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I've rejoined SP three times just to use the RTO while I'm holiday (I never use an SM or coupons) and then cancelled it again. I've never had to join a waiting list. I don't know if that will change, but until now I could just hop in and out.

"Freelancer wellbeing..."

Gawd... Everything else at 4.9, though. lol

4.98 too, Vickie! I just got a reply from CS about this. I think it was a cut and paste or auto reply, it smells like AI. Basically giving me part of the original rollout message, that 4.9 is more trustworthy and that this will ease pressure on us to get perfect 5's. That was Pro support, by the way. And I agree with @williambryan392 It just looks weird. 5 stars but low value delivery? Sellers who were at 5 stars but now suddenly all 4? Will buyers realise the system has had an overhaul, or will we all just look like we've dropped the ball while people selling at $5 sit at 5 stars? I can't be a*sed any more.

4.98. Almost back to 5 🙂

I see you at 4.98

Well, now we're all at 4.9 instead of all being at 5. *clap clap*

I can't see them on mine either, but my rating has dropped. I also haven't had a sniff of an order in over two weeks I don't know if that's connected. Good times with Fiverr!

Same. I love German clients, they're the easiest people to work with, next to the Swiss who are on another level when it comes to money, and Brits who are infinitely polite even if they're fuming. Americans are OK until they tell me to sound less British and more American.

Thanks for starting a new post, Frank. I'm amazed it took them so long to shut the other one down. As probably most of us knew, no amount of anger and venting was going to change this. The Fiverr team appears to be very pleased with themselves. I hope that wording in the review, like 'Value for Money' and 'Exceptional', is seriously reconsidered. However, those two things are already lowering the ratings of sellers of all levels, which is the whole point of this change. I'm less distressed about it than many because I've been dealing with a drastic reduction in orders for over a year now, as many of us have, and I suspect that's had something to do with goings-on behind the scenes (system changes like this don't happen overnight). My impressions plummeted from a constant 15K plus weekly to never more than 2K. Fortunately, I've had some time to get my backside into gear and secure other sources of income and clients. Had I not, then I'd be freaking out now because visibility is everything and that has suddenly become even more volatile on this platform. I'm not even bothering to think about new gigs. I might tweak my existing ones now and then, but attempting to expand here in my metric seems pointless. Fiverr orders for me have gone from an almost daily expectation to an occasional nice surprise.

Same with some VO gigs. "I will record you a British accent voiceover." "I will record you a voiceover in a British accent." "British accent voiceover? I will record it." "British female voiceover recorded for you." "recorded for you: Female British voiceover." "I'm female. I'm British. I record voiceover."

Creative jobs require at least one revision in most cases. Many of my VO clients are happy with my voiceover, but they request a revision because the script has been changed slightly. I charge them again for certain things, but it still generates a revision request. Sometimes, they're dissatisfied with my voiceover and request a complete revision. Both are usual occurrences in the creative field, so punishing sellers again for revisions is a nice juicy cherry on top. When I was hired as a freelance coach by Heineken, I got some insight into their collaborations with creative agencies. Campaign revisions were plentiful and expected. It's par for the course.

That is SO funny! "Scamming dirty old pig." 🤣

It appears to be more than a storm in a teacup for the people who say they are literally ruined by this release but for Fiverr? Yeah. Who cares? Even if every top seller left the platform and took their quality clients with them, the company would still make millions from $5 sales alone. Do shareholders really care about the hows of profit? I contribute to the care of some horses near where I live, and we shovel a lot of s**t. That massive pile of s**t is worth money. The farmers buying it don't care if it's happy, top-rated s**t.

You can have this feature if you pay for Seller Plus Premium. It's a feature we should all have anyway, especially now.

Welcome to day 5...

OK. I don't have permission to view it.

This one you shared has a direct link to Levi's post about him leaving. The post is now gone. "Fiverr is still testing its new levels and rating system, with the final release scheduled for March 14th. While it has been a dramatic few days in Fiverr’s online communities, the company has promised that it is listening and taking notes, and, in the face of the storm of criticism and missteps of staff speaking out of sync with the official line, the company is wise to observe quietly. However, it’s simply not good enough. Many of Fiverr’s sellers rely on the platform to feed their families and pay their mortgages. Some of them have had that income ripped from them and are scrabbling for answers and not getting support. Sellers can only feel that Fiverr, a billion-dollar company, views its sellers as little more than disposable assets on its ever-growing spreadsheet. But behind the numbers and the tech, real people are suffering. The question is when will Fiverr respond? Will its response be the traditional tone-deaf statement of big tech or a genuine, heartfelt attempt to fix the many issues its update has wreaked on an upset community? Or will Fiverr simply choose not to respond at all, hedging their bets on the storm passing?"

Although "Kafkrr" from @emmaki and "UpYours" from @newsmike are excellent suggestions for Fiverr's new name, I think Mystery Meat Sandwich wins.

From now on, I'll be aiming for an average of 5000 words of communication per order.

Yep. I had to make it an official gig, and it had three tiers ranging from $5-$15. And that wasn't just for one hour. When I coached Heineken staff, I charged thousands. It's not the same thing, but still. The final take home on $5 is just about enough to buy a packet of instant ramen noodles in Germany.

I did it before the recent application for trainers, so I was pretty sceptical when I got that latest email about it. I did apply to do it again, but put a minimum of $120 per hour. I didn't hear back.

I updated my socials and got a new website up and running last year after my sales plummeted. And as I began to realise that my (very nice) success manager had run out of things to tell me beyond 'create more gigs'. And after the anticlimactic Fiverr Business, which was supposed to connect us with high-quality business clients. It turned out that every Tom, Dick or Harry qualified for a business badge and could still try to haggle us down like fruit & veg sellers at the Saturday market. And after the release of the new Pro thing, whatever that was. There was also the time I was asked to be an official mentor for up-and-coming freelancers on the platform, but I couldn't charge more than $15 for my mentoring service because it would 'scare people off'. So I charged peanuts, and Fiverr took 20%, oh yes. But still, I told myself that I was doing a good thing and I was a valued member of the Fiverr family (barf). And now there is this update, which is throwing a ton of fantastic professionals under the bus. I'm OK for now, success score of 9, TRS and Pro status. But if that were to somehow change, which, let's face it, may well do considering the new smiley face review system, I'll be under the bus too. I'll still do my best here for now. Just last month, I secured my highest-paid single gig since I joined the platform, but the days of losing sleep over reviews and metrics are over for me. Platforms need freelancers, let's not forget that.

"The future of freelancing isn't better platforms - it's no platforms."