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  1. Sweet and kind Vickie, for the past few days my thoughts have often drifted towards you and your family's direction. I wish you all so much strength and love.

    Like everybody else I was at a loss for words when reading your news. I think @mae_creativitysummed it up perfectly, both about reading your name and the positive vibes that come with it, as well as us being here to hear all of your memories of Jun and the 'lessons' you learned from him whenever you're ready.

    Grief has no handbook or timetable. I hope you can find your way through the forest with your children close by your side ❤️

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  2. 2 hours ago, vickieito said:

    I'm getting excited just thinking about this gig! 🥰

    That's so adorable haha, but I am too! Especially since I gave up on the idea but with your perspective & angle I think it might actually work. This will have my priority in setting things up. Let's see how it will go! 🥳

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  3. 1 hour ago, vickieito said:

    Correction: It'd have to be under Lifestyle > Other (not Lifestyle > Life coaching). Sorry for the error!

    No worries! So if it's in that category it would be okay? I'll look into it, thank you again so much for your valuable insights Vickie 🤗

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  4. 1 hour ago, vickieito said:

    so to see picture of Lahaina in that state is surreal and saddening. It doesn't look like anything is left.

    It's so disheartening to read/see things about it indeed, also the fact so much of the history that Lahaina holds has been destroyed (if I read it correctly). My thoughts go out to your friends & family, and of course everybody there 🙏

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  5. 14 hours ago, vickieito said:

    AI can't write anything deep, moving, and meaningful - so when it comes to writing things from the heart, AI's not going to cut it.

    My thoughts exactly! But I might be biased haha. I did have one client who had 3 different AI's write a poem and came to me & ended up liking my piece much more. It gave me a little hope 💪

    14 hours ago, vickieito said:

    That does make a difference. Living in Hawaii ended up being much more expensive than I thought, especially with a tween and high-school teenager, and somehow my Fiverr income has to cover all of our expenses and have enough to spare for emergencies. So I think about my Earnings a lot more than I'd like.

    I understand that definitely makes you way more conscious about your Fiverr approach! A bit deviating from the topic but are you close to the fires that are happening? Hawaii is of course quite big, so I hope you and your family are safe 😕

    14 hours ago, vickieito said:

    So maybe you could start offering your poetry to professionals and businesses

    Thank you so much for your kindness and the time you've spent sharing these ideas with me, that means a lot! I've been a bit tunnel-visioned and couldn't see the forest for the trees (this is a Dutch saying so I googled it and apparently it exists in English too? 🤓). I'm definitely going to make a game plan with these ideas, specifically the ones focusing on business clients! I already had many clients for the jewelry insert cards, so you're spot on with that angle. 

    14 hours ago, vickieito said:

    Life Coaching gig - serve as an accountability partner, supporter, and friend in the order chats, and then you can send them a personalized poem in the finalized delivery. Charge them for your time (1-hour chat) and the cost of the poem.

    I actually did think about going into this area, but wasn't sure if it was allowed. I remember messaging CS about the 'friend' angle and I remember them saying because I'm not a professional I couldn't give advice etc. Although that wouldn't have been the angle (unfortunately I can't find the email). I'll dive a bit deeper into it!

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  6. On 8/11/2023 at 4:33 PM, vickieito said:

    So the question is, with all of these changes on Fiverr's platform over the last year, are you also changing? Or are you just watching on the sidelines as your business is getting left behind?

    This is basically what I'm doing 🙈 It's not because I'm lazy or think that I'm so amazing things will turn around on their own, I just don't know how to turn it around. I think I lack the entrepreneurial 'spidey senses' to actually run my account as a business. The only reason I'm not stressing about it is because it's not my main source of income.

    On 8/11/2023 at 4:33 PM, vickieito said:

    📈 Have you felt the need to change, as I have?

    🏃Are you pursuing things that you wouldn't have, but now are, because of the new announcements that were made?

    💗 And what new hopes or apprehensions do you have for your business?

    📈 So I've definitely felt the need to change! The basics included some gallery images I altered and I've lowered my prices (with only $5 but still). I ponder a lot about what I can do in order to fix this drought. Nothing groundbreaking has come to mind unfortunately though.  

    🏃 This I haven't done, because I feel like the new announcements weren't things I could play into with my niche. Others will probably say there's always an angle, my brain just can't think of it 😅

    💗 Like everybody, I hope I'll be able to help people again by writing poems for them and making some money during the process! 

