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I'm pretty sure the OP knows the minimum requirements for gig photos, that's not what they are asking. To make a good looking gig image, take the minimum requirements (550x370) and multiply them. I use 1080 x 726 px size image and it looks pretty sharp when previewing the gig.

I think that the more analytics we can get our hands on, the better. It really doesn't hurt to know exactly how much repeat business you have and if you can achieve a badge on your profile for doing a good job, that's a bonus!

You can ask for advice and learn a lot from knowledgeable fiverr sellers. In my opinion, this forum is invaluable to fiverr sellers or freelancers in general.

There are no shortcuts to getting orders. If you offer professional and valuable service, people will order from you. Take your time to polish your profile and gigs, make sure you offer competitive prices. Be patient, but not inactive.

Most fiverr experts use common sense, as far as I've seen.

I'm glad to hear it! I'm still ways away from being able to fully sustain myself doing only freelance work, but I really enjoy the process of it. One day 😊

While the global pharmaceutical company "Bayer" may have no interest in looking at you online or otherwise, the buyers will see your gigs either way.

Thanks a lot! Great advice. Working a lot on e-commerce in general at the moment, it's harder than it looks 😄

and 16/39 reviews from the same user with varying degrees of aggressive satisfaction such as "THANK YOU VERY MUCH" and "Many thanks for the help, and your kind services!!!!! Always a pleasure !!!!!! 😊" 🤔😄

Yeah, I've seen this person commenting in a strange, provocative manner before, I'm up for humoring such behaviour from time to time 😊

That's pretty much how I understood your comment 😄 I guess it's worth it if the orders pay well, if not, nothing's interrupting my beauty sleep.

Those whales are really strict when it comes to their branding needs.. And don't get me started on the sharks..

Ah, yes... The infamous "I'll sleep when I'm dead" strategy, I can respect that.

Can't wait for that day! But there's a lot of ground for me to cover before that 😊 Thank you for this advice. I think that with time, I will feel more comfortable to offer more complex services, as now I'm sort of sticking to basic services.

It's something 😄

Thank you. Sometimes this is exactly what needs to be heard. 😊

I think that is a great advice in general. Although being a new seller on fiverr, there is this feeling of needing to do absolutely anything to get the ball rolling, to get your gigs to rank higher, therefore doing almost any order thrown at you. Of course, still having to turn down orders that are impossible to complete (in my case I do photo deblurring, but I cannot do forensic enhancement, since forensic software is not available to the general public, myself included).

The other day I got my first buyer who canceled the order two hours after placing it. Unsurprisingly, he wanted the delivery NOW 😄 he even managed to blame me in the description of order canceling dispute, stating that I was not responsive and it was not clear when the order would be delivered. Fortunately, the CS managed to cancel the order without apparent negative effects on my account.

All these advice are very helpful. I still keep unlimited revisions (mostly because my gigs are quite straight forward), but I'll have to see in the future, it's not the first time that I hear that unlimited revisions can be seriously abused. I also already had the unfortunate experience of getting a lower rating review even though I am a quite new seller on fiverr. While I didn't take 24h, I did take 2 hours to cool down and carefully crafted the reply before writing it below the review. And I also need to learn to evaluate buyers sooner rather than later, some of them can be a real hassle to deal with.

I like this one. Start small, utilize what you already have and invest in the quality of your service.

Does staying online actually help? I've gotten almost all of my orders while offline.

While doing freelance work, I realised how many areas there are, where I could still be improving or polishing my already acquired skills. One of the most valuable advices I've gotten is to be patient and graceful with your customers whatever the case might be. What advice helped you the most in your freelance journey?

Good news! The order has been canceled and it seems that it did not have an effect on my cancellation rate. 🎉🥳

Thank you very much! Your input has been very helpful in this situation, I appreciate it. 😊

@khalifacyrusuk and @theratypist thank you both for insightful answers and food for thought. I will have to wait and see what CS is going to do about this situation, but whatever the case might be, I am leaning towards order cancellation. The customer already ordered this service from someone else and even thought they did act unprofessionally, I think it's best to cancel the order and block them so they do not order from me in the future. I only have 8 reviews, with two reviews being 4 and 4.7 stars, 1 or 2 star review would really hurt my account. Although my gig is ranking very well recently, therefore the cancellation with a negative impact would really hurt my gig's ranking as well. But I think this would be the right choice. What do you think?