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I ask them directly about that contradiction. They chose to answer a bunch of softballs and ignored my direct question. Of course.

@Kesha do you realize what this actually will do? If consistently high value for money means I should raise my prices, that means I should aim to not have consistently high value for money, but average. In other words, I should steadily raise my prices until my value for money is average, as in, fair. Which yes, makes sense - that's what it should be. The problem is that means I'll get reviews of 4 stars, or even lower, since value for money counts for the final rating. That means I'll lose my level, since I need to maintain a 4.7 average, and Fiverr states that dropping levels can affect gig positioning. If I get 3 stars on "value for money", the review will be lower than 4.7 If we could see our "value for money" and have that not affect our rating, or if the threshold to keep levels was lower, then yes, that would make sense. As things stand, you can't win with the system. You can't raise prices because you get punished for doing so. Please tell me how you think this works. How can I raise my prices if my value for money is high without dropping my rating average?

Btw, Fiverr, please tell me this - why is it that you have a fair, balanced review system for CS, and not for sellers? Where's the "exceptional" checkbox? If the "exceptional" is such a great idea, shouldn't you use that across all forms?

Get ready for the value for money to drop!

Conga rats shows itself to be prophetic, after all. This is the end goal - a rat race, all the rats forming a conga line.

I remember a time when to be a successful professional you had to be competent, and do what you promised the client you would do, on time and on budget. Do a good job, and that is enough. Now, it's not. You need to be extraordinary, all the time. Above and beyond (while not being compensated above and beyond). This is a recipe for failure and burnout. Nobody can be amazing all the time, and nobody should be punished for that.

From Fiverr's own materials: They say themselves that "consistently high value for money means opportunities to raise gig prices". This would naturally drop it - so the goal seems to be to have average "value for money reviews". They are clearly saying "if your value for money is always high, raise your prices until it isn't". However, they've raised the cut off for levels again, to 4.7 for top rated. How can both these things make sense at the same time, since having a consistent 3/4 stars on value for money means you can't keep the 4.7 necessary review average to be at the top level? This is contradictory.

Oh, how I wish my "money" wasn't countable. Alas, it surely is. I can then say, with confidence, that I have "fewer moneys".

I know, it wasn't an assumption. But please stop using those checkers, they are worthless. False positives are out of control, and you don't need them. You can tell if it's chat gpt just by reading it. Using unreliable "chat gpt checkers" does more harm than good.

I took a look at your gig. Couple things: 1) Your title/gig is not appealing for the vast majority of buyers. It's extremely niche. Very few people looking for video art on Fiverr, that's commercially not viable. This means that even when buyers see your gig, they won't click on it because it's not what they want. 2) Your account is from 2019 and you have 1 review. That's not strong performance, and most buyers will prefer buying from either a new account, or an account with more sales (specially given your pricing). 3) You are only using two tags on the gig - and two weak tags in terms of volume, cinema and video art. That doesn't help in terms of getting impressions. 400 impressions can lead to clicks if you have great thumbnail, lots of reviews, a product that is in demand, and a competitive price. You have none of that - so you will need way more impressions, because your clickthrough will be very low. 4) Your copy is bad. That doesn't matter in terms of clicks, but can help convert the few clicks you have into orders. Your copy isn't helping convert, it's clearly chatgpt. 5) Finally, your video (which is the essential factor to get clients given what you're selling) is too out there. Sure, it's a style, and I won't comment on "quality", as that is subjective. But the fact is that it's too odd for what the majority of people are looking for. Think about your buyer - who is he, and why is he looking to buy something like your gig video? Most people who are into video art are artists themselves, so they would be interested in making their own material, not buying it. It's not something that sells, plain and simple. Also, some of the sequences in your gig video are a actually a bit too shocking, too risky, you should play it safer given the platform you're selling on.

Yes, but I would seriously consider focusing on adjacent services. If you offer a lot of very different services from different verticals, it will look suspicious. Nobody can be an expert at everything. Like, UX design and web design could work as a combo, or photo and video editing, or writing and translation. But if you offer translation, video editing, programming and and music production... it starts to stretch credibility.

Sure, but that's whatever - they get a couple of views, sellers lose nothing but 30 seconds for clicking on their video. This one is more sophisticated, and will in effect steal money from people.

Just got this brief: There is absolutely no information online about the effects pack they demand you have, other than the store selling it for 30€. Other than the shop, it only shows up here, on twitter, and on upwork (with a similar brief). This is a fake job offer, to scam people into buying the (probably fake / broken) plug-in pack. There's absolutely no way some client is, by coincidence, requiring a plug-in that exists nowhere other than the store, and that nobody ever heard about - this "client" is the "plug-in" maker, trying to scam people into buying it, guaranteed. That's the only explanation for them requiring an extremely obscure paid software. Note the enticing budget as well, designed to get people interested. Do NOT ever buy software / plug-ins /anything because a client asks you to - unless it's actually industry standard, well known software (like, if a client says they need photoshop or after effects and you must own them, that would be legit for a lot of workflows). Very easy and lucrative business model - create a storefront selling some fake plug-in for cheap, post it as a requirement on freelance job boards on multiple sites, and watch the money roll in, from freelancers buying the "plug-in" to have a shot at a contract.

Yes, I don't remember the exact score I got, but it was easily over 90%. Both for the basic and the other one.

That's the american system. In europe, anything over 50% is a passing grade. However, on Fiverr, given how easy and basic the tests are, I'd say 90% is the passing grade.

You've added two zeros to everyone except bangladesh and US lol

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Yep, there is no advantage as a seller, and there are downsides, so it's not worth it. Now, if the milestones had any advantage versus multiple single orders (lower commission, faster clearance, locking the money up for the entire thing in the beginning, etc.) then I'd start using them, but as things stand they don't make any sense.

You can always deliver something, even if it's a document explaining what was done, etc. I sell calls, and that's what I deliver for those, any milestone can easily be converted into a document delivery, be it in dev work or any other, pretty much.

That's not an upside though. The choices are not - 1 order for $1000, or 1 milestone order with 3 steps for $300, $300, $400. The choices are - 1 milestone order for $300, $300, $400... or 3 separate orders for $300, $300, $400. Doing each milestone as a single, separate order is always better. 1 - You get the money faster. Clients have 8 days to revise on each milestone step. 3 on normal orders. If they let it autocomplete, it's much better to be working on normal orders than milestones. 2 - You get 3 reviews (potentially) instead of the maximum of 1. 3 - You have 3 completed orders instead of 1. Conclusion - there's no reason to ever use the milestone order feature.

1 - You can upload videos directly to websites. You should also deliver them in the order page, or at least some proof of work, since you need to deliver something to close the order. 2 - You can contact clients if needed for the order, such as zoom calls, to discuss projects, etc. All payments must made through Fiverr 3 - You can sell a consultation call either through the consultation feature or just make a gig that they can buy to pay you for the call.

It doesn't benefit you as a seller to use milestones instead of doing separate orders for each step of the process. That's the point. There should be an upside to use milestones instead of breaking any big order into multiple small orders. But there isn't. And there are actual downsides. It's objectively better to always try to make as many orders as possible.

I looked at the local market, and all the options I had before me, and online work was the obvious choice, providing the best risk/return. This was around 10 years ago now. The start was slow, but then things kept picking up pace.

My account is around 6 years old, so... Around 6 years ago.