paddy_boylan

Thanks, everyone. I'm thinking I'll stay away from this one. Yikes. I did actually message customer service; the agent I spoke to said "yeah, cool, go ahead" (I'm paraphrasing), but the fact that you can get contradictory answers from different agents is pretty concerning...

Hey Fiverr folk, see the attached image - do you think that working on this brief would violate Fiverr policy? The Community Standards page says the following: "Do not offer, agree to provide, or ask for services that are meant to cause harm, including but not limited to: Promoting prohibited or potentially dangerous goods (firearms, ammunition, drugs, and controlled substances), or encouraging others to make, use, or trade these goods" (https://www.fiverr.com/community/standards/prohibited-services#:~:text=Do not offer,trade these goods) I'm erring on the side of not touching it, but wanted to see what you guys think. Thanking you for your collective wisdom, - Paddy

Right. I guess that's the goal then. I'll definitely be trying this model if I can't make editable word counts work; though I want to be able to use my gig's various packages to scale the type of services I offer (proofreading, line edits, structural edits, etc)., and the "job extras" checkbox options don't add to the gig's cost! Gah! In the meantime, I'll add my voice to the complaints chorus, and hope that one day Fiverr changes things.

Right. Thanks, @donnovan86. So when someone does order a large number of words from you, how do you manage that? The only way I see it working is if you contact the buyer, explain, and then edit the job's delivery time.

Hey Fiverr fam. I'm... confused. I have a proofreading/editing gig. It's somewhat strange that delivery times don't scale with increased word count - if I have a package with a 3 day delivery time, and someone buys an edit for 200,000 words, my delivery time is still 3 days. What I truly can't understand though is how other sellers are managing this. When I look at the top sellers in the proofreading/editing space, most of them seem to use a set delivery time, plus an editable word count field, for their packages. How do they manage this? How do YOU manage this? Any help at all would be appreciated. Thanks!

This is over a year later, but... yeah, same. I'm starting to think that there isn't a way to do it. What's strange is, looking some of the more successful proofreaders/editors on Fiverr, they seem to have a variable word count field, but their listed delivery time stays the same no matter what's entered. I don't understand how that works... If anyone has any insights, I'd love to hear them.