giuliocapovilla

Hello, I've been a fiverr seller since 2020, and I noticed some changes in the buyers "search for sellers" mechanism last month. I have doubts that this depends in part on the evaluation system changes, so I'm here to understand if some other sellers noticed this thing or if I'm the only one XD. In the last month, my gig impressions were 20% lower than the previous months, but I'm receiving an average of 3 "It's a match" offers from Fiverr every day (the majority of them are not fit for my skills). Before the update, I was receiving something like 1 "It's a match" per week, 20 times less than now! To give some context, my Success Score is 10/10, and it has never changed since the update, so I should be one of the top sellers for my gig field, so my impressions should have been at least stationary. So I'm thinking that Fiverr is pushing buyers to create general proposals (it would explain why I have so many "It's a match") instead of searching for an appropriate gig for their projects. Is someone else noticing this kind of change? I like Fiverr more than other platforms because of this buyer-seller mechanism, but it seems to me that Fiverr is going in Upwork direction. Thanks, Giulio

Personally I started with a couple of 5$ orders(if I could I would have made them for free XD) to build a good reputation and to show my skills to the platform’s buyers. After 5 reviews(all 5 stars) I noticed my gig was starting to get a lot more impressions and clicks(buyers obviously prefer to contact sellers with good reviews, so they are sure that their project will be done nicely), and I started to increase my prices. After that part it was everything a lot easier, at least for me. It took me like 6 months to get the first 5 orders, and since then, in an year(but like 6-7months of actual availability) I got 50 orders. So my advice is to get a good reputation by accepting all projects for 5$ until you become a reliable seller