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I just enabled "request to order" It appears grayed out to me, but probably because I am logged in. When I try a different browser not logged in, there is no request to order, still proceed for $120. Can anyone verify usability please?

Agree, Not suggesting this is optimal for everyone. But it does limit the damage a noob can do to an established account. I wish it weren't necessary, but Fiverr created this "Let's let new people who know nothing about how Fiverr works determine the fate of our best sellers", insanity.

The good news is that you can exclude precisely the most dangerous audience using "request to order", now I just need to write the Quick Reply that says why I can't work with them.

More so than when I was charging less. But sadly, all it takes is 1 to shut you down now.

I am going to do that right now. If they are giving a noob with a $5 bill, limited English skills and no intention of reading policies clearly explained in the gig, the power to cancel someone who has been on the platform for 7 years and made Fiverr a crap ton of money, I for one, will refuse to work with any non experienced buyers. Interesting that TOS preventing blackmail via threatening bad reviews, but now hands anyone who can't get 100% what they want a kill switch for a seller account. Since this is all public here in the forum, I cannot imagine how it won't will force sellers who do engage with new buyers to become a doormat.

I can't see the email you are discussing, but I assume its the same one I just got from Seller Plus about "First Time Buyer Satisfaction Guidance." This is disheartening because in the last 3 months I have had only 1 first time buyer who, like many, ordered then asked for a revision when they changed their script. Of course, I politely offered to sell them a revision, which was met with the usual "What, you want more money? You are supposed to work for me forever, for free." After explaining that my revision offer carried a 50% discount the user just accepted the delivery and did not leave a review. So Fiverr turned my gig off because I attempted to make us both additional revenue by selling a revision, as opposed to rewarding someone who did not read the 3 places in my gig and offer that explained the revision policy. Worse yet, when I contacted my SM about this a few weeks ago, she assured me that my private reviews were fine and not a concern. Watching them erase the best sellers on the platform is amazing.

Hi Phil, welcome. Your demo reel is good. I would suggest that you select a preview frame from the video to be one that shows you sitting behind the mic as this becomes your thumbnail. Good luck.

Because they choose not to. No drama needed. Please look up the word "inhumane" to use it properly in the future.

Ancient thread.

AI will replace that which is easily replaced, (low hanging fruit), while the innovators will remain. After all, AI can only mimic, not truly create, and who will it mimic? Perhaps less poetically, vending machines can indeed dispense a drink, but I damned sure won't sit at the bar at the Palm, and let a machine mix my martini. That will always be a personable human who lights the cigar, chats you up and makes you feel as only a human can. And for that I will always pay a premium. However, if I have one too many, I may let AI drive me home. Tools vs sentient beings.

Good tune. It just seems like a guitar or sax solo are perfect, but a bass, flute or drum solo stops the song so everyone gets some spotlight. Some instruments are capable of being lead and others are meant to be support to those others. Just my opinion. BTW, acapella is annoying as well.

...is there anything worse than a drum solo?

Precisely. The real question is whether this is intentional, or an unintended consequence of fiddling around.

No, I do not agree. You have misunderstood completely what I said. Many of us have regular customers who order every week or every month. In fact more than 75% of my customers are regulars. My point is that if the 20% only applied to services and not the tip as well, you don't think people would cut deals all day that go something like this? "Hi, I was thinking instead of you ordering from me at $500 every month, I will do the order for $450 if you will let me bill you at $100, and then tip me $350." This way the buyer saves $50, Fiverr is cheated out of $80 and the dishonest seller pockets the extra. If you are naïve enough to think that this would not be common (given all the scammers on Fiverr) then I must ask, Are you serious? As to your decision to "ditch Fiverr" that is your choice, I could not care less, although most people take down their gigs when they do. I just wanted to clarify my position which you seemed to misunderstand. Good luck.

Just don't go far from home.

Twitter had only about 10,000 more coders than Fiverr and I remember this...

They'll be busy not giving us dark mode. So 2014.

Interesting. I struggle to understand the lack of exposure from Fiverr though. The decrease in impressions from 5,000 daily to 100 daily is a sudden change, and the fact that many are experiencing it at the same time is just odd. My guess is that they tried some new adjustment to algo, and as usual, now sit back and see what it breaks.

So, imagine you just paid $3 for a click, then while the buyer is looking at your gig offering, they are promoting others right there, enciting the buyer to click away from you after they charged you $3 for the click.

Conspiracy theory time. At the same time they are choking off impressions of successful sellers, they are saying "Hey, spend up to $3 per click on promoted gigs." Drying up the free (yet earned) impressions could push the demand for paid ones.

Plus Fiverr promotes your competitors. Bad mojo. I just went to Leane's #1 gig, and there on the bottom:

Bravo. Very true and funny.