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lisabaarns

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  1. I'm a top-rated voiceover seller and have voiced a number of game characters.
  2. No one is talking about "offering [my] services for free"! I am most certainly NOT tempted to offer my services for free. As I stated, I used to refuse free auditions, but having noted that some extremely successful sellers happily comply with these requests, I sometimes agree (please read my question for context). I asked about an audition, a small subsection of the script, which is often requested by buyers in the voiceover category.
  3. Yes, yes, and YES to all, but I do have one question: Oh, and pre-project tests to “prove” you can take on the job? Any Buyer asking you for an unpaid test is not only going against Fiverr terms, they’re waving one of the biggest red flags of all. Good Buyers don’t ask you to invest your time and skills in unpaid work" Are you saying that for me, as a VO artist, it's actually against Fiverr's terms to send a free audition to a potential buyer? For quite some time, I did not do any unpaid auditions on the platform. Instead, I sent the buyer a link to my demos, and if they wanted a custom read of a portion of their script, I would send an offer for a token amount to supply this. Later, I found that some other top-rated sellers will happily do a free audition, so I started being willing to do short auditions in some cases, but only once the buyer and I have agreed on the dollar amount and scope of the offer. If this has actually been a TOS violation, I'd like to know about it.
  4. We tried $10, then $15 and so far it’s a win for us. We also created some gigs that start at far higher price points, because some buyers search those other categories and didn’t even know we existed. Some assumed the other high priced sellers were better, or higher quality, and we felt like our quality is among the best. Now we have clients who find us via the $100+ gig, because that’s what they expect to pay for the quality they need… If you only have low priced gigs, you don’t have a chance to be exposed to some clients. I just looked at your gigs, they are all $10. But in my mind, you should have some that are above $35 and probably minor variations in the photos… but that’s just me. If an established business starts with Fiverr, they don’t expect to get a great voice system for $10. Many will pay a premium and start with the gigs at the $35 level… (Many people don’t want the cheapest, don’t want the most expensive either… In the middle is the “safe” range.) All that said, experiment, test, and try different options. There may be something far better than what I’m doing, and you’ll see over time another price point is more effective for you. Plus Fiverr is constantly evolving, so this weeks best practice may do even better with additional tweaks next month and beyond. Little stays the same for long.
  5. Fiverr used to favor the $5 base price. From what we can tell right now, that’s no longer the case, especially with people who have been around a while. (I moved to $15 as my base on my primary gig.) Fiverr now has a filter when selecting VO, and some buyers don’t even look at the lower cost gigs, as they associate higher price with higher quality. (Mostly yes, not always…) I get less work after my price increase in terms of overall gigs, but an amazing number of high dollar per gig sales. (It doesn’t hurt that I have a very strong set of repeat clients.) I’ve noticed the new clients I get with the higher floor are people who often used other VO services, and are used to paying far more, so we still look “too cheap” compared to what they have been doing. When you get above the $5 floor, you get fewer clients who are so focused primarily on the price, and are looking at quality and customer service. The system appears to be taking into account more “overall sales dollars” instead of just gig counts. The higher floor for us has been a huge win. (When you think of it, an extra $20 for a great VO isn’t much for most of the real world. It’s only the people who are trying to get everything for $5 where it’s an issue… and not my clients anyway…)
  6. Yeah, and then we get fracked. I went to People Per Hour, submitted one hourly, the ones people search for, the finks disapproved it. They set the standards impossibly high! Hey, I have an idea, instead of 4.8, why not 5.0? Instead of 90% completion rate, why not 100%? Come on, people! Let’s raise the standards! 20% commission? Let’s give Fiverr 50%! Better yet, let’s give them 100%. Let’s all work for Fiverr, they need the money, we don’t. Or maybe Fiverr should charge a membership. Want to be TRS? $100 a month. Not enough? $500 then. Hmmm… I guess I see it different. It’s their platform, their rules. I have plenty of other options if I don’t like it. It’s doesn’t bother me if some people decide to go find another platform to work, that’s up to them. If it’s not working for someone, they are free to explore other venues. Build your own site, find other ways to market, there are plenty of options and Fiverr may be perfect for some, or a poor fit. It’s still just one option.
  7. No, it’s a great idea. I don’t know how long you’ve been on Fiverr, I’ve been here since 2013. In the good old days, people got demoted for JUSTIFIED REASONS, such as “Order cancelled. Seller failed to deliver on time.” Too many of those justify a demotion. 4.7 does not. In my mind the changes are a win. There were too many Level 2 and TRS badges for people who HAVE been around for years, but didn’t do as much lately. Now people will adjust or go do something else. The Sam’s Club near me just closed. My family was a regular shopper there, and now we’ll shop someplace else. Life is that way… things change and we adjust. I think the new system is a huge win over time for those of us who continue to push and improve our business. There are now minimum standards for keeping level 2 and TRS, and that makes those levels far more valuable for buyers too. In many places, if you were a great worker 3 years ago, but you decided now you get to take 3 hour lunches now, they get rid of you. Your history is important, so maybe you get a warning, but after a certain point they are getting rid of you. As long as they announce the changes in advance, give us some time to adjust, I think this is a great thing. Higher standards will make a stronger marketplace over time. I’m not a TRS (yet) but I am happy they are setting the standards higher for those who both want to be (me) and those who had it in the past but stopped working for it. The only thing guaranteed is change. Fiverr is going to change, life will change, any other job/site will change too. (Glad we don’t work at Sears… formerly the world’s largest retailer…) The two week hold on payments is life. Their system, their rules…
  8. I still let them know I appreciate their feedback and that I’m always working for 5 star quality. (Without asking for a specific review.) I used to be over 70%, but among my 3500+ sales, I’m now at 69%. It’s dropped slightly over time, I know have a large set of clients who have done 50+ gigs with me, some continue to review, some others don’t anymore…
  9. 70% after ~1,700 gigs. Easy to get reviews in the early stages for me, now with so many repeat buyers, some only rate a subset of their orders. (They are very busy sellers too…) What matters most is how your overall ratings compare with your peers in the same category. Some categories get mostly one time buyers, some get a mix and repeat buyers often stop rating, depending on how busy they are.
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