Before I Waste Another Friggin Fiverr

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I have been lucky with Outsource to Freelancers, IT Companies, Programmers, Web Designers from India, Russia, USA, and more and Guru.com ? Find Freelancers for Hire. Get Your Project Done. - can get a lot of links built for $5! I didn't get much from my 5bucks at fiverr in regards to social media stuff...it sounds good but doesn't deliver. I bet all their "friends" are so sick of just seeing offers and paid statuses that they tune it out...or maybe even the person posts a new status right after your message so it doesn't get seen very much.

Perhaps you have discovered a niche? Must be a lot of other disatisfied people/customers out there. Why not set up your own service but do it properly, with guarantees etc...
Just an idea

Yes there is a problem with people not doing stuff at Fiverr, the same problem applies at any outsourcing place. I'd seriously recommend only doing business with someone with decent feedback.

You could always find outsourcing around the same price at Digital Point to. They have a good feedback system over there.

There are likely a few gems on fiverr, most of them hidden in a sea of junk. Checking the providers rating and feedback is mandatory.

After all, how much quality work do you expect to get for 5 dollars anyway?

Bill

I've had better results with freelancer sites such as RentACoder, than Fiverr.

Try zeerk.com where sellers are paid instantly and buyers only approve payment once they are satisfied.

Hi Intrepreneur. It looks at though you (unfortunately) discovered the risk associated with the promise of $5 services. It is after all, only $5, and that's seems to work to the advantage of the site.

Consider how the site does not offer refunds for example. Instead of issuing refunds for poor service, parts of a service, or no service at all, Fiverr holds a buyer's money for future sales. Next, consider the number of people who simply say, "forget it" and walk away from the service. Fiverr keeps the money that buyers walked away from. That's one way Fiverr makes money -- via disappointment in the services of its sellers.

If you want a guaranteed product or service, skip mini-services like this and use full outsourcing services like vWorker that offer escrow, actual money- back guarantees, and free arbitration when necessary.

I've been lucky, all of the gigs I've ordered on Fiverr have been done, and done well. From tweets to a targeted niche, to virtual assistant services, I've been really happy with the work.

Before I buy a gig, I always contact the server and ask if they are still offering their service, to make sure they're still active on the site.

any success with shorttask.com?

Learn your lesson and move on.

That happen to me, it was posted and removed. Never did it again, but still using other services like PR, views, digital products etc...

Cheers,
Mukul

I've had mixed results at fiverr. I got a really sweet video for my ebook that I was blown away by. Totally overdelivered. But of course I saw a sample video before hand it was great too. I also ordered 10 backlinks and that job was completed as said and I was able to verify them easily. Happy with that job. however, I had two gigs that I wasn't satisified with. One was for a logo and it was mediocore at best. The other was for "rework your site to make it more professional . . ." (something along those lines). All he did was add navigations buttons (which was technically worth 5 bux I guess) but I had also asked him to do other things like rework the adsense so it fit properly and just little stuff like that. He hardly touched the adsense until I mentioned it on my feedback then he went and removed them all (still not what I asked for) and I told him I was happy to get him to go away and stay away, lol. I wasn't rude or anything and told him 'thanks i'm happy now' and his reply was to be more specific next time when u work with someone, lol. Yeah, he was a butt, lol. But whats bad is he had good feedback (must have been his friends).

I've found that contacting the seller before hand will sift out most of the trash offers b/c they won't reply anyways. I did hook up with one guy that said he would do all my design work in exchange for me recommending him to my list. I though oh great. Well, then I got a few emails from him then he disappeared before any work was done. So I kinda screwed myself by waiting on him. So finally just buckled down and started on it myself.

Moral of the story: There are good deals to be had at Fiverr, just be careful.

I tried a social media fiverr as an experiment. Supposedly tweeting over a few weeks. Even had my own area to log in and monitor the clicks. Allegedly 100s of clicks going to my site. Only problem was, neither Google analytics nor Statcounter recorded any incoming clicks.

Pick your gigs, its that simple. You want someone to blast 10K forum profiles with Xrumer and send you the URLS - easy. You want someone to jump through hoops for $5 - forget it.

Use it to grab those little gems that can work for you, and check their feedback and contact them beforehand. I can't see how posting to a load of random people on twitter, facebook etc would ever generate traffic, especially if that list is hit with fresh spam every day when the owner gets a new fiverr gig.

At the end of the day it is only five bucks...

I got good results from fiverr. If they did crap like posting status update then deleting it, you should give negative feedback. Decent sellers have great feedback, duds usually have negative feedback.

If you don't give them the negative feedback, they will continue to scam people.

I hired fivers to invite people to my fan pages, and even after the gigs are long over my fan pages are still growing everyday. Status update can be deleted but I got pretty solid results from fan pages.

I found some really cool people on fiverr for personal and business stuff. Occasionally, someone will not deliver but you get your money back or I had one who absolutely did not follow the guidelines and the thing is, you can give them bad feedback but you don't get reimbursed for something that was not made to order.

Another one, I ordered a personal video and requested a few changes but offered to pay him an extra $5 as I thought it was totally worth it.

I suppose $5 depends from where you are from too as in some countries $5 is actually good money.

Overall there are some gems on fiverr, you just have to find them.

The first time I tried fiverr.com the guy told me he couldn't fulfill my order because facebook cancelled his acct. Since fiverr keeps your money, I found another guy offering to post to get his 5000 pals to join my site. He did follow thru but only he and one other person actually joined. I think I am done with fiverr.

