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  1. I'll just try to sort it out. It's a bad mechanic in my opinion. Just as bad as "Private Reviews".
  2. I've been doing what I do for more than 12 years and I'm pretty decent at it. You can pretty much know who is in the right when I tell him "Please tell me what's wrong with it, I'll be happy to make some adjustments free of charge" and he responds with "there's nothing you can do, it's shit, give me my money back". "It's shit" was also his opening line. Here's the work by the way, I did 2 versions (which he didn't pay for but I added one as an extra, just in case) If he asked nicely about canceling the order I would've happily done it and I also DID want to cancel the order and provide him with a refund, until I found out about this stupid feature that a lot of people would just make mental gymnastics to justify. TO SUM IT UP, here are my current options: Option 1- I agree to cancel and I get paid 0 for the work I did + I potentially get a bad review (potentially a bad private review also which will also hurt my account) Option 2- I don't cancel and I get paid, but the buyer is extra malicious and again leaves 2 bad reviews (1 public and 1 private) Option 3- I agree to cancel and I get paid 0 for the work I did and IF I'M LUCKY, the buyer won't bother. Do you see how this feature is a problem? I wouldn't have been worried if the buyer didn't call me "Bro" and my work "Shit", but when you're dealing with someone like that it becomes pretty obvious to you how they're wired.
  3. Woah, I just found that out and this feature is a DISASTER! Currently working with a really awful buyer. I made him a 30% discount, I worked for 3 days on the order, while being really queued. The moment I delivered the work he literally said "This is SHIT, give me my MONEY back" and opened a cancelation request. Like, he did it literally a second after I delivered. I was open to do a few revisions for free, as I always strive to close orders, but communication with him was essentially impossible, as he just insulted my work, opened like 10 cancelation requests, and just acted in bad faith. I opened a ticket with Customer Support to make sure my Order Completion Rate will stay intact if I cancel (as it's not up to me) but they told me that he can STILL LEAVE A REVIEW which broke my mind, literally. This feature puts even more stress on sellers and gives more blackmail room for malicious buyers (which was already a problem before). This user will leave me a bad review, no matter what I do. At least before this update, he was just going to scam me out of my time and my hard-earned money. But now, not only is he going to do that, but he is also going to hurt my profile with a bad public (And possibly, a bad private review). This is crazy. No wonder I lost my PRO badge, things are getting insane for us sellers 😂 Private Reviews + Reviews on Cancelled Orders will be the 2 things that kill us. I really love Fiverr, I do - it changed my life, but man, can they mess it up more than that? It was so perfect before, no wonder the stock keeps plummeting and went from 320$ to 20$. #bringtheoldfiverrback
  4. It's been like this for me for a year. I was a PRO verified seller and after a 4 Private reviews over an year with more than 400 sales I was demoted. After that my gig appears nowhere, even tho it was super high demand. I see other sellers that are not on the same skill level getting multiple orders, meanwhile my gigs do not appear anywhere. Fiverr has shadowbanned me and I went from making 4000$ per month to making 300$ per month and all of these are mostly clients that I bring from outside of the platform. At this point I am contemplating leaving. Why pay Fiverr 20% a cut? I was the best performer as a PRO seller, but since the demotion and the shadowban I am just paying Fiverr a commission from clients that I bring from the outside.
  5. Yep. That was the case with me and as explained before, I went from 3500$ per month to 35$ per month. I don't understand how Fiverr is not seeing how this hurts the platform and good sellers.
  6. Yep, imagine my shock when I went from a PRO verified seller that's making 3000-4000$ per month to making less than my FIRST month on Fiverr. All because of like 5 Private Reviews due to the average score, after 1500 successful orders, big percentage of returning clients and everyone always reaching back to me to express how happy they are with the delivery. I was getting tips way too often too. Then, with that system, the people that did bother to leave a private rating of course were the people that weren't happy with the order and went out of their way to leave a private review. These are the bad clients that didn't even bother to reach back and let me know what was wrong with their order, I usually always try to provide revisions and go out of my way to appease clients. The public review system was enough of an extortion method, the private rating is overkill and actually hurts people that overperform. Fiverr was the best freelance platform, but in my opinion they ruined it. I guess that's why Fiverr stocks went from 400$ to 20$. They made the design of the site worse, the design of the order page worse, overcomplicated and less intuitive for both sellers and buyers. They messed up their algo with the whole private review system as it's penalizing people who are overperforming with the way it's set up. Absolute disaster, hopefully, they read the forum and they can get some proper feedback and revert things to how they were before.
