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The things support probably has to deal with sometimes … image510×600 116 KB

Your settings don’t matter there. You have to pay attention while you withdraw. You can choose whether to withdraw in your local currency or in US$ during the process. For me, after Fiverr introduced the option to withdraw in local currency, it automatically had switched to € but after I had chosen US$ once, now my default is $ again. I still pay attention, though, as I think it might revert back to € perhaps after a site or windows update without me noticing.

Last share, promise 😉 , off for the … workweekend now.

image1100×720 166 KB image988×1000 162 KBOff-topic hattrick? 👀 No, this is a Fiverr freelancer’s meme gig’s packages, last one being the premium one, obviously. (Also, Vickie’s only rule I see is “Funny”) When you get a source text for translation that must have been written by someone who replies to the “I need you to write 100 original articles, 1500 words each. My budget is $5. Need it in the next 12 hours. Don’t apply if you can’t work with my budget. Only native speakers with university diplomas. Write TOP WRITER first so I know you read this” BRs.

Or because the thread has gotten so long that they are too lazy to check whether their funny idea has already been posted. repost500×1406 98.2 KB

This thread has special powers, it dings me all the time even without a direct reply or tagging, but better this thread than any other. free cat1000×1000 218 KB

This meme can cover even 2 use cases: Typical seller reaction to “advertise your gig” advice from support or forumSome Writing&Translation category sellers’ reaction, when buyer wants them to uglify their work for the sake of SEO notaprspecialist700×530 196 KB

But but but …

There is no Baby Yoda meme here, that needs to change, let’s see … 12-year old Fiverr seller, trying to pass ID verification with grandpa’s ID underage700×699 79.1 KB

Bonus points for a ToS gifmeme that’s almost as long as the ToS. Spammy seller who wants to sell something to a buyer who happens to be a seller and thus is contactable … or made the mistake of posting a buyer request while being a contactable seller … youdontknowme1200×628 43.7 KBVickie has a talent for threads that leave people all heartless.

Footie gif! That reminds me of … seller trying to hide in a small niche, but The Algorithm™ will find him anyway for the gig rotation.

Not sure why the meme maker chose Ron Weasley but I guess the facial expression works.

Sharingan activating after Sasukee_Fiverr just politely and at length, and commendably, without using physical nor verbal violence, explained to buyer #555 that and why he can’t share his email, and the buyer then asks for his skypee. But … better one that’s more on-topic, before I’ll go down an anime usagi hole and translate:

The only analytics I like to check out. Mine looks rather similar, and I’m also hoping for an order from Greenland - and Iceland! I seem pretty much stuck around this value, alas. 281918×951 132 KB … If an order is cancelled, and it was the only buyer from that country, does the country turn into terra incognita again then …? :thinking: Does anyone know for sure?

Trees are the best to lift my spirits. If there’s enough time, a forest, if not, the close park will do. And squirrel watching, or squirrels observing me observing them, makes me always smile, if I want to or not. Eichhörnchen1411×1759 892 KB

I think the lynchpin is mostly whether support considers the cancellation reason as valid enough for it to not count for your stats. If it must have been clear to the buyer from your gig description that you don’t provide what the customer ordered, there’s a chance that they’ll cancel it without your stats taking a hit. The standard reply is something like this (the reply from CS to a cancellation request, where the buyer had ordered a translation gig for a language my gig clearly doesn’t offer): "Of course, I will be happy to assist you with this. The order has been canceled as per your request. Please keep in mind that cancellation statistics are handled automatically and the system will update the cancellation based on our criteria. We recommend that you check your analytics section to confirm. " “Based on our criteria” = Since we don’t know the exact criteria (the cancellation reason most probably being the main criterion), we can’t know in advance whether it will count against our stats or not. (In my case, I kept an eye on my stats, as they recommended, and my stats didn’t change). I can’t tell you more than that - whether your stats will take a hit or not, depends on their criteria.

As far as I know, the only chance to not have a cancellation affect your rating is support (and even then, it’s not guaranteed; it probably depends mostly on the cancellation reason). If they don’t reply timely, you could ask your buyer if they are willing to wait a few more days because support currently is slow with responses due to Covid. What is the reason for the cancellation?

You submitted a request to cancel the order only to Fiverr support? If you’re lucky, they’ll reply before your gig’s deadline, but going by many recent forum posts, it can take up to 10 days currently for them to respond, unless you have priority support as one of the leveling perks (level 2, TRS). If you submitted the cancellation request to your buyer via the resolution center, one of 3 things can happen: buyer accepts your cancellation request, order gets cancelled and buyer gets refundedbuyer rejects your cancellation request, order stays activebuyer doesn’t react within 48 hours, the order will automatically cancel and the buyer will get refunded

Hardly. I think it’s a safe bet that Fiverr aren’t doing that because they have too much free time on their hands or love managing forms or want to prioritize US sellers, but to comply with applicable laws, as also stated in the opening post. When Fiverr is required under applicable laws, it will send a 1099 form at the end of the year to the applicable tax authorities. If it becomes applicable law that Fiverr needs to collect and send such forms for/to other countries too, they will certainly do so. However, in any case, US taxpayer or not, all sellers are required to report their income and pay any taxes they are due (if they are above their country’s threshold and taxes apply), as stated in the ToS (and, of course, in their own country’s laws, regulations, etc.).

I got a notification and mail telling me to do this within 30 days to keep my gigs active, clicked it, got asked whether I am “a US person”, no, I’m a cat and dog person 😉 so I clicked “No”, done. (For now, I guess they may require equivalent forms be filled out in future if other countries’ tax authorities insist.)

Thanks for sharing! I don’t have the option, so such experience posts are really interesting. Did you or do you think you got orders out of it? What I’m wondering is, if, as I’ve read, you can only use ads with already popular gigs, wouldn’t actually interested buyers keep clicking your gig anyway, promoted or not, and would you perhaps rather pay for curious or malicious sellers clicking them? If someone could clearly say they got orders from advertising, that would be good to know. I’m assuming you might be able to see it, like you can also see when you got an order from a gig while it was ‘Fiverr’s Choice’. And do you get a bill from Fiverr for the ads, so that you would be able to file the cost as expenses for income tax?

Yes, while I guess Cat is right and it’s a win-win for Fiverr if sellers pay for additional promotion of their anyway best selling gig (or to avoid their gig losing outcon sales because promoted gigs are more visible), that’s where the feature might actually come in handy from seller side, to launch a new gig, plus, it would be easier to know if the investment pays off vs promoting a gig that often gets orders anyway. I’d feel more tempted to try the feature on a new gig. I don’t yet have the option, though, in any case.

Write it in a “the glass is half full” way: In compliance with Fiverr’s ToS, any communication has to be within Fiverr’s platform. Like that, your message shouldn’t be flagged, so it saves time for you and the potential buyer, and it sounds less antagonistic than “not allowed to…”, “strictly forbidden”, and similar, with a better chance of the potential buyer feeling less lectured and they might just say they didn’t know that, thanks, and order. For whether to work with a buyer who doesn’t know the rules or pretends to not know them, use your best judgement. With some, you know right away that they are aware but want to take it off-Fiverr, while some really weren’t aware and can become good customers. I use a case-by-case approach, which usually works well.

Write a direct mail? If you don’t have another mail, then create one.

Contact Fiverr support: https://www.fiverr.com/support_tickets/new?source=help_center Choose “Terms of Service Violation”. You can also try support @ fiverr. com Unfortunately, currently, support seems to have long response times, so if you try by email, make sure to put “my Fiverr account got hacked” or something in the mail header which hopefully might catch someone’s eye.