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Somehow I think that would be a dealbreaker for a company that prefers to crank out drivel generated in GPT by some budget content mill in certain countries. Nothing screams corporate responsibility and great ESG ratings like having a team of sweatshop writers to empower sellers like us. 🤩

I'm not surprised. I wouldn’t put my name on anything Fiverr has released recently. It’s subpar at best . The irony is that a writer with over 10 years of experience, who is the editor-in-chief of a newspaper with 2.4 million readers annually, and who has clients like the biggest telecom operator in Norway under his belt, isn’t considered pro enough to rewrite articles on Fiverr. Certainly not pro enough to write a press realease. Despite being vetted by Fiverr as a copywriter and considered a great addition to their pro catalog, they still don’t think I’m capable of rewriting an article or issuing a press release under the pro banner. But they can still release trash like this and get away with it.

I'm too lazy to read it, to be honest. I expect it's the same type of boilerplate content riddled with errors, only this time, it's about books.

The irony is almost too much. If this is the AI Fiverr is pushing, all the old school proofreaders can rest easy knowing their jobs aren’t going anywhere (except away from Fiverr, because no one will take the platform or its sellers seriously for much longer if this is their idea of quality).

First of all: I'm not saying any of this to be rude, but to help you improve. 🙂 To turn potential clients into paying buyers, you need to leave a lasting and professional impression. I'm not seeing that on your gig. Your gig description and package details have multiple typos and grammatical errors. Attention to detail and first impressions matter. If it seems like you don’t care about these details, a buyer might assume you’ll put the same lack of effort into their website as you did your gig. Your description focuses too much on the features and not enough on the benefits these features bring to a buyer. Remember, people buy outcomes, not the features. Your portfolio isn't very impressive at the moment. As a new seller, be sure to use all available tools, including your portfolio. Use it to showcase your best work. It helps build trust and shows the buyer what you have on offer. With no reviews yet, your work must speak for itself. Your gig thumbnail doesn't look very professional. It mixes styles, using outdated graphics and fonts more suitable for a toy store than a professional web design gig. My first assosciation when visiting your gig, was "Toys'R Us". You could also consider having a professional gig video made, as videos can boost engagement with your gig. I hope this helps!

Promoting a gig doesn't guarantee that you'll get views, clicks or orders. If few people are searching for what you have to offer, or if your seller performance is low, Fiverr will promote other sellers instead of you. Even though you're willing to pay for ads, it doesn't mean Fiverr is willing to promote you – the system still takes into account your performance when deciding which gigs to promote. So, the first place you should look is your success score and individual gig performance. You could also try changing the CPC cap from Auto to a high value, to figure out where the sweet spot in terms of bidding is.

For once, I'll be working this weekend. Got some projects that I have to pick up on tomorrow. I hope I'll have time for some R&R on Sunday.

There are already hundreds of guides on the forum, not to mention several articles in Fiverr's help center covering all of this.

Skynet doesn't like critical voices.

On a different musical note, this guy is my wind-down.

I used to sing Norwegian-country-about-a-low-budget-TV-drama-karaoke through a boob-shaped microphone without a t-shirt on, dancing on top of the bar, after drinking tequila. That stuff just ain't for me. Good day and welcome to Hotel Cæsar Hotel CÆsar, a home for you and me At the reception stands Alex Benedicte hangs out at the bar Jens August and Juni have a sinister plan And poor Ninni tries to hide her bun in the oven Hotel Cæsar 🎵 (By the way, I know the singer, Rune. He's semi famous in Norway and he's a sleeze ball.) 😅

