newsmike

It seems to be mutating. This happened on the old forum as well. At first things were pretty free wheeling, but the "Shepherds of the forum" started removing posts and banning users very aggressively. They handed out permanent bans and even 1,000 year bans, like the people on the home owner's association who live to send nasty letters because your grass is 1/8th inch too long. Eventually, they banned almost everyone who made the forum interesting. Seems we're heading that way again.

Taken to its logical end, it means "no truth allowed." Which is how you end up here.....

OK, I'm risking a block here, but this is my theory Mr. Smash. I agree, I can't remember seeing hate speech here ever, ever, ever. But as you stated, anything counts as hate speech nowadays, so I think that because we have complained about a bunch of scammy and spammy practices, all coming from a particular geographical region, that is being pushed as hate speech to m. o.ds. Otherwise why has the narrative suddenly shifted from "we're gonna clean this place up" ...to "stop the hate speech?" I'll see y'all in a week. Don't forget me. M.F.G.A. - Make Forum Great Again!

Yes, many have their profile and gig descriptions written by a native speaker. Engage them in a series of back and forth conversations via inbox to see if they sound anything like their advert.

To all the folks who worry about "ranking" their gig, here's a free bit of knowledge I got from my Success Manger. The vast, really vast majority of buyers do not navigate to a category, then start drilling down to a sub category, then start scrolling through pages of gigs. Most buyers do exactly what you do when you go to Amazon to buy fuzzy slippers. You enter "fuzzy slippers" in the search bar, and the algorithm takes you to a page of results ranked by sales success and positive reviews. So you see the best they have to offer, which are the most likely to result in a sale. That's is precisely the way Fiverr works. This is why you see really successful sellers get rotated on and off the first page, and people with 2 sales on the same first page. They just rotate to help get exposure. My sales are the same whether I am on page 1 or 20, because the algorithm presents my gig where it feel that there is the best chance of making a sale. That's it. That's the secret of the universe. So don't worry about where you rank, because most buyers will search, and when they do, they are presented with the gigs that are the most profitable for Fiverr. That means you should work on making your gigs and the services you offer perfect, and getting really happy buyers who leave you positive reviews. So the short answer, is don't worry about "ranking" your gig, that is transient, and the real success comes from making sales and getting good reviews. No real magic. Less worry about "ranking" and more worry about being the best damned (whatever it is you do) on Fiverr. Good luck.

I suggest we also focus on groups of people openly discussing how to rip off Fiverr buyers with fake qualifications in their gigs, offering each other tips as to how to deceptively appear online 24.7. We seem to be concerned with how that damages the forum, but the real damage is being done on the main site, where many of us are trying to run legitimate businesses.

Nonsense. Such a shame that people who have no clue post this fake advice.

They claim to be an expert marketer " I'm an expert Digital Marketers. I live in Bangladesh. I always grow Social Media account & promote ‎Business service or product" So they are the one who should be giving us all tips, and if she were actually an expert marketer, she would have more orders than she could handle. Yet another fake "expert marketer" from the same place.

Dishonest. Then your reviews mean nothing if you pay off the bad ones to go away.

So you dishonestly give the impression that you are offering a 5 star service because you are sanitizing your reviews, essentially buying off bad reviews with a refund. How is that fair to buyers who think they are actually getting a 5 star service?

I think I am going to buy the gigs from about a dozen of these "Marketing experts" for my gig, and see what I get. Could be very funny.

I'll bet he's not talking about staying up to work on a gig, but the old "online 24.7" to get orders BS.

This is the biggest myth on the forum. You do not need to remain online to get orders. You have 24 hours to respond to inbox messages. Most of us wake up to new messages and orders every day. This is just a falsehood spread by inexperienced and desperate sellers. So get your sleep, you will do better work when you are rested.

Not necessarily. That is as ridiculous as saying that all new sellers are unskilled. You cannot decide on a trait and apply it equally to everyone in a group, no matter how self serving the reason to do so is.

Why do you suppose that is? Price barrier resistance?

But so do L1 to become L2, and L2 to TRS, and TRS to become PRO. The point is that new sellers as a group try harder than anyone else is just not accurate, but I commend you for doing so if that applies to you individually.

Maybe different for certain verticals. I am a voice over seller. So The only times this occurs is when someone orders 150 words, then submits an order of 300 words. Or If they order a VO which is obviously for a business and they neglect to order the commercial rights usage license. That's when you have to go back and let them know you are sending a gig extra for the add on. Occasionally, someone will balk, usually because they failed to read and understand, as opposed to deliberate scamming. And even more rarely, someone will refuse to pay the extra. That's where the fun begins. For my occupation there are several responses, but I will tell you that I would not cancel the order in these cases. One VO artist I know lays a watermark over the file for a few seconds (that says - for demonstration purposes only) at the beginning if they won't buy the commercial rights, another searches the internet and issues takedown notices for sites where it appears in an unlicensed manner. We can also just deliver what they ordered. So if they order 150 words and send 300 words, just record the 150 and deliver.

So your theory is that as sellers become more successful and experienced, they become less responsible? How silly and self serving.

So I see that you are online right now. Sitting there waiting. You have zero sales, so why are you offering advice that you clearly know does not work?

I liked that advice even better when I first wrote it.

That is total nonsense. Please don't offer silly advice. Staying online only does one thing, it identifies you as someone who has no idea how Fiverr works. By the way, don't you think it is dishonest to use wifi or data to trick people into thinking you are online? If you are willing to lie about that what else do you lie about to get sales?

Reading not necessary, just gibberish replies to "rank gig" Congress, sister

Skippy, how do you stay active 24 hours a day, seven days a week?

I just find this entire "choose a new seller for the best and most honest results" propaganda to be a dishonest and desperate attempt to pickpocket a $5 bill. Hey, for the best heart surgery, be sure to hire an intern. It's insulting in its self serving transparency.

It is not that they need a different word, it is that they are not skilled, so they are lying about their qualifications to cheat buyers.