Make $4/day from Fiverr

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After trying to sell on Fiverr for 3 months, made a couple bucks daily and got Level 2 status, here are some review and advice for those who are considering expanding your sales channel into Fiverr.

Some advice:

1. Don't offer service that takes up a lot of your time

Offer jobs that you don't mind doing and you are able to complete within 5-10 minutes each gig. No point burning yourself doing something you don't like.

Time is your money, making $4 on a gig that requires 15 minutes or more is a NO NO!

2. Don't buy your own gig to level up

It is a sure way to get your account ban and a total waste of money. If no one finds your gig through the search or buys your gigs after a few weeks ... dump it. There is no demand for your gig!

3. Fiverr income will not replace your main income

Unless your gig is really special and you have a huge followers, don't depend on Fiverr for your IM core income ... it is not a sustainable model and you know businesses like this come and go.

From the title, you know I don't make much from Fiverr but I don't need to do much either. I like to imagine Fiverr as a friend that buys me my Cuppa daily. Even though I don't need the daily Cuppa, but I don't mind having one with little work.

4. Test and Expand slowly

Consistently test and launch new gigs. I recommend adding 1-2 new gig or modifying your non performing gig once a month to create freshness to your account. I set aside one morning per month, with a cup of coffee, look at my Fiverr accounts and think of new ideas.

5. Split your service according to niche

Use different accounts for different niches, it works better and easier for user who are looking for similar services. For example, if you are doing a logo design gig, you can also provide logo design templates, logo design submission, banner design etc. But logo design and Video resume doesn't go together.


Again, this is not about making a living through Fiverr. But this is good way to make enough to provide a meal or 2 daily.

Happy New Year and best of luck for 2013!
#$4 or day #fiverr #make
  • Profile picture of the author KevinDahlberg
    Like it. As someone who does a few gigs a week, I know that it would take something pretty drastic to increase my sales to the point where I would be able to quit my day job.

    I'm using it as a way to hone my skills in case I ever plan on offering my service for a higher price tag. It's great to have a portfolio and a few samples for prospective clients.

    Fiverr is also a great way to figure out if the freestyle life is for you. I enjoy it, but for others it's pretty tough.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kendrickk
      Thanks a lot for the advice!
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  • Profile picture of the author Rbtmarshall
    Rendell, Good tips for those wondering about fiverrs potentials for income. I agree with #1 the most. Some people recommend fiverr and gigs that consume too much time and too many resources.

    I experimented with fiverr selling a service that I had a membership for, while I learned about the features of the software. But when I factored the time involved, it was 100% not worth it, and would not even make a profit on the membership cost. I could have up-sold because I reached the next level pretty quick. But, it would have required more time and resources to add value to the upsell, more time that it would have been worth, so I gave up after my requests for the gig started rising.

    I guess what I'm saying is that fiverr may be a good way to earn a few bucks while learning something new.


    A couple things that might help.

    Your gig description is your website. You have a short space to optimize the hell out of your gig for specific keywords related to your item.

    put yourself in the customers mindset. They're coming to fiverr and they want something for $5. they want it fast and they want pro quality, but understand it was only $5 when they get it.

    You can give them their 'pro quality' buy targeting their mindset on what they want to accomplish. cheap/quick/keyword

    Be fast, if you start a gig and deliver within 24hours for a certain number of gigs. The gig will get tagged 'express' and customers can filter their search by showing only those with express. For your first few gigs, put it in your headline 'within 24hr' or something.
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    • Profile picture of the author Hilal Shakarchi
      and.........do not buy backlinks from fiverr!
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      • Profile picture of the author Tyler S
        Originally Posted by Hilal Shakarchi View Post

        and.........do not buy backlinks from fiverr!
        Thank you. When you buy backlinks or any other spammy service from Fiverr, you are essentially putting your website in the google dump.
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    • Profile picture of the author rendell
      Originally Posted by Rbtmarshall View Post

      Be fast, if you start a gig and deliver within 24hours for a certain number of gigs. The gig will get tagged 'express' and customers can filter their search by showing only those with express. For your first few gigs, put it in your headline 'within 24hr' or something.
      I have considered offering 24hr gig but decided not to do it because I see a lot of negative rating given because the supplier cannot deliver their gigs on time.

      I normally give myself 48 hours time frame in case I cannot access to the internet or if I need to attend to something urgent for the whole day.
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      Ever notice that people who spend money on WSO, memberships and courses, are always complaining about being broke and not making any money ?

      They should have bought ASSETS instead.

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  • The distance between any two people is shrinking as the number of network connections continues to proliferate. Fiverr is good and drives more traffic. Thanks for the share. Happy New year to you too.
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  • Profile picture of the author raffman999
    Good share; you've got to stick to what you outline in point 1.
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  • Profile picture of the author DonnyBoy
    Originally Posted by rendell View Post

    After trying to sell on Fiverr for 3 months, made a couple bucks daily and got Level 2 status, here are some review and advice for those who are considering expanding your sales channel into Fiverr.

    Some advice:

    1. Don't offer service that takes up a lot of your time

    Offer jobs that you don't mind doing and you are able to complete within 5-10 minutes each gig. No point burning yourself doing something you don't like.

    Time is your money, making $4 on a gig that requires 15 minutes or more is a NO NO!

    2. Don't buy your own gig to level up

    It is a sure way to get your account ban and a total waste of money. If no one finds your gig through the search or buys your gigs after a few weeks ... dump it. There is no demand for your gig!

    3. Fiverr income will not replace your main income

    Unless your gig is really special and you have a huge followers, don't depend on Fiverr for your IM core income ... it is not a sustainable model and you know businesses like this come and go.

    From the title, you know I don't make much from Fiverr but I don't need to do much either. I like to imagine Fiverr as a friend that buys me my Cuppa daily. Even though I don't need the daily Cuppa, but I don't mind having one with little work.

    4. Test and Expand slowly

    Consistently test and launch new gigs. I recommend adding 1-2 new gig or modifying your non performing gig once a month to create freshness to your account. I set aside one morning per month, with a cup of coffee, look at my Fiverr accounts and think of new ideas.

    5. Split your service according to niche

    Use different accounts for different niches, it works better and easier for user who are looking for similar services. For example, if you are doing a logo design gig, you can also provide logo design templates, logo design submission, banner design etc. But logo design and Video resume doesn't go together.


    Again, this is not about making a living through Fiverr. But this is good way to make enough to provide a meal or 2 daily.

    Happy New Year and best of luck for 2013!
    Thank you for your Advice after reviewing Fiverr..... This will help for sure
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  • Profile picture of the author denysapu
    Promote that Gig and make sure as much as possible people realized that your gig is live
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    Don't worry be happy!

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    • Profile picture of the author Jonathan Shearer
      Thanks for the nice tips!
      Fiverr is indeed a nice way to get your IM carreer going and it's all about the positive feedback.
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      • Profile picture of the author sciguy40
        My experience with Fiverr has been:

        As a Gig Owner: A few of my gigs have gotten red hot over a few months and then it stops instantly. This has happened to me several times. Has anyone else had this experience?

        As a Gig Customer: I have gotten some great service from some of those gigs. On the other hand, some of them are rip offs. It really depends on what you need.

        I agree with the earlier comment of being really careful about getting backlinks there. But I have gotten some wonderful graphic and design work done there.
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