price included. Some seem happy with the price. But will give you a bad rating in the end because you didn't perform the task entirely to their letter. Even if the specifics they provided were scarce, or a jumbled mess. I've had clients appear happy with my delivery. But leave no review, or don't mark an order as complete. I've also had lukewarm clients in my inbox who've provided steller reviews when all's said and done. It's a crap shoot really.

I give discounts if we can meet in the middle. For example. If the price is $5,000. I'd be willing to help them out with a reduced rate of around $4,500. That's if I'm really intrigued by their project.

Which is why I wouldn’t advise using it habitually.

Private reviews are just that. They're clandestine opportunities presented to buyers and clients to rate you and your work as a seller. Separate from the standard (star) review system. I think they're foolish myself. If I didn't like someone's services, I have the courage to rate them as so. Private reviews can flow so many different ways too. For example, if you bought something from someone on Fiverr, to help you with acquiring something else. And you weren't able to connect those dots and ascend to the next step with your project. You could just rate the seller poorly because the end game, didn't turn out like you wanted. It's akin to buying flowers and candies from a shop. In hopes that they'll bolster your overtures towards a particular woman. And when you present them to her, along with your pitch for a date, she turns you down. So you surmise, that it must be the stores fault. The flowers and candy weren't good enough, or not of the quality she desired. So you leave them a bad review on the website. Instead of refining your pitch, which might've been lame, boring, unoriginal, and not enough to sway her interest. That's how dangerous private reviews can be for sellers.

I've used it. And had no problems. Put the money to good use, paid it back through earnings. Seems to be a copacetic system.

The buyers who want a lot for a little are always circling this platform.

The review for me. Left or not isn’t that big of a deal, as clients who don’t mark their orders as complete. Like if we’re done. Then… say so.

Sure. Not many times. Three I think, in a nearly ten year span. For being severely unprepared. Or extremely unprofessional.

I'm not sure. I plan to exit Fiverr later this year, but will leave my gigs up. I'll just have my profile set to unavailable most of the time. But will still welcome/receive messages from clients. So will this affect my gigs? Time will tell I guess.

You should try and branch out beyond Fiverr. If this is your actual business, you need to supplement it by selling, AND NETWORKING, on different platforms. Even EBAY, depending on the nature of your product. Fiverr is too erratic to be relied upon for a steady clientele.

What's your ROI on Promoted Gigs? If it's weak, I would consider this a blessing rather than a curse.

That puts you at the mercy of chance, and luck. Even if your gig, gig title, etc. is up to par. A client could always still choose someone else. Or, 'the algorithm' might not be working in your favor that day and your gig isn't seen at all. But allowing sellers to directly bid and pitch their services for a particular project. Is a much better system.

I actually got more briefs during the old buyer request days. Now that briefs have become the primary way of connecting buyers and sellers on Fiverr, I’ve received zero briefs.

They could’ve fixed buyer requests to be a more serious, useful interface. But I think they simply felt the logistics of doing so would’ve been too complicated. So they chose to get rid of it altogether.

Briefs in my opinion hss been a massive failure. It's time for Fiverr to adopt a far more efficient bidding system. That allows sellers to bid on jobs, that are hand-picked by the platform overseers. If the site runners can pick who gets to be Top Rated, Fiverr Pro and all that stuff. Surely, they can develop a system where the jobs offered to Fiverr sellers are 'mostly' (because nothing's perfect) - free of spam, scams, and dead end time wasters. Upwork and Guru have done this with success. Why can't Fiverr?

I've heard mixed reviews. Some freelancers who've joined said it boosted their business here on Fiverr. Others, say it either minusculely helped their earnings and exposure. Or didn't give them the lift they were hoping for at all.

This is the Fiverr experience. Success comes, and it goes. Don't view the platform as the main cog in the machine. But as one of many.

Putting new (I guess) restrictions on gig advertisement. Sounds like a backdoor way of keeping sellers attached to Promoted Gigs. Which is a mostly inefficient method of advertising. This only works if… - They plan on opening it up to ALL users. Not just level two and above. - They plan on improving its all around functionality.

I wouldn't. It seems these days promoted gigs gives you many clicks and impressions, but no orders. If anything, now's the time to scale back your investment in it.