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Believe it or not, Fiverr made my dream come true. I picked up my first instrument (guitar) when I was 7 years old, and studied with youtube and learnt from my older friends who were such good instrumentists. Later, I've picked up on piano as well, but I never had the chance to convince my parents to follow a musical school, and had to do it on my own. When I was in highschool, I got myself a copy of Ableton (which is a digital audio workstation) with the allowance money. Since then, I've experimented with producing music for myself, but never had the guts to release anything. The signs were there, but I always hesitated to pursue my dream of composing music for a living. Then, in University, I graduated Law School, and practised law, as a legal advisor for 4 years. The only constant in my life so far, was producing music and experimenting with music and sound design. In 2021, I've enrolled myself in a music production course, and realised that my level was quite advanced, eventhought I was self-taught. That gave me the courage to concieve the idea of maybe I can make some pocket-money out of this in my spare time. Therefore, in October 2022, I've found Fiverr and it's business model of Gigs, and decided to try it out. At the time, I asked my cousin for help, since he knew much more about sales and marketing, and also we were not looking for a quick cash grab. I was in charge of composing and producing the music, and he was in charge of sales & marketing. We found our niche of Video Game Music, since we are avid gamers, and the time spent playing videogames served well on my side, knowing how the music enhances different events and feelings that the game should express, and on his side it helped a lot when briefing with the customers, knowing what questions to ask. We even had some excel sheets with essential questions and flavour questions. We were very organised, and treated freelancing here as a very serious business. We analyzed our competition, learnt a lot from them, and created our first Gig which was priced, of course, at 5$. We've got 3 orders in the first 2 weeks (which was crazy if you think about it), and after that it was radio silence until January. In January we got another order, and things slowly picked up, and by March 2023, we were having around 15 orders/month on average. Then, we hit a brick wall, and decided to create our second gig, third gig and so on, and improve our first one to scale it as much as possible. From April 2023, it really started growing and the orders were quite constant. Unfortunately, in late May 2023, my cousin left since he had to focus on University studies, and there I was, having to learn the ropes of sales and marketing (which I never wanted to do, but I had to do it). By July 2023, the income made from composing music on Fiverr summed with the income from composing music outside FIverr surpassed the income I was having from my law dayjob and made me think that I could do this full time. At this time, I was working 8hr/day at the office, and 4 hr/day in the evening as a part-time job composing music on Fiverr. When the orders were piling up, there were numerous times I had to wake up 2 hours before going to office, to make sure I can create and deliver quality for my customers. This way, some days were 14+hours filled with work, and burned me out a bit. That's when I've took the risk and decided I want to pursue my calling instead of the boring office job I didn't liked. Therefore, in October 2023 I've quit my job and went freelancing full time. The first 3 months were super scary, and I often had the anxiety of thinking I did the wrong thing. The income was low, customers were fewer than before and most of my orders were from returning customers. But I was the happiest man on earth, since I did what I loved to earn my bread. Since I had a lot of free time, I've re-thinked how I marketed myself and did some drastic changes to my offers, my Gigs, and did a lot of A-B testing. In December 2023, being quite unsatisfied with my performance, I took the decision on joining the Seller Plus program and get in touch with my Succes Manager. And God, how the things changed since then. I was blessed to have the chance to meet the most involved person that helped me develop my Fiverr business and presence way further than I've ever expected. Always responsive, always helpful. With the advices from the Succes Manager and the will to risk it all for my passion, I've powered trough and took even more drastic decisions for my 2 most performing gigs. And you know what? It worked! Since then I'm having my best time here and each month is better than the last. Now I finally raised enough ammount of money to build my new recording and producing studio. I've finally received the City Permit (Authorization to Build) and the studio should be done by October 2024. All of this with the help of Fiverr which made it really easy for me (I'm not the most tech-savy person) to sell my talent and skill. Since October 2022, I've completed more than 230 Orders (90 of them being completed in the last 3 months), composed over 300 soundtracks, created sound effects and designed sound for over 100 indie video games. If you could tell my past self that this will happen, it wouldn't ever believe you. I know it's not much compared to other sellers that I look up to in my category and further, but I want to give back and hopefully help the new sellers that just started their journey here, and learn from my mistakes. This is what worked for me: Treat every order like it's your first. I had to learn this the hard way. At some point, after I got a consistent number of sales, I was starting to streamline my process of receiving orders and deliver them. Don't get me wrong, I do believe that a good business has to be streamlined to be the most efficient, but until you're not having 10 orders/day, it's not the case. My mistake was that I was less involved in the communication with my customers, and eventhought my products were higher quality than the ones from my first months of selling here, I wasn't retaining the customers like I did before. I realised that from that period of time (aproximately 3 months) there were only 2 customers that returned, while from the earlier timeframe (before streamlining my briefing and delivering process) there is still a great number of returning customers up to this day. Get involved and understand their needs personally and authentic, and they will stick with you even months later. Be prepared to revise over and over again. Of course I've started with unlimited revisions. After the first few months, I've encountered "that customer" that requested revision after revision and micromanaged everything that came into the production process, to a point where I've asked myself if he's a professional, dropshipping my services. The order lasted 2 weeks over the initial delivery time agreed. I was burned out and made the mistake of letting my ego take the wheel and confronted the customer on his practise. He accepted the delivery, never left a public review, but left a private review that hurt me even 6 months after that order. This was way before the new system was implemented, and with the help of my Succes Manager I've found out there's a private review hurting me like a truck. Now you think, "well, I can limit my revisions to only 2" but that don't work either. I've had customers keeping me in a 5+ revisions loop eventhought my offer included only 2. Don't make the mstake I've made and think the number of agreed revisions will