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eoinfinnegan

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  1. Yeah, it wouldn't be a straightforward case, that's for sure but there's plenty of appetite among lawmakers to make big companies accountable for what's on their platforms. Think about Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc and how much effort they are required to put in to reducing the illegal material on their platforms. Similarly, AirBnb, Lyft and Uber, when there is a problem with one of their hosts/drivers, they go all out to reduce their exposure to negative publicity and legal action. The excuse of "but we just facilitate people, we aren't responsible for what they do" just doesn't work any more.
  2. IT'S HAPPENING! No, it's not a Fiverr seller (yet?) but Google has filed a lawsuit based on the fact that the company was promising results, selling reviews and threatening companies with closure of their Google business/maps listing. Read the full details here: https://searchengineland.com/google-g-verifier-lawsuit-389853 While it's not against Fiverr sellers directly, if I were one of those making the same false promises then I'd be changing my gigs immediately as I suspect Fiverr will likely remove all gigs like this. Once Google wins the case, Fiverr and every other platform are going to be terrified that they will be next and so they may finally clean up the SEO gig category. Bad news for people who do that, good news for buyers and honest sellers.
  3. Sometimes I am really not in the mood for people asking for $5 off over and over on a small order.

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    1. miiila

      miiila

      I'm often in the mood to add $5 every time they ask (time is money!). One day, I'll make that one of my basic business principles, a FAQ, and a Quick Response. 😅

      An essay about my best price as a Quick But Long Response could be nice too, but I have this vague feeling that it won't be appreciated. 

    2. eoinfinnegan

      eoinfinnegan

      I'd appreciate it

  4. Finally moving house tomorrow. 

    I had my busiest month ever last month and am still trying to finish off a few orders. Had to just pause all gigs to allow me to get some free time to move. It has been a week of 12-14 hour days and early starts. Gonna take a few days now to move and settle in I think before getting back to work. 

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    2. vickiespencer

      vickiespencer

      Did you live in a quaint little Irish town before? 

    3. ahmwritingco

      ahmwritingco

      It looks so modern. I hope you won't be eavesdropping on Google's HQ, looking for some secret sauce ranking tips. 😉

    4. eoinfinnegan

      eoinfinnegan

      I lived in various areas in Dublin for approx 15 years then moved to one quite quaint small town/village when I started freelancing. I moved to a slightly bigger one (Kilkenny) during Covid and the opportunity to house share with two friends in this area came up so I jumped at it. They will be moving in next month. 

      It's a far more vibrant area within walking distance of everything really so yeah, really pleased. 

  5. The best thing about Fiverr is that anyone can join as a seller. The worst thing about Fiverr is that anyone can join as a seller. With even a low fee of $20/month as a gate, it would keep out a lot of low quality sellers, particularly those with 10-20 accounts offering the same thing. There are many of these; they do mass offers on Buyer Requests sending the same offer from all their accounts.
  6. Got vaccinated today.

    Was fine, feel a bit of pain and extremely tired but otherwise I am 

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    All hail Mr. Gates, All hail Mr. Gates, All hail Mr. Gates

    1. miiila

      miiila

      And you have a greenish forum background! I hadn't noticed there are different ones before. Did discobot give you green because you're from the Emerald Isle ...? Ah, no, no discobot no more ... and my bg is purplish ... 

      Anyway, good to hear you're vaccinated and okay so far. 

  7. Testing a potential great use for this feature - One problem I had with the old forum was that you would often get responses from people who's opinion you may not value who then derail the thread from being a useful discussion and back to "halp me" type discussions. 

    If this type of quick post is only seen by followers of mine (mostly people I follow and who I respect), then is it possible to have a near-private discussion here with like-minded and experienced/capable sellers? Let's give it a go and discuss something here and see if it gets invaded by the masses.

    When moving house, what is your biggest peeve or greatest joy?

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    2. vibronx

      vibronx

      I hate everything about moving except for the fact that it gives me a chance to find all the stuff that has been missing for months or years when I clear the place out 😅  

    3. krheate

      krheate

      Ooh, good question! When moving houses, my biggest pet peeve is that something always gets lost in the process 😩

      And my greatest joy is probably what @vibronx said- finding long lost things when I’m cleaning out!

      That experiment looked so satisfying lol! I actually tried something similar at home called elephant toothpaste.

    4. eoinfinnegan

      eoinfinnegan

      Thanks all. I've moved quite a few times before and most of the time it's been positive. Moving from a house in a country town to an apartment in the very centre of Dublin (our capital city), so it's going to be quite a change.

      I'm also going to be sharing with 2 students I know so quite an adjustment but looking forward to city life again - lockdown has only really begun to be eased here, so as you can imagine, everyone is dying to get out and enjoy the summer.

  8. Bit of news for me - just signed a lease to move back to Dublin city. When I began freelancing I moved away from the city for financial reasons but after 6 years of work, development and planning, I have taken the plunge and am moving back. Photos to follow.

