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It’s very hard, it requires a lot of searching until you find something with no results, and then figure out if you want to do it or not. The trick is to do something original, even within a crowded category. Sometimes you see logo designers that specialize in restaurants, so you have to search “restaurant logo” to find them. Same goes for religious book covers, romance book covers, etc. For voice talent, I imagine there must be a few you can find if you search “Spanish accent.” So if you need someone that sounds like Ricardo Montalban, that’s how you find him.

Date of post: 15 Sep 2019 Current (as of this post) results for “Beta Reader”: 1,068 Services available Date of post: 23 Oct 2019 Current results for “Watercolour” (with a ‘u’): 314 Services available Date of post: 18 Dec 2019 Current results for “baby names”: 43 Services available Oh, here’s a more common one! Date of post: 6 Jan 2020 Current results for “video editing”: 24,478 Services available Date of post: 21 Jan 2020 Current results for “English teacher”: 674 Services available In conclusion, ALL have roughly doubled in the past year/10 months. I know most of these have NO actual demand, and thus are very niche, but finding forum posts that qualified (right timeframe, listed search word(s), hard number posted) is tricky. To me the idea is finding a “gig monopoly,” in other words, a gig no one else has. Sometimes no one else has it because it’s worthless, but other times you’re the first one to see an opportunity no one else has seen. Imagine that everyone has gigs about swiss cheese, and you find there isn’t a single gig for feta.

Everyone knows going on vacation drops your impressions and your sales. It’s OK, it will climb back up. Demotions are far worst. A level demotion can cut your sales in half, maybe 75%. The good news is sometimes your old customers remember you. They don’t need to find you in the search results. Some sellers ignore the level system and just market their gigs all over the place. It’s not my thing, but I respect them.

A lot of companies issue W9’s, even when you do freelance work for a week. I have an S-Corporation and pay corporate taxes on a quarterly basis, so I don’t know if I’ll be given a W9. I just hope Fiverr doesn’t take social security taxes, medicare, and federal taxes, every time I make a withdrawal. I’m fine showing my income, but since this isn’t a full-time job, I expect to be treated like a freelancer.

You said it perfectly! My order requirements are a bit more strong because it forces buyers to think about what they are giving me. It’s a total team effort and buyers have to take some responsibility for the outcome of the project too. I would rather have fewer buyers who I can really pay attention too, than 20 orders in my queue. The quality of your work and your buyers who love your work, will in time, be a repeat-business machine! That is what all business owners want… 80% of your sales come from 20% of your buyers. Ads will only get you poised in the right spot but you better be ready to serve as a professional. I have changed my mind on the ads. At first it seemed like things were changing on the first two pages. But like always, I was just patient and used my down time to improve my portfolio, gigs and demo. I am actually grateful for those few weeks. I see an increase in new and great buyers. So somehow they are still finding me. I already know sellers who are opting out of the Ad program after paying for ads because the results are not as organic. I am sure it’s paying off for others. I am just going to stay positive and hope the ads are successful. My TRS is golden and I appreciate Fiverr in so many ways. I was the type of child who actually had to do chores to get allowance money. Nothing is given to you on Fiverr, you have to earn it… not just by numbers and stats but there is a magical mix of buyer love and appreciation, respect for the customer service team, an inward look at yourself and answering your inquiries in the middle of the night. You build it and they will find you. I used to have 5 to 15 in my queue and always rushing since I had to deliver in 3 days or less. Then 4 or 5 days later, I would get revision requests. Sometimes I was so impatient I would simply refund an order, or refuse to revise, get a bad review, then write an insulting response. It was a different Fiverr, the Wild West era. Now when you create brand names, unless you get those buyers to order your other gigs. You should feel lucky at having the opportunity to participate in this program, it’s not available to me. True, it’s the ultimate meritocracy, and it’s so easy to work here. Companies like Walmart demand we pass an employer assessment tests, and those aren’t always easy to pass, at least not for me.

That happens on Google sometimes. Some competitors want to exhaust your advertising budget so they click on your ads. Don’t know if that will happen on Fiverr. Sometimes when I search using filters, I can find my gig on the first three rows. Can your deleted gig be rescued? Or was it deleted forever? Maybe they want you to activate it again, perhaps with higher prices (I’m assuming you were charging $5 or $10 before, I could be wrong) If you ever gotten an order from a stranger, chances are your gig was on page 1, at least for a while. I think that’s what happen to me with my other gigs, the ones that don’t get enough impressions. Today I got an order for Google ads, I haven’t gotten an order from that gig in three months, maybe longer. I wonder if the buyer used a filter, maybe he searched for sellers that were online or wanted someone that delivers in 5 days instead of 7. Who knows? Fiverr isn’t like a traditional company where profitable employees are protected. Fiverr has inflexible standards, you could be a TRS, you could be making $10,000 a month, but if your Order Completion Rate falls to 89%, you’ll be demoted to level 2. It took me a long time to understand that. I had to give up my churn and burn philosophy. Had to start working harder on each order, taking my time, rejecting potential clients, never clicking “deliver now” until the client has seen the work and is satisfied, telling people to message me before ordering, etc. Also, Fiverr has taught me they don’t believe in tradition, they’re willing to change anything and everything at any time for any reason.

