Fiverr seems to ****

Sellers are right. They are teaching a nice lesson for the people who're willing to buy their skills for a cheap price.

I am in a position where I am following other people's outsourcing guides and trying to implement what they recommend. WRONG.
Fiverr has a huge number of people who speak a second language poorly... mainly English. Sorry, but that is the way it is.
Bad communication, poor execution... the worst part is not necessarily that buyers are out a few bucks but it is the lost time. I would rather pay 4 or 5 times as much, get it done right and get it done on time. Fiverr really is going to go downhill very quickly because they are simply not reliable any longer like they were in the beginning. IMO

I agree with that. I've gone with the featured people when it came to gigs involving any kind of real product or work such as writing an article and I haven't really had any problems.

Also I look for people who have some kind of samples - and I do look at the reviews.

The one thing I have had my doubts about have been things like website visitors. They'll advertise "real" visits - but when your visits seem to go up but your conversion rates sit solidly at zero - that raises doubts.

There are certain gigs I will order there and ones I won't. I will order writing gigs because I can tell by the way their description is written if they write in broken English. I usually do most of my writing myself, though. But I have also ordered the gigs because I don't always have time.

I'll order YouTube views because whether they're real or not, more views help you rank. Of course you have to be careful to get someone who will provide those views a bit at a time over a certain period - you don't want to get flagged.

I would not be opposed to ordering a graphic related gig because they'll generally show samples - but I typically do my own graphic work.

I would also not be opposed to ordering voice-over work, though I have not had cause to do so as of yet. I do my own voice-work too - lol.

I have ordered music tracks for some of my own music. Got a guy to do keyboard and a sax solo on one of my songs and that worked out really well.

I will - though it can be a gamble - order social bookmarks, depending on what they're offering. The deal with social bookmarks is that you have to use them to bookmark something that people would actually be interested in. I won't use them to bookmark a site, but a YouTube video. Also not a video promoting something like a used car lot - unless the video employs humor. Humor, btw, is an under-rated tool of great value in marketing.

I'm actually very seriously considering creating a Fiverr gig myself re-writing people's sales copy in plain English. I don't really expect to make any serious money on it - if at all. Mostly I want to do it for my own satisfaction. When I get marketing emails written in broken English I'll email the people back and say, "With all due respect, you're losing sales." Then I'll refer them to my Fiverr gig.

This is best way to work on fiverr.

Eh, there's a lot of crap on fiverr and the fact that their system is now tailored to higher priced gigs with upsells some sellers have gotten a bit out of hand with what $5.5 really gets the buyer.

But i have a pool of sellers who know me already and treat me well. I don't mind giving these people more than the fiverr ($5) for good work, and they know i always come back, so as long as the work quality is there even $20 - 30 is a STEAL for some of the stuff i get.

I consider Fiverr more of a gateway for sellers to connect with strong willing buyers. Once you find the shortcuts and ways to communicate with sellers and buyers outside of fiverr, you bypass their needless fees and make a solid lasting relationship with a quality vendor

You are kidding right? SEO on Fiverr is limited to running GSA SER/SENuke/<fill in the blank> on spammy sites (that look about to be de indexed).
Back in the hay day of spam links this might have mattered, but not any more. But I agree that there are a few services that work well (and they are not featured for some strange reason).
You want cheaper service for SEO (mail accounts, web 2, etc.) head to SEOClerk.


Yeah. But why don't you get a refund? The sellers seem to *know* when they have delivered a bad deal and back away when asked to cancel the order. I have done this multiple times and have not seen anyone disputing the action since they care about their ratings more.


Fiverr rules are simple. If the work seems too good to be true for the money, it definitely is.

An example -
I had a designer tell me in a recent order that he will take at least 4 weeks to design a logo on Fiverr. He has a crowded pipeline, is rated really good, and his sample work impressed me. That led me to believe him rather than the 2-4 hr delivery time for the "best logos in the industry". Most of these are just re-colored versions from free logo sites.

People good at what thy do will always move on from $4 pay

I agree, commissions are outrageous. But they're 20%, so that means you pay $5, and the seller gets $4. Or you pay $10, the seller gets $8, and so on.

Back on topic. I'm with Nauman on this one.
There are a ton of bad service providers, who registered just to make a quick buck but they don't bother to offer anything of quality.
However, there are plenty of good service providers! It's a shame they have to 'compete' with these people who are practically ruining everything.