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I haven’t used CS enough to notice a lot of that, but I have noticed that CS communications seem to have declined. Several times it’s been evident the person responding didn’t fully understand what I wrote and it seems to be a language barrier. I didn’t have that impression before.

No one hires a virtual assistant to help them get through COVID. That isn’t a thing. And it’s weird to come here trying to find ways to capitalize on a tragedy/crisis… You create a role based on what you’re best suited to, not what you think you can profit the most off of. The fact that there is high competition should alone tell you that it’s not a worthwhile business. Being superfluous in a market is a terrible business strategy. As @mariashtelle1 explained, this is not okay. It’s sleazy. It also makes no business sense.

“If you’re not willing to put 10 minutes to find the right provider you may not be that invested in the order after all, so why should other people?” I’m not saying to rush through offers. If I could spend 1 second for each of 100 responses, 90% of which are duds, or 10 seconds for each of the 10 thoughtful, credible responses, which one do you think would be a better investment? I’m not saying to rush. I’m saying to scale your efforts so you can focus on what matters.

“In our mobile phone we see the impression of all active Gigs collectively.” – That’s not what he’s saying. He’s saying that the app and desktop are showing two different results. That discrepancy is indeed a problem.

I hate this…if the request seems legit I might still do it, but I don’t like the approach. I get why people do it, but it should take only a couple of seconds to see if you’re reading a template or if the bidder has actually addressed your questions. If someone asks for a keyword, buyers can use their Finder to search for that keyword. This would save you from sifting through hundreds of responses and isolate your results to only the responses that complied. Even if you only took 2 seconds for each of all of them, that adds up and a keyword would allow you to skip that.

Thank you. In every single post complaining about not getting BRs, they all want to send template responses instead of giving buyers what they actually want. Then they complain here. It isn’t rocket science that if a buyer asks for something it’s because they want it.

He has an 11-hour a day job. That is hardly comparable to your situation. I’m not saying he can’t make it work. He can. I’m saying your guilt tripping post isn’t helpful or applicable. Invalidating his concern that he can’t handle it achieves nothing. It’s rude. It’s a valid concern and he is right to ask how to make it work. You haven’t given him any advice on how to do that. You just shamed him for being concerned.

No your rating doesn’t dictate your ranking. Thousands of sellers are at Level 2. Each page has less than 50 spots for gigs. So it isn’t even possible for them to all rank well. Plus there are many other factors in the algorithm and Fiverr programs it that way for their business goals. This has been discussed here many times. All gigs fluctuate in the rankings dramatically regardless of performance.

Yes. And what determines your keyword recognition? The algorithm. That’s how it works.

No you aren’t at all. You’re talking about why are you on the last pages or not at all. That’s literally what you said. That is your ranking. Ranking means what your position is for a search query.

Rankings change, often drastically. That’s the nature of algorithms.

I haven’t seen or used it, no. I think it’s problematic to need to do this and shows that people need to diversify their income, especially if people rely on this feature and use it often. That said, I appreciate that everyone has a crisis here and there and could use money earlier.

Yay Canada! I am in Canada but most of my orders come from the U.S. I suspect this may be because what I offer is standard marketing there and it seems to take longer to catch on elsewhere.

Nothing in this job requires email. This buyer is trouble.

Thanks for the ideas! I am kind of musical artist challenged. But I just got myself an early gift of an Amazon Alexa, and it is so nice to merely be able to tell her to play what I want to hear. Now, I have a list of what to try. I was a teen when they began. I like the 50’s and 60’s classics. Motown while you work?

NIN would be great work music! Nice! I like to listen to Radiohead while I work.

Your gig URL slug isn’t going to affect that. I know in regular SEO it can, but not on Fiverr. Fiverr explains very clearly that you can’t change your gig URL. No system anywhere changes your URL slug automatically when you change your title. Because then people would complain about losing their backlinks.

From my experience, no tax consultant or accountant can understand freelancing. To me, this undermines credibility in their entire profession. Every single tax consultant assumes that freelancers are working with local businesses directly. The fact that they never commit to understanding what you do makes them not worth paying to work with in the first place. Not necessarily. The tax credits alone make it worth it, but I see what you’re saying.

I’m not sure why it confuses accountants because it’s basic sub-contractor work. Fiverr is our client. Do they not have other clients who sub-contract? It’s just weird to me that so many don’t seem to get it. I know VAT is confusing and complicated, but it seems accountants make it more so by not understanding how and why it is a sub-contract. Or maybe their freelancer clients aren’t describing it that way.

I suspect they don’t specify it because there is no ratio that is ideal for both impressions and views. So annoying and unfortunate, I know. It’s another reason to make a gig video, though!

Do you mean stretched when seen as an impression, like in search results? Unfortunately they aren’t clear on that. I’ve found gig images tend to look different as a view than as an impression. I think it’s just a flaw in their setup. I don’t think there is a ratio that would avoid said issues here.

YES, it can work, but only if you use it properly. People don’t use Reddit to see other people’s promotion and spam. They use it to have conversations and exchange insights. If you share powerful insights, people will want to get to know you and look you up. Reddit only helps you generate leads if you use it organically. THAT’S how it works. It doesn’t work by you posting your link there and telling people to buy something. NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THAT. It is more than disappointing to see how many people assume a platform can’t help them just because spamming there didn’t work for them. If you think spamming is the only way to engage people in what you do and you genuinely don’t understand why you’re banned for behaving like this, you shouldn’t be marketing yourself online.

Your Fiverr buyers aren’t your customers. You are a subcontractor of Fiverr and Fiverr is your client. It’s like if you sub-contract for an agency. You don’t pay tax based on your client’s clients. The company you are subcontracting for does that because they are their clients, not yours. You’re just paying tax on your income, not on a per-product or per client’s client. Also, Fiverr gigs are services, not products, because you are personally fulfilling them with your time and labour snd skill. The VAT rules you are thinking of apply to products, not services.

Great idea! I’ve found that it’s hard to find a great still in your video. This would be a great solution to that, too. Thanks for the tip!

No you can’t. Read the ToS. Why do people ask questions that are explained in the ToS?