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  7. I haven't posted in a long time on the forum, but this topic ignited my forum flame (and my self-reflecting one at that). Thank you @looseink, it's good to have you back! And it's also good to read you're stronger than before 💪

    1) I still have 4 of my baby teeth, because no 'adult' teeth are below them. So if they fall out, I'll be toothless there.

    2) When I flare my nostrils I get a dimple in my chin (do I get points for this pointless fact?). 

    3) I love doing my nails and, albeit amateurish, painting nail art on them. These canvasses are very tiny, so it can get quite challenging to succeed 😅

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  8. 1 hour ago, catwriter said:

    My question for you is this: do you use just one field in gig requirements, or multiple fields? And do your buyers find it annoying? Does someone cancel the order because they can't be bothered to fill everything in?

    I'd especially like to know how it works for sellers with lower prices (say, gigs with $20 or even $10 or $5 as the starting price). I guess that those who order something for $5,000 expect to give long(ish) instructions, or are at least not surprised by thorough requirements, but what about those who spend $20?

    I have 5 questions in my requirements of which 4 are obligatory to fill in. I'll break it down for clarity:

    1. Which language they want the poem to be in (Dutch or English).
    99% of my clients want it to be in English, but it's still necessary for me to know in case a Dutch client happens to want the poem to be in English.

    2. What or who they want the poem to be about.
    This is quite a lengthy question, including reasons why I need to know it as well as a few examples for them in case they have no idea what to write. 

    3. If they have a preferred rhyme scheme.

    4. Why they want this poem to be about this person/thing.
    Although this can be answered in question #2, I noticed this prompts buyers to provide me with additional information I otherwise wouldn't have received. It also provides me with a better idea of their thoughts/intentions for the poem. 

    5. If there's anything else they'd want me to know before I get started.
    This question is not obligatory. But I find including this question makes buyers feel secure that they've truly provided me with all I need. 

    1 hour ago, catwriter said:

    And do your buyers find it annoying? Does someone cancel the order because they can't be bothered to fill everything in?

    I can imagine some buyers find it annoying 😅 However, I noticed that some who can't be bothered just fill in N/A. I've never had any cancellations based on the amount of requirements. 

    Even with all my questions I sometimes still have to ask a bit more on the order page to make sure I understand their wishes/ask them to elaborate on some details. But by separating my requirements into 5 questions I think buyers have a sort of overview because it goes step by step. 

    My buyers find it annoying (at least none of them have told me haha) but instead comforting in a way that they feel heard. However, this might be the case due to the niche I'm working in which involves a lot of processing of feelings & emotions. Also because it's often for special occasions they want it to be perfect so they prefer my 'the more the better' approach when it comes to sharing info.  

    In short: Based on my experience, it's perfectly fine to have multiple requirements!  

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  9. 15 hours ago, cre8iveartwork said:

    I might be wrong but it seems that the repeat buyer metric/feature or whatever that is might have an impact..

    I certainly hope not! I understand Fiverr wants sellers to turn customers into repeat buyers. But if this would actually affect the success rate of sellers, I'd be doomed. 

    9 hours ago, donnovan86 said:

    But even then I can tell you that a lot of people with small prices don't have a ton of repeat buyers, it depends on the service. 

    This is the case for me. I basically never have repeat buyers, because I mainly write for special 'one-time' occasions. Giving a poem for every birthday or anniversary would get old quickly! 

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  10. 22 hours ago, donnovan86 said:

    It's still worth a shot to diversify your offers I guess. 

    I saw someone having a gig in my niche offering to 'write AI generated poetry'. The 'write' is already hilarious in that context. But what amused me more, for a lack of a better word, was that this person doesn't offer revisions or editing. 

    I wonder why. 

    This person doesn't have any sales yet. What a surprise! Sadly, it's something I do think some people could fall for. 

     

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  11. This turn of discussion about promoted gigs really intrigues me, because I always felt it did make an impact for me. For example, my March receipt was $24 spend which resulted in $143 sales. In case it's relevant, my daily budget is $15. But my conversion rate is pretty low (70 clicks and 3 orders). 

    However, especially since my 'organic' sales have basically came to a stop I feel the promoted gigs are the only way for me to generate at least some revenue. 

