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Well even leaving the SM aside, I never had any issues with cancellations beyond that 60-day period. So unless they changed things this January, I do think this focus on first time buyers killed my exposure, since I had a few very difficult first time buyers in February/March. At least that's my experience.

That I am not sure of. I tend to cancel often, either people order the wrong stuff, they order accidentally, etc, so I have quite a lot of cancellations. I always had a lot of impressions, now my SM said this drop is from first time buyer reviews, and I tend to believe them, because I had some really weird first time buyers recently (lucky me I guess...). We can't know for sure, but my experience doesn't show cancellations to do any harm over the 2-month period. Most of mine are handled by support so I guess that might help.. Who knows, we can only assume..

No, because you didn't work FOR Amazon. You worked with people that sell on Amazon so.. not the same thing. Same with the other major companies, a lot of people work on Fiverr and list Fiverr as their client, obviously that's not the case, unless someone from the Fiverr team hired you for a project you can't list them as a client. Some people on the forum did work with Fiverr, they created logos, blog posts, etc. But just check and see just how many people actually list Fiverr as a client. It's very deceiving since people just blatantly lie here.

Well that's hard to say but somehow they did. Until now, it seems, I can only assume they will have all those "clients" removed soon.

So I was checking other gigs for service ideas and inspiration, I found a $5 writer (obviously won't share any names, that's not the point..) and they had these clients listed. I highly doubt any of these were accurate, especially with this person having under 150 reviews in total and only writing at the $5 pricepoint. So yeah, I think the Top Clients cleanup thing is actually good, it will remove some of these blatant lies. I saw a lot of these that seem very sketchy.

That's not the case, it's quite the opposite. There are so many freelancers that it's harder than ever to stand out these days. You can still make a good amount of money, but it can also be difficult to do that.

Did he actually write a review for the order? If not, then you can't write a review of your own.

They can read the forum and search for a similar topic. Aside from the one shared above, there are literally thousands of identical questions which were already replied to. All you have to do is search 🙂

Same. I don't have any people in the inbox, I had a few repeat buyers, but other than that no messages or anything. I think I am still in the doghouse from bad first time buyer reviews, so that's why I decided to try and experiment. I will think about it, Mike brings a great point, most people that browse that section will never buy, and a lack of sales might have a negative impact on my account.

Well I barely have any sales, and my conversion rate is already under 0.2% anyway. So it's already dead. Yeah, this focus on first time buyers really killed any clicks for me. But I agree with you, might hold off on that AI stuff for now 🙂

That's up to Fiverr to decide. Offering that kind of information is not ok and you will be penalized. So yes, it can be quite problematic for the account. Whether it's a ban or not, hard to say. But it can take up to 90 days to receive a reply.

Exactly. There are a lot of people trying to hop on the trend. But the truth is that no, people don't fall for it. Many of them prefer to just generate content with AI and modify it themselves a bit. That's why AI editing gigs don't really have a lot of orders anyway. As I said earlier, they might be a good way to drive traffic to profiles, so I might create one just for the sake of it to see how many impressions it actually brings.

I think I replied to your other topic too. But anyway, 26 clicks are a lot compared to what others get here. Impressions just show how many people your gig is shown to. That doesn't mean they are looking for your service specifically. Impressions are great if you want to see that you're in search, but other than that, they are meaningless.

Well you can search the forum, there are a lot of tips that were repeated thousands of times. All you have to do is Search.

You can, of course. You can even create gigs in multiple categories, if you have the skills for it. There are writers that also have website development gigs. As long as you can provide a great service in a variety of niches, you will be fine.

Just like Alex said above me, you most likely received bad private feedback. Aside from regular, public feedback, buyers can also share their feedback privately. Even if someone rated you 5 stars, they might have done that out of courtesy even if they weren't happy. Since this private feedback is not shown to anyone else, people are more honest and there are times when they might offer a bad private review. When that happens, Fiverr will push you back in search because you had unhappy buyers, so they will push others in front. It's normal, since those search results are always-evolving. So it most likely has to do with private reviews, but it can also be due to cancellations, late deliveries and other factors. For a lot of sellers, it's a combination of different things, or just a bad private review. PS: One thing to note is that new buyers (be it new for you or new on Fiverr) will have even more impact, so if one of them leaves a bad private review, that's even worse when compared to a private review from a regular. That's something to keep in mind..

No. It's final. The review process can take up to 90 days, not 60. And Fiverr will then let you know if them disabling your account was something automatic or not. The thing is, sometimes these bans are sent automatically, other times they are manual. It's very rare for them to bring back a disabled account. What did the ban-related email say? What was the reason behind your account getting disabled?

So Fiverr is supposed to give you work? You're the one that has to generate clients. You can't rely on Fiverr alone bringing you clients. There's that, but also the potential lack of demand, maybe people moved to other social platforms and don't use Facebook as much?

Any account can be damaged if they have a low buyer satisfaction rate. It doesn't matter if you are a Pro, Top rated or level 1/2 seller. So don't spread misinformation, please. The main focus here is to ensure that you're offering a very good expreience for all your clients. If you have bad reviews, cancellations, late deliveries, that affects your buyer satisfaction rate and thus you will be way back in search. So yeah, it doesn't matter what Fiverr level you have, Fiverr expects you to have great performance all around. If you don't.... you're pushed back.

True. But in general, if you check that category, there are barely any sales, considering there are 1,288 services available... And I know for a fact some of them were closed, so there were more. But yeah, I don't see it as a successful main business, at least for me. It's still worth a shot to diversify your offers I guess.

And even outside of the Pro category, if you see people with more than a couple of sales, those are just older gigs converted to AI editing. So yeah, not exactly a best seller idea. But again, worth a shot, especially if it brings people to your profile.

Don't listen to the others that have nothing to back their claim. I have been a part of Seller Plus since it started. You just have access to some additional services or you can talk with a success manager that might guide you on how to improve your gigs. Buuuut, that doesn't guarantee any sales. Read what's included in seller plus and then you will see if it's for you or not. Don't expect it to generate sales for you because it won't if you just buy the service. The help you get from your success manager MIGHT help you generate sales, but there aren't any guarantees.

I think it's just people checking the market. I know some writers also have AI editing gigs and those have a lot of impressions, but few to no orders. I think he said he had a sale, but that was after quite a long time. So yeah, while it makes sense to have an AI editing gig, the chances of generating sales are rather low, honestly. I was thinking about creating such a gig myself, but I saw pro sellers that had multiple AI editing gigs started at the beginning of this year, and never got any sales. Same with level 2 or TRS..

To waste time. Buyers don't really care if the seller is online or not. Build up your profile, create amazing gigs, that's how you receive orders.

I see you have no reviews here, so.. did they actually review you?