Apparently this feature isn’t available for me. My #1 gig is at 4.6, but I have other gigs at 4.9 and 4.8. I can’t see how to sign up for this. Also, I wonder if it’s worth it. We are paying for clicks, but what if no one orders? A click to me is not a result, an order is a result. I prefer Fiverr when they make money after I make money. Charge me a 25% commission instead of 20% in exchange for clicks. I can always increase my prices.

I don’t think that’s necessary. They’re two different sellers, so they can compete with each other and everyone else. What I do recommend is not using the same gig title and gig description, if possible.

Ask customer service. I do hope that each account has a separate payment processor, don’t use the same PayPal account.

You think they’re ever going to test people who create brand names? How exactly do you test for subjective things like that?

What is the gig about? What was the test about? I’ve never been tested when I create a gig, I wonder if the test score is for Fiverr to know if you’re good or not? I wonder if they use that information to put you on the first row on occasion or frequently? I do hope you contact CS, but if you answer my questions, maybe we can get to the bottom of this, or not.

I passed the test then I could post my gig. If you do not pass the test you cannot go any further in creating your gig because your skills have not been verified and therefore Fiverr will not let you have a gig for those services. Fiverr has changed a lot since I’ve joined. Maybe they want to limit the number of sellers. I wonder if someday we’ll have to pay $5 a month just to be on Fiverr.

I never had to take it for the letter-writing or proofreading gigs I had before I made the new proofreading gig even if I paused and unpaused them. Ten of course! That’s impressive. A lot of these tests are very tricky, some take 45 minutes to do, and the answers in the multiple choice can take a long time to read. That I find annoying.

Check my profile. I’ve been on Fiverr since 2013. If I’m a level 1 is because I got demoted a bunch of times. As for your issue, if what you’re doing isn’t working, do something else. Try a new gig title, gig image, gig description, lower or raise prices. I don’t recommend doing everything at once, but make one change and see what happens. Study your competition and see what they’re doing, then follow the ones who are succeeding.

I wonder if my own proofreading gig has been grandfathered? I just activated it a few days ago (got promoted to level 1) and had no issues. What was your score in the English test?

I guess I was wrong. I suppose there are no tests for my gigs on Fiverr. Testing grammar and spelling is easier than testing lots of other things. How do you test a graphic designer or someone who writes radio commercials or a remote assistant?

If you’re talking about the message that mentions you need to pass tests to prove your skills, don’t worry about it. For now it’s not applicable, anyone can create a gig and sell anything. The tests I’m referring to are optional, people do it to enhance their profiles. If I score 9/10 Top 10% in the English language test, that gives my future clients confidence that I can speak and write English.

I’m protected from refunds, I always get my money back from fiverr if there is a chargeback. I’m not referring to chargebacks, just unhappy clients that want their money back. Ironically, I miss the days when I used to bitch about refunds and make $1,500 to $2,000 a month. I wouldn’t mind refunds if I was making bank. Now, nothing is going on.

True, but a 20% commission should cover it. The old Fiverr business model was they spend $5, we get $4, Fiverr gets $1. Simple. Now our buyers are spending more money, we’re not protected from refunds, but Fiverr always keeps the fees.

Surely some of those were from Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland? The map doesn’t specify since all that is part of Great Britain, but I think I’ve had a few from those regions. However, most of my Brits are from London, Manchester, Liverpool, etc. No William Wallace as a client yet. LOL

NUMBER OF ORDERS USA: 4,216 ENGLAND: 516 AUSTRALIA: 396 CANADA: 384 INDIA: 158 CHINA: 88 MEXICO: 76 World Domination 61%

From my experience, no tax consultant or accountant can understand freelancing. To me, this undermines credibility in their entire profession. Every single tax consultant assumes that freelancers are working with local businesses directly. The fact that they never commit to understanding what you do makes them not worth paying to work with in the first place. My accountant understands freelancers, and there are even accountants who specialize in freelancers. Money is money, it doesn’t matter if it comes from selling at a farmer’s market or selling online. My country doesn’t have a VAT, however, it is the buyers who pay the VAT, not the sellers. Sellers pay ordinary taxes depending on how much money they’re making. In America, if you make less than $800 a year, you don’t have to pay taxes. More than $800? Then you have to declare the income, and a good accountant can find you tax deductions. These are potential deductions for freelancers on Fiverr, based on my experiences. I am not a tax professional nor does the following constitute financial advice. -Internet -Phone bill -Rent/Mortgage -Gasoline (the tax authorities don’t know if you’re meeting your clients offline) -Lunches/Dinners -Any software you buy to make your gigs better -Any educational training you undergo. Paid for a LEARN by Fiverr course? That’s probably tax deductible. If your gig involves driving (rideshare), you can either deduct by mile or you can deduct gasoline, repairs, oil changes, etc. A good accountant should do the math and tell you which one is better. All I’m saying is there are drivers making $100,000 a year that are not paying a huge amount in taxes. Whatever you do, work with a professional, not TurboTax.

What do you mean by this? Did you buy google ads? Did you pay to advertise your gigs? That’s not a good idea. I concur with everyone else. Find something else to do besides Fiverr.

Find something to do besides Fiverr. I know how you feel, my average daily income is $7.46 a day. A few years ago, it was $50 a day, $60 a day, but that’s life. You’re on top today, on the bottom tomorrow, maybe back on top someday.

Then maybe you need to raise your prices to be at her level, or $5/$10 below.