katakatica

If you do some digging on the forum you'll find that ranking doesn't exist the same way as before - Fiverr now matches you up with the seller who's most likely to actually get an order from you (or sellers). Now, of course, it IS possible that you got a few bad private reviews (because those are very important) and due to that, you're recommended less, but just because you can't find your own gig you shouldn't get depressed. I'd probably see about signing up for seller plus to get indepth analytics (if you haven't yet) and see what happens. Your category IS overcrowded, and ups and downs are to be expected unfortunately - even if it seems like your competition is doing just fine. You can't know for sure if they have higher impressions than you. (having a huge team like that, I understand the pressure you're under, but the only way to solve it, probably, is to increase your performance/maybe try promotion again when it comes back? It HAS been a bit buggy for me recently as well, but I'm sure it'll work out OK. What you saw probably with the promotions/orders stopping was actually a negative (private) review, which honestly, when you handle so many orders is likely very normal...

If you have 50 orders in queue, clearly, it's a glitch.... why would you still obsess over you impressions if clearly, business was blooming for you? I understand that it looks scary, but I've long stopped thinking about impressions (unless I had 0 orders in queue, which likely said that I had a dip in performance (aka, likely a bad private review for whatever reason.) IF you stop getting orders (even from regular clients, etc.) I would get worried - but not depressed. (Depression is a mental illness and a very serious matter. If work pushes into it, you might want to talk to a professional/think about how to improve your mental health (and so on).

If you publish them just for the sake of having 7 gigs, no. If you actually take the time to make 7 GREAT gigs that WORK and people actually want, maybe.

I'm going to start with the fact that most people on here are sellers so I'm not sure if you will be able to get faster help by posting here. BUT! I realize that CS can be slow - it's annoying for sure, however I can see that they'd be swamped now (imagine how many no level/level 1 sellers are messaging them because 'buyer requests are gone'... add some of the technical glitches (impressions not showing up) that happened recently into the mix and...yeah. You have overworked support, even if they are supposed to give priority to level 2/TRS (and I think seller plus?) Now, if I were you, I would do one thing mainly: wait. I would potentially try to extend the order just to have an ease of heart but I don't think it will matter because if if IS ruled sketchy by CS, it will be cancelled and it won't affect your rating. Now if by some chance they don't believe it to be sketchy, things will be a bit... messier, but the one time I had an order like that, they told me that I only have to work on the order if I feel comfortable doing so (which to me equals 'we will take care of it if you don't.) I understand your frustration, but I wouldn't work myself up about this so much. Grab a coffee, take a walk and make sure you listed all the reasons why it's sketchy clearly. Maybe the CS agent who saw your mail needed someone else to check it as well... who knows. I know it's easy for someone else to be saying this, but keeping your cool in situations like this CAN be important to how the case will end (or so it feels to me.)

Honestly, they might be just cleaning BR up for good, getting ready to take it off the site completely. I find that after a while, briefs have gotten way better / more relevant to what I offer. It just takes time. BR was... Chaotic and while briefs will take a while to really work out I think they'll end up a lot less messy due to all the extra features like marking things as spam, etc. I understand the frustration but I think it's a good initiative. I don't think BR was supposed to be a major factor to how sellers get orders. At least for me it always seemed like a faulty extra.

In itself it isn't - but I think you missed the point of my post. People who spam other sellers for work mindlessly often type 'hello' or 'hi' to start with (and nothing else). My theory is that mixing up the greeting makes it harder for the spam filter to catch on. (As I'm assuming these people are spamming several accounts at the same time.)

hy is very common, hlo I think I've gotten before. Maybe even 'h'? The most common seems to be just 'give me money' though but oh well! (that being said, I HAVE had 'hy' being a typo and gotten an order out of it before I think. ) THAT aside I wonder if all these forms of 'hi' are because they know that 'hello' often gets marked as spam right away, so they outsmart the spam filter? Or... am I thinking too much into it?

So you're able to send a custom offer for 'any' word count, but from what I can see, it does have to be dividable by five (the fee, not the wordcount) which basically means rounding up/down for the most part. I've had this issue before as well for certain services, which is why I ended up figuring out a different way (having a much smaller 'sample' package than I'd like, but oh well!) I hope that this system will work out fine for you!

The sort of 'issue' with Fiverr is that the price of your product has to be divided by five (so for example, you can't sell, say, 650 words in your case, etc - or at least for now that has never happened to me. The best that you can do is write how much you charge per extra words in your gig packages because that way it'll be customizable to some extent. The downside of that is that for some reason while other extras will add extra days to your deadline, this feature doesn't (might be a recent change?) which means that if someone increased the wordcount you might have to write faster than you'd like ( this has only ever been an issue for me once but...) Another good way to offer custom word count is to use custom offers (but of course again that's somewhat restricted.) My current pricing is awesome for this but I reckon once I raise it a bit it'll be a bit harder to count all the time!

