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I wouldn’t want that to happen but we’re getting there.
I watched it slowly (agonisingly slowly) getting implemented on that other platform we don’t talk about. The selling model is different but it went from free-to-play to somewhat free-to-play to pay or just sit there staring at your profile page.
The signs are there. I'll complain for a while and then pay up.
PS Weeee, I'm a newbie with 2817 posts. Good to know.
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I’m late to the party and I wasn’t sure if I should jump on it but fine, here are my 2 cents:
I did notice around November December that things changed a little bit and that algorithm was almost like predicting if I’m tired or if I have more resources to deliver more orders.
It seems to be very responsive nowadays to even slightest changes in your behaviour which I really like.
I noticed that if I deliver 2-3 orders even just a day earlier I immediately get a lot of impressions and a lot of new enquiries in my inbox or orders almost right away
If my orders got accepted without revisions then it has similar effect
However if I do have orders stuck in revisions then I start noticing that I don’t receive so many new inquiries anymore.
I didn’t see any difference with notifications “your buyer is awaiting your reply for x hours”. Because sometimes they are just the last ones to leave a message and it will be ridiculous if we will go “thank you, no thank you, ok prefect, sure great” until I’m the last one to leave the message
I do like that this algo seems a bit more flexible because if I’m overwhelmed something falls through cracks and messages are replied a bit later than usually or it takes a bit longer (but within the timeline) to deliver orders then algo reads it like “seller is busy don’t throw more work their way”. And if you do deliver early and reply fast it seems like “that person has enough resource and time to deliver everything, they are still outperforming, give them more work”.
With old algorithm it seemed that you make one mistake and everything goes to hell for a couple of months. Now it doesn’t seem to be so inflexible anymore.
Though I do think there is still “good old” gig rotation.
However if I do have orders stuck in revisions then I start noticing that I don’t receive so many new inquiries anymore.
12+ hours of in revision status damages the gig performance quite a bit. Sometimes I let buyers roam free and take their time to consult their therapist (seriously) or whatever else they need to do and the inquiries from new buyers dry up within a day or two.
The question now is “are you ready to accept the delivery?”
I’ve received multiple revision requests starting with: “No, we are not ready to accept” recently. That explains it.
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Retuning buyers paying bigger bucks is what does it, in my experience. I started the month with 4 bulk orders for the regulars and got to my entire February earnings by March 10th. Around that time, I started to get bombarded with inquiries from V.I.P.s and Fiverr Business accounts. Like, 2016/Level 2 bombarded.
I declined to take maybe 40% of those, extended the delivery time from 4 to 5 days just to be able to manage the workflow. Then got a 3.7 rating. Then got someone pretty rude and who knows what their hidden feedback was. Didn’t seem to slow things down.
I’d continue riding the wave and see where it goes and how long can it last but unfortunately, I finally got hit with those pesky flu-like symptoms and had to lie down just in case. We’ll see if the vacation mode kills the mojo (I’m pessimistic about it).
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I believe it’s due to the laptop having a lower resolution. It’s a 13" laptop?
It is but fiverr’s the first site that graced me with a horizontal scroll in 2020.
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I can comfortably manage 3 orders a day (and rather uncomfortably manage 4). My delivery time is 4 days (no extra fast deliveries) so nothing sneaks up on me and I can usually plan and schedule things a few days in advance and squeeze a day off here and there.
The only thing that can disrupt the process is a buyer with extensive revisions. Not extensive enough for it to be a brand new job but just extensive enough to make it frustrating and take away the time I had set aside for another new project.
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So I just got this feature and when I click it, it seems to only offer me to promote my best-selling gig (not the other two that I’d maybe be interested to try and boost). Unless all the organic clicks/orders magically vanish after this invitation, I don’t see a point of using this at the moment.
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On 11/3/2020 at 2:38 AM, finndev478 said:
sharing is caring
I mean, kudos to this post for framing the topic as a game of sorts as opposed to your usual “I have no skills and I want the big bucks”. But still, if anyone knows the answer, they’re too busy making the big bucks to bother to invite others to their low competition niche.