That's DNS, not VPN. And yes, you can use any DNS you prefer. As for a VPN, that might lead to issues like the system flagging you for "Location inconsistencies." You're not allowed to use tools that might mislead buyers about your location. According to support, using a VPN isn't strictly banned, but it's discouraged because it can cause problems like that. Personally, I avoid using a VPN because it's not more secure (almost all traffic over the Internet today is encrypted, even without a VPN) and it doesn't make you anonymous like so many people seem to think. Those are just myths spread by VPN companies to get you to spend money on something you probably don't need. The only real use for a VPN, aside from tunneling into networks for work (some servers require you to tunnel into the network at your workplace to access the system), is to change your location to access content you're not supposed to or to hide your real IP if you're doing something nefarious online. And that’s exactly what Fiverr doesn’t want you to do. Sure, there are some outlier cases here, like streamers having to mask their IP to avoid getting swatted and so on, but in most cases, all a VPN does is tunnel your traffic through them, adding another layer of encryption that's not needed in most cases. VPN providers will tell you that they stop people from snooping your data, but that's exactly what HTTPS does by default. And yes, it does so even on public wifi. As long as your connection is via HTTPS and not just HTTP, your info is encrypted. As for VPNs stopping your ISP from "selling your data", there are laws against that in most countries and even when you're in a country where that's not the case, it doesn't stop your VPN provider from selling your data instead. Remember, using a VPN might make you share an IP with thousands of others, which could even lead Fiverr to suspect you have multiple accounts, potentially resulting in a ban. So I'd avoid them if you can. Changing your DNS doesn't alter your IP. It just changes the server your computer contacts for directions on the Internet. It could help avoid DNS blocks (some ISPs block certain services via their DNS due to government requirements, and one example of this would be a certain pirate website in Scandinavia being blocked via DNS). Some DNS providers even help you avoid dangerous websites, but that's usually something your ISP does just as well if they're any good. Some DNS servers, like 1.1.1.1, may offer faster service for some users. So, there are benefits to not using your ISP’s DNS. A VPN, not so much, unless you want to mask your IP. The question is: why would you do that?

Totally! And Red Bull! Not particularly. Back in my youth I used to work as cabin crew, and someone thought it would be funny to bring a box onboard and open it while in cruise. The captain actually decided to divert after 14 passangers puked all over the galley trying to escape the rancidness. 😁 The passenger ended up having to pay 150 000 euros. 🤑

How to use AI for proofreading, according to Fiverr: AI Educational Article for Sellers - Proofreading & Editing (fiverr.com) It's obviously written with a ton of AI tools and then "enhanced" to make it pass AI detectors. Either that, or the author is just really into fancy buzzwords and too confident in himself. He shouldn't be, when he can't even spell cliché with the correct accent. The article lacks proper spacing between paragraphs. And even ChatGPT knew that "&" is clunky. Some proofreader. Maybe he should have used AI. 🙂

Yeah but I'm not about to go make bad PR against Fiverr. I draw the limit at snarky forum posts.

Hey, that's cool 😀 But yeah, you can only take so much inspo before you go out on your own. Congrats om making TRS btw! And thanks for your kind words! I'd say you have your own brand by now. You do UGC videos and stuff as well, right?

We should get everyone together and send a joint letter to Fiverr (leadership level), signed by as many sellers as possible.

Hey name brother! (I'm Leo, too!) This right there ^ should be your indication that working with this seller was not a good idea in the first place. I have a rule: if a buyer is difficult to work with for any reason, even if they leave a five-star review, I'll never work with them again. If I have to offer a refund, I'll never work with them again. If we have to cancel an order, I'll never work with them again. If you already had to offer this buyer a partial refund, that should have told you to stay away from them in the future. If support said they could cancel the order based on the buyer not feeling as if they got what they paid for, the support representative should re-read their own terms: "Orders are not eligible to be canceled based on the quality of service/materials delivered by the Seller if the service was rendered as described in the Gig Page. " The following is from Fiverr's payment terms: Payment Terms (fiverr.com)

The evil part of me always wanted to go to Italy and order a Cappuchino at 10 pm.

This is a textbook case of Fiverr screwing us over and then having the audacity to charge us for the fix. Anyone can place an order without contacting you first, increasing the risk of cancellations. Every cancellation has the potential to kill your business entirely. If you just pay for Seller Plus Premium, you get access to RTO, giving you a modicum of control. Unethical – yes. But effective.

If you want to graduate, you have to first become a seller and hit TRS. 😄 Yeah it's kept me afloat but I just got wind of my BSR dropping this winter, so it's probably time to get a prescription for valium. 🤣

I can't handle sweet coffee drinks. In fact, I can't handle anything called a coffee drink. Coffee is supposed to grow hair on your chest, otherwise, it's not coffee. 😛 I'm a sucker for Red Bull Zero though. 🤭 Nothing I do is healthy 😀

I've been making fun of Fiverr staff's coffee habits for years. And then you go ahead and top my Fiverr staff secret recipe. Nicely done, @Kesha 🤣 My secret is black coffee. With a double pump of black coffee, and an extra shot of black coffee. For the days when Fiverr launches a new AI product, a shot of Norwegian 96% home made ultra flammable spirit is added, for extra courage.

Remember that public reviews aren't always the same as your private feedback. You never know when someone might leave no review or even a positive one publicly, and then give negative feedback in private. But you're not alone. We're influenced by so many factors, it's hard to tell exactly what's affecting your performance if it's not clearly reflected in your stats. I hope things get better for you soon!