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  1. shalock
    Hi @kio_pendragon! I think is a good idea to use Fiverr as a portfolio if you want to work with your clients through the platform. But as a personal portfolio I particulary have my own website for that. That way I divide my traffic and have each thing for its own purpose.
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    HI @diegofarts, first of all, terrific name! Also, yeah, I had a slow start too and the platform had gone through several changes since 2021 and has made getting a gig specially difficult for new sellers. But you already have two jobs done so don't give up! Do you have the option to receive briefs turned on?
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    Hi! Pagination is one thing that may be confusing. Its been years since I've worked with that, but my advice is that you can print the pages and then crete the menu booklet in real paper so you can see how the pagination goes.
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    Well, it's an open market and everyone has the change to get a shot. I think the real problem is when people that have no clue tries to pass as experts and then get in trouble because they don't really know how to handle their orders or what the buyers expect form then. Obviously nobody will write in his/her profile, I'm a noob, but you should be humble enough to provide just the services you can do and do them good. Also, people should have their expectations in check, as someone who has never freelanced may think that this is easy money and then you read a lot of posts of people that doesn't understand why they aren't swimming in money.
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    Certain buyers and sellers have the option to make Zoom calls through Fiverr, this is an option that appears in your general chat or in your ordre's chat. I know that for buyers is only available when they are business accounts (or at least it was like this before), for sellers I don't really know if its added when only when you are in the Seller Plus program or according to your level. The best is to wait until Customer Support answers you, because as far as I know, unless you have their explicit authorization and you proove that using such tools is totally indispensable to do the work you offer using external communications, as you correctly mentioned, are forbidden in the TOS.
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    Sorry to hear this! I know that asking for a review change is forbidden, but I think that there should be a way where a buyer that made a mistake like this can ask for a review revision, after all, CS can access to all our chats and see that there were no asking for it. I know it would be extra work for them but with all the recently changes in the system (some unbalanced to say the least in my opinion), I think that certain policies should be revised.
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    Ooh! I've got those ones too. I can understand that you don't reply, maybe something came up, but there's people that do it as an habit. You're having a nice talk, gathering details for the project, and then you hear nothing about it for two days. Used to drive me crazy, I think I manage it better now 🥸
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    @markp for The Shire!!!
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    This is a classic one! I've had to learn to slow down myself with some buyers and ask questions one by one to avoid this kind of answers. I think most of the time is a language barrier but i know th feeling when it you receive an answer like that. My keyboard looks at me like saying "don't smash me! Isn't my fault!" 😅
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    🤣 what kind of game would it be? A puzzle game: where you have to piece the messages to understand what they say? A managing game: try to keep the chaos at bay while keeping the forum working (it also could work as an RPG or tower defense game). A FPS: well, maybe that wouldn't be such a great idea, maybe too much. So much possibilities!
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    @sunboatrecords Well, I'm guilty of lacking of patience when changes reach certain level. I had to learn to take deep breaths and to sometimes say no in a convincing way that tells the buyer that its not that I don't want to change it, is that it makes no sense (or isn't within the budget). Also, at first I worked too much I think, too many hours in comparison to the money I was doing, however, with time and some progress this has resolved itself, although sometimes I find myself working again 12 hours a day.
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    It happened to me at first too, but now I think I'm on the opposite side where I really don't bargain with prices. It has to be a very special project, those that make you want to lend a hand to work creating something that appeals to you or maybe for a really good buyer that has worked with you many times before and now, for some reason, needs a discount. Yeah, I think that is easier getting burned when doing something you don't really like. I can't imagine doing my day job for 14 straight hours, however, as I started in Fiverr to do what I really love to do I've spent that many time working on some projects. Nowadays I try not to work that much and even take some days free as my back started to be resented early this year. I'm up for it!
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    Well, if they say the can't restore it then theres nothing else anyone can do. Maybe you could refocus what you did on that gig in a way that is permitted by Fiverr?
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    Thats cool and all, that you develop a method, but I sincerely think, from my experience, that Fiverr don't use this kind of mathematical add ups to value your gigs, in facts, it doesn't work like traditional SEO. That said, I really think that you have some good points in there like finding your niche keyword and use them the best you can and use all the characters you have available.
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    Just out of curiosity? Where did you get this numbers from?
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    Easy, their intention is to make you break Fiverr ToS by contacting them outside the platform and then scan you. As said above, block and report.
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    Hi! Customer Support can't "restore" the order, there's nothing to "restore" as this was a client mistake and don't want it However, want CS can do is to make the cancellation not reflect in and affect your stats as it wasn't your fault.
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    Wrong, specially if the gig has some orders on it. If you have a gig that for some reason isn't working deleting it and creating a similar one won't help at all. Is best to fix your already published gigs. You can edit all you need. If you have minor flaws, do minor editing, but if your gig is a mess edit it all you need it. Just have in mind that editing your gigs can improve it sunk them. First do some research and planning before editing them.
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    If a big company like Amazon is willing to do it that's good new! However writing fake reviews had a greater impact for Amazon (economically speaking) than some people offering fake SEO out there for Google . I really hope that this big companies tale measures against this kind of shady business, that will be beneficial for all.
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    Having working in the web development field and working on SEO optimizations and such for years I think this is a wonderful news! However, applied to Fiverr, isn't stated by the policies that each seller is responsable for its own content? I mean, Google could tell Fiverr that theres people thats not doing the work they promised to do, but I don't know if they could sue Fiverr as it works as an intermediarie marketplace. In this case, I doubt that Google will go against sellers for suing and at most, they could ask Fiverr to close the accounts, unless they find a way to make Fiverr responsable for what their sellers offer.
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    Hi! I just can offer my point of view from my trade that its illustration. I do mainly characters so I have my gig for them set in price by their shading style, they all are for a full body character, however, sometimes the thing isn't as simple, as a buyer may want a character with six arms, well, thats an extra work to consider; or maybe the character has a pet or a mount, thats not a single full body character. That said, is rare for me to do a increase of price like the one you comment, but that may vary from one seller to another and the kind of work they do. Whats seems weird to me is that the sellers stop responding yout messages, thats happened with all the sellers?
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    Don't be patience, be yourself!
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    You just opened your account this month, you are already a Top Rated seller?
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    Hi, Your gig requirements doesn't have anything to do with your gig info relative to the positioning, it's just the info you requiere from your buyers to be able to do the jobs. In the case you change relevant information like the title, tags, descriptions and such, this may take even weeks to see results in the analytics.
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    I personally wouldn't want to work with a buyer that isn't able to wait 10 minutes for a response, that speaks volumes about his/her character and how the job will be. Massive red flag there. Also, come on, this kind of childish answer won't serve any other purpose that making you look bad.
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