wanderingvoice

It's very anti-seller. Most of the things Fiverr is doing is very anti-seller. :/

What makes a project 'big' can be a very subjective/ambiguous discussion. A $50 project would have a $10 deduction from Fiverr, and, at least in my country, that $10 can go a looong way. Just make it 10% for all transactions. It's the sellers' hard earned money anyway. I don't know why it seems as if majority of the sellers here think that the 20% cut is fair.

It's always been 20% since the dawn of time, but why is it that it is only occurring to me now that that's a HUGE chunk out of the buyer's pocket/work effort. I understand the whole 'Fiverr is the middleman' argument—I can live with that. But considering that buyers already have to pay an additional fee when ordering, isn't taking an additional 20% from the seller just... too much? If it were 10% at most, that wouldn't be too bad I guess. But, come on... freaking 20?? I realized just how much money I lost during the three years I've been freelancing on Fiverr. Being on Fiverr is so darn expensive. And before you tell me, "Oh, just adjust your prices." Come on. Don't say that as if you don't have a competitive market to consider. What would stop buyers from going to another seller with lower rates, even if you think that your quality of work is better than theirs? Be for real. I don't know. I might be alone with these sentiments. As you all know, currencies are valued different all around the world. It's just that when Fiverr takes its commission of $20 on an order, that's $20 I can't afford to give away. That could have been a small step towards better equipment so that I can do better work. That could have been a much needed break I afforded myself after working seven days a week for so long (the brutal life of a freelancer). That could have been money I worked for that I get to spend on whatever the hell I want. It just feels so oppressive. I wanted to work as a freelancer because I wanted to work for myself, to build an actual career out of something I'm passionate about. I was given the impression that Fiverr would help with that, and for the longest time I believed that. But now, I don't know, I feel cheated on. Is this something someone else has talked about yet? Is there just something I'm missing? I just want to call for revolution. It's just so hard to find a decent platform as a freelancer sometimes, which is why I feel like I let Fiverr get away with their 20% commission for so long, 'cause you know, supply and demand or something I guess. But jesus 10% would've been more than enough.

Thank you so much for your understanding and kind advice!

I've noticed that buyers ignore the questions I've personally set a lot more frequently, possibly because they come after these three questions that really have no use to me and the work I do. Please make it an option to remove these from sellers' gigs. I used to have all the information I needed whenever someone ordered from me. Now I have to go message the buyer and just pray that they respond quickly enough for me to get the work done before the deadline. I've already posted about this here, and there are also a handful of sellers who share the same sentiments.

I have a buyer who commissioned some work done. It was just a small order, about $10. After I delivered the file, he puts the order on revision. He doesn't actually want any revisions done--he just wants the rights to the file. Things I need opinions/advice on: 1. He didn't say at the beginning of the order that he needed rights. I know it's partly my fault since I didn't ask. I ended up offering commercial rights as an Add On/Special Offer. I figured it would work the same way since all our communication was done through Fiverr. 2. By now, i's been five days since I sent that add on for commercial rights and he still hasn't given me a clear response as to how he wants to proceed. I asked him yesterday if he would like to purchase the commercial rights to the file, and that if he won't, I can cancel the order for him so he that can have his money back. No response. 3. If I do end up cancelling, would it be okay to tell him that use of the file in spite of cancelling would be illegal or something? If someone can help me word it out in a respectful way, that'd be great too :( (But if not, that's okay! I'm just trying out my luck.) Even though I finished the work and the buyer was content with it, I don't want to just resend the file just to 'complete' the order. Because, you know, the buyer might get mad and leave me a nasty review. And I know for a fact that he's been using Fiverr recently because I can see that he was online three hours ago. What should I do?

Is there any way I can remove the three questions Fiverr sets? This one here: It's such a bother. I've noticed that customers now tend to ignore the questions I've personally set, possibly because they come after those three very useless questions. I understand that for some gigs they may be useful, but for me, it's such an inconvenience.