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See video in link. I've just noticed this in the help center. What do we think? It looks like the signup process is set to get even more strict (between now and Feb '25) and that there may be some more vague account terminations as they prepare the site for whatever is coming to make Fiverr compliant with the DSA. This also seems to be related to the relatively new terminology of 'business freelancer' I've noticed popping up and around lately. 

This snippet is from the HC page linked just under the video in the first link. Now, you may be thinking 

Well, you should, because the video makes it pretty clear that all new signups are going to need to divulge info, and that this will allow them access to the EU marketplace (on Fiverr). I think saying "no" will mean "you can't play". 

Of course, there is still plenty of scope for fibs ("self reporting") from the usual suspect on account number 10. 

 Here's the link because I'm a nice person who shares links: 

https://help.fiverr.com/hc/en-us/articles/22582440968849-Account-verification

 - it has more details. In any case, I think that later on this year we'll all be asked to supply the details mentioned in that if we haven't already. 

This seems like a far better way of doing things than asking people to connect to their LinkedIn and then not being able to answer any simple questions like "why" and "how does it work" and "what's the privacy policy on that again because yours doesn't actually say anything", but that is the mystery wrapped inside the riddle that is the enigma of Fiverr's inner workings for you. 

Still, I guess when the EU is breathing down your neck like an excited and overweight man on one of 

phone lines, you tend to put some effort into a respectable effort in introducing and explaining a new feature. 

What a pity Fiverr can't do the same for us. Transparency? Buried in a help center. 

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