I've had a couple of dudds, but I found a guy that is a diamond!! I now use him all the time.

Asked 5 people to provide samples of work. Only one responded saying they would send when they got home. Never did. Makes me wonder, if I would have blindly hired them, what would I have gotten and how long would I have waited?

I was going to use fiverr, but it seems that many of the sellers don't deliver. I wouldn't mind $5 here or there but to submit a bunch of projects and have most NOT deliver ... no thanks.

I've been using them more and more, BUT, you really have to make some inquiries into their past work and feedback, too.

I always ask for samples of their recent work. Some respond, some don't. Easy to eliminate then.

I try to form a relationship with the good providers and provide glowing testimonials when appropriate. I want them to pay more attention to my work orders and do the best job possible.

Also, you really have to operate with a bit of skepticism on Fiverr. Some of the offers are too far-fetched, and probably snag naive buyers hoping for the moon.
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Bruce

Had nothing but bad experience with all the social media aspects of fiverr. Many don't deliver and their communication is just terrible! They give you 1-2 words replies that you just feel so depressed yourself.

fiver is good but you need to do your research first. Take a look at the user reviews for each gig that you are interested in. I prefer the linkbuilding services. This one dude sends me a report with links when he is done. Got me to 1st SERP on google 5 times out of 6.

I think the whole jist is you get what you pay for.

Go cheap and get cheap results.

I posted this in another thread maybe it will be helpful for you:

Its odd but any gigs I have ever ordered on fiverr have over delivered. Not one bad experience.

This is an open and dynamic marketplace, and as always, caveat emptor. You have to first analyze the offer to see if it's even reasonable - if it promises the moon and appears too good to be true, it probably is. Look for tasks that can be automated with software (this doesn't apply to most traffic tasks though), and also inquire about the services offered and past work done. If there is good feedback on a person and he/she is responsive to your inquiries, only then do you seriously consider procuring his/her services!

I use fiverr and I haven't had an issue yet. I've purchased about 30 gigs. I always contact the seller first. Then I always make sure the feedback is up to par. No feedback take further convincing.

try GigBux, the place where people offer things for $5, $10 or $20. The sellers are not limited by $5, so they can offer quality works.

Well i've got good experience at fivver, usually i contact them first so i can determine their capabilities to do the work i wanted to, if they answer good then i order their gigs, don't forget to bookmark their username in case some day you have another job

True indeed! I have many poor experieced with fiverr. Not only some of them gives junk product not as they claim but take the money and give to a link that are useless! However I do get a few that are reliable! I make friend with them and di JV directly! :-)

What I said in another thread

We should all post our fiverr and zerk providers that rock! That way we can help each other avoid the crap. What do you guys think?

Here are mine so far on Fiverr

This guy used to offer 800+ fans guaranteed to facebook fanpage, but doesn't offer it anymore. He has 2 other fanpage services still.

He also offers a 50 profile backlink package, 2 different Senuke services, and a article spinning service.

ynnod0524's Public Profile Page

1,000 Twitter followers

bestfxsystem: I will get you an extra 1000 followers to your Twitter account for $5 at Fiverr.com


Haven't used these yet but they have great reviews, and all responded to my emails:

Ebook Covers

leomanian: I will make your ebook cover for $5 at Fiverr.com

Business Card Design

catharsis20: I will design you an awesome business card only for $5 at Fiverr.com

Fix Wordpress Problems

chrispjr: I will fix a wordpress problem for you for $5 at Fiverr.com


If you need Logo Design, Then dont go anywhere but to Logo Nerds here on WF. They rock! and only charge us $20

http://www.warriorforum.com/warriors...revisions.html

They also offer headers at $10

http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...s-banners.html

Fiverr can be a crap shoot. Ive used the service several times. About 60% of the time I get what I paid for. Sometimes the provider is a no show and I get a credit with Fiverr.
You can find some good deals there and get Fan Page hits on Facebook etc. very cool in that regard.

Pay peanuts, get monkeys.

Problem solved.

I have bought and sold on fiverr... as long as you stick with people who have good feedback already, you're good. Never had a problem. I always stick with simple stuff like a tweet message or a blog post or something of that nature that people can do quick and easy but I get good value from. If you're looking for professional logos and headers and stuff like that, you're crazy. The person is only getting $4, seriously, what do you expect for $4???

As a seller, I've gotten orders and have good feedback, but it takes forever for the money to post to your account. That's the worst part.

The funniest thing is when you look at the ideas section, where people are requesting services. You always see big stuff in there, like write 5 articles, set up my shopping cart or do a complete re-design of my site. Ugh.

I've got confuse what should I have to do in fiverr, so i left it :p

Well,
Today i just checked out fiverr. Some ads are very misleading. For example some sellers write 'You will get 2000 backlinks for a fiver'. What that really means is only one backlink to their homepage but they seem to include the subdomains which has literally not much content. I assume it meant 2000 different backlinks and not just one.
Also, another example is you will get 1000 backlinks but it is not at all. Instead it is some foreign trash sites with no link shown of your site.

What surprises me is some of them have positive feedback and i wonder if they got their family/friends and their pet dog to help them with that.

But still there are a few that i assume are genuine quality sellers.

Check the reviews. Find out what other work has been done by this person. Don't be too quick to hand out your money. Also, if the work is not up to par. Then POLITELY ask for a refund back - because none of us likes to waste time and money.

OK so far I have over 80% success. Actually, the best results come from the pros, that want more exposure. Basically, this is like giving away free popcorn at a movie. The hope is to pull in more viewers.