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I haven't seen this, though many buyers are abusing the review system with the new "Value for Money" option as they're deliberately giving low rating for a service what for they asked a custom offer, and they happily and willingly accepted the price without any hesitation. So it would be good if something would bring a balance to this as right now buyers are abusing this system greately, blaming the sellers for the price, a price they accepted without ever negotiating over it.

I have almost 3910 5-star rating, about 23 4 stars, 4 3 and 2 stars and 2 1 stars. I always try to do my best, but as I see lately buyers starts to abuse the system with this "Value for Money" rating. First of all, we, sellers set the price, not the buyer as we know what time and work the actual job takes. Second, we don't force a gun to their head to accept the price we offer. Therefore its not their right to judge our prices, the prices what they're willingly and happily accept. The world work this way, you pay for services. I wonder why Fiverr wants to forget this as they're living us, from sellers. But if they're giving even the pricing to the hand of the buyers, that's going to be a catastrophe as most buyer wants everything for free.

Yeah, its frustrating that sometimes a buyer is giving us a 2 days long deadline, then extending the review period a few times, because he needs a week for a simple review. So once again its a system that is punishing us, sellers, because the buyer is lazy as hell. Example. I have a guy here from Bangladesh who presumably outsourced a job to me. He gave me a two days long deadline and I made the job as promised. Now he is extending the deadline with additional three days, because he can't manage to communicate the task he actually took and passed onto me. So its a joke.

Actually here in the review it was mentioned that the price was too high for a simple task. The problem is that a, it wasn't a simple task, and b, she got a custom offer for the job, what she willingly accepted without hesitating for a second. So the review doesn't even cover the truth.

I recently noticed that buyers have started to give lower reviews, and I didn't really understand why. Then I realized that Fiverr changed the rating categories. The current categories are Seller Communication Level, Quality of Delivery, and Value for Money. The problem with this new "Value of Money," which replaced "Service as Described," is the following: Buyers are willingly accepting the price without us ever forcing them to accept it. We offer them a price, then they can decide whether they want it or not. Many buyers often request multiple freebies after the delivery because they claim they can't do certain tasks, and we, as sellers, accommodate them. Yet, we still receive low ratings for Value for Money because the buyer simply has an issue with having to pay for a full-time service. So, this new category is very counterproductive, as buyers may turn away from even Top Rated Sellers who generate revenue for Fiverr because Fiverr allows the buyer to decide and evaluate our prices. We set the prices; they can take it or leave it. But right now this new system is punishing us, because we're asking money for the service we provide.

A UN politician for a project for the United Nations, Geneva. I also had one U.S. President Secret Service Bodyguard, some Hollywood actor, and some singers.

Say thanks and move further, even if your feelings are hurt or the review isn’t justified. One bad review isn’t the world, and if you have some low ratings, that also confirms for your other clients, that you’re a human being who can make mistakes.

Strange, but I did nothing to achieve popularity. Somehow my customers came one after another one. I usually respond pretty quick, but that’s all. Actually I haven’t done any real promotion. And maybe it’s better. I usually suck in marketing.