tobywilson664

Hey folks, Has anyone had an update on the 30 second issue yet? We are being forced down the route of only offering 30 seconds of audio on our basic gig packages. This doesn't work at all well as a pro seller as I have to charge a minimum of $100. It just won't work for me. Also - I updated one of my gig videos five days ago and am still waiting for it to be approved. On a similar note - it seems that I am not allowed to add more than one YouTube link in my gig description. Come on Fiverr folks - treat me like an adult and trust me. I'm just trying to make more money for the both of us through sharing examples of my professional activity (A performance at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville). Sometimes feel like obstacles are being put in the way without much thought being given to the impact.... Toby

I understand what you mean but my packages escalate in terms of the number of tracks and not by the duration of the track. This approach just doesn't seem logical to me. Plus there's a risk of a buyer not realising that in order to buy a 3 minute track they should just order 1 x platinum gig costing $300 and not 6 x basic gigs costing $600.

Another snag with the 30 second only option on the basic gig package - as a pro seller my minimum fee on any gig should be $100. This means that I'd have to charge $600 for a single track of a 3 minute duration. I'm currently charging $300 for a full song with 3 instruments on my platinum package. I can't see how I can make that work.

That's great - Thank you Fiverr support for helping us out with that and for resolving it so quickly. Please can I ask that you reconsider the 'Recording length (in seconds)' requirement to be only 30 seconds for the basic gig. It just makes it more complicated for the customer I think. I like many other session musicians, offer packages of full song length but with additional tracks being added as part of the higher priced packages. It works really well this way. Thanks for considering this too.

I’m assuming that it means that sheet music OR midi files should be included. Either way, this represents a lot of additional work for musicians that work with real instruments. In order to comply with this ‘update’ I would need to drastically increase my prices in order to reflect the additional work involved. All for something that would offer little, if any, additional value to the majority of my clients who just want to drop my audio stems into their DAW. I do wonder if Fiverr have got midi files confused with audio stems? I have already emailed my Fiverr Customer Success Manager and I will be scheduling a meeting with her to get to the bottom of this.

I’m sure that this decision will need to be reconsidered. I do sometimes offer scores as a custom extra but the requirement to provide midi files of real audio recordings is unreasonable in my opinion. I also cannot think of a single client who would actually find any value in having a midi file replication of a real instrument recording.