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I am realizing that the current rating system is quite unfair. 

 



 As I am seing this, this is true. As a French freelancer, it's hard to give 20/20 to something. Usually 14 or 16 is an excellent grade. 

 The issue is that some older freelancers here collected a lot of 5 star reviews VS the current system. So some gigs already have 1000+ reviews, and it's not probable that the new system actually affects them. 

 In my case, I have some gigs with 10-50 reviews only, so any 4.3 review is directly affecting my gig, going from 5/5 to 4.9/5 or less on the global score. As everyone know, as a buyer, if I see a gig with 5/5 score 100 reviews VS 4.9/5 score 100 reviews, I am most likely to go with the 5/5 instead 4.9 score. 

 I generally tell the clients that as a Top Seller, we have to maintain a score higher to 4.7 - any review below 4.7 is actually putting my profile in danger. It's quite discouraging to see 4.3 review with "excellent work, very recommended I will work with him again".
 
When I see this kind of review, I wish I don't work with this client again because if he keeps giving me 4.3 reviews for excellent jobs, I am damaging my profile. 

 Any thoughts on this suggestion from the post above, 

changing the 4 star review to "Good" and saying "What seller shortcoming made you skip the "Great" rate"? 



 Thank you and good luck to you all
 
Alexis 

Is 4.3 the New 5.0? How Fiverr's Rating System is Jeopardizing Profiles and Gigs

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