vladicreative

Im one of the few sellers here in fiverr way back 2013. Im in the graphics and illustrations category. Back then, fiverr rewards outstanding performing sellers by making them more searchable, thus more sales. Those who diligently perform on the METRICS: Namely: Timely responses, deliver TOP QUALITY outputs and deliver ON TIME. For nearly a decade, I illustrated literally hundreds of children's books, and kept my metrics high. The past year though, I noticed, even if you make all your metrics at above 90%, if you dont spend on fiverr's advertisement, those metrics seem to mean nothing. it feels like you dont have to perform well with customers, as long as you spend more on fiverr's advertising program, you get more referrals and your account s more searchable. So I enrolled in seller plus. It was good at the beginning. Now, it has been an extended drought. Does this mean, sellers need to spend more, so my account s back to more "visible" to buyers? Would appreciate any thoughtful feedback from fellow sellers. Thank you.

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grayprogrammerz, sehrishirfan: Yes indeed. Competition has gotten stiffer. I read a few months ago, sellers have increased by 67% across all gig offerings. It can be noted that not all individuals who applied as sellers are that serious with doing business in fiverr. Because of that, the overall seller population is overly bloated. I hope fiverr has a way of retaining old sellers who are performing really good, and not mix them with the general population of sellers ( a big number of whom are not serious sellers ). If they dont have make this distinction, old, good-performing sellers will just be easily drowned by thousands of not-serious sellers ( some are even scammers ).

Thank you Mich. Yes, about these private reviews, I can fairly say that I serve my buyers to the best of my ability, and that communications are consistent. I go extra mile in giving discounts and revisions. It is inevitable to have difficult buyers once in a while, but for the most parts, almost 90% are good. I noticed that as I have been selling here for ten years now, and the past 9 years and a half were really good in terms of being accessed by new buyers. But since Nov 2022, it has been on a dry spell. What I noticed even more though, is fiverr's aggressive prompt on my dashboard to enroll in seller plus and also to advertise with pay-per-click. It got me thinking, should sellers pay to advertise? could this be a way of fiverr treshing out excess number of overall sellers in the platform, at the expense of oldtimer/pioneer ones?

I joined Fiverr in 2013. With nearly two thousand completed orders and positive feedback. Year after year, fiverr's system rewards those who perform good. I received inquiries and orders from new buyers consistently. All that changed beginning the later part of 2022 and still continuing now. I have NEVER received any inquiries from new buyers, my impressions and clicked dropped immensely. My inquiry is: 1. Does this happen to old sellers also? 2. Is this a way of fiverr to force sellers to purchase their add-ons like seller plus, advertising and promotion? *I have reached out to Fiverr customer support to inquire about this, and all I received are copy-paste, template responses such as "do good, deliver before deadline, maintain good communication with buyers" -- all of which I do consistently. Any thoughts? thank you very much. Vladi