[Fiverr 4.0 - Some thoughts on the current state of things]

On 6/20/2023 at 10:53 PM, donnovan86 said:

All I hear is praise too and guess what, I only survive on return clients these days, few to no new buyers...

The problem in your niche and mine (writing) isn't Fiverr, it's AI. ...

I also see you had only 4 reviews the past 3 months or so. Fiverr tracks your performance only over the past 2-3 months, and one of the reasons why you might not be getting work is that others have more reviews/orders, even if they have the same performance as you, their volume is higher. 

But as I said, AI is definitely one of the major concerns here. I've been working on Fiverr for close to 10 years now, I always worked alone and had tens of thousands of orders, but even so.., I still feel the lack of orders. We need to adapt, and find different services that fit modern times.  At least that's the solution in my case.

Yes, I know AI is a problem for us, but that would prevent people from choosing to find VO on Fiverr, it shouldn't cause my impressions to go to <300. 

I'm in the same boat as you. I hear praise, I've been tipped extra money on half of my recent jobs. But, your'e right, I have no idea what they're saying in their private reviews. So, I guess I need to start prepping clients before they do this private review. It's possible they're lying to me. 

I only had 4 reviews because I've only had like 4 jobs in the past 3 months. Fiverr is tracking performance which is down because THEY have depressed my impressions. I used to get plenty of work when I had impressions. I'm not sure what I did to get fewer impressions, and I have no idea how to turn it around. I offer the best service I can, and my clients tell me they like me. Almost all of my clients are return clients, to be honest. It's strange. But clearly someone must have said something really bad about me, and with my low number of orders that probably made up a large percentage. It only takes one person to say something bad about you if you've only had 5-10 orders in 3 months. Then it has a huge effect on your percentage wise. I'm going to have to pay for seller premium and see if I can get a personal coach to with Fiverr to help me figure out what's going on. Which is exactly what Fiverr wants. They want buyers to buy seller premium for $40/month. Who knows what's really going on. Could just be a way to get buyers to pay 40/month to find out why their impressions have disappeared. 

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34 minutes ago, kendal1747 said:

You are probably right. There were and probably still are some low quality providers. I just hope that Algorithm doesn't run away with newer changes that might not be for the betterment of the platform in general. Let's hope for the best and try to prepare for the worst. 

The problem is that they're hurting high quality providers like me. Of 111 reviews I've had only ONE less than 5.0. I am 100% on all my metrics. My response time is 1 hour. And my clients tell me personally they love my work. And almost all of my clients are return clients. My clients are incredibly happy, and they tell me so personally. I almost always get tipped as well. So, I can't figure out why this is happening. 

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26 minutes ago, donnovan86 said:

I won't leave the platform, I will just adapt to the new changes.

It's hard to adapt when you have no clue what's going on. Of 111 reviews I've had only ONE less than 5.0. 100% on all my metrics. And my clients tell me personally they love my work. Maybe they're lying to me? (I doubt it.) I have had some canceled orders, but not that many, and they weren't my fault. People changing their mind about something, etc. I'm marked as "highly response", I respond within 1 hour (that's what's listed on my profile). I can't imagine what could have caused my gigs to plummet to literally under 300 impressions per month. There's something going on behind the scenes at Fiverr that they're not telling us about. That's for sure. There are algorithms at work they don't tell their sellers about. I'm not sure what to do. Apparently there's nothing I can do except pay the $40 per month, and pay for placement. I did that before and got a business from it. So, I guess that's the best play at this point. 

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On 6/19/2023 at 7:36 PM, donnovan86 said:

It depends on the niche, but I will say this, if you talk about Seller Plus, that won't give you more impressions. It all comes down to the algorithm and they make some changes that penalize sellers if they don't have great performance. 

 

I have 100% across the board on all my performance metrics. So, there's not reason they should be penalizing me. 

If sellers are leaving private reviews that differ from the public reviews they've given me, and the personal feedback I receive, I'd be surprised. All I hear is praise. 

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Fiverr is dead now. It appears they're forcing people to pay $20, or $40, per month to get any clicks. Since those seller plus payment tiers have started my gigs have all gone to less than 10 clicks per month. It's devastating. I've had zero new client inquiries in 3-5+ months. Especially the last 3/4 months. It's too bad. I've been a pro voice talent for 7 years, there's no reason why I shouldn't be getting work. My quality is great, my clients are happy (5 stars on my reviews), and I have 100% on all my scores across the board. No reason why this should be happening except the fact that I'm not paying $20-$40 for seller plus, or paying for clicks. 

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This is still a serious problem. And so easy to fix, but will we ever see a fix for it?