    I'm curious what April will bring though. After reading this entire thread I'm not all that positive! 

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  12. I'm really grateful for all the information on this thread. It was a lot of information to take in but I finally had the time to read and process it all. Thanks @frank_d for creating it and others who contributed! 

    I created a post in early January referring to my own sales draught. So that's when the orders have basically stopped for me. From consistently getting orders every few days, I'm now hardly getting inquiries and the stream of income has been reduced to a third of my usual revenue. Out of desperation I even thought of lowering my prices, but I'll wait with that measure. 

    Compared to all of you I feel I'm only a small fish in this pond, so I thought it was just me. Although it was out of the ordinary, I assumed it was due to the algorithm rotation/negative private feedback/competition. Which can still be the case of course. Or ChatGPT is writing all the poems now, who knows! 

    I know not having a steady income is the 'risk' of freelancing, but I must admit it frustrates me a bit not knowing where the draught is coming from. If I did, I could approach it more effectively (but I'm aware that's part of it all). But I'll keep a close eye to this thread to see how everybody else fares! In the meantime I'll try find ways to:

    Improvise. Adapt. Overcome- The 2020 Mantra

     

     

     

     

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  13. 11 hours ago, miiila said:

    Was that too off-topic? Sorry, I forgot what we were talking about, annoyed by the most recent spam wave, if you couldn't guess. 😅

    This is a much more coherent and well-worded rant than I could put together when being annoyed 😂

    But I completely agree. I hate it when they phrase it as if you owe them a piece of your cake. That's not how business works. 

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  14. 11 hours ago, danno1950 said:

    It irritates me to see something done poorly. Like the Fiverr Buyer Brief process.

    I wholeheartedly agree. Like I mentioned before, instead of becoming excited when seeing there's a brief match it started to feel like spam to me. And when I did get them regularly, I became annoyed too when I heard the notification (and received an email, why both?!) because I knew it would be nonsense anyway. I guess all their efforts are now going toward AI...

    @vickiespencerwe don't know their story indeed! 😂

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  15. 1 hour ago, danno1950 said:

    I turned Buyer Briefs on again last night. I've already received 9 briefs, and none of them are a match for my services. Sheesh!

    Briefs summed up in a gif 

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    Disclaimer: only based on my experience and the only time Trump came in handy to sum up the experience

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  16. 22 hours ago, vickiespencer said:

    After turning briefs on 24 hours ago, I received one brief from a buyer seeking a service I do not offer. 

    I took a look at how buyers have to submit their briefs and it says:

    "Our smart algorithm calculates the most suitable category for your requirements. For example: If you request a logo to be designed for your business, an additional field will appear (based on the details you provide). This information is unique to each service. When prompted, complete the additional fields to ensure the best and most accurate match." 

    I guess the algorithm is only as smart as the person who submits their brief 👀

    7 hours ago, zeus777 said:

    It'll keep coming, I'm OK, maybe one day this thing called a miracle might happen and I'll get something that actually is a match.
    Not expecting much though!

    If I get a relevant brief plus somebody actually responding to my offer I'll definitely make it known on the forum 💃 I never get replies either so congrats @leannelriversfor actually succeeding! Or rather, the 'briefs buyers' being smart enough to recognize your talents 😊
     

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  17. @rahulkajla1is correct! Here is what Fiverr says about it so you have a source for it as well;

    • When purchasing a Gig, Buyers are granted all rights for the delivered work, unless otherwise specified by the Seller on their Gig page. Note: some Gigs charge additional payments (through Gig Extras) for Commercial Use License. See our “Ownership” and “Commercial Use License” sections below for more information.

    And here is a link to the Terms of Service so you can have a look at the green sections for additional information: Fiverr's Terms of Service

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  18. 5 hours ago, catwriter said:

    Or maybe things have temporarily slowed down. It happens.

    Definitely true. Perhaps I was a bit too hopeful about it 😅

    6 hours ago, katakatica said:

    I even got one order from them!

    Hurray! I feel like you've had a unique experience haha. And I was thinking that the absence of it meant they were perhaps monitored more closely indeed, but as I said above that was most likely wishful thinking...

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  19. 16 minutes ago, vickiespencer said:

    I turned mine off. After reading your post, I will turn them on out of curiosity. 

    I had mine turned off for a while as well (because it started to feel more like spam to me), but curiosity got the better of me here too and I wanted to see what the briefs consisted of. Let's wait and see what it does for you! 

