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Congratulations!! 🎉 But how about writing the post by yourself??

Understood. Thanks for clarifying. You basically need to convince the support team with 'proofs' that you paid money on the basis of FALSE INFORMATION provided by the buyer to you. Only in that case, you will have a legitimate case to seek refunds. But remember, not to spam them with too many texts. Keep your service request sufficiently detailed but not too long. And do not open multiple tickets on the same issue.

Basically, you want to continue paying YOUR OWN MONEY on behalf of the buyers but want them to have integrity and if they don't - want Fiverr to protect & refund you!

What's with the 16-day threshold?? 🤔 Freelancing, businesses or self-employment don't work like conventional jobs, where you join the place and work will land up at your table!!

Ideally, you should not pay on anyone's behalf for anything while working on a freelance basis. Buyer has no contractual/legal obligation to reimburse/pay you money. Fiverr doesn't owe you that amount either! But, it is understandable that some jobs require a service or a product to be bought for execution/completion of the job. A simple solution for this would be to have MILESTONES in your order where 1st or a specific milestone can just be about the buyer releasing the payment to you for the payment (like how advance payment works in the real business world). That way your order/Fiverr account will receive the money BEFORE you make a payment to anyone. Having said that - avoid communicating outside the platform or exchanging phone number with anyone!!

You can read about it here: https://help.fiverr.com/hc/en-us/articles/17120664805521-Reviews-for-canceled-orders

Good start!! What's next.. Everyone in the Union going on STRIKE, may be?? 🙅‍♂️

And why do you guys think it is OK & LEGITIMATE to spam the backend team or anyone for that matter, for your own reasons?? 🤔🫠

Identity/account verification is a necessity in any profession!! It need not and should not have any connection with business.🙅‍♂️ i.e. You register with the government or a governing body to start a business, that doesn't mean that your business will become overnight success.

Can you share the source of this information? From where did you receive this guidance?

Just sharing my other post here in reply to your query. 😇

The designer definitely LIED to you by claiming/promising that this is his/her original work !! But at large finding similar stuff in the market isn't always the case of plagiarisation!! A couple of examples from my professional experience: 1. Fashion Industry: In any given season, mass and premium brands source their fabrics and trims from the same set of suppliers who offer the same portfolio of products to all brands. So it is common to find very similar designs from different brands in the market during the same season. Often, even the season's inspiration is same for all fashion brands within the same category and they end up using similar graphics or embroidery on apparel. 2. Graphic Design: Designers often source their templates or visual elements from the same library. They do not have the SKILL to create the beautiful illustrations like the one used in your logo. And, the designers who create that level of unique work are often very costly too because their work is genuinely original and unique!! Someone might promise you an original logo for $5 or $50 but they just use the templates or commonly available visual elements in paid or free libraries. So yes, its a function of buyer's budget and skillset of designer too. 3. Advertising: Ad agencies often buy stock imagery from sites and use it in their ads. I have seen different businesses publishing their ads on the same day in same newspaper with same stock image!! They did not copy each other but coincidentally ended up using the same stock image. This is not exactly a black n white case of plagarisation but that's how the world works. But I repeat designer should not have claimed this as original work!! Please report it to support and take necessary action.

Sellers shouldn't be contacting each other for advice or anything else!! The 'contact me' button is meant for the buyers to start conversations. Remember, it defines the 'response rate' for all of us.

No, we cannot use Fiverr logo on our gig images. Refer to point 13 here: https://help.fiverr.com/hc/en-us/articles/15863342952977

It is an overpopulated domain if one is a seller/corporate professional - almost saturated with self-proclaimed experts. Healthy demand exists for sure but a lot of people are competing at the bottom of the pyramid to grab a share of the pie!! 🙃 Too many people choose it as a career option by doing short term/nameksake courses and start calling themselves as "XYZ Expert". Lack of creativity or problem-solving mindset doesn't help their cause either. People ignore their own strengths, inherent capabilities, skills and even interest areas, just to pursue a (supposedly) lucrative career in an in-demand field. 🙅‍♂️

Can you please explain this?? Also, how and why??🤔

There is no precise proven analytics behind this because it varies for everyone depending upon the quality of the gig, service category, competition, market scenario, other sellers' performance and a million other factors!! e.g. someone with 500 impressions might get 5 orders while someone with 8000 impressions might have zero orders. Contrary to what many will tell/misguide you - the count of impressions+clicks don't always guarantee orders. Every business needs a little stroke of 'beginner's luck' too.

As a new seller wanting QUICK ORDER(S) is the 1st misstep. It often leads to desperation, overpromising (to buyers) and believing/following wrong advice from other new sellers!! Focus on improvising your gigs and creating a unique proposition of yourself as a Skilled Professional.

Only if you or a few of us could RETWEET these posts or even your posts with these screenshots!! 😂 It would have been easier to dispel this immortal rumour.

Reach out to Fiverr Support on priority, share all the details about order delivery+completion & the evidence about the "threats for bad review"; and seek their support. Blocking is not advisable till you get a complete resolution from Fiverr support because the buyer might reach out to them separately seeking order cancellation and complete refund. In that case, you might lose your earnings and the buyer can still leave you a bad post-cancellation review.

This thread is a good start for anyone and everyone:

Inbox response time SHOULD NOT be 2 days. All messages should be responded to within 24 hours. Start responding to new enquiries on priority, and stats will improve over a period of time.

Based on your bio, creating specific gigs will help!! For example, there would be a lot of people who might need help with Calculus, Algebra, Co-ordinate Geometry or other math topics. You can create 3 or 5 specific topic-based gigs.

How is copying-pasting the same text on every thread working out so far?? 🤔 How many "fast orders" you have received and delivered??

True - Your communication skills and ability to understand & deliver what buyer needs hold the key to selling well on the platform.📈 Unfortunately, most people don't get this. They just seek and misinform others about tips n tricks to generate business.