It took them quite a while to do that though! I mean, a whole year? (I'm guessing the students weren't so eager to report what was going on thougjh, so it makes sense.) I feel like if I drink 1,5 liters all together that's already 'good' (as in, I barely drink more than that.) Tried cute waterbottles, flavouring but.. nope. I do love juiceboxes though!

Do you have a brand you prefer? I used to order Bird&Blend (their chocolate mint tea is amazing) before there were new taxes on tea (well, everything) from the UK, but I'm hoping to splurge on something nice before Christmas. Swedish tea just isn't quite the same (though some specialty brands are awesome)

What I forgot to add is that it IS technically something anyone could write themselves (with more/less success of course!) but all the way more personal! I feel like a lot of people overlook writing as a gift, but I remember years and years ago when friends would write fanfiction for me (and vice versa!) It's just..fun!

So, the story goes (because with me, there will always be a story) is that -I'm not good at staying hydrated At all. I don't like water and honestly struggle with other drinks as well (not always, depends.) Now what I do love is copious amounts of tea - so when I can be bothered, that's what I make (or coffee). Even now, I have a coconut lemon meringue tea on the side of my desk, with loads of honey (I caught a bit of a cold in Poland, probably because I couldn't figure out how NOT to have the AC on in my hotel room (it MIGHT also be a new requirement of not heating up the place too much, but based on how dry/cold the air was, it felt like AC.) Anyway, so I'm always up to trying new things (new flavours, juices, etc.) so.. Tell me, what keeps YOU hydrated? Are you a water-all-day person? Or do you sip on soda while working? We ordered some box hot chocolate mix weeks ago but never got it (eek) so I'm even considering picking that up next time in the store. I'm also (just in general) curious about people who primarily freelance/work from home - how good are you at reminding yourself to drink? When I nannied/taught, I feel it was easier in a way since I saw the kids drink and my brain went 'oh. by the way, it's 2 and you haven't had a single sip of water since the morning'. So yeah, I'd love to hear what you love to drink / how you make sure you don't get dehydrated! (this post is unedited/not proofread as I'm just bored/sick and curious.)

I'm planning a holiday exclusive choose your own adventure story gig (featuring the gifted/loved ones) - not a card but writing can be a pretty personal gift!

I'll have to echo the rest. People who don't 'understand' time zone differences aren't necessarily people I want to work with/for, to start with. While I do reply until I head off to bed/once I wake up, I have 7-10 hours a night (depending on how much I manage to sleep) when I'm offline and... it works. I understand that being avaliable might seem as a good trait, but can you really work (or even just write) 100% well/correctly when you just wake up, especially in the middle of the night?) In all genuine honesty, the way I think is that my customers deserve the 'best' version of me (and so does my partner/so do I.) If I don't mute my phone/computer, I will wake up, throw my phone away and go back to sleep. The only thing it achieves is... making me mad. Now, I do understand where you come from. SOME people might not care - but... again, that's not really the type of people you want to work with. Respect is incredibly important, after all. Especially as a TRS, I think it's important to show that you expect to be respected as a seller. We are supposed to be good at what we do, so why lower ourselves? I want new writers to know that it's OK to set boundaries (even if sometimes I still struggle.) If I didn't follow my own advice/the way I preach, who would I be?

I feel like I'm torn - my partner and I are fine - (for now). Sure, we're affected but not as badly as my parents back in Hungary. They are in the middle of moving (on top of everything) and the new cost of basically everything is... not necessarily something they can afford as easily as we can. (The country is... 'fun' as well, though it has been struggling madly for the past what... 12 years or so? so that's not really much of a surprise. I feel like what makes me sad is that there's only so much I can do for them. As for the war... I'm not sure what will happen. It's hard to tell, though I'm hopeful that eventually things will quiet down a bit.

I spent five years traveling and doing odd jobs instead of studying OR getting a job that paid well. The only thing I regret is how some of those jobs affected my mental health. I'm 27 now and doing just fine figuring out what I like to do. Honestly, I don't think people should hurry up (granted it IS privileged to be able to get 'serious' later than some others.) There's plenty of time later in life. Of course I do sometimes wonder if it'd been easier to just write from when I was twenty seriously (so not just here and there) but... All the memories I've made abroad make up for the money. (... NOT for the mental scars. But those were just bad BUT temporary choices.)

