This Is Why You Fiverr Fail

I agree completely... I never even gave fiverr a shot until this week. Sold a couple blog posts. $20-30 a week from fiverr can help fund quite a few tasks that I don't want to do myself!

I agree... I like fiverr, but the only thing I'm going to attempt to do is just get a few a week, and just reinvest it. That money is for IM... nothing else.

I've made great money from Fiverr and related sites... It's all about figuring out what works best and what people want. And if you can find a task that takes you 2 minutes to do and then make $5 over & over again from it... You're in the money!

Best,
Shane

This post came in timely as I am figuring out how to obtain extra cash to fund my IM venture. I'll definately use my existing skill to give fiverr a go.

Thanks for the great info.

I use fiverr to make a small profit. Because I can reuse it to buy items from others. Usually I like ecovers, articles, FB, twitter related gigs. Those are very useful for me

This is one that I have considered but I found that people ask for far too much for $5

Bah, bang goes my little crayon moon-drawing sideline!

I agree totally by what's been said about fiverr and you shouldn't go in thinking it will make you a full time income. I've started with fiverr nearly two weeks ago and I'm getting gigs for my advertised tasks and it's always my aim to complete each task within half an hour of starting. If can can complete a task within half an hour then, you can realistically make $10 a hour or £6.28 otherwise you'll become a busy fool! I've already had more orders than expected, but my aim is for about 20/30 orders a week which gives me a monthly income of around $400/600, which isn't going to change my life, but is a realistic target and some nice additional income.

Mark

It's a great piece of writing, and so bluntly true that I just have to agree.

Couldn't agree more with this...Fiverr is great but many jump in with crazy expectations. I did a little bit back in the day thinking it'd be an easy way to pick up a few extra clients.

I have 2 solid ones that have paid me a ton but that's it. I don't even contact past customers because they don't reply back even though I got great feedback.

Cheers,

Brad

The trick is to hook the clients with the cheap work, keep in touch with them (send them to your newsletter signup, your portfolio page etc) and upsell them later.

Some of the top providers there use fiverr as a special promotions showcase, and list the cheap quick stuff there. They list their web page portfolio in their infos, so you can go to their site and buy better, more sophisticated packages for more money. One guy I worked with was designing quick cheap web banners and logos, and listed a very nice portfolio on his fiverr profile. I ended up buying more sophisticated and expensive graphics packages from his web site.

I offer cheap wordpress install and plugin config sort of services, and upsell interested clients for more expensive services later on. A lot of times people ask "can you do this as well? can you add this too?" I say no, sorry this is not included but i can certainly do it for a fee, and if it's new site setup they always need some regular maintenance. I charge them monthly maintenance fees. If they need stuff like video editing, I use a Filipino guy on odesk to do it for $5/hr and I charge the client middleman fees on it.


Think of fiverr as groupon. Put in cheap offers to hook the clients and then direct them to your web site where you can sign them up, upsell, offer back end services/products etc.

Fiverr is a cheap advertising method to get clients.

I signed up clients I found on fiverr for $200-$250 services and monthly maint deals.
Overdeliver on $5 stuff, make them happy, and most people would buy the more expensive service from you -since you have already proven yourself. People would rather hire someone they are familiar with, than a complete stranger.

Can't tell you how great fiverr is both as a provider and as a customer.

Yep I love Fiverr. If you are unique and you can find a popular service or product to sell that takes less then 10 minutes of your time to prep, you are golden. At LEASY try it

I think this is a good informative post, thanks for the information.

Its not $5 though, its $4...which makes it even less appealing. I have a secret few fiver gigs that literally take 60 seconds to complete leaving you with a profit of $2-3 per sale though.

Liking this post. I have Fiverr bookmarked and never even once thought of using it to generate funds for outsourcing/re-investing.

Awesome stuff guys!

I'm new to the WF btw so hello to everyone

Jamie

I tried offering a few services that I already do for my business using programs to automate certain tasks. I still found it to be a waste of time (for me).

I love to go there and look for services though, as a buyer. Excellent place and you can get some really cool things done for you. I find all of the bizarre gigs interesting.

edit: I got a high res graphic done for me for 5 bucks. I got an excellent article done for me for 5 bucks as well, which would have cost closer to 10 bucks on textbroker. Good stuff!

