danno1950

Yes they did, and just introduced it this morning. It's a huge improvement over what had become a cluttered navigation bar.

I just got confirmation that the entire Fiverr Business Marketplace is active. So far, it's looked like a pretty ineffective effort, at least for me. They approved a LOT of sellers in that category, unlike it being a space for the elite sellers, as had been alluded to early on. I've seen only a minimal amount of traffic from "Business" buyers. My gigs used to be consistently on the first page of search results, and now it looks like they dropped my gigs way down in the search results, I suspect because I had been accepted in the Marketplace. The net effect for me is loss of business. Anyone else have thoughts about their experience with the Marketplace?

Yes, Marketplace has been working on the buyer side. However, there was mention of things on the seller side like helping to match buyers with the most suitable sellers. It was supposed to be a whole new group of features that would take Fiverr Business to the next level. That's the side that was hinted at starting back in April, May, but we've heard nothing since.

Just curious if anyone has any updates on the launch of the Fiverr Business Marketplace. I contacted CS to see if they could put me in touch with someone who knew what was going on, and they believe it launched a long time ago. Seems like there's some confusion about the status of the initiative. @frank_d @newsmike. Seems like with all the attention they gave it when we were setting up our business profiles, they would have made a big production about launching FBM, but it's been totally quiet.

I think it was in December 2021 that I was told to spruce up my profile for the upcoming Fiverr Business Marketplace. Then I didn't hear much for a while, and I assumed they were developing the initiative. Then I heard from threads on the forum that they were finalizing the Seller side and would begin deploying in late April, early May. Since then, we have heard nothing about the Marketplace, and I'm wondering if the initiative is just dead, or has been postponed because of - well, who knows why. In case anyone from the team developing this program reads the forum, it sure would be helpful to know what's going on, if anything.

It has seemed really slow on the messaging system recently. But a quick update. I just received a message. Hopefully a good sign that it is back in working order.

Thanks for letting me know you don't have any news on it, Frank.

It seems like the Business Marketplace is overdue for rollout. Any news on current status and expected date of deployment?

Awesome Frank! I'll read it right now. Thanks for letting me know you posted this.

Thanks for the response, Frank. I do get it that you have a lot of things going on right now.

He liked it, so I assume he saw the message.

It doesn't feel good to be ignored.

Say, @frank_d, are you going to be posting what you found out on your trip to Fiverr headquarters soon? I'm particularly curious as the Business Marketplace gets closer to going live. You made a comment on another thread about how you had misunderstood what they were planning for that initiative, and how important it was to have a Business profile. It sounds like you got a very good read on what they're doing, and I'm interested in your thoughts about it.

Excellent news, Frank! Thanks for letting us know.

I just got a message that said "Your profile was approved by our team for placement in the Fiverr Business marketplace." Has anyone heard any news about when this initiative is due for rollout?

Outstanding!

I just got another brief that didn't fit for the services I provide. I think I'm going to turn off the feature for a while, and continue to monitor on the forum, to see if any improvements are introduced which make this feature worth using. So far, it has just wasted my time. Just out of curiosity, has anyone received a brief that led to an actual work opportunity?

I completely agree! I've gotten two of them, and reported both to CS. I hope they can clean up this type of solicitation.

I completely agree. I haven't received a brief yet that had parameters even close to the service I provide.

I turned on the feature, and it does look much improved. I received a brief, and it was a person soliciting work. I reported them, and let's hope we can keep that from happening a lot.

I've been getting more of these types of requests in the last several weeks. I also report them.

Thanks for doing that, Frank! I'd love to see this product be useful and helpful.

Thanks for the confirmation, Vickie! Maybe if everyone turns off the feature, they'll figure out that it's not performing the intended function correctly.

Hopefully that data will reveal how unproductive the Brief feature is.

I just received a brief that was so useless in terms of trying to provide a Custom Offer that I went back and turned off the Get Briefs feature.