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Is the money for the order more important to you or is the high probability of getting a negative review on your profile more important? You can either accept the cancellation and have worked for no pay, or challenge the cancellation for the possibility (not guaranteed) of getting paid and negative feedback. Both courses of action are far from ideal, but unfortunately are the circumstances.

I wouldn’t call any client who wants a refund of half an order payment and received double the amount of work as originally agreed upon as “amazing.”

Congratz on becoming a TRS in such a fast pace! Personally, I’ll stick to hot showers in the winter and cold showers in the summer. 😀

Demos and samples are vastly different things. Fiverr does not place an audio watermark on voice over gig demos nor on samples.

Slating your work with your name can very easily be edited out. Some users have mentioned of possibly leaving an audio watermark on samples such as an intermittent or continuous sound effect so that the audio cannot be used as a final product, but can adequately demonstrate as a sample.

That wasn’t the big mistake you committed. The biggest mistake was not having a clue about Fiverr’s terms of service, which was the origin of your current troubles.

Beware of buyers who request samples. There are numerous trickster buyers who ask voice actors to record a “sample” for them before placing an order, but the “sample” is actually the entirety of the audio they want recorded, and once they have the recording, you never hear from them again. Fiverr notifies you if an order has been placed. No order, no audio is the safest policy, but that’s your decision to make.

I have no problem if they disabled my account, but the problem is that they ask me to cancel Paypal dispute, and now they are not responding. There is no Fiverr policy that saying if you will have disabled account we cannot pay you refund for your cancelled order… I have found seller also in Facebook and seller clearly said that i didn’t get paid for your order. if you pay me in direct half price advance, i will complete your work and you can pay the rest after completion of work. I hope they suspend the seller as well.

I wouldn’t be so quick to downplay the chaos and economic turmoil that has occurred in 2020. Have there been global pandemics and economic recessions in the past? Without a doubt, but such major events have generational impact, and we are only at the starting point of realizing the lingering effects 2020 will leave behind. A plethora of brick-and-mortar businesses will simply not be coming back, and entire industries like food services, hospitality, and tourism will be reeling, trying to crawl back to pre-2020 levels for possibly the rest of the decade. For us online freelancers; yes, expect a continual flood of newcomers in 2021, whether driven by desire, desperation, or something in between. I just hope their heads are not filled with the foolish musings of get-rich-quick gurus that litter the video and blogosphere. As for a tip for sellers in 2021, please keep a skeptical mind on what you read in the forum (and hopefully in other places too). :thinking:

Well, I just shelled out a whole lot of money myself for a Neumann U87Ai to (hopefully but I doubt) complete my personal mic collection. I plan on using the MHK 416 specifically for commercial audio or as a boom for my green screen gig, the RE-20 specifically for radio work, and the U87 Ai for basically everything else. Once it comes in, I need to redo my gig videos and audio demos as well, but that will give me plenty of recording to familiarize myself with it.

Coughs. Genuinely. Was going to wait till I’d completed my studio, done some training sessions and sorted a demo before jumping in here but I really did cough at that statement. They were named after rats, “RODENT”. With the exception the NT1, their products are verminous. The NT-USB is a better headphone amp than it is microphone. Rode’s PSA-1 is far surpassed by the Blue Compass in terms of style and cable management, that’s the only Blue product I would entertain, and even then I’d honestly resent paying them so I would more likely go for a Thronmax, or a Mika if I was feeling stupidly rich. Sorry but I’m a mic-supremacist, and can’t stand things like the Podmic, RE20 or other mics people think pass as being broadcast worthy: too much coloration. There are only three mics I take seriously for VO. U87 AITLM 103Rode NT1Why? Clean frequency responses. There’s a reason why so many have the U87 AI and TLM 103: they’re Neumann’s flagship mic products and their capsules are what many other mic manufacturers try to emulate in a lot of cases. The NT1 is common, it’s a poor man’s Neumann. The average ears on the street wouldn’t know the difference between them, or something recorded on a potato. Some of the audio demos here have convinced me some audio buyers must be tone deaf, and have tinnitus. Anything else doesn’t cut it in my opinion. I can’t stand the SM7B, and dislike the MKH 416: too much coloration. The SM7B needs a lifter, that’s like buying a car and needing to add an extra engine to it before it’ll drive. Pointless mic, so over-rated. Michael Jackson and Joe Rogan are not valid reasons to buy one. I’m not sure there is a valid reason to purchase one, ever. “It looks good” er yeah, but it sounds like mud. Buy artwork based on how it looks. Buy microphones based on how they sound. How can people confuse these things? The 416’s shotgun nature is great to reduce environmental sounds, and that raises the more important point about noise floors and recording environments: if that’s not right, it doesn’t matter if you’ve got a homemade ribbon mic, a $10 wish dot com headset or a $12k Telefunken, it’s gonna sound baaaaad. @torrelles “I’ve settled for a U87 in my studio” = nice. “settled for”, makes it sound like dropping a few grand on a mic is a casual purchase, and it makes it sound like a compromise. I’d settle for a hamburger without cheese, but I really wanted a cheeseburger. I’d settle for a 103 if I wanted an 87, I’d settle for a Synco over a 416, am joking about Synco, I wouldn’t but you know what I mean. Was the U87 a compromise? I might be a Neumann fanboy but know it’s not about the mic, it’s what you do with it. Answer this: if you got your mic, weighed it and calculated it’s equivalent price in gold, would the value of the gold be higher, or lower than the money you’ve made with that mic? I think the Zoom H4NPro is a noisy recorder, but know it’s worth more than its weight in gold in the right circumstances. Ends my two cents… 😉 I’ve read enough audiophile forum posts from various websites to know that there are people who would turn their nose upon seeing your selection as well! 😉 They’d say the U87 AI is a horrific abomination of a “true” authentic old school U87, or even better, a vintage U47 that’d you’d have to sell your kidney to acquire a prime condition used model from some other audiophile’s microphone locker. They’d say the TLM 103 is the poor man’s introductory version of a Neumann and is only fit to record the sound of flatulence for a gag reel. They’d say the Rode NT1 is fit to record audio for only those suffering from substantial hearing loss. The world of audiophiles is indeed a wondrous thing!

Didn’t even know this subcategory opened in the forum! I have an MKH 416 myself as well. It is fantastic for that punchy vocal tone for commercials and short videos, but might be a bit tiring to the ears for long form narration and audio books. My only real complaint for the 416 is that it can be fairly sibilant at times, so proper positioning is an absolute must and a decent de-esser DAW plug-in helps as well! I also have an Electro-Voice RE20, which is perfect for that warm American radio or podcast sound, but isn’t ideal for crisp, clean, super silent background voiceovers due to it’s noise floor without a proper lifter.