newsmike

No assumption necessary. It is crystal clear. Fiverr takes 20% of each order, and the larger the order, the bigger that 20% is. So if you are selling at $10 and I am selling at $50, then fiver makes $2 from your sale, or $10 from mine. Which would rather have? Rather simple actually.

Fair, but there are a couple undeniable facts to consider. You need to realize that Fiverr is a for profit business. So the more they reduce $5 orders and replace with $25 orders, the more profitable they are. This seems to be their general direction quite steadily for the past few years. Their name is probably the biggest hindrance to moving more quickly. At the end of the day, a publicly traded company is not in the business of solving global inequalities, (a worthy cause, certainly, but for charities). Businesses are in the "making money" business. Plan and simple. If Fiverr's leadership did not do so, the shareholders would swiftly replace them with others that would.

I believe we have needed something like this for a long time. As @frank_d states, the seller needs to have "some skin in the game." In my category of voice over, we have over 25,000 sellers now which exploded after covid struck. Unfortunately many are people with no experience, and just the microphone built into their laptop, who figure, since its free to join, why not? Fiverr could easily charge $250 per month to sell on the platform, then on a sliding scale, reduce that against the seller's billing. The more you bill, the less you pay for the monthly subscription, even eliminate it at some dollar figure. All the while still taking the 20%. It would most certainly eliminate the sellers who are not willing to invest in their business. That raises the quality bar for buyers, and the revenue opportunities for quality sellers at the same time.

Yes, but the PayPal chargeback can happen 6 months from now, 2 years from now. I once found myself with a negative balance of -$20. I’m lucky, some of my colleagues have found themselves with -$500. That’s why I don’t like big orders. Do you ever worry that you are missing out on the big orders that will not rip you off?

Hmmm, I think you need to get out more Mike but yes, it really surprises me when people have never come across it. Offline, it is completely standard to get and give credit limits. You have no idea. 20 char

I get a kick out of the folks who have never had to chase a net 30 customer and hope that you can get invoices paid net 60 days.

And 2 days into the 17, they click revision. And the clock starts again.

Or you could enforce the conditions under which you sold the order and not operate from fear.

Do you fill out the survey on the bottom of the receipt every time you buy Starbucks, go to Wal-Mart, Target, Grocery store? Nearly every business wants you to write a positive review, or do a survey. Do you take time to do every one? Probably not, probably because you are busy. That’s probably why not everyone does yours.

Would be a nightmare. However, fiverr should pay Level 1/2 in the same 7 days as they pay TRS and presumably PRO. I can’t see any reason why fiverr deserves to hold (and collect interest on) my funds an extra week.

I’ve seen it used verbally in sales situations. Interesting to apply it to written word. Good stuff. Thanks

I’d like to ask, as a buyer does this approach bother you? This is the text I use when I deliver. Hi, Your project is enclosed. If you have any questions or comments, please let me know. Otherwise, I would very much appreciate positive feedback. Please add my gig to your favorites so we can work together again in the future. Thanks again.

You can simply place that in the text you use to deliver the product. Something like “If you have questions, please let me know. If you are happy with the work, I would really appreciate positive feedback.”

Same here