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Hi Carlos: First, I love your name (Big Spaniard); too cool! LOL. I was really just "thinking out loud" how more seasoned sellers handled this issue because I'm Usually better at "reading" a person by their expressions vs their "oral" conversations vs the written words. Especially because the written word can be so misinterpreted, you know? For now, I guess I have to just go on what I believe they're conveying and if I think I'm not reading the signals right (or even if I think I am), I'll just have to reiterate what I believe they mean back to them. I have been a Fiverr Buyer before so I've been on both sides of the fence now and I will say that to me, it can be scary no matter what side you're on! And, thanks for the tip about the Fiverr Seller Plus program. I don't really know what it is but I'm sure I can find out more on the platform since I'm not looking for this to just be a "hobby" but a true business. Knowledge is Power!! Well, thanks again for your words and your info. How can I follow you? I haven't figured out how to do that yet!! lol

Congrats!! It's a great feeling when you complete your first order! I just completed my first order on July 25, 2022. My goal was to get a sale within the month of July and I DID IT!!! I actually got TWO sales but I haven't been paid yet and I'm currently working on the 2nd order. I'm just glad that all of my hard work in putting up my gigs and tweaking and re-tweaking worked. LOL. Congrats again! Now? On to the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and beyond!

Hi everyone: So I'm a new seller and I've had three potential clients and a bunch of scammers. One of the buyers was a professional writer, one was an artist and one was a newbie writer. I have a Beta/Sensitivity Reading gig so I'm wondering if I felt more comfortable with the writers? IDK. Anyway, none of these clients had a review because they're all new. My first client was pretty on point: she explained what she wanted, got me her docs (and even when she had a problem uploading it), she waited patiently for Fiverr support to help. THANK GOODNESS! The second potential buyer was an artist who requested things that were not a part of my "typical" gig package (although I could do it within the THEME of my package). I normally review writings and he wanted me to review "some writing" but with a bunch of photos. He kept going back and forth and after I would answer him, he would go invisible. Then, he would show up again, kind of asking for the same types of stuff but at a much, much lower rate. Because I didn't know we could just say "no" to people we felt we wouldn't work well with, I continued to try to please this potential buyer. He eventually requested a custom order (for more than 60% lower than what he should have paid) but since I cut out a bunch of actions, I put it down to the lowest amount I could take but kept the delivery days the same. After writing up the extensive custom order, he didn't respond. LOL. I even went back to him and asked him if he had received the order and if he had additional questions. But..... he ghosted me! lol. A few days later, I went to remove him from my message inbox and saw that he had a rating. He had selected another person to do his gig. And she was charging WAY less than me. Like, pennies. She gave him a 5 star review and he gave her a 4 star review. I don't know if she was adequate or if he was trying to get what he wanted done at a cheap rate and found out that he couldn't get it done. Sad. Anyway, I archived his messages and blocked him. The third buyer was also a writer. Again, I think I just vibe a little better with writers because I am a writer and I kind of understand a little more of what they're probably looking for (if that makes sense). Anyway, this time, I found myself asking a few more questions about his project and what inspired him to do the project. I felt that by askinig some questions, I might get to see a little bit more of what type of buyer I was dealing with in order to make a better decision as to if the buyer and I could really work together in a positive way. I'm happy to say that he seems real cool and he hired me and I accepted his project: a win-win. So after all of this, here's my question: What do you look for in a buyer when they have no reviews and you're trying to gauge if they would be a good "fit" for working with you? Thanks in advance for any responses!

