Fiverr solo ads?

This was my thought EXACTLY! Even though you're spending $5, it most likely will be a TOTAL waste of your $5.

You get what you pay for on Fiverr, yes, - but that does not mean it will be terrible, or we wouldn't use it for some many other things in Internet marketing!

I will tell you the truth on this one from my experience as a one time Fiverr Solo Seller. For some time (not currently active) I had a gig saying that I would promote a solo to 60,000 people who had signed up to receive Internet Marketing or Make Money opportunities - guaranteed spam free.

It was simple, they gave me the $5, I put their email swipe into my lifetime membership of a credit mailer, and hit send. Depending on the quality of their swipe, they got hundreds and even thousands of hits. Some, however, got only 20-30 hits. Some made sales, some got sign ups, some did not.

I made money - hundreds of bucks - and got rave reviews. I also contacted the BUYERS and advised them that if they wanted a more responsive mailing I would sell them a solo to my own list. I have built up some very profitable relationships through this route.

The key is honesty. If people asked me, I was always up front about the fact that I was mailing to a safe-list. I was simply saving them the need to view 60,000 ads before sending their ad out.

Why did I stop? Because, believe it or not, it was time consuming and making $4 at a time for this was still a bit of a pain when I knew there were more lucrative methiods out there.

The bottom line. Don't expect your Fiverr solo to go to anything other than a safe-list. Safe-lists can work, but they are not as effective as private lists.

Paul Dunstan

I fully agree that it is a waste of time and money to use Fiverr solo ads. Imagine the kind of relationship they have with their list.....

That true and agree with your thought Brian!

Hello Shawoon98,

Not enough post to pm you, but I would sure appreciate suggestions
for great solo sellers.

Thank you!

I don't get it. A person signed up for a list, the list owner sells some small solos on fiverr, and I want to try it out, so that person likes my ad enough to click through, then likes my squeeze enough to sign up for my list, after which I do my best to deliver good free content and good offers.

Where in that mutually voluntary experience did I ever disrespect that person? Are they supposed to be insulted that I only bought a small number of clicks, or I got them on fiverr, as if it was a cesspool? I don't see how it affects them, how they would know or care how many clicks I bought, from what site, or how I am delivering any less value than I would be had I bought 1000 clicks from someone on this forum.

I too have used Solo ads on Fiverr and can say they are not too good on the value stakes. They are usually sent off to safe-lists as previously stated where people are more interested on clicking on as much websites as possible. I normally contact the sellers on Fiverr and get more information on the Gigs offered. The responses or 'no response' given can tell you if the Gig is worth it. Just my experience...

lol.

Considering at how many people are using bots for traffic these days, Fiverr's a prime target for Blackhat members and many others looking to try and make a quick buck. If you wan't anything close to getting a good result, then you need to take your business more seriously.

Daegan Smith recently mentioned about his services on a PL webinar and although it's not cheap it looks as if he can really deliver. Many genuine Solo Ad users around, just don't head to Fiverr otherwise it's a complete gamble and then it might be good if some people do sign up... YAY lol but useless if they don't convert or take any action.

A non responsive list is useless, so it's your choice whether you want to gamble on a gig, or find someone elsewhere who can actually tell you how responsive their list is currently, what they respond to better etc...

I don't know; I checked out the fiverr gig of Mal above, and he had 100% glowing reviews; over 100, I think. Perhaps your friend didn't try every seller that is on fiverr?

I agree with you; I might be missing something, but I don't understand all the dire warnings about polluting your list, etc. Even if you got some freebie seekers, you could always cull people who don't buy anything after a time you decide on, so I really don't see the big deal.

Also, Fiverr isn't just broke or desperate people; many people use it for lead generation. And Mal, for example, who posted above and has a Fiverr solo in his sig, sells tiny packages of 15 clicks for $5, and cheaper clicks if you get gig extras. It's the age old, successful strategy of giving people a low barrier to entry so they get a taste of your services for little risk. Then they might become bigger buyers if they're happy.

I really don't get all the negativity about the concept, even though I believe there could be many bad sellers there, but that's true anywhere; we always have to do our due diligence. To think there couldn't be any good ones just because you heard some bad stories seems absurd to me. I will probably give Mal's gig a try.

Cheers; have a great weekend!

That is interesting; didn't see your post before. Maybe they are all bad; I haven't tested any yet. I wonder though; did you only use ones that had lots of good feedback and little or no negatives? That is what I would consider the core of due diligence in this case. Did you try Mal's?

Not everyone with a gig has it because they need the $4. Lots of smart marketers use Fiverr as a lead generation tool, and a tool for gathering rave reviews, which is a pretty cool strategy when you think about it.

Some sellers collect a ton of rave reviews for an expensive service; the gigs they sell give a small taste of something much larger, but the small taste is worth a lot more than $5, so they take the raves they easily generate, and use them to sell high priced services; nobody knows the raves are from people who didn't pay the high price, and they aren't lying; they are genuine comments about the great service, but gratitude tends to fuel more extravagant comments.

And of course, if the service is good enough, some of the $5 clients turn into regular full price clients.

In the case of Mal above, and like many such cheap deals, they are just a tiny sample of the normal service; what he sells for $5 is 15 clicks. Not that hard to believe that someone would want to find regular clients by giving them a tiny sample for cheap; it is one of the older forms of marketing; a variation on free; not quite free, so the seller makes a few bucks, but close enough that the buyer feels little fear about the risk.