[Sample Demo For Book]

Also, I always send my samples with my name just in case someone tries to use it and make a profit from it.

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.

[Big fraud! Fiverr ate my $1400]

Hello Everyone,

Thanks for your replies, but there is misunderstanding here. I’ve mentionted that after placing order Next day my account suspended, It means the following:

1. I’ve not offered seller to work with me directly and seller also didn’t had me such communication
2. I was not able to cancel order as my account is suspended, and Customer support first response was that sorry your account is permanently closed and order is indeed completed, So there is not possibility to cancel order. (In one day order is completed just imagine this)
3. I did get first draft of work from seller and asked changes to seller to do on it, that’s why i asked to Customer support i need final files of my work and revisions (Customer Support replied: We can ask seller to send final files for you but we cannot open your account for more than 24 hours).
4. Then I asked sorry, i may need few days to complete work, allow me please refund or open account so i can get my work done. (Customer Support as before, denied that order cannot be canceled, Sorry)
5. After there is no solution, I filed a dispute on Paypal that “Item not received” (My First violation)
6. Fiverr replied that we highly recommend you that close dispute and solve this matter inside Fiverr, Our Customer support will issue refund to your Credit or upon request to your payment provider
7. I canceled the dispute and send message to Customer Support that please allow me refund, you can exclude Fiverr commission
8. Customer Support response was: Sorry due to dispute now funds are not longer with us, and now you have to solve it with your payment provider
9. I replied that I’ve canceled the dispute so please funds should be with you, Exclude your Fiverr commission and allow me refund, Customer Support replied: Okay, I will check and will get back to you shortly. (Since that time no Response)
10. I’ve found seller in Facebook, Seller showed me email of Fiverr that order is canceled and she didn’t get paid. She offer me that She can complete my work if I pay her half payment advance. I agreed because i need work done. (My second violation)

Now, here the noticeable things are that my both violations are after account suspended, Because my account is already disabled, i do not have to follow terms and conditions, I only need my money back, I will not come back to Fiverr anymore. For me the first experience is very bad was with Fiverr

The big mistake i did is that i cancel the dispute on Paypal.

P.S: Seller is not got paid as order canceled, I have not received refund because my account suspend. Now who get all money, Its Fiverr. I hope now everyone will understand the story.

I am still hoping for reply from Fiverr, If I will get my refund, I will inform everyone here.

The big mistake i did is that i cancel the dispute on Paypal.

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.

[Sample Demo For Book]

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.

[Big fraud! Fiverr ate my $1400]

There is not any important details missing.

This was Fiverr email to suspend my account:

This message is to let you know that your Fiverr account was disabled by our system for violations of our Terms of Service and/or other policies.

Due to your account being disabled, you cannot log in or withdraw any funds you may have.

If you have any funds available for withdrawal 90 days from now, you will get an email with instructions explaining how to withdraw.

This email will be sent automatically and there is no need to contact customer support.

Learn more about disabled accounts.

We wish you best of luck moving forward.

Thanks,

The Fiverr team

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 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.

[Hello everyone. I am new seller at fiverr.As a newbee, can you give me some advice about how to grow my profile.I am a logo Artist]

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:

[Gear talk: what's your favorite microphone?]

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.

[Gear talk: what's your favorite microphone?]

Rode products in general are the best

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.

1. U87 AI
2. TLM 103
3. Rode NT1

Why? 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… 😉

1. U87 AI
2. TLM 103
3. Rode NT1

Why? Clean frequency responses.

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!

[Gear talk: what's your favorite microphone?]

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.