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If I knew a way to get rich on fiverr with little to no effort, I for sure wouldn’t tell anyone. That’d be my dirty little secret.
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As a person with Adobe Illustrator installed, I’m intrigued by a new country breaking through the monopoly and entering the top 3 in the vector tracing category of all things.
Interesting read. Thank you for putting it together.
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I’d like this post a hundred times if I could.
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70-85% on average from what I’ve seen.
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I take a vacation every 2-4 months and it has affected the ranking every time.
In my experience, the gig bounces back quicker if you have some orders coming in immediately when you’re back. You can reschedule and ask people to place orders on a certain date when you’re ready. If there are no new orders to give you boost, it can take a few weeks.
I don’t consider it critical, though. We’re humans, we need to rest and a few slower weeks help me to get back in shape more smoothly.
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I don’t know if it brings any clicks to your gigs but your gig photos look nice, clean and professional. Good job on that.
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In my 5 years on fiverr I only ever needed/was asked for a partial refund once. It didn’t happen because it couldn’t happen and ultimately, I’m glad.
Partial refund definitely shouldn’t be introduced to be used and abused as an option to pay off a potential negative review.
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1 ⭐ review: This seller was the absolute worst ever. What I got was beyond awful. Never again. In spite of several revisions it was pure garbage.
seller response: I hope you order again because I want very much to try to make you happy.
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As I discovered recently, buyers who leave negative reviews tend to linger on your gig’s page to see how you’ll respond. A response like this would for sure be puzzling for them. I wish I’d gone that route, just for fun.
“Thank you for diversifying my reviews with your contribution, I love that”.
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I see nothing wrong with explicitly stating that the client had no idea what he wanted (but politely). Implying if you want. Hinting if you must.
It’s one thing when you don’t have sufficient information and think to yourself: “Screw it, I’m going to try and guess”. It’s another thing when your gig description, your mandatory requirements, your subsequent messages specifically ask for things the person willingly and repeatedly ignores, then explicitly gives you consent to “do what you want”. In this scenario, I won’t accept any kind of “this is not what I wanted” and won’t dance around it in an overly apologetic manner.
Here, I’d write something like: “The brief was updated multiple times with new information that wasn’t mentioned It’s unfortunate that this collaboration was unproductive”. Or just write “It was a challenging project to work on.”
I’d probably advise on trying not to get overly emotional because I occasionally see responses that are basically: “I gave you everything, how could you”. It’s a major turn-off for me personally.
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I remember a few posts from around 6-12 months ago when Iranian citizens had their accounts suspended after verifying their ID (thus, confirming their citizenship).
Contact Customer Support and ask them just to be sure.
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This post is from 2014!
I love your dedication. You feel how I feel.
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It’s probably a “display” issue as CS likes to put it these days. And it’s probably nothing to worry about.
It’s like when you get an order from a person who according to fiverr is both “new to fiverr” and a “returning buyer” at the same time.
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I personally highly doubt that I can become a millionaire on fiverr. But I’ve read a few stories of people turning in some impressive numbers monthly. The numbers that would, in theory, make them millionaires in a year or so.
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I miss Hugo from CS. He was always helpful and you could tell he’d actually take time to look into your situation.
There was a pretty sharp dip in quality around a year ago. Many new faces, poor English, copy/pasted answers out of context all the time, etc. Now CS I’m getting seems to be okay.
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It’s 50% / 50% for me. When it’s good, it’s very good. Everyone’s polite, the issues are getting resolved quickly, advice is on point.
When it’s bad, it’s me closing the ticket out of frustration because the agent doesn’t speak English well and just responds with randomly generated sentences.
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ULTIMATE GUIDE: How To Create Good Gig Photos
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550x370 px is a standard. You can double or triple the size if you want your buyers to zoom in and see the details.