[How can I improve my GIG?]

Hey The gig images are a bit blurry so it is not attractive enough for buyers and In the description please remove that I WILL NOT CANCEL THE PROJECT because if the buyer goes through the CS then it would affect you gig more

[Would you welcome a paid Fiverr membership (as a seller)?]

10 hours ago, newsmike said:

We are really having 2 different conversations here. Above is what the OP stated as the problem. So the discussion was about how to eliminate the large amounts of low quality, scammer accounts. I do agree that something has to be done. Again, a business owner with nothing to lose and no reason to care, is not a recipe for quaity. The low quality, scammer sellers are what gives fiverr its image problem. 

For example in my category of voice over, it is a very common request that I send the agencies buying my services a demo to play for their client. Very often they ask that the demo has no fiverr branding on it whatsoever. They like what they can buy from me, but clearly do not want their client to know that they are buying from a fiverr seller. That is a real problem, and if fiverr is going to continue to raise the bar on quaity, and image (especially since Microsoft is launching a competitor at fiverr this fall), they need to purge the sellers that create the image of low quality.

This topic went sideways when the issue switched to the fact that not every person on the planet could afford to pay to partcipate. I completely get your point, but "not everyone can afford it", is not the answer to what the OP brought up. Nor can it be a a reason not to drive quality and image upwards. 

I cannot afford the $500,000 franchise fee to open a McDonald's restaurant. Is that unfair? No. Should I get one for free because of that, No. The franchise fee is there to make sure that anyone who opens a McD's has their mortage on the line to make it a success, and will lose their shirt if it fails. That's how you keep people engaged, and focused on quality and performance. 

That's just business. And trying to redefine fiverr as "democratized offshoring" is inconsistent with the reality that is in fact a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ, which has a fidicuary responsibility to maximize revenue for its shareholders, first, last and foremost. That's it.

 

  

The analogy you have given is totally unrealistic to fiverr. If one has a McDonald franchise then he gets a fighting chance to prove he can give good service but on fiverr one does not guarantee an order so how will a person who is talented think of investing in an online platform that does not guarantee even a chance to prove oneself. 

[Would you welcome a paid Fiverr membership (as a seller)?]

Well I accept that a fee is a really good way to screen out sellers but I have a question I am a new seller and I have started out a few months back I have not fully established myself in the platform while you are all Top rated, Level 2 and Level 1 sellers you have a flow of clients so do we have an equal footing here? No. You should also consider new talented sellers. I accept totally that you want the platform to be more professional so when you started out as a new seller did you get established immediately no right so without a guarantee of orders and clients how could a new seller invest on Fiverr platform. You have to be considerate to the feelings of new sellers too.