Sigh...Has anyone on here ever had a Fiverr gig "denied" or suspended?
Hi all,
I'd be very curious if anyone has ever had this experience. Especially with a gig that was performing well. Well, it's happened to me recently, and pretty much killed my golden goose
What I was most appalled by is the fact that after I had a gig suspended (book reviews) I tried to recreate that good-performing one by taking a similar gig I had that had gotten some good ratings and tweaking it so it reflected the "acceptable" terms of service. That term was not posting reviews on third-party websites....which I do understand has been cracked down on recently....I was not totally unaware of this, but please do understand that I wouldn't have created a gig like this if I had not seen other sellers providing a similar service of book reviews, so I assumed nothing was wrong. I guess they must have taken a hit as well.
When I re-worked the second gig, I stated that I would provide the review in a Notepad or Word doc file for the buyer to use on his/her website, blog, social media platform, etc. I observed other sellers doing this as well so I pretty much followed that example. And lo and behold, that gig too, gets "denied".
Which leads me scratching my head and wondering if I shouldn;t just branch out into other platforms like Upwork, the one I see mentioned here, or some of the clones I have heard about like Gigbucks, Mycheapjobs, etc.
I have only been a Fiverr seller for a little over a year.....so I don't know for sure if the powers-that-be have always been this controlling, or if they've just gotten more so.
With regard to the "terms of service" not everything you see offered is a golden nugget - for example, earlier this spring, I ordered a gig from a seller whose specialty was "driving unlimited website traffic for 30 days" and later on I was sorry I did this. Thankfully it was only a $5 lesson
I'm not trying to go on a smear campaign or anything but I find it irksome that people are allowed to sell gigs that promise to "drive unlimited traffic" or more "gray-hat" tasks like selling backlinks to website owners, but my book review gig gets denied.
On a more positive note I ordered a "website analysis" report from a very nice seller and I was quite pleased. But buying backlinks, traffic,etc., I am not a pro marketer but I know this is not the way to go.
I guess I'd feel better if I knew that i was not the only one who's encountered this kind of weirdness. Guess I need to scout some new canyons.
I'd be very curious if anyone has ever had this experience. Especially with a gig that was performing well. Well, it's happened to me recently, and pretty much killed my golden goose
What I was most appalled by is the fact that after I had a gig suspended (book reviews) I tried to recreate that good-performing one by taking a similar gig I had that had gotten some good ratings and tweaking it so it reflected the "acceptable" terms of service. That term was not posting reviews on third-party websites....which I do understand has been cracked down on recently....I was not totally unaware of this, but please do understand that I wouldn't have created a gig like this if I had not seen other sellers providing a similar service of book reviews, so I assumed nothing was wrong. I guess they must have taken a hit as well.
When I re-worked the second gig, I stated that I would provide the review in a Notepad or Word doc file for the buyer to use on his/her website, blog, social media platform, etc. I observed other sellers doing this as well so I pretty much followed that example. And lo and behold, that gig too, gets "denied".
Which leads me scratching my head and wondering if I shouldn;t just branch out into other platforms like Upwork, the one I see mentioned here, or some of the clones I have heard about like Gigbucks, Mycheapjobs, etc.
I have only been a Fiverr seller for a little over a year.....so I don't know for sure if the powers-that-be have always been this controlling, or if they've just gotten more so.
With regard to the "terms of service" not everything you see offered is a golden nugget - for example, earlier this spring, I ordered a gig from a seller whose specialty was "driving unlimited website traffic for 30 days" and later on I was sorry I did this. Thankfully it was only a $5 lesson
I'm not trying to go on a smear campaign or anything but I find it irksome that people are allowed to sell gigs that promise to "drive unlimited traffic" or more "gray-hat" tasks like selling backlinks to website owners, but my book review gig gets denied.On a more positive note I ordered a "website analysis" report from a very nice seller and I was quite pleased. But buying backlinks, traffic,etc., I am not a pro marketer but I know this is not the way to go.
I guess I'd feel better if I knew that i was not the only one who's encountered this kind of weirdness. Guess I need to scout some new canyons.
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