[Changing base gig price from $5 to $10]

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.

Once again, thank you so very much. I agree with what you said about trying out different prices. I created some more gigs yesterday to offer some other types of voice overs (@uxreview had a great take on how specifics can help). I combined this with some varied price offerings based off what type of buyers I would like to attract. I feel better knowing A) I am being paid closer to what I feel my work is worth B) I am able to work with more buyers looking for quality, and not how many words I can fit for $5.

Thank you again!

[Changing base gig price from $5 to $10]

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…)

Thank you very much @lisabaarns. I’m glad that you have brought some clarification to this for me. I noticed the filter before as well. Did you set on $15 as the base because of the search function? (Ex $10 is still bundled in the lower category) or was $15 a choice number. Thank you again!

[Changing base gig price from $5 to $10]

I was taking a look at the search results in the voice over category. I happen to notice that 3 Top Rated Sellers have recently changed their base gig prices from $5 to $10. These sellers have had $5 as their base for at least 2 years. All 3 have changed this month to a $10 base price. The amount of work hasn’t changed (Ex. $10 for 300 words instead of $5 for 150 words).

I thought it was interesting considering that all 3 have had $5 as their base (2 of them even have posts on this forum about why TRS sellers should offer $5 as their base). Why the change in their tune? I also noticed that every “rising talent” gig, had a base of at least $10.

Curious on your thoughts. Are they playing the game of the new search algorithm? It just seemed very odd for them to all change at the same time, after being so adamant about “Fiverr’s Roots” of the $5 base price.

[It's my first gig for Background Removal.]

I agree with Frank, if you’re doing the basic background removal with a selection tool and eraser then don’t waste your time. There are plenty of sellers offering it for next to nothing.

However, if you can do it like professionals (hair and everything) then you might have a shot for some business.

Right now if I look at your portfolio then I can see you’ve picked super simple photos and to be honest I don’t even believe that you did those because I can find the same cutouts from other sites.

to be honest I don’t even believe that you did those

You would be correct. I checked as well and pretty much all of his gig images are from someone else. My recommendation… don’t take other people’s work and label it as your own.

[Can a seller complaint about a buyer?]

I’ve asked her to order for the new project , she said she’ll add the the tip as per the amount we’ve discussed

I’ve asked her to order for the new project

I’m gonna take a shot in the dark, and guess that you are not using the “tip” feature as intended.

Out of curiosity, did this buyer place an order from you for a smaller amount than you wanted, but agreed to tip you more money to make up for it?

It sounds like you took an order… knew a tip would be coming (flag) and were unhappy with the amount. Only idea I can come up with is that you agreed ahead of time on a tip amount (flag)

[Orders are Stop for unknown reason, I am Level 2 seller]

are you reading here many sellers are saying they are not getting orders i also so i think fiverr should take look that what is happening there

Think about it sales will not continue to flow constantly as you expect. Some days/weeks dry spells other days not so much. That’s Ebb & Flow if you owned a business outside of Fiverr you would understand that’s how Business works. Finding every opportunity to blame Fiverr for no sales, sorry I just can’t wrap my head around it. I asked you what do you want Fiverr to do? I’m curious to know what are your expectations.

I’m curious to know what are your expectations.

Realistic expectations: “I know that I may get some orders from Fiverr’s searches, but I shouldn’t rely on just that. I should find where my buyers are and advertise my services there too. Then, I will have some business coming in when Fiverr’s searches don’t bring too many orders”.

Their expectations: “Fiverr should give me a steady stream of orders, all the time. And how dare you even THINK that a buyer may look at my gig and not want to buy it!”

[New Sellers - Search your question .... Get the answer Now!]

On 4/25/2018 at 12:28 PM, somaginer1996 said:

Again, please read the main post 🙂

I remember when I saw this post created. I thought his exact thing would happen, lol 

[Which is best time to send offer to buyer request]

Friday afternoon right after lunch works for me. And of course the first tuesday after full moon. But that’s obvious.

Why are you giving away our secrets? Everyone knows that it is a secret tip to send requests on Firday’s after lunch time.

[Seller is falsely advertising and won't cancel order]

A scam artist is not a business man. Everyone knows if you want to create a business you need a quality product or idea that someone wants. You don’t sell them crap they already know or could easily find out themselves and overly price it to boot.

You don’t sell them crap they already know or could easily find out themselves and overly price it to boot.

You just explained 99% of the business models that I, unfortunately, get to work with on a daily basis.

[My fiverr success suddenly stopped]

But I always searched for my gig right after editing it and it always showed up. Maybe it’s because I’m searching it being logged in as myself, but still even then if the gig is not there, it shouldn’t be showing anyway, right? Confusion much haha

Maybe it’s because I’m searching it being logged in as myself,

It depends on the changes you make. You may have made a small tweak that the site didn’t need to pause your gig. I have made small changes before with no search effects, and then some medium changes with my search being off for at least a day.

[My fiverr success suddenly stopped]

wow, I honestly didn’t know they remove the gig after an edit. When the sales dropped I edited it like twice a day or so.

When the sales dropped I edited it like twice a day or so.

This would mean that your gig was never showing in search results. So no sales.

[14 days waiting clearance opinion]

Searching through miles of threads can waste lots of time panning through irrelevant stuff. It’s quicker and easier to just post away like on this page, it’s great. If you’re frustrated with threads being out there and people asking without looking at them, you better find a way to get used to it. Have a good one!

you better find a way to get used to it

You’ve been a member for less than 24 hours. Already dug up an old dead thread, and I need to get used to it? So much to be confused about here.

[Mobile App Gig Description Spacing]

I’m seeing this too! I have my Gig Description looking perfect on my desktop, with 1 line spaced between each paragraph. When I look at it on the Android app the next paragraphs are simple on the next line, with no 1 line padding between them.

Just to experiment, I added 2 lines of spacing between each paragraph, and then observed these results:

mobile had the 1 line spacing between each paragraph, desktop had 2 line spacing between each paragraph (which didn’t look good either).

Can we get these to be more consistent?

Funny you brought this old thread up, because I have the same issue. 2 lines on desktop and 1 on mobile. I can’t seem to find how to get them only 1 spaced on both. Hopefully we can figure it out.