Upwork is looking better and better! At least on Upwork I could register my account and start marketing my profile and looking through the openings tonight without any difficulty. But here on Fiverr, everything depends upon this phone number; nothing else on my profile is as important. I have two phone numbers, neither works on Fiverr's system, and so now I'm locked out for 24 hours! My cell phone only works sporadically in this area because of poor signal coverage. But my Google Voice VoIP number apparently will not work on Fiverr either, even though I use it with my Mac Pro to make 98 percent of my calls. I kept getting the error message "there's something wrong with this number" even though I have never once encountered a problem making and receiving calls and text messages through Google Voice during the past four years--until tonight.
I also don't understand why Fiverr gives out so few phone verification attempts and provides no last-ditch workarounds through a call center, given that this problem is keeping new sellers from making money for Fiverr. I only made four attempts at verification on my cell phone number before I got locked out. It's not like I have an auto-dialer that's calling every few seconds and would pose a serious security risk.
Guess I'll be spending all of my time on Upwork during the next 24 hours.