be respected by your customers. Be prepared to revise over and over again each time you meet "that customer", because there will always be one at your frontdoor. Power trough that and provide your best service, since most of the buyers aren't unreasonable. This is how the revision system works sadly, and it's better to addapt and overcome it, especially when you're not like 500+ reviews in and a private one can hurt you even months after. Be authentic. Don't try to copy others in your category. Analyze their gigs, services and offers, and try to do better, of course, but don't try to imitate what they're doing since it's very less likely that you'll steal their audience, especially if you're looking up to seasoned sellers. The market is indeed very plentyful and customers are bombarded with 17.000 gigs when searching a certain category, but don't forget that you're selling on the internet. There will always be someone that will choose you because your unique traits. I've made the mistake to try to do what my competitors do, starting from the keywords, the style of the thumbnails, the style of how they've wrote Gig's description, and so on. Didn't worked. Why would've anyone pick me instead of my competitor who has more reviews than me and it's been there before I was? The momment I've realised this, and decided just to be myself and create my Gigs the way I thought it was good, I started gathering like-minded customers that are returning regularely, and the new ones are pretty much "my cup of tea", with of course the little exceptions (see "that customer" from above that creeps at your inbox right now). Use translation tools. As you might see from my writing, english is not my first language. Don't expect your customers to be english teachers or natives. When briefing with the customer, it's very important that you are 100% sure of what's the task and it's flavours. If you see your customer struggles to explain and you're not 100% sure of what are the fine details of the needed work, don't do my mistake and take the order and find out when you're delivering. You're loosing important time. Your time! Instead, you can see where your customer's from, translate your question in his language, send it and kindly ask him/her to respond in their native language. It happened to me many times that I had to "guess" some specific details, and since using translation tools to make sure I understand what's needed to be done exactly, the revision requests are fewer. Don't try closing the deal as soon as possible. When starting, I was always trying to close the deal as soon as possible, to make sure the potential customer won't pivot to other seller. Don't do my mistake! Make sure you put a lot of emphasis on the briefing process, since (at least in my field of work) customer requests are very subjective. If you're talking about art (music and audio in my case), some customers will see as "perfect" something that you don't. Take your time and discuss every little detail to make sure you understand their vision before accepting the order. It's risky because you might loose the potential customer to another seller? Well, yes, but it's more important to make sure you deliver exactly what your customer needs, and not get stuck in a revision loop or get over the deadline with "last minute details". Remember that every action has a direct consequence on your ranking spot and your gig's traffic, so think twice before saying you got all you need to start working on the order. Provide early drafts. It saves you so much time! With an early draft, you can make sure you won't loose your time in the wrong direction. Maybe you had all the needed details from the customer when starting the work, but guess what? There are a lot of customers that change their mind overnight. Provide them a draft as soon as humanly possible and ask for confrmation, so your time won't be wasted re-doing the job. I used to deliver the work without providing an early draft and it was a mistake. Almost 1/4 of my customers changed their mind overnight and shifted the key elements that we've agreed on initially, and when asking for the revision, I had to change structural elements of my work, resulting in almost re-doing everything since I had to addapt the rest of the work to their new requests. Educate your customers. I was just delivering the order and hoped for a returning customer. It was lazy, and it was a mistake. Before/When delivering, try to put together a small debrief on what you've actually done in your work. Your customers aren't stupid and eventhought you're an expert on your field, you could be surprised on how much your customers can learn from you and how that can beneffit you on future orders. Not long ago I've started sending my customers an explanation text with what instruments I've used, why I've used them, what's their role, what's the musical theory behind the composition and what's my personal take on all those things. This thing works! Next time you're collaborating, you'll have a much easier time to transpose customer's vision into your service, because they will know how to answer your specific questions! Give your customers some options You have that potential customer that wants to buy your 50$ service, but his budget is only 35$? I used to turn down those customers since my highest discount rate was at 20% and that way I lost potential returning customers! It was a mistake. Instead, at some point I've decided I'll take those requests, but I'll double down on the delivery time. Instead of 5 days delivery time, offer it in 10 days. That way, you will not loose a potential returning customer and you won't have to fit that project into your main scheddule. You can do it whenever you have a spare hour or two, since your delivery time is doubled! It works like a charm to me, and you'll be shocked on how many customers are not in a rush, eventhought they say so in their first message. Time is money, friend! Collect your own data I made the mistake on relying on memory and on the data shown by analytics to drive my business. Don't do that. It will save you a lot of time and you'll make informed decisions if you make your own spreadsheed with everything that happens with a relevancy for your Gigs. Try to track the most important stuff, such as: keywords performance, new customers/time frame, returning customers/time frame, types of projects done, the most asked questions or inquiries by your customers, orders that landed you tips and WHY that happened, changes made to the gig related to key factors etc. Be patient If you're treating every order like it's your first order, it's impossible not to grow. Don't make the mistake I've done by panicking when orders are not coming. It's not worth your time and your mental health. Instead, be patient, do your best on the services you provide, and try to slowly build your returning customer base. The best you can do proactively, is to fine-tune your Gigs, but be careful with that, since back-to-back changes might screw up the ranking algorithm (source for this is my Succes Manager). If you're looking to do A-B testing, wait at least 3-4 weeks in between, to have at least the minimum data to compare. I feel like there are much more to be told, but I just realised this post will take an eternity to read anyway, so I'll stop for now. I really hope my journey of pursuing my dream with Fiverr's help can motivate you and give you the strenght to power-trough rough moments, and that you can find something positive in the lessons I've learnt from my mistakes. Don't give up, and trust your skills and talent!