    30 minutes ago, catwriter said:

    I'm getting fewer briefs, but I'm still getting them.

    Maybe Fiverr is becoming a bit more strict as to which briefs can be posted?

     

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  20. First of all, let me make it clear I'm not a fan of briefs at all. But I noticed something and I wanted to know if it's the same for others.

    I used to get briefs all the time. Many of them are irrelevant to my gig or they were from sellers trying to promote their services. However, it's been 3 weeks since I received my last brief. I can't say I miss it since I've never counted on them for my orders. But I'm still interested in why that is!

    Has it been the same for you guys too? Or is it just that nobody posts briefs that Fiverr considers relevant to my gig? It's just interesting to me since, as I mentioned, hardly any of them were relevant before either so I'm curious as to why they stopped. 

    So by all means, enlighten me with your experiences! 

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  21. 3 hours ago, michmikaia said:

    Mine is very low. 54.

    Mine is even lower..... since I don't have enough orders to calculate my score 😅

    But normally I do have a score that is also low because most people only need 1 poem for a special occasion.

    4 hours ago, theratypist said:

    It's not a big deal of course

    I'd consider it a big deal and something to be proud of, congratulations! 🥳 

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  22. Oh boy do I know this struggle! My thoughts on raising prices also used to be 'when I reach Level 1/2 I'll raise my prices'. But like @donnovan86said, there's absolutely no reason to wait. Of course, at the beginning when you want to get your foot in the door you might want to outprice your competitors. I see you already have 13 reviews on one gig so that's wonderful! And I'd say a good moment to reach your prices since your base price point is only $5. 

    I don't have a lot of returning buyers due to the nature of my gig. However, the ones who did come back after I changed my prices didn't seem to mind it at all. I informed them saying my prices have increased since last time and all they said was 'okay send an offer'! 

    I also don't have any hard data to confirm raising prices = fewer orders. However, even if you have fewer orders the revenue most likely evens out since you (hopefully) get the same revenue with even less work. I somewhat recently raised my prices after thinking about it for a long time. I also asked for advice on this forum and some even mentioned they believed my prices are still not high enough 🙈 But I'm still hesitant to raise them further because I do think it will affect my orders. 

    As you can tell from the text above, it's all a bit of trial and error. I'd say raise your prices and see what happens! Especially since your prices are extremely low. In my opinion, no service is worth a mere $5 (even less than that after deducting the %20 fee). 

    In short: don't wait for anything and just raise your prices to see what happens (spoiler alert; you'll most likely only see benefits!) 😄 

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  23. 2 hours ago, vickieito said:

    Hey @sabinespoems! It looks like you rebranded your profile image and gigs! Looks great! 😍

    Thank you Vickie!! 🤗 I'm not seeing the effects of it quite yet but I'm happy with the overhaul either way. Maybe ChatGPT is stealing my poetry business too? 🕵️‍♀️

    26 minutes ago, vickiespencer said:

    A QR can not be sent to a new buyer when you sleep. 

    That's definitely true and I can see the way you use it can be helpful. I was more thinking about the auto-reply being sent when I'm awake. Resulting in a buyer first receiving the auto-reply, followed quickly by another message asking them for more details that are specific to their request. 

    With every feature, it's not for everyone. But it's nice that for you and others it has added value!

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  24. 47 minutes ago, melanielm said:

    Is there an indication of an unread message still if you use the auto-reply feature?

    I believe so! They mention this; "Don’t worry, it will be marked as Unread in your Inbox, so that you don’t miss the message."

    I don't understand how it's more useful than a quick response tbh since your stats require you to still respond. It would only add value for me if I could set a time period. Like @terrygrantvomentioned to let a buyer know I'm asleep. 

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  25. 11 hours ago, rifqart said:

    Is it okay to insanely edit a gig?

    And Is it okay if I keep using the account that have been idle for a long time?

    Yes and yes! If you haven't used your account in a while it will take time to get impressions and clicks again. See it from Fiverr's standpoint; if you're not active they won't make money and have no benefit in 'pushing' your account to potential buyers. 

    So definitely start editing your gig to make it the best it can be and be a little patient throughout the process. Don't get discouraged by your decreasing impressions, it takes time to get your account up and running again. 

    Good luck! 😄

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