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In my opinion, it's a yes and a no pending on the situation. Compared to the other platforms in the market I have to say, Fiverr is not really on the competitive side of things. The fees are so steep that it's up a big chunk of your margin making the efforts almost not even worth the time. To make up for the losses you would have to increase the price of the gig and wish that someone would pay for it. In my case, this has happened a few times. Someone needing an excel report with a turnaround time of 12 hr. I charged $120 and did the work in 30 min with all the required data. Take note, all the required data. If the customer doesn't even know where to start, what data needs to be provided, the work may take 30 min but if the data required takes longer to get, the work just got longer. Which then, impacts the time delivery, potential overlap on your schedule. 

As far as the steep fees goes, the longer the time to get the job done due to lack of requirements, the less value the project becomes. That's how I quantify it that is. I am curious what other freelancers in the platform think about this. 

20% fee? Is it worth offering service in Fiverr compared to other platform?

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