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This is funny since all the PRO's in my vertical are charging a fraction of what we charge IRL, but even with the downward pressure this exerts on pricing, they seem determined to herd us back into the $5 sweatshop.

Of course you can refuse. Did you mean to say, "don't want to refuse for fear of cancelling?"

They are managing their engineered decline of PRO status.

At least there's always the tell of Borat grammar. "The page of familiarization with the placed order." LOL

@Kesha @Trisha_Fiverr This is a great point. There is so much misinformation here that the regulars have all but given up trying to explain that theories such as "stay online 24/7" and the like are bunk. Why not a "community notes" type of response like Twitter/X has that posts an official correction to obvious nonsense which is factually incorrect?

It has returned to top position, but thanks for misunderstanding.

Then what is the purpose of labeling the page as "Best Selling?" Perhaps they should rename as "Random, it's nice"? I'm old fashioned, I think that words have meanings. For example, "Best selling" might mean thing that are "selling best"

For the last 5 days I sat on page 1, top row of my vertical, with no orders, which is not unusual as Christmas week is notoriously slow. Today I get a nice order and deliver it within 3 hours, get a 5 star review and a helluva nice tip. Within 30 minutes, I am now on page 5. Algorithm must have been written by a $5 "expart" seller.

I can tell you there are many of us who will not work for free. Never, ever. I'm sure you realize that your one example in which CS did not take your side does not demonstrate a trend, or a bias. If a seller is at a disadvantage it is because of their own interactions, performance and fears.

If they feel the buyer has a supremacy, then that is a defect in the seller's thinking, and perhaps they should work somewhere like a library. Freelancing requires you to act like a business owner, confident in yourself, and not shaking in fear.

I see your gig comes with 1 revision, why did you do 18 more for free? You are supposed to charge for each one after the 1st. You created that nightmare.

I would think that a group of people trained to do everything to prevent chargebacks, thus preserving Fiverr's 20% would be a great incentive. They should be just allowing chargebacks in the actual cases of fraud or incomplete service by a seller, and if that happens, seller gets booted from platform.

This if true, constitutes a serious lack of security for sellers. That is what we pay the $20 (plus the promoted gigs and the seller plus fees) for. A safe platform in which to do business.

I have always believed that once the revisions included in the order are used up, the text on the button should change to "PURCHASE ADDITIONAL REVISIONS" which would take you to an order page, setting the expectation that there will be payment expected.

I was reading another thread where someone complained about a cancellation after the buyer initiated a PayPal chargeback. They received the following: "The order that you contacted us about xyz was canceled because the buyer opened a chargeback on the order with their payment provider. Fiverr cannot prevent this action and we did not cancel the order from our side." I asked a few years ago, and no one could explain why someone can order $1000 of services from Fiverr and then initiate a chargeback which gives then a full refund, meanwhile this is not the case everywhere. For example, I cannot go to Amazon, order a laptop for $2,000, and immediately after delivery issue a chargeback, keeping both the laptop and the $2,000. How have other vendors structured their PayPal agreements to prevent this? There must be a refund upon return confirmation component. Which means that PayPal has safeguards that could be enacted to disallow chargebacks. For some reason that is either not applicable here, or no one cares enough to pursue it. Thoughts?

What if you were to price services above where an arrogant 12 year old, just fooling around could afford. That would be the point of a professional freelance site, no?

Very simple. You give them what is included in the gig for free, then you charge them extra for each additional revision. Very simple. Fiverr does not do anything but allow you to tell people how much you charge for revisions not included in the order. Very simple. You have to have an adult, business conversation with your buyer. Very simple.

Welcome. I hope you find great success, and need lots of voice overs in 2024! 😀

No, you are really looking at this incorrectly. Imagine you were a buyer. You had something made, let's say a logo. It came with 2 revisions, and you have used both of them, but you still need some additional work done on it to make it perfect. Are you saying that the buyer should not be able to ask for more? Of course they need to be able to buy as many as they need to get what they want. Fiverr expects you to be able to have conversations about what if included, and what is available for purchase. Just like every restaurant or business in the world, you can always ask for more, and it makes the final bill go up. I am firmly convinced that this is only a problem for people too afraid to tell buyers that it costs extra. Honestly, there is no other possible explanation as to how this is even close to being a problem.

They tailored it to provide only the answers they wanted in the first place. Very common. "Do you like Campbell's Soup?" A. Yes B Absolutely C Very much. Hey everyone loves our soup.

I don't know why this is hard to understand. That means they get 5 for free, and then you charge them for additional revisions after that. Notice that the word "FREE" is nowhere on the button that says "Request Revision."

Why would you not just sell him a revision? Am I missing something?

Did you report that buyer for blackmail?

Checking in: Fiverr is still the wild west. So many improvements could be made, but we tend to get small tweaks to things that don't matter. Imagine if Fiverr finally sorted out all the fake sellers and were indeed a site for talented, vetted freelancers, instead of a "3 card Monty" game in Times Square.

Not 100%. From their site. Makes a noisy space, somewhat less noisy. But helpful in many situations with home studios. Works for me.