[Extension for more than 60 days. 😱]

You have 2 3 options. 3rd option courtesy of @vickieito. I'd go with option 3.

1) Do an extension for 60 days, then another extension. But there's no point, it's still a late delivery.

2) Don't extend, deliver the order now. There is no point in extending the delivery now. It won't change the delivery from being counted as late. You need to extend before the order becomes late.

3) Cancel the gig and get the client to reorder. If they do this within 2 weeks of the cancellation your stats won't be impacted.

Re 1 & 2 you could ask CS to remove the late mark from your stats, but I doubt they will because the order is late. They will say you should have requested the extension before the delivery became late.

[Listing Gigs exclusively on Fiverr Business]

On 11/1/2022 at 5:04 AM, vickieito said:

I'm also not in the Fiverr Business category and just assumed it was invite-only (or that I haven't met the qualifications yet). I also believe that as long as you are providing good services, it's only a matter of time.

You're right, it comes down to gig quality, but also gig type. For example, my career coaching isn't eligible for FBM because it isn't considered a business service. This makes sense to me (kinda).

I think Fiverr is (slowly) moving to be a business services focused platform, as opposed to just any freelancing service. They're slowly removing low quality gigs, and I expect will start limiting certain categories that aren't business focused. They really want to create two platforms I think. One for high end business services / large prices, and one for non business services, like careers, and probably witchcraft and wizardry.

The problem I have is that business buyers aren't necessarily businesses. Buyers just set up a business account because they prefer the sound of it even if they're not an actual business.

[Two Fiverr accounts on my two computers. If I two computers one wifi use?]

On 11/9/2022 at 11:31 PM, fmrawuser said:

I have two computers and I already have two Fiverr accounts on my two computers. If I two computers one wifi use. It will be a problem? I want to know about this.

Two computers on one wifi is not a problem.

Two Fiverr accounts on one wifi is not a problem.

One user having two Fiverr accounts IS a problem. It is against terms of service and can get you banned.

Why do you have two accounts? 

[Fiverr implemented new Shutterstock feature on the order page]

 

4 hours ago, laurens_designs said:

For the reason, not sure!

I expect Fiverr wants to test the initial relationship before fully committing / rolling it out fully and perhaps isn't paying enough to shutterstock to get everything.

Hopefully that will change if it works for sellers and buyers....

[What Lesson Did You Learn The Hard Way? (Secrets for Success)]

1) Don't mess with Andy 🤣

2) You don't need to have the last word with a client to maintain a good response time.

3) Delivering a bit early is good, very early is not.

4) Free has no value - someone came to me a few hours ago wanting to know what the biggest pain points were for me in generating new clients. I said sure, let's discuss it on a call, my basic package is enough. They said they couldn't pay. So I (rightly) said my biggest pain point was buyers asking for a free service.

5) Don't always assume because someones messages are abrupt they aren't good to work with. Some people just aren't great at communicating.

6) Trust your spider sense. If a buyer seems like trouble they probably are.

7) Buyers that say 'because I only need / because it's easy can you do it for X' - If it was easy then you'd probably do it yourself. Advice- avoid these buyers. 

[Not getting orders? YOU(r gigs) might be the issue]

4 hours ago, vickieito said:

joined Fiverr for all the wrong reasons

I'm not sure if there are 'right' reasons lol.

The way I see it you approached it as you should, indeed as you should with any business....

You had a goal of making money, and you thought you'd achieve this by offering services you could deliver.

You then launched, tested, iterated and validated. And you haven't stopped doing the last 3 since. That's the right approach.

As @katakaticasays, you never were a fake seller, at least in my book because you never claimed a skill set you didn't have.

You simply tested, and you were proved right.

  

On 11/8/2022 at 2:36 PM, katakatica said:

Life is tough and people think that earning money online is easy, but it's not, and it's not meant to be

Great topic @katakatica. Nothing you said was wrong IMO, and this statement resonated hugely with me.

In my experience a lot of the people who think they're good enough aren't (and won't ever be because they'll never think they're the problem). The people that question whether they are (so called imposter syndrome) are the ones that succeed. I see this in countless startups and Fiverr sellers in equal measure.

I've pulled back from the forum in recent weeks. I was just too busy, and I found it a negative time suck, my inbox here as well as the feed was full of 'help me' from people that didn't even read the advice they had previously been sent. Infuriating. 

 

[Identification and 2 Full Photo is asked by client]

Don't share it. There's no reason to share it. A (real) buyer doesn't need this.

[Seller Plus is getting an upgrade!]

1 hour ago, abefe_shopify said:

What if I didn't get order up to $29 a month?

 

Will they still charge?

Yes. You're paying $29 for improved tools / analytics etc.

It's your responsiblity to use them effectively (and sell a service buyers want).

Similar to promoted gigs, you pay to promote even if you don't make sales.

[Gig share]

It can be a problem, it depends on the events and which order they occurred in.

So rather than just give you an incorrect answer as many here would do I wanted to avoid that.

Anyway, sure, share your link. 

 

[What is Tesday? Or is this my dyslexia?]

4 minutes ago, donnovan86 said:

Do you have any grammar related extension like Grammarly, Linguix, etc? Maybe it's from that. Which would make it even funnier to me.

Nothing at all. The only extensions I have are Honey and Mailtrack. Weird.

[Gig share]

Were you friends on Facebook before they bought your gig?

Why do you have their email?

Why do you have a previous account?

There are a few potential red flags here (it may all be completely innocent though).

 

[What is Tesday? Or is this my dyslexia?]

Fiverr main site wants me to correct 'Tuesday' to 'Tesday'.

