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Just downloaded one of my gig videos (33 seconds) to compare with what I uploaded, and this is what it shows: My upload was a 1920*1080, mpeg-4 AAC, h.264, 21.9 MB The video after Fiverr processing is 1280*720, mpeg-4 AAC, h.264, 5.8 MB The codecs are the same, both audio and video. The resolution is dropped from 1080p to 720p. However, that's not the full story. If all they were doing was dropping the resolution, a 21.9MB 1080p file should result in a 9,73MB 720p file (a 1080p file should be 2.25 times larger than a 720p file of the same quality). The audio would remain the same quality in both. However, it's nearly half that, so they are compressing it quite heavily. How much of the compression affects the video vs the audio is hard to tell, but it probably affects both. Given that the initial video is well under their file size limit of 50mb, they ain't doing it for file size reasons, they're just heavily compressing everything just because. I'd have to run some tests to see if my original file was 50mb instead of 21, if the end result would be 10-15 mb instead of 5. If that's indeed the case, my immediate advice would be to export the audio in the highest quality possible to be under 50MB and have the video take almost no space (since that's not important for you, just a still picture will compress to nearly nothing as a video, leaving more space for the audio), that way you'd end up with a higher bitrate if you started with a higher bitrate to being with. But there may also be the case that they just compress it to a flat rate anyway, regardless of what you start with, in which case it shouldn't make any big difference.

Fiverr has a 50mb limit for gig videos - I don't know if they compress what you upload further. If they don't, it's simple - the video itself can be of nearly zero size, if all you care about is the audio, and 50mb should be way more than enough for good audio quality for a 1 min clip. I can try to see if I can download one of my gig videos from Fiverr to see if they did anything to them after my upload, or if it's the same file I uploaded.

That was a good move. If you didn't, Fiverr would eventually remove them and possibly block you from using the feature in the future.

That does NOT mean Google and Fiverr are your clients. Selling on Fiverr does not mean Fiverr is your client. Working with google Adsense does not mean Google is your client. Did Fiverr, the company, ever hire you? Did google, the company, ever hire you? I don't think so. This is from Fiverr's rules on top clients - https://www.fiverr.com/support/articles/4404324058513. I suggest you read it carefully.

Sure. Did you also claim to have worked for Google and Fiverr by mistake?

Also, I thought Fiverr had already fixed this. You did not work for Fiverr, or Google, or any of the top clients you claim.

Oh really?

Well, that's a new one.

It will also depend on what your definition of millionaire is. Making 1 million USD is not being a millionaire - you can make 1 million over several years, and meanwhile have to spend most of it in living expenses. I only have a fraction of what I've made so far on Fiverr in liquid assets, as living costs money.

Get rid off it. Public reviews are all that's needed. Rework it completely - the way it's worded right now is extremely punitive. The top rating being "perfect" makes no sense - nothing is ever "perfect". Perfection does not exist. When I buy something, it should meet my expectations, it's not reasonable to expect services will always "exceed expectations". Etc. Right now, the private feedback form is built in a way that is fishing for dissatisfaction. Also, leave private feedback only before you leave a public review. I'm responsible for the product I deliver, I'm not responsible for results I don't promise. Let's say I deliver a video for a YouTuber. Client is happy with it, leaves a 5 star public review. Then, a week later, he gets asked for private feedback... and the video happened to not do well on YouTube, and got fewer views than he was expecting. That's not my responsibility. That's not my job. I don't promise that. I can't control that, and there could be a million reasons for that that have nothing to do with the work I did. Yet, he will likely leave a less than perfect private review, since he was unhappy with the results he got. Which, again, have nothing to do with me. Finally, focus the private feedback on the overall buyer experience, which is only partly controlled by the seller. If I was Fiverr, I would want buyer feedback on the platform itself, as much if not more than on the particular seller. Yet that doesn't happen. Why are sellers under strict scrutiny, but never the platform? I've never seen private feedback asking a buyer about the way the site itself is designed, the order flow, the features, etc. Those are all Fiverr's responsibility, they designed the system. If I, as a buyer, end up going with a seller that isn't a good fit for me... why did Fiverr match me with that seller, instead of matching me with one that is? They should want feedback on it.

It's not basic e-commerce stuff to have to give feedback in order to get what I paid for, sorry.

Interesting idea, but it goes against Fiverr's prime directive - frictionless experience for buyers. You can agree or disagree with that, but that's what it is. I highly doubt Fiverr will ever implement anything that forces buyers to do anything after payment for an order is made.

I think the spammers are the norm, unfortunately, rather than the exception. A lot of people getting them, from all seller levels, prices, and business volume.

Interesting. Why do I receive those messages frequently, then?

Yes, and bigger sellers disproportionally finance Fiverr. The argument goes both ways.

Are you sure it was him? Fiverr automatically watermarks images upon delivery. The watermark should be removed after you mark the order as complete. Check again and see if it's still there. It would be very weird for a seller to place a fiverr watermark on their images, that doesn't make sense.

There's no such thing. You're talking about dark mode.

Yesterday I had 5 of my gigs go to zero impressions (actual ZERO), while others kept or increased their impressions. Today, none of them are at zero, and half of the gigs that had gone to zero, are at 10x what they were before the drop. Like, it's a vertical line going up. No idea what's going on, it's bizarre.

Although, on an iPad you can just log-in to fiverr on the browser, and use it like a computer. Yes, an app would be better, but I think the priority should be feature parity between the current app and the web version. Right now certain things work on desktop, but not the app, and vice versa. Just as an example, comments on files (like for revisions) don't work on the app. They really should. If I receive comments on deliverables and I'm out of office, I can't comment on them to let the client know if what they need is doable or not - I can't see them at all until I'm back at the computer.

It's the iPhone App. Not ideal. A native iPad app should be much better than an iPhone App.

The math is impressive, 100% of people seem to be in the top 10% in the tests. It's truly magical.

Yeah, insulting them back is not a good idea. Why run a risk for nothing. Just report (and block), done. If you insult back, you may end up reported yourself.

I totally get that, But it still surprises me, when you have countries with bigger populations (or nearly as big), no opportunities locally, and way lower cost of living, for which Fiverr is much much more appealing as a career choice as for an American. And you see that in plenty of categories, btw.

I wouldn't do that if I were you. What Fiverr is saying with that message, basically, is that it wants sellers to increase prices. You make more money by increasing prices. Selling stuff for $5 will be over. $5 today is not the same as $5 10 years ago anyway. $30 is a low price.

That seems pretty clear to me. The price must be between $30 and $10000. $5 is not.