  9. The seller agreed to cancel this order. I agree with the process that Fiverr doesn’t force order completion during disputes - even the sound of that is awful in terms of buying experience and would scare lots of decent people off.
  10. I’ll take that - it’s better than when I only have the latter.
  11. What you mean doesn’t matter - it’s what it means on Fiverr that counts. But you left no way to prove it - you made it easy for the buyer to lock you out and take your work. Yes they shouldn’t do it but this is the real world - if you give people a chance, eventually someone will take it. Regardless of any service, Sellers have to protect themselves. If I proofread on Google Drive, you can be sure I download a copy of my work before I deliver it. If I work on the SEO of a company’s website, you can be sure I can prove what I have done. Everyone has their own potential pitfalls with Buyers and it’s up to all of us to protect ourselves. Don’t take this “blame” thing to mean people here aren’t sympathetic to your experience, I know I am. It’s just that people here tend to offer suggestions, solutions and material to learn from rather than “aw, what a pity, let’s all cry together” which doesn’t help you or anyone else. It is really unfortunate that this happened with a big order you put a lot into and you have my pity, but more than that, you have my advice to help ensure it doesn’t happen again.
  12. Can you show a screenshot of what they actually said because that sounds crazy eoinfinnegan: Can you show a screenshot of what they actually said because that sounds crazy Yeah, as I thought, you have misunderstood. A buyer can ask for a cancellation at any stage BUT you can say no! Support didn’t say buyers always win. They said the fact that buyers can ask to cancel. Sellers can reject the request, discuss it, convince them etc. Work on your customer service skills. But also, as was said above, don’t offer unlimited anything or money back guarantees. Its guaranteed to cause u problems.
  13. Can you show a screenshot of what they actually said because that sounds crazy
  14. This always amuses me - gigs that shouldn’t get an order get one. My explanation for it is that there is a search term that gig ranks for which is very unusual and someone searched for it. It could be anything and not even very related to the gig.
  15. Clicks → order. It’s actually at 0.5% for the past week even though I have been really busy with new orders coming in. I wouldn’t be able to handle 1% of impressions! My impressions to orders rate is 0.0008648 (roughly) based on the last 7 days.
  16. My current conversion rate is approx 1% but it I do get a lot of clicks.
  17. Chess is something I picked up during lockdown and have become addicted.
  18. Sorry Frank, but we have monopolized Fiverr for too long. I appreciate that you spent a lot of time on this thread to throw them off the scent but the people need answers. People - note that your success begins the day you stop shaving and the longer it grows, the more successful you will be. Look at @vibronx as another example - he has just hit 500 orders and he just has designer stubble.
  19. No, he should grow a beard instead - works well for Frank and I. Clearly that is what it must be, it couldn’t be any of the info in this thread. The algorithm now punishes clean shaven guys.
  20. Yeah, but at the same time, I was having the best month I’ve had in a long time. It’s great that things are looking up for you and I’ll probably make some changes if things stay slow for me but like you, I’ll probably spend some time thinking things over and maybe have some me-time while I’m at it. BTW, I had a look at your gigs and they look great - no wonder you’re doing so well :hugs: Agreed, there’s no surprise that you’re getting sales here with how you have created your gigs and profile @marinapomorac
  21. I think Fiverr is very much moving towards specificity - having very specific gigs. With all the subcategories in gig creation now, there is less room for catch all gigs and I think we should all recognize that. I want to give an example from my situation which I am currently facing and debating. I have an SEO consultation gig - It has done well for me over a couple of years in bringing people in to advise them on their SEO and provide an ongoing service which is aimed at whatever I believe to be the most needed for that particular site. However, SEO gigs now need to specify the type of SEO involved - I think from 6-7 subcategories. This means this consulting gig can’t really continue as it is without missing a lot of the market. My current thought is that I will need to change this one and create new, more specific gigs to cover the different elements of SEO. The other thing I could TRY is to keep the general title, choose one category and then put the other categories in as tags. However, this is not likely to work as well as it needs to and so I will likely go with the first option of various specific SEO gigs. Think about what your own gig offers, what subcategories and other SPECIFIC elements it offers and doesn’t offer and then look at creating new gigs to cover those things.
  22. Just to throw something out there - I stopped using the Promoted gigs feature for all gigs two days ago. I edited gigs based on some of what has been said here, mainly tags and some of the metadata things. Each gig (5 gigs) now has double the impressions or more - one gig got more impressions yesterday than the other six days combined. Clicks have increased similarly and I have had more messages from people today than the past five days. Keep in mind that this is WITHOUT promoted gigs being on - so the increase is really substantial in comparison. Not gonna work for everyone obviously but worth looking at what you can change (even on one gig) to go along with the guidelines here and see what happens.
  23. I’m probably one of those committed sellers. When Fiverr income goes down (as it has done every so often ever since I started here), I go do something else. There have been countless times when the system has changed and every time people say what you have said. Yes, some sellers have left Fiverr, others have joined, some who were here got busier, others continued to work with a lower income. Cue Music 🎵 It’s the ciiiiiiircle of liiiiiife, and it mooooves us aaaaalllll 🎵
  24. One thing Fiverr is not short of is Sellers. They could probably lose 25-50% of all sellers and not really notice any difference. Not everyone’s impressions can go down - there are always the same number of sellers on the first page of results. If you aren’t there, someone else is.
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