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Similar buyer could mean anything. Just sayin'. The feature is worthless, but I guess they can't avoid having to generalize some info due to GDPR.
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6 hours ago, uncomplicatedpi said:
Hi @sarim_alikhan @smashradio,
I am experiencing this problem as well. Since it has been a while since either of you dropped an update on this sub, I just wanted to check whether it got resolved. Were there any additional steps you had to take to resolve the issue? My Payoneer account is entirely verified, and I dropped a query to Fiverr CS and I got the same response:
What is the way out?
Nothing new from me, because I don't use Payoneer. If you still need to resolve it, I'd suggest reaching out to support. If you get an automated reply, just respond to the ticket to get it bumped.
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Yes, all cancellations can affect your success score.
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If you get a lead from Discord, bring them over to Fiverr and keep everything on here from that point onward. As others have mentioned, we can never know what the AI is doing.
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52 minutes ago, radio_mark said:
I am new to Fiverr and I have a question about Voice Overs. I have noticed many sellers have video footage in their profiles. How are people obtaining these? I know some sellers have probably done TV ads so they have access to video. But I doubt there are really that many people who have voiced BMW or Buffalo Wild Wings commercials. Do people just rip off a commercial and add their own voice to it? Do you just get stock footage somewhere and make your own VO and script? Is there some feature of Fiverr I am missing here? I don't understand how even some new sellers can have pristine video even if the audio quality isn't always good. I feel very overwhelmed picking my best audio clips from my career and now am having to worry about video. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Most (legit) sellers will use a combination of real projects and demo projects. Footage for demo projects can be found on sites like Shutterstock, Storyblocks and so on. Personally, I used licensed video that I purchased and an editor on Fiverr to create my video demo, combined with a few real video projects.
Unfortunately, Fiverr ruins your video upon upload. I've documented this and tried to get Fiverr to take action, to no avail. They basically turn any video into a compressed piece of garbage. Funny how a site selling voice overs are ruining demos just to save a few bucks on bandwidth, when one of the main selling points of a voice over artist is great audio. For that reason, I no longer use videos on my voice over gig.
But if you don't mind ruined audio quality, I'd recommend finding some pro editors here on Fiverr and use them to help you make your video demo.
Have you done any real video projects that you could use?
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1 hour ago, jakzarabiawsiec said:
I have a question. I acquire clients for my services from Discord. First, I ask them a few questions about a given service and briefly discuss the project with them. After thad I redirect them to purchase on fiverr and continues the conversation there.
Is this allowed?
I heard that you can't communicate with the customer outside the fiverr. But I'm writing to them before they start the order on discord, is that allowed?You can bring your external customers to Fiverr. However, taking your Fiverr customers off the platform is not allowed. Fiverr wants to keep that 20% commission. 🙂
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It looks like you think there are shortcuts to success on Fiverr. There aren’t. Just signing up for Seller Plus, sharing your gig, or completing a few orders won’t make you a "best seller". Success requires skill, hard work, tons of persistence, and patience.
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5 minutes ago, nikolaj_mac said:
Hello,
I earlier this year in January, I bought 2 gigs from a seller. I spend 161$ total. Seller has a promising argument: We promise 80 in DR on Ahrefs. If the DR drops, we provide lifetime guarantee to keep your site at 80.
Maybe too good to be true?
However, when my DR starts to drop below 75 I try and reach out to seller. Seller closed his/her account.
Now I am back to where I was before I spend these 161$.
Should I just accept the circumstance that from time to time you will loose money on Fiverr?
Input appreciated.
Buying SEO services on Fiverr, especially those involving paid links, isn't the wisest move. Google can detect link spam, and while some links or other black hat techniques might give you a temporary boost, they never provide long-term high rankings. In the worst cases, you could even get blacklisted in the search results.
And yes, it is too good to be true: why would anyone work for free forever? That’s usually a promise from scammers.
With that said, such sellers shouldn't even be on Fiverr.
But if you want to invest in SEO, go for quality content from professional copywriters. Expect to pay much more than $161, but in return, you'll get truly valuable content that's well-written and won’t get you penalized in search results.