I'm pretty sure 'Tesday' isn't a real word... is it?

Fiverr forum wants me to correct 'Tesday' in this post to 'Tuesday',

Does anyone know where the logic comes from for the blue line? Is it Chrome? Fiverr? Me?

Any ideas?

[How to get the first order?]

The OPs question was incredibly broad. 

The article/topic linked above (and the other topics linked therein and by @imagination7413 in the comments) covers 98% of what it takes to be successful on Fiverr.

In answer to your more specific question:

On 10/31/2022 at 1:25 AM, wp4mizan said:

how he is going to show his quality of work if he don't get any work

(New) Sellers can show their previous (non Fiverr) work in their portfolio:

https://www.fiverr.com/support/articles/4413134063633-Using-My-Portfolio

I'm pretty sure this is also covered in the article/topic linked above. 

[How to get the first order?]

6 minutes ago, mariashtelle1 said:

shift from “I need work” to “my clients need my work”

So succinct and so accurate. This should be every freelancers mantra.

[Among my clients!!]

1 hour ago, gayanchamira said:

i want to add this option and still not link to it can you please say something about it and all answers are welcome

The answer to your question is in the thread above.

The option will come when Fiverr release it to you.

[Among my clients!!]

8 hours ago, markp said:

Starbucks

They gave me a voucher because I provided feedback once on a sandwich product I ate.

The voucher has a financial value.

It was in return for a service I provided to Starbucks.

I am now a product / sandwich specialist at Starbucks.

And Starbucks is therefore now a paying client of mine.

 

[Among my clients!!]

 

Years ago there was an issue with sellers selling Amazon reviews.

Amazon wasn't happy with this and sued over a 1000 of them, or tried to. I'm not sure how it ended up but it was a big deal at the time.

I know it's different but I think (big) companies wouldn't be happy if they saw that sellers were claiming to have worked there when they hadn't.

I also see a lot of sellers listing Fiverr as a company they've worked for on their profile because they have a gig on Fiverr.

Similarly, if you check out Glassdoor so many of Fiverrs reviews are from Fiverr sellers (it's meant for Fiverr employees, not freelancers with gigs). 

This whole thing is a blend of ignorance, stupidity and willful deceit on the part of (some) Fiverr sellers.

[Among my clients!!]

Oh jeez this is sooooo open to abuse. I thought Fiverr was actually doing a reference check with the company or finding a profile like LinkedIn at least to check.

[Go Offline for 1 week]

@ar_anisuranis why are you copying segments of my post? Followed by some poor advice? Please don't do this.

It is considered spam and will earn you a warning / suspension / ban.

[Go Offline for 1 week]

I suggest you wait then. Fiverr gives an initial boost to new seller visibility to give you a chance to get orders. You will miss out on part of this and Fiverr is very competitive.

Alternatively, increase your delivery time before you go away and still accept new orders and messages from buyers (you probably won't have many, some sellers wait months for their first order).

If you really want to launch your gig now, and have to go unavailable / offline I suggest you lower your price or launch new gigs when you come back.

[I am a new seller, how do I promote my Fiverr gigs And how to increase gig impressions?]

Welcome! 

There are lots of great resources on the Forum (as well as the help centre) so please do look around, use the search feature and contribute constructively however you can. The link below is a post I put together that covers a lot of common questions, and great links to topics created by other successful sellers. If you're serious about growing on Fiverr I think it's well worth the time investment to read through it.

Best of luck with your Fiverr journey and welcome again!

@gigzlogo your post was automatically hidden by the system (and I won't approve it) because you gave incorrect advice about staying online 24/7. This is NOT true. Staying online really won't help you (replying quickly to buyers will, but you don't need to stay online to do this, use the app). This rumour / myth is so untrue that Fiverr took the steps to try to automatically block posts that state this. I can see you're a successful seller on Fiverr (congratulations!) but get some time back by not staying online all the time!

[Starting a new adventure in the wild of freelancing !]

Welcome and that's some impressive art work. I wish I had your skills! 

There are lots of great resources on the Forum (as well as the help centre) so please do look around, use the search feature and contribute constructively however you can. The link below is a post I put together that covers a lot of common questions, and great links to topics created by other successful sellers. If you're serious about growing on Fiverr I think it's well worth the time investment to read through it.

Best of luck with your Fiverr journey and welcome again!

[New Seller To Fiverr]

Welcome! 

There are lots of great resources on the Forum (as well as the help centre) so please do look around, use the search feature and contribute constructively however you can. The link below is a post I put together that covers a lot of common questions, and great links to topics created by other successful sellers. If you're serious about growing on Fiverr I think it's well worth the time investment to read through it.

Best of luck with your Fiverr journey and welcome again!

[how can i improve my gig ...?]

Hello,

You've only just started on Fiverr (September 2022) so I would suggest waiting to see what happens for a couple of weeks. It can take months to get your first sale.

You shouldn't be afraid of updating / improving your gig, but doing it too often can take you out of search results.

There are lots of great resources on the Forum (as well as the help centre) so please do look around, use the search feature and contribute constructively however you can. The link below is a post I put together that covers a lot of common questions, and great links to topics created by other successful sellers. If you're serious about growing on Fiverr I think it's well worth the time investment to read through it.

Best of luck with your Fiverr journey and welcome again!

[How can I rank my fiverr gig?]

There are lots of great resources on the Forum (as well as the help centre) so please do look around, use the search feature and contribute constructively however you can. The link below is a post I put together that covers a lot of common questions, and great links to topics created by other successful sellers. If you're serious about growing on Fiverr I think it's well worth the time investment to read through it.

Best of luck with your Fiverr journey and welcome again!