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I have been set up for that option, but I'm like Vickie, I don't think it would be all that helpful for my gigs. It's intended to develop a connection with a potential buyer, and answer the questions they might have pre-order. The part that dimmed the light for me was that I would then "have 5 days to write up a summary of the consultation." Seems like it's a lot of work on my side, and I'm not sure buyers would be willing to pay enough to make it worth my while. Maybe I'm wrong, but I just didn't feel strongly enough that I needed this feature to give it a whirl. I was approved in the "Writing Advice" new category, so I set up a gig there for consultations, but it hasn't received any traction so far. Sorry, I totally missed this response. Thanks so much for doing that. We can leave the title the way it is. 😀

Great that the program does have that feature.

Awesome suggestions, Vickie! 5) The ability to set more criteria than price. 6) The ability to set different prices for different categories. 7) The ability to add gig extras. 8} The ability to add an expiration date for an offer we make. 9) Custom Offer templates, which we can then personalize for each buyer. I think I'm going to let this list sit around for a while, and see what other suggestions we get. Then I'll compile them all and send them to my SM.

Maybe we can compile a list of things we'd like to see to improve the brief process, and take it to our SMs to pass along to the design team. If this is going to replace Buyer Requests, it does need some improvement. So far, I see: 1) A place to see all of the brief offers we have made. 2) The ability to sort by types of offers. 3) The ability to see all of the briefs we have been sent. So far, we can only go back about 4 days. 4) Some type of Brief dashboard or common area (maybe under the Business dropdown) where we can see all the tools we mentioned in 1-3. What else? 😀

That's a great idea, wish it were so. I think they have several areas that need improvement. I had a buyer respond to a message I had sent after a week. I realized I could only scroll back 4 days to see the briefs I had been sent.

Positive signs on the briefs front for me. I've actually now had several which fit my services. I've sent inquiry messages on a couple of the briefs. Right now I am waiting on a response to a Custom Offer I submitted to one buyer. I was rejecting all briefs because they weren't close to what I offer for about a month, so this is a very hopeful sign.

Awesome idea! Informing the users doesn't appear to be a strong suit for the Fiverr teams.

It sure seems like it would be efficient to set up a group email to "All Seller Plus." It sure would save on a lot of the confusion this sporadic announcement has caused. It feels like this announcement was a bit premature.

Great confirmation, Vickie - thank you! 😀

Agreed! The brief feature is beginning to work for me, but very slowly.

Feels that way to me as well!

It's more than we had! 😀 Thanks for the update!

Absolutely!

If the user base dropped off by 2/3, and the revenues stayed steady or even began to climb, I think the shareholders would gladly accept that tradeoff.

Just in case this might get read and move the conversation, I replied to a Micha Kaufman tweet about "being innovative in the workplace."

@mjensen415, could you read the last several entries on this thread, and maybe pass them along to the appropriate parties. It appears that some reputable sellers have been talking about a full pay site for Fiverr for a while, and the interest in doing so is building some momentum. In the interest of growing Fiverr as a platform, it seems to be a viable option to consider.

Great way to phrase it! Unnecessary noise is precisely the pain that other sellers have to deal with. With a full on pay site, we could eliminate this type of seller clutter that holds back the platform.

From that analysis, it sure does make sense to go full on paywall! I just hope Fiverr is moving in that direction behind the scenes. I certainly hope they have done some financial calculations of making that change - it would just be a responsible direction to evaluate this option. Otherwise, it would mean they were hanging on to the old mindset that has held the platform back.

Yes, I'm wondering about that price differential myself! I guess we'll find out as this deployment moves forward. That's exactly what I'm thinking Mike. Thanks for the confirmation. If they do the math, and they don't lose money from eliminating those worst sellers, it would be well worth it. Plus - it would rid the site of the stigmas about "cheap marketplace" that will hang on until they take this step to really upgrade.

Thanks for checking it out, @smashradioand getting confirmation of how the change will impact us. This is a very good question, Vickie. I'd like to know the answer - I have a great SM, and I'd like to keep that relationship.

Promises are made all the time, and later change. "Read my lips - no new taxes!" 😀 If they make that statement in the terms for the new program, I'll believe it a little more, but at this point, I am still a bit skeptical. The email states that if someone drops out of premium, and then wants to rejoin, "the price to rejoin is going up soon." I definitely think the price is going up for Seller Plus Premium. I completely agree that any move toward a paywall is a step in the right direction.

It's the "at least for a while" part that concerns me. Fiverr isn't going to let a source of revenue go for free. I saw a post on a thread a while back that said the reason they hadn't expanded the Seller Plus program more was that they didn't have enough Success Managers. Supposedly, they were on track to hire a lot of new ones, but this may be a way to mitigate that need for the time being. I'm just thinking out loud, Mike. Do you think this could be a preliminary step to instituting a mandatory paywall? What if they added a "Basic" with no features, for say $10 to 15? Wouldn't that resolve the issue of all the sellers that plague the platform, who wouldn't join a Seller Plus program anyway?

I get the feeling that for us Seller Plus - Premium sellers who have been automatically included in the process, there's a price increase in our future. As usual with any announcement of a new feature from Fiverr, we are left with "Tell us more!"

That's wonderful news, Vickie! I look forward to getting that many briefs every day. Any new source of potential work is welcomed!

The briefs come unevenly. I didn't get any for a while, then sporadically. Now I get about 1-2 a day. About the only thing we can control is the lowest amount we will accept briefs for.