Plus, there's no such thing as a lifetime guarantee on Fiverr. Once an order is complete, that's it.
Instead of wasting money on dishonest sellers who offer lifetime revisions and "incredible" results for practically nothing ($161 is nothing when it comes to SEO), invest wisely in quality content.
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1 hour ago, emmaki said:
This is exactly what scammers do. They pretend.
It's all a con trick. Con, of course, being short for confidence. Smoke and mirrors...
I disagree. If you're genuinely adding value to the charity by volunteering your services, meeting influential people along the way, and branding yourself as a high-end *insert job here*, you're not lying. It's simply your brand, and you're employing perfectly valid techniques to achieve results, including using psychology to influence those around you. This could come in the form of sticking your hand into the snake pit of charity to connect with influential people, or by using creative processes to make your work appear more valuable. If it does, it might even create more value, so even this isn't a lie, it's just optics and how you use them to send a message.
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2 minutes ago, visualstudios said:
Unfortunately I'm Portuguese. It would be much better to live here by choice - foreigners are treated much better (tax-wise). Pretty great country to come and live in. Terrible country to be a native of.
You could always move. I hear the Canary Islands is nice 🙂
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Just now, visualstudios said:
Spain is just Portugal but richer.
Do you live there "by choice", or are you originally from Portugal?
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1 minute ago, visualstudios said:
Well, I live in the wrong place, then. Local market is a zero. No way to attend events that have any sort of influential / budget having people here.
I hear that works great in the US. Here there's nothing, and what there is is totally controlled. People in power will get their nephew to do it anyway. Portugal = extreme nepotism + no money whatsoever.
Perhaps. Spain is similar, but I've dined with top diplomats thanks to that technique, and I just do it for fun, not because I want to work with any of them.
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Oh, and while you’re in the middle of a conversation with an important CEO at the event, interrupt them mid-sentence and say, “Excuse me, I need to go say hello to X,” making X the person in charge of the charity. Your time is too valuable to stay in one spot for too long.
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3 minutes ago, visualstudios said:
You do need the contacts though. I can make a website stating just that, but I'll get zero contacts, and I need to pay rent. For me not to consider a project for less than $500k, I must not need money under $500k. Unfortunately, that's not the case.
You make connections by attending events. For example, volunteer to produce videos for a charity, pro bono. Choose a reputable charity, ideally one managed by influential people, and explain that observing and learning how they operate at fundraisers is part of your process. Just like that, you’re in. Now start shaking hands, hand out your brand new, organic, recycled, ultra-thick embossed business cards that feature just your name, no contact info or anything else. Tell people you specialize in creating exclusive videos for exclusive clients. Don't forget to mention that you're there to get a feel for the vibe of a project you're working on for the charity.
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Just now, visualstudios said:
I don't have access to high profile CEO's, unfortunately.
I could do the rest easily, and I think I would be great at it, actually.
Then go for it. The trick is to make it appear as if you’re the type regularly hired by CEOs. It doesn’t really matter if you’re actually well-connected, but you must make them believe you are. After that, all you need is some sheer f**** hubris. I once had a client who needed a more complex web design project than I was prepared to handle, so I reached out to a friend who owns an agency to see if they could take it on. It turned out they wouldn’t even consider a project for less than $500K, simply because price was their main status symbol.
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4 minutes ago, visualstudios said:
That sounds great, but I'm having trouble getting anyone to bite at those prices.
Have you tried it? I mean, have you actually created an artsy website filled with ample whitespace, bought an unattractive Scandinavian chair crafted from organic wool and reclaimed mahogany, dressed like you're about to strut down a catwalk, and then explained your "creative process" to a high-profile CEO? How you wander through the woods collecting sticks that spark your ideas as you inhale the earthy air and let the essence of design flow through you? Even better, bring a touch of the forest into their office and insist on sitting on the floor barefoot during meetings. Then, calmly inform them that your time is worth millions per hour, because people will connect deeply with the client’s brand new story (not video, story, that’s crucial!).
