The Authenticity of Fiverr Traffic Gigs

by edmltw
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If you've been to Fiverr as an internet marketer, you would probably would have seen the gigs where they offer you direct traffic up to the hundreds on a daily basis, with guarantees that it's 100% REAL traffic and not bots etc.

I've seen 18k over positive reviews for such existing gigs and it seems really genuine. But the question I'm posing here is:

"Is the traffic coming over to your website, real humans? those that are operating on their desktops, laptops and smart phones, and not just scripted programs design to emulate human actions?"

Let me know what do you think about that.

Ed
#authenticity #fiverr #gigs #traffic
  • Profile picture of the author xu1
    The answer to that is NO!! they are as fake as in most cases done by bots. And in other cases even faker like 0!

    My advise !! Steer clear away from them you will just lose 5 dollars only but !! and the positive reviews? they are not for the success of the gig they are cause the gig was delivered on time!!

    You will be hard pressed to read any reviews for traffic gigs on fiver that have delivered the goods as promised!

    And if you value your Adsense account don't even think about using traffic from Fiver

    Tony
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  • Profile picture of the author Adrianhenry
    I think if someone could actually offer you that kind of traffic they would monetize it a better way than selling it for $5. I know if I was getting 100s of unique visitors a day I would be making more money than I would selling said traffic for $5.

    Just a thought
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    • Profile picture of the author edmltw
      Originally Posted by xu1 View Post

      The answer to that is NO!! they are as fake as in most cases done by bots. And in other cases even faker like 0!

      My advise !! Steer clear away from them you will just lose 5 dollars only but !! and the positive reviews? they are not for the success of the gig they are cause the gig was delivered on time!!

      You will be hard pressed to read any reviews for traffic gigs on fiver that have delivered the goods as promised!

      And if you value your Adsense account don't even think about using traffic from Fiver

      Tony
      Hey Tony!

      I see! Some of them claim that their traffic is adsense friendly and according to google analytics they are actually registered as unique new traffic. What can one do to dis-authenticate their supposedly "genuine-ness"?

      Originally Posted by Adrianhenry View Post

      I think if someone could actually offer you that kind of traffic they would monetize it a better way than selling it for $5. I know if I was getting 100s of unique visitors a day I would be making more money than I would selling said traffic for $5.

      Just a thought
      Hey Adrian,

      I thought so too! If they could bring in that amount of traffic why wouldn't they keep that source to themselves, monetize it, and earn much more returns?

      One of the conclusion i came to was that they chose to specialize in one area of internet marketing and chose not to diversify their income source.

      The other conclusion i came to was that their traffic source comes from accidental re-directs via pop-ups and pop-unders, which would justify real human traffic, but probably zero % of getting sales and leads from.

      What do you think?
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      • Profile picture of the author Adrianhenry
        Originally Posted by edmltw View Post

        One of the conclusion i came to was that they chose to specialize in one area of internet marketing and chose not to diversify their income source.
        I think regardless what IM method they are specializing in, surely they would benefit from extra traffic. Most every method in IM is driven by traffic in one form or another.

        Originally Posted by edmltw View Post

        The other conclusion i came to was that their traffic source comes from accidental re-directs via pop-ups and pop-unders, which would justify real human traffic, but probably zero % of getting sales and leads from.
        This could very well be the truth. I don't know, but I definitely agree that the % of sales and leads will be tiny to zero. Like I said before if it was quality traffic the seller would use it themselves rather than sell it.

        Another point to make is even if you assume the traffic is all genuine and unique, it will not be targeted to your niche. Therefore it cannot be considered as quality traffic. If you are getting 200 unique, genuine visitors to your dog training website it doesn't matter because most of them won't be interested in dog training anyway.
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        • Profile picture of the author agelmanager
          Yes I was caught out by those offers, for a Youtube Video I had I ordered what I thought were real visitors but found out late they where bots. Youtube suspened my account. I suppose the Moral is nothing good can be that cheap..
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          • Profile picture of the author edmltw
            Originally Posted by Adrianhenry View Post

            I think regardless what IM method they are specializing in, surely they would benefit from extra traffic. Most every method in IM is driven by traffic in one form or another.



            This could very well be the truth. I don't know, but I definitely agree that the % of sales and leads will be tiny to zero. Like I said before if it was quality traffic the seller would use it themselves rather than sell it.

            Another point to make is even if you assume the traffic is all genuine and unique, it will not be targeted to your niche. Therefore it cannot be considered as quality traffic. If you are getting 200 unique, genuine visitors to your dog training website it doesn't matter because most of them won't be interested in dog training anyway.
            That's a solid answer. Quoting your reference, I'm concluding that Fiverr traffic gigs, assuming they are authentic, are generally on a quantity basis and zero % targeted traffic.

            Originally Posted by agelmanager View Post

            Yes I was caught out by those offers, for a Youtube Video I had I ordered what I thought were real visitors but found out late they where bots. Youtube suspened my account. I suppose the Moral is nothing good can be that cheap..
            Man, that's gotta hurt your income sources. I hope you managed to find other reliable sources of income for your internet marketing career.
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            • Profile picture of the author Adrianhenry
              Originally Posted by edmltw View Post

              That's a solid answer. Quoting your reference, I'm concluding that Fiverr traffic gigs, assuming they are authentic, are generally on a quantity basis and zero % targeted traffic.
              Glad I could help
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  • Profile picture of the author allseowork
    Most of them are fake reviews and not useful in generating direct sales. But if you have an advertising contract based on cpm, one may use it. But it wont be morally right as most traffic is actually crap!
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