That looks so good! My boyfriend loved (they closed) this small restaurant's chicken karahi (I think that's what it was called) so I've been hunting for a recipe (I'd be open for any meat with it 😄) I love meat in curries / sauces, but still figuring out how I like my steak lol I'm actually not sure! I might have to ask one of my old hosts for her recipe! I just remember the bread and just how rich it was. I wonder if pastina recipes would work with rice (cooked longer, of course) so it's almost like a rice soup/congee? Not the same of course, but they can be sooo cosy as well. Can't wait until we have a ricecooker (waiting to get our broken airfryer back before daring to buy anything again -.-) because congee is a bit of a hassle to make! Cheese in Sweden has been something expensive to be honest, so only recently did I find some brands that are really tasty... because of that now we have charcuterie as a side for pasta sometimes 😄

I've only had tonkotsu ramen a few times but it's so good! Unfortunately making it for two doesn't feel worth it (a quick spicy miso base is just easier!) but if we have friends over eventually I'd love to try making it. Takoyaki is something I've been hunting for here for ages but haven't found it yet, though I think I've seen it on a menu somewhere. It was my ultimate go-to after a bad day in China. I'm always happy to hear even more foodie ideas to be honest 😄 I often find it hard to decide what to cook, so it's helpful.

I make my own broth when we have it for dinner, which has been such a treat and the recipe I use isn't so hard (though it's not the most complicated ramen ever so it makes sense.) I've been wanting to recreate a dish I had in Italy (which was honestly just meatballs but with a different type of pasta I think.) We've come to the point where 4-5 times a week we manage to cook from scratch (for the most part) but the rest is... pretty junk food-y (though it's always very tasty.) I make this spice mix for chicken nuggets that has sechuan pepper in it - that with a garlic dip is another comfort meal, to be honest!

I'm not the keenest on spaghetti, but homemade can be lovely. We have carbonara (not the creamy version) relatively often, but I feel like pasta is more of a summer food for me (as long as it's not too heavy.) We make damn good garlic bread though which is amazing in any season 😄 Zuppa toscana is the ultimate comfort soup! I've never made it myself but had it in Italy a few times I think. I'm thinking of making pastina sometime for lunch (which is (for me) similar in feels but doesn't require loads of veg (I don't like buying the big packets they have hear because a lot ends up wasted 😞 still learning how to be more conscious with that. Not having a real autumn/spring sounds fascinating to me- I don't think I've ever been to a place that only had two distinct seasons!

Ramen I love in the summer as well, but can't drink much of the broth, which sometimes feels like a shame! I've been learning how to make miso ramen (with chasu) from scratch and I think it just hit the best when the weather was worse - but that WAS also the most recent time so! I'll be in Poland next week and honestly can't wait to have some pierogi. It's odd because there's loads of Asian restaurants all over the place here but I've yet to find something truly Eastern European, though I guess that cuisine isn't SO popular, so makes sense.

I feel like it's been a while since I've posted a food-thread so... here it is! Where I am, seasons have changed... rather rapidly. One day I was out with a group, enjoying the same heat as the rest of the summer, the next morning, cold winds have come to say hello in the morning and the air has cooled. Fall for me is often somewhat gloomy - I find myself tired and a bit cranky, though I also think it's rather beautiful with the leaves painted so many shades. The best part of the colder weather though for me has to be...food. Certain dishes just taste different when it's cold outside. So... what do you love eating when the leaves start turning yellow? I made Japanese style curry for the first time this week and it was just - amazing. Very cosy and comforting (especially because it was steaming hot when I served it! During the summer I usually wait a bit with eating because I don't like too-hot food. ) Anyway, I'm not the biggest soup fan (unless it's ramen / Hungarian fisherman's soup or even just chicken soup) so curries seem to be something I'm drawn to these days.. Spicy food also helps (though I try not too eat TOO spicy.) What about you? Do you eat differently when the seasons change? Is there something you like more when it's colder/warmer outside?

Really depends - I think I have 'cycles' almost. I used to write super well at night before moving to the capital (and in with my partner) but now I try to work more during the day so that we can both have our time off at the same time. Sometimes though, old habits come knocking on the door and I'm inspired at 2AM! These days, I usually have a good amount of inspiration in the morning and usually it lasts a while... but sometimes it never shows up. I do notice though that Wednesdays are my least productive days and I'm best on Mondays and Fridays (word count/etc. wise.)

I wouldn't start anew, but I'd try to see what might be the issue. Just from a quick look at your profile, the main issue for me is that what you offer, well, thousands (if not more) of others offer the exact same things. At level 2, you should ideally have enough talent to stick out - either by being the absolute best or having unique gigs (at least that's what I think.) You will probably still get briefs (they were introduced when I was TRS so I'm not sure how often) but I'd do research on what you could do to be more unique and how to be better than your competition.