Unless you are using Fiverr as a way to acquire customers in your funnel so you can sell them pricier items, you are making a big mistake selling your precious time at 5$ a pop!

I know some people use Fiverr to upsell some of their other services, but I've refrained I prefer to use the money for outsourcing, software, and hosting for my other ventures. Still it's a very lucrative market for those who have something really good to offer outside the confines of the gig.

There is a lot of opinion about Fiverr around here, some people like it and others think it's a waste of time. For me personally Fiverr is a site that is near and dear to my heart. I made my first money there, I launched my first WSO about it and I still make good money there.

I remember when fiverr started. Now it is ok. Even some people said it is not. One year ago, was a lot of people who said it is not good, what is it?? ...why to sell something for $5 .. why to buy something who not worth for sure??? ...almost everybody said it is a joke and will be a joke for the next 3 days...

Yes, Orator, I was from the first wave, even was not my first money but for sure I was amazed about rhythm and $5 sound in my pocket, gig after gig, hour after hour, night and day...

On my site was first public information about how to make money online with fiverr, and yes, still my site and my life goes around amazing fiverr concept...

That being said, there are some things you need to understand when you use Fiverr.

1) Fiverr Isn't A Primary Source of Income

Fiverr will not replace a primary source of income, and you shouldn't expect it to. I've not see one single gig that has made enough of a splash to support a person full-time and even people doing multiple gigs would be hard pressed to make enough to live off.


I respect your opinion but I don't agree. Let me explain in simple words. If you'll be registered at ALL micro job sites (fiverr clones), sites like fiverr,etc and if you TEST one or more gigs at one site and find it useful to the world, well, it is very possible to live decent using ONLY this activity.

On the other hand if you do what everybody does .. jump from one biz to another .. and don't have patience to receive a page with good testimonials, well, yes fiverr it is not for you like a base, it is only like a simple other biz to jump on.

That's why fiverr it is like a school ..
2) Fiverr Is An Excellent Source of Extra Income

Fiverr pays my hosting, outsourcing, and domain bills. I'm using the income I make there to invest in other IM ventures. Do you realize how much expert outsourcing you can get done here on WF from the money you make from a few gigs?

You have absolutely right, I agree 100%, and actual crisis make this very easy to understand.

3) Gig Design Matters

If your gig is ugly, and the summary doesn't make any sense then you won't get any clients. If you promise the moon, and then can only deliver a drawing of the moon in crayon, your gig is not specific enough.

Taking a few minutes to properly design your gig is well worth it.

Again I agree with just a few words to complete: ugly means not so sale targeted and psychological expose but when we talk about what I promise to deliver and what my client receive after all, well I believe the opposite win ===> promise less and deliver more and for sure people will fight for your service...

4) Your Gig Won't Be Unique

You're an article writer, or perhaps you can install wordpress. There are plenty of other people who do this to. It's becoming really hard to come up with creative ideas for gigs that appeal to a large group of people. This isn't a good reason not to try, it's just something you should be aware of.

I'm sorry but again I must not agree... it is not about inventing the wheel, nothing new under sun at least for us simple people ... but what make you special it is your style, your way to do things and yes it is possible to set you up WP platform better and quicker and safer for you than other friends ..or it is possible to have 3 extra twitter accounts just in case if from some bad reason, twitter suspend your account because of me and so on...

I agree you must DO not try...

5) You Have Better Luck When You Reach Out

There is a little bar on the side of the main fiverr page that is filled with people requesting specific stuff. If you have a gig for this, then please for all that is holy send them a message. I get the majority of my work simply by sending a polite message, with a sample attached.

I don't know enough English to warn you about this : DO NOT DO IT!!! If you don't know my story please take a walk to my site. Then come back and think again. You don't need few people, you need a whole WORLD, matter a fact a whole world expect you to make good job for $5...

Yes, they are targeted, but think again, like a good seller you don't need to send multiple messages ...if you feel like a whole world need you ===> you will receive a lot of messages, and you'll not have time to spend sending messages...

