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Yeah, and it’s all about volume. I get the sporadic contact (many go directly to spam so I don’t see them). If I was getting multiple notifications a day from meksells I would also be annoyed.

I don’t recall having sent any unsolicited messages in my entire Fiverr career, but I’ve received some that I can classify as ok. I’m fine with a “Hey, here’s my portfolio, if you ever want to team up let me know” - as long as the portfolio is impressive. I’ve gotten to be familiar with the work of a couple sellers that way, and if I ever need it in the future it can be convenient (because they were actually good at what they do). It’s networking, something that is often lacking in online freelance. I’m not talking about messages from people with no skills, broken English, etc. I’m talking about messages from talented, successful people who know what they’re doing. Those are fine. I know, 99% of messages don’t fall under that category, but it’s still a possibility. And it’s all about how you frame it. The problem is that the vast majority of contacts are just asking for stuff, be it advice, orders, work, whatever. Contacts offering something for nothing in return (as long as it’s reasonable, you don’t want to look desperate in any way) are far less likely to be interpreted negatively.

Cold contacts are all about providing value. If you can message someone with something that is actually helpful for them, they probably be appreciative and won’t report you. If you message someone asking for handouts (orders, work, clients… in short, money), you won’t be so lucky.

Per order, yes, but it’s not that straightforward in total earnings, since there are less orders, on average, than a lot of non Pro TRS’s. Either way, Pro is not a “level”, so it can’t be compared with level 1/2/TRS, you can be both. It’s kind of another platform inside the platform. Fiverr should probably spin it into its own thing, and separate the Pro market from normal Fiverr.

You can’t look at individual sellers, those fluctuate based on a ton of factors. On average, a level one seller will make more money per month than a no level seller, a level 2 will make more than a level one, and a TRS will make more than a level 2.

Forums are for English posting only, you should edit your post before it gets removed. Btw, “ilustrador para me ajudar a melhorar meu show”? Eu falo português e nem eu percebo o que isso quer dizer. Oh, and I also advise you to change all your gig copy to English, having it in portuguese makes no sense, you’re driving away 99% of the market. Not wise.

I wouldn’t say it’s good as a freelancer. When I work with clients directly, outside of any platform, it’s always 50% upfront before I even start and 50% when I deliver the final version (watermarked). Only when I get 100% of the money will I deliver the final unwatermarked version. You can’t compare freelancing to a regular job. A regular job has benefits, a guaranteed income, etc. You’re running less risk, so you can wait more. There’s no “cancelations” either. This is talking about small fries, ofc. If you’re dealing with 100k budgets with big companies, then it’s standard practice to go up to 90 days. It makes sense to wait that long for 100k, but it doesn’t make sense to wait 90 days (or even 14) for 5 bucks. But people doing that kind of work with those budgets generally won’t be interested in Fiverr anyway.

Precisely, that’s why Fiverr has a waiting period, to guarantee they are not out of money themselves in the event of cancelations or chargebacks. Anyway, that is only really relevant when you’re starting out. As a freelancer you need to have money set aside for that, you can’t live pay check to paycheck. Doesn’t work. If you have (as you should, as a freelancer) money for a couple months of expenses set aside (this is not a suggestion, it’s a must. If you can’t do this, you’ll never succeed), it doesn’t matter if you get paid now or later. As for the 14 days, yeah, it’s a bit much. But as TRS or Pro you get it in 7 days - because you have proven yourself to be trustworthy. This is a two way street, lots of sellers also scam people. Many of the new sellers really can’t be trusted by Fiverr, it would be too risky. Fiverr has also implemented a new early withdraw system, where you can get it right away. And they’re also working on a cash advance system.

Well, what is it then? Is it a cap at 5k or based on earnings? Because if it’s based on earnings it doesn’t make sense to cap it at 5k if you make, say 10k a month.

But still, I would assume you know the basics, or are familiar enough to pick it up quick? We’re not talking rocket science here, it’s all pretty basic stuff. I’m pretty sure a sys admin will know at least some programming languages, even if it’s just scripting.

From what the OP has said, it seems like they are looking to work in computers and that their Fiverr gigs will be a side gig to keep them going while studying. I don’t see the point in advising them to begin studying something else while already studying computer science and English. They want to make some money now, or soon at least. As for not making money in translation, sure, there’s probably a limit to how much can be made but that’s not to say there’s no money in it. Also, how many graphic designers get to the level where they are charging 100 times what the rest charge; not too many I would imagine. I didn’t say he would necessarily need to study anything else. They are not professional translators anyway, they just have enough skills to give that a try. Surely they have enough skills (specially given they study computer science, so they must have good computer skills) to try something else. A programming gig, for example, would be way better, and a better fit for them in all likelihood. Discord bots seem to be all the rage atm, for example. Pretty natural side hustle for a comp sci major.

I would advise against translation. Extremely saturated field, impossible to stand out - your work as a translator won’t look “amazing” in a portfolio, no matter how good it is. If it’s perfect, it will just look… like normal text. There’s no “wow” effect in translation, like you can get with music, photography, design, video. There’s no emotional connection with a piece of translated text. That means prices are not elastic. The best translator can’t charge 100 times what an average translator charges. There’s no market for that. You can’t improve on a “correct” translation. If it’s correct, it’s correct. So if competition does the job competently, how can you stand out? You can’t - except on price, where it quickly becomes a race to the bottom. However, the best graphic designer can and does charge 1000 times more for a logo than some random designer. Because what he does can’t be “correct” or not. It’s subjective. It’s art. Therefore, it’s essentially priceless - the value is in the eye of the beholder. And that’s what you want as a seller. All this to say - translation is a bad field if you want to make real money. Look into something else, it will be better for you in the long run. The more creative, the better, since you’ll have more pricing control and way higher chances of standing out from the crowd with an unique style. If you absolutely must go with translation, the best bet in terms of value would be highly technical subjects, where you need to be an expert to translate properly. That can make you stand out from the crowd, and raise your value, since competition will be much lower. However, the market will also be much smaller. A hard balance to strike for sure.

What is this? I don’t have that option. Anybody that does knows what the max amount is? I don’t think it’s interesting to get 500 bucks, but if you can get enough to buy a house, then count me in lol This is supposed to be “credit to grow your business”, right? 500 bucks is a joke to grow a business. We better be talking upper limits in the 5 figures at least, anything else would be pointless.

I own stock. So far it’s been treating me very well, over 200% up atm.

Neither. Safari > all. If on windows… use safari on my phone, or open the MacBook to browse. Nobody deservers to browse on windows, horrible experience lol

Wtf is vipealo? Quite weird, even for spam standards

As long as you are professional when you need to be professional… I’m known for speaking my mind and being quite… energetic in my replies, let’s put it that way. That hasn’t stopped me from being TRS or invited to PRO. You don’t need to be passive and submissive. You just need to do it smartly.

TIL South Asia is a continent.

Ba… Oh no, wait. Portugal. I got a bit carried away.

Logic, easy. Just great interface.

Doing the math on your revenue / orders, that’s an average of $55 per order. Maybe it works for that. For $500+ gigs, I just don’t see it happening. If your math checks out, I would have to pay more than $100 to get a single order (with no guarantees). No thanks. On top of that, you can’t know if those people who ordered through promoted gigs wouldn’t end up ordering from you anyway, for free. It’s not like you don’t appear in the search at all if you don’t pay. It’s impossible to know which orders you only got due to promotion, so the ratio is even worse. Even if it works as you said, for every $5 worth of orders, you’ll be making $4 (20% comission), and you’ll be paying an extra $1 for the promotion (1:5 ratio). That’s equivalent to making $3 out of every $5. How would you feel if Fiverr charged 40% commission instead of 20%? Because in practice, mathematically, that’s what it is (assuming the 1:5 ratio). Not to mention the potential for abuse - you are paying per click. Anyone can go and keep clicking on your ads, making you pay, with no intention to ever order. Someone doesn’t like you? Make 10 bot buyer accounts and keep clicking your promoted gigs. If the payment was done per order placed, then it would make sense, paying per click is just too risky and prone to exploitation. There’s no lead qualification either - you can’t say “promote this gig only to people willing to spend $xxxx+”. Fiverr will show it to pretty much anyone, and you can get people with a $5 budget wasting your money by clicking on your $1000 gig out of curiosity that, of course, they will never order.

Not really, because you have to do the work. You already pay 20% to Fiverr. If you are paying $1 in promotion to get $4 per $5 worth of orders, that’s another 20%. So, in practice, you are paying $2 for every $4 you make. That’s 50%.

Screenshot 2020-11-13 at 00.43.182720×856 234 KBHere are my results after spending the $10 offer. Suffice to say, I won’t be spending another cent given the abysmal results. I got one contact from the clicks, and it was a low quality lead that went nowhere. Very disappointing.

You’ll get it in 90 days. The message is clear enough, I think.

If you’re getting more orders than you can handle comfortably, that’s a clear sign you are too cheap. Increase prices.