Hi Kesha! I'll start, January 2014 (and early early January), so over 10 years here.

as you can see in the attached photo, I have a problem sending the confirmation code to my phone number to confirm the withdrawal method, can anyone help me? the phone number I entered belonged to another account of mine but I deleted it, could this have influenced the problem?

I removed my old payoneer account from fiverr. Now i want to add new payoneer account. But when i click on 'Add payout method' it shows Attempts limit reached' i waited 24hours and tried again. But same problem. I tried multiple days. I did nothing. But it shows limit reached. I tried different browser, Chrome, Edge, Firefox but the problem didn't solved. Can you please check my screenshots. I am in seller mode. This is Seller's earning page: After clicking "Manage payout methods" After clicking "Add payout method": Attempts Limit Reached I need to withdraw my balance. Please help me. i talked fiverr support, he told me: "I can see based on the screenshots you sent that you've reached a limit in verification attempts, so I have added additional attempts for you to try again." but my problem doesn't solved. What can i do now?

Everytime I click on add payout method it shows an error, and I talked to support and they provided me some solutions and I tried everyone of them but still the error pops up and I cant withdraw my money.

I got 2 4-Star reviews recently, and I think that might be the issue why I am not eligible any more, but is it really that dire? Why am I even paying for this feature when I have to be "eligible" for it? What exactly are the criteria?

These are payment methods (for paying for orders). Perhaps you'll find other options on the Payout methods. To manage payout methods, go to your Earnings page while in seller mode. To go there, hover over My business in the main menu and click on Earnings in the dropdown menu. Then click on Manage payout methods. The options available to you will differ depending on your country, so you'll hopefully find an alternative that works for you. I hope this helps!

You can see this article. Full details are available. https://help.fiverr.com/hc/en-us/articles/360010530278-Payout-methods#:~:text=The minimum withdrawal amount is %2430 (USD).,Card and Bank Transfer simultaneously. Fiverr Help Center > Payments & withdrawals > Withdrawals for sellers

My account has been disabled for 90 days. I waited then I receive an email from fiverr to withdraw but the withdrawal option was disabled and I can't choose and Add Payout Method. I contact fiverr customer support but no change. Please enable my withdrawal option .

Hi there, "I'm facing a serious issue with my Fiverr account. On December 27, 2023, my account was disabled, which has now been 90 days. I have a payment that I need to withdraw, but my preferred payout method is currently