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  1. buy Adobe

    There’s the problem. You can’t “buy” Adobe software now, you can only rent them. Creative Cloud goes by monthly plans.

    In the 2000s, one piece of Adobe software costed 599 bucks, a new version would come out every 3 years and you could upgrade for a cheaper fee. Hell, they even had the cheap beginners’ versions - called “Elements” - at 99$ or something! And it wouldn’t even be outdated until over a decade later. My man Masahiro Ito over here still uses Photoshop CS3 to draw and he hasn’t upgraded his tablet since 2004 because of the bad plan and the hardware compatibility respectively.

    Now if you want the entire photo suite plus something else you have to pay 700$ a year, it won’t launch the morning after you forget to renew the plan, and if your internet doesn’t work it also wants you to die. 😔

    I do graphic design on Fiverr, then for my own interests some video and photo editing. I have bought Vegas for 22€ thanks to Humble Bundle (charity platform where you buy X software/ebooks/games for Y donation) which can absolve for After Effects’ duties, and InkScape (free) can do non-professional AI, but as for photo editing… well, let’s not talk about GIMP. 😒

    My brother initially installed adobe illustrator and Photoshop for free (torrented) back in 2019. Learned how to use it thoroughly and then recently renting it both of them after making my first income on my second computer.

    I don’t regret renting it as it adds value to the app knowing you are paying for it and you end up using it to the fullest potential.

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  2. I am a book editor and your work is beautiful, professional, and well-priced.

    If we were not in the middle of the Covid-19 thing, I would recommend you try removing the word ‘cute’ from the gig title, just as one thing you can change–since every word in the gig title needs to be a word on which buyers will search. Can ‘professional’ work?

    ‘I will professionally illustrate children’s books’

    ‘I will offer professional children’s book illustrations’ etc.

    However, I do not recommend making changes during the low-staffing situation at Fiverr, since any new gigs need to be approved by staff–and they may just not get shown at all.**

    This is therefore extremely difficult.

    I have to say, a similar thing also happened to me when I first came to Fiverr. Thousands of impressions, no clicks.

    However, I deleted that account and set up on Fiverr again. This time, exactly the same gigs were ‘sold out’ every day…i.e. I had more work than I could handle.

    BUT again–I can tell you eight people saved your gig to their favorites–so the gig was being seen at least some of the time. Hmm. So being a detective and editor, I’d say the issue is that few people buy for children’s books… but they may buy this illustration style for a different purpose.

    Something else to consider is that a very low % of buyers here are writing kids’ books. As an editor who has had more than three thousand work requests on Fiverr, I can tell you only two of those were for kids’ books! And neither of those needed detailed illustrations so it is a niche segment on here.

    Your gig descriptions are already good, so that isn’t the problem either, i.e., you describe fully what you do… in great depth.

    So, you could try rethinking how to sell this amazing art without it being solely for kids’ books:

    ‘I will paint a stunning poster for your child’s wall’

    ‘I will draw a magical child’s illustration’

    ‘I will professionally illustrate your child’s dream.’

    ‘I will illustrate your child in a magical wall poster’ (Can you do that–actually take someone’s photo and turn it into a poster, instead of always imagining the character–draw one based on the client’s images?)

    Be creative and create as many gigs as you can, focusing on keywords. Your work has massive potential here, so don’t give up. You will be a top seller in time–I know it!

    EDITED TO ADD: my advice to you, in summary, would be to leave the current gig and do NOT make changes to it, as that will damage its ranking! It appears it is taking off…give it time. :)…

    And create as many new gigs as you can, with different images, different headers, as stated above. I think this will greatly elevate you and you will be selling very soon. But leave the current gig untouched so you don’t end up needing to be approved all over again by customer support!

    Best,

    Annie

    editing your gig does not affect its ranking.

    I asked joel yound a top rated seller on fiverr with his youtube channel fiverr talks where I asked whether editing my gig decreases rank but foun out it was not true and does not affect its ranking.

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  3. Hi, I have a question that i’m form pakistan working on fiverr for the last 5 years. Do i also need to fill W9 form? I’m not a citizen or resident of US but yes i’m offering services to US Customer.

    Thank you

    I dont think so correct me if I am worng

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  4. Yeah, that’s a confusing statement. It should be easy to hit both criteria but that’s not necessarily true.

    Hey need help ASAP

    I have a very important question and my account depends on it.

    I was born in 2007 june 9th in North America/California/Freemont is Washington dc hospital.

    This makes me a U.S citizen, But I lived in the states until I was around 8-9 months old.

    Both my parents are Indians so I at the age of 8-9 months I had to move from the states to India .

    Now I am 13 years old and have an aadhar card which you get when you live in india for around 5-7 years i think.

    This makes me both Indian as well as american.According to a law in india I can live in India legally until im 18 as I am under my fathers visa i think.

    I am using a indian number as I have been here for the past 12 years so I have a number that is indian.

    Also my parents told me they had to move from freemont to san jose then san jose to san Francisco so we dont have any specific zip code.

    So here is the question do I still have to take the test?

    Is there anything I can do?

    I have already contacting customer support

    Thanks

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