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2 hours ago, williambryan392 said:
Please go on! I'm curious re doing it cheaper (and still hiring capable people who can deliver a quality end result). How would you operate, if say you were a copywriter (and not just using AI)? Or use another freelance niche of course. Really curious!
To scale to 7 figures you have to delegate, and if you can pretty much disconnect yourself from the business then you can protect your mental health to a degree. Not saying you're wrong.
Think it's only increasing in the world of property owners and business owners/CEOs. A million used to be considered a crazy amount of money when I was growing up, kinda like a 6 figure salary. Nowadays less so. Although I still think it's a lot of money!
Scaling can be tough. But I also know freelancers who charge $20K for a project that you or I would typically quote at $2,000, simply because they've positioned themselves as the go-to option for ultra high net worth clients or Fortune 500 companies, dealing mostly with top-tier professionals in their industries. If a consultant successfully manages to demonstrate value though price alone, they can easily command such fees for basic work. Take the case where Norway's TV2 shelled out $2.7 million for a new logo that nobody liked.
They could have gone on Fiverr and would probably get a better logo for 200 bucks. But they didn't, because such companies will hire a consultant instead. Preferably someone charging millions. It doesn't matter if the logo is ugly to them. It was probably concocted by some "modern consultant" lounging on their skinny, pretentious Scandinavian designer chair, churning out lousy million-dollar ideas all day long.
So, even if you’re not very talented, you can still charge exorbitant rates, and it seems the higher your rates, the larger the clients you attract. If you want to scale, don’t do it by hiring a bunch of people at $10K a year. Instead, just charge $10K to show up (or don't show up at all, and call it a "part of your process".)
The small minority who makes it to this point, did it thanks to:
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30 minutes ago, visualstudios said:
We have vastly different experiences then. Fiverr is anything but luxury. It's low value.
We have millions of meksells, people selling spells (lol), etc. It's a flea market, not high end shopping.
You have to compare it to other platforms. Everything is relative.
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To add to that: my experience working on other platforms has been like the grocery store white label brand of soap. As a buyer, it tasted like the generic pasta pot you buy at the chinese dollar store. My experience working on Fiverr is more akin to the luxury brands in that regard: it's the same goo, different and better packaging.
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Just now, visualstudios said:
It's a no brainer.
It's a brainer if you think about it. What kind of client do you want to attract? Fiverr aims to move up-market, so it should be more expensive. I exclusively use Rituals for everything, my lotion, wonderfully scented soft foamy shower foam, shampoo, deodorant, even my fabric softener. It's all overpriced stuff made from the same ingredients as the cheapest soap at the grocery store. But why do I shell out 20 euros for a small bottle of hand soap? For the experience. The attractive packaging, the overly friendly staff following you around with a woven basket to hold your purchases, the nice little gift they give you as you leave, and the way they personally hand you your bag as you exit. I'm paying for the experience, not the actual product.
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3 minutes ago, visualstudios said:
Nope. It costs money to scale. Once scaled up, it doesn't cost that much anymore. So yeah, hence the 20% at first - but the ability to scale that back gradually.
Staying on top costs money. But since I like arguing against myself, one concern is that freelancers on certain other platforms can charge less, meaning Fiverr can lose it's edge if not careful.
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Just now, visualstudios said:
and costs a lot of money
Hence the 20%.
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(I love how all my topics always go completely haywire and off-topic. It's like a live chat! Fiverr? I want a live chat!)
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1 minute ago, visualstudios said:
Oh, it would - because I actually know how it is working in one, unlike the decision makers here. They have no clue, clearly.
This we can agree on. I look forward to selling on your platform when it reaches 3.42 million active buyers. 😁
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Anyone ever got any jobs from briefs?
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I'm a TRS and Pro seller and I get more than enough orders, yet I haven't received many briefs lately. That system never worked well, and it probably never will. The ones I did get before (I used to get a few every day) were all completely irrelevant to me. A typical example would be briefs for Chinese translations when I don't even offer that language.