In this way nobody will cut your account for some imaginary reason.

And yes, maybe in the future, when fiverr concept will be understand by fiverr himself will be simple to say : hi.

Orator, I don't know you, please be aware people follow your advices... and I know you have good intentions but think again...
6) Treat Fiverr With Respect

I don't care if your just writing an article, or editing a pdf. You should always treat the people who buy your gigs with a courtesy. If your courtesy is not returned, then walk away from the gig. I used to be worried about this, but nowadays I refuse to get into a protracted battle over $4.

I always remain polite, but firm. If you've delivered what they asked for, and they still have an issue, it's time to move on.

It is not possible to have an issue if you overdeliver, but yes, people to often judge their efforts cent by cent.

Yes treat fiverr concept with respect and really use all sites out there

Thank you

Christian

Fiverr is a great source of income, and outsourcing for me. I hope this post will help make it one for you. Any questions I will answer to the best of my ability.

just a quick question is this something that is allowed on fiverr?
tweetbuddy: I will extend ur Tweet Buddy free trail from 48 to 72 hours for $5 at Fiverr.com
this thread just made me have to create it to see what happens

Even my wife, who has no idea of marketing WHATSOEVER...today she saw fiverr for the first time and shook her head.

For the net $3.75 (+/-) i "make" per gig ($5-$1-paypal fee) i can get a multitude of that on COUNTLESS other sites. Without their insane fees. I stand by my statement that fiverr is the Ghetto of the internet, at least for sellers.

Even on DP forum people are not that CHEAP. If you limit yourself selling on fiverr...well its your problem Not even the traffic/hits on the gigs are worthwile. (Otherwise you could compensate with a huge amount of traffic and simply sell a huge volume of cheap gigs. But this is NOT the case on fiverr.) I wonder whether people who sell on fiverr have ever tried other resources like webmaster forums, odesk, getafreelancer etc. Probably not.

I am saying that neither the pricing, fees AND the traffic are satisfying on fiverr. The only thing good about it is if you purchase something..and the very nice and simple design of the site.

@Orator

Well, I think few thousand dollars deserve a little action ..lol doesn't matter if you're from New York or Bucharest, otherwise, Bucharest is well known this days for expensive life - will become again what your grandfather said in the past - Little Paris..

I'm sure you doesn't have opportunity to check all of them .. I bet you check some of them and then you said enough because I lose my time...and who could blame you?? ..this is a trend today..

Define useful .. useful for who?? for internet marketers?? no, this an old trend, freelancer trend ... now please discover fun, weird and bizarre all with high page ranking smell.. fiverr it is not a freelancer site

You are free to do what ever you want, I make my job and said a warning about internal communication at fiverr - use it only for receiving orders and deliver your job.

Almost all micro jobs sites set $5 - $100, soon fiverr too ..lol

Fiverr script is set like this so will be simple for the future.

However, thank you Orator for your words, nice job at freelancer sites and please excuse me for my bad English

Christian

I agree, you can't rely on fiverr as way to make a living, but its a fantastic way to make extra cash which you can use to pay for gigs that will help your online business move faster and more efficiently.

I started a few weeks ago with fiverr and have made about $120 offering a few gigs. I juts hope I can get a gig or two featured. If you get lucky and get on the featured list, you can make some decent cash.

Well said, Orator!

I agree with everything you said in the OP

Very useful post if you are going to start a gig on fiverr

Good write up.

It's not a place to get you rich and you're always going to be up against people who will do more for the $5 than you think worthy but if you market your gig properly then it's an excellent source of additional income.

Great post. Maybe I also be starting with fiverr now.

Fiverr seems interesting although I have not tried it yet. This has made me think of selling some writing services there to get new clients.

Some money can be made at Fiverr, though personally its just been on a limited basis. It actually has worked well for me though as a source for finding outsourcing options and making connections with customers that will payoff down the road.

Thankyou for the info. Its really helpful.

so now they have fourerr! same exact design and everything. apparently it has only been open 3 days.

I do outsourced every now and then to fiverr and I agree that a gig's uniqueness does matter! There are hundreds of people offering the same gig and it depends on how you present yourself to stand out from the crowd.


Andrea