Thanks Everyone!! I was actually kind of surprised. Maybe once it's actually printed, I will share it as on my Fiverr profile. LOL. Ok, so here's my "road to my first sale" story: I joined Fiverr around May 25, 2022 and I decided to choose Beta Reading as my first gig. After takiing a little time to read over some Fiverr articles, do the Fiverr Seller video and watch a few Youtube videos from people who are either Fiverr Top Sellers or Fiverr Pro Sellers, I went ahead and made my first gig on July 1, 2022. Then...... I got NOTHING but crickets!! LOL. So, I came back to the Forum, read a few more things, watched a few more videos and went back to my gig and tweaked it by lowering my prices, adding in a video and putting more info in my description about the gig items (than about me). I started seeing impressions around July 3rd but no clicks. Some person had sent me a message (who wound up being a spammer) and my notifications were not working so I didn't know that I had a message. And because I didn't respond within 24 hours, my response rate went down to ZERO!! Bummer!!! After this, I went back and tweaked my gig again, hoping to get someone to message me so that my response rate would go up. I had a few more spammers (which FIVERR actually caught most of them and removed them from my message board before I could even respond). I also got two more spammers (but they actually weren't as blatant as the first two so Fiverr let them go through). I responded to them and at this point, I was back up to a 67% response rate. After waiting a day, I raised my prices about above what I was seeing as "bare minimum" FIVERR prices for the gig I was doing (i.e., from about $5 for my Basic package to about $25), removed the video (because it wasn't showing MY face and MY voice but static pictures of other people doing things that I would be doing during the gig with an explanation of what I would be doing, because I just didn't have the time to do a video with ME actually doing all the talking), put more of what I was offering in my gig (on my actual profile cards), and changed my gig title. I also used all five gig tags. This was around July 6th or 7th. I saw something on one of the Youtube channels that I watch that's basically just about Fiverr and it stated that Fiverr may take a minute to re-process your gig (in order to start ranking it back in the algorithm) so its best not to continue making adjustments (but to let it go for about a week). Well, I didn't make any more adjustments to it and on July 10th, I had my first "real" click (i.e., an actual client vs a bunch of spammers). We talked back and forth for about a day and she placed her order on July 14th. However, she was having trouble uploading her documents and we both wound up sending messages to Fiverr for help. Because I'm a new seller, I found out that New Sellers kind of have to wait for help. It took them almost two days to get me the answer I needed to give to her so that she could upload her docs. I saved a copy (and good think I did because my next client ran into the same problem). Anyway, She uploaded her docs on July 16th but because she had sent me the message stating that she was haviing trouble uploading back on July 14th, Fiverr had already started the clock (stating that my buyer had sent in the required docs)! LOL. I requested an extension but my buyer didn't respond to the extension and because it was my first order, I just went ahead and worked day and night to get it done. I finished the project the morning it was due and that was that! I did get a tip so I took it as a way of accepting the fact that I had to rush the order and lose 2 days of "cushion" time to get it done. She thanked me, gave me the tip and accepted the order on July 27th. Now, I have to wait until August 10th to actually "keep" the payment? LOL. Well, that's the day it will be paid out. So..... sorry for the long story but I really wanted to show what MY process was like. I increased my prices during the time I was working on this project and got my next order (paid out at a higher rate for less work)! I do believe that putting in the effort to get my first order out on time AND doing it the way that I said it would be done was key. Currently, I just put up a sample (from the buyer's actual work product) that she gave me permission to use. Hopefully, this will increase the amount of sales I have but now, I think I have to wait a few days to start seeing impressions, clicks and (hopefully) a new order since updating the gig probably put me back into the queue for Fiverr to rank it again. I made two more gigs but one wasn't getting any impressions or clicks so I put it on pause. The other gig got a lot of impressions and a couple of clicks but I found that I was getting a LOT of spammers from that one. I haven't removed it but I'm thinking about removing it or at least tweaking it soon. After this second project is finished. Ok, that's it. If anyone has any more questions, I'm happy to answer them.

Hi everyone! I'm a new seller on Fiverr and I just finished my first order with a 5 star rating! The Buyer asked if she could put my name in her book under the Acknowledgements section because she appreciated the work. I accepted. Has anyone else had a similar request? If so, what did you do and why? Thanks for any info!!