  7. Yeah, I got demoted from PRO due to the "private rating" silliness, even tho I was making the 80% of the sales within my category and I was the best seller. Been talking with my Customer Success Manager for months but my criticism of the system is always met with "that's how the platform works". First of all, it's annoying to be contacted again to leave a rating on something that you rated once. Second of all, you can have 6 private reviews total for 1000 orders, if 3 of them are negative than your overall private rating is considered bad, which is ridiculous. Third, people who leave private rating might be inclined towards a negative rating, which with the second point I brought up is a ridiculous mechanic And last of all, the wording of the Private Review is just awful, thank you for pointing it out @enunciator This is such a ridiculous metric and I'll be honest, it ruined my business completely. Before I was promoted to PRO I was making 1600-2500$ per month. After I got promoted to PRO I was making up to 4500-5000$ per month and I was the absolute best seller in my PRO category, 80% of the orders were going my way, I was outperforming like 20 other PRO gigs out of 30 within my category with my single gig but due to the "Private rating" mechanic I got demoted. Not only did I get demoted, but my profile was messed up. Since the demotion I've been making 100-200$ which is 3 times less than what I did on my first month as a completely new seller so this mechanic is just absurd. Another thing - the more orders you get, the more "private ratings" you can have. The other PRO gigs in my category had 1-2 total review for like a year, literally no one bought them. I was having that amount of reviews per day. When you take into account how the private rating works this just will punish high-performance sellers. I DON'T LIKE IT. I HATE IT. IT RUINED MY BUSINESS. TRUE STORY 😞
  8. Yep, I started here with some 5$ quick gigs to earn a quick buck. I made my name "worthforcheap", but then I expanded my skillset and decided to focus on things that I'm really good at so the services I offer change and what I offered here was pretty premium. I even became a "PRO" seller, so changing the username at least once per year would be pretty dope. A lot of users start here as buyers and then switch to selling without putting it much a thought and then their profile grows. A lot of users start offering different services that don't match their original/initial profile idea. Rebranding is big for every type of business and Fiverr should allow it, I'm sure that it will help tons of sellers flesh out their profiles even more. Once per year or two total username changes should be a valid option.
  9. I’ve had repeat clients requesting custom offers just to tip me n show support. I don’t understand the “Why would anyone support anyone ever?” logic. If you enjoy the work of someone you should be able to support them. A button like this is convenient and will be a great addition, not sure why the idea is not received well when it’s pretty much everywhere. If this is implemented tipping will become easier in general, buyers can Tip sellers even after the “Tip time” has passed and some buyers can support sellers if they’re a fan of their work. This will only benefit the platform and it will definitely build a stronger community.
  10. Nope, that’s not the case. The tip system is a pain in the ass, lot of buyers probably can’t find it if they close the original pop-up/tip suggestion after accepting the delivery. You also have to have an order in the first place in order to tip and even if you an order has been completed you cannot tip if you wait a few days after it’s completion. The Tip/Support/Donate button is convenient and it will definitely result in more profit for the sellers and the platform as a whole. It is not enforced, buyers literally just have the option to support creative people and sellers that they appreciate and I’m sure that a lot of them will do so. I support 5+ people that I don’t know just because I enjoy their work/content, this can only benefit the platform.
  11. Why so? It is not enforced, everybody will be free to donate/tip/support sellers they like. I feel like this is a great option if you’re a fan of someone’s work and want to show some appreciation and support. A lot of different platforms are using it, the design I uploaded looks awful ofc (I did it on Paint 😅) but I still think that it’s a good idea, especially with the current situation in mind.
  12. Hello guys! I think that a Donation/Tip/Support button on the accounts of sellers and our creative community is a great idea and will definitely be beneficial for all of us. I’ve seen similar stuff done all over the Internet since the Coronavirus, here’s a screenshot I took yesterday while I was listening music on soundcloud: Here’s just a quick idea on how it can look like: 20200527_214809 (1).jpg444×502 77 KBI think that by this option buyers can Tip sellers even after the “Tip time” has passed, tipping will become easier and some buyers can support sellers if they are a fan of their work. This will only benefit the platform and it will definitely build a stronger community. Thoughts?
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