chowson13

Wow… not a proportionate response at all haha You seem to miss my point. I don't participate in those programs because I do believe they are exploitation, and you well know that as creative freelancers we don’t have any other choice. These sites have all decided they deserve 2x the commonly accepted commission rate on creatives and we either go along with it or don’t make any money at all… I have made peace with the fact that I cannot change this and it is just part of the life of a freelancer, but I just had to ask how you can justify saying it is “well deserved” when it defies logic.

Lol what? Well deserved? Talent agents take 10% from their clients, and they actively search for work and advocate on behalf of their clients. Fiverr takes 20% from us, around 4$ per order/add on/tip(!!???!!!) from the buyers. And then demand we pay them more (seller plus, promoted gigs) order to get a competitive edge on each other. 20% is flat out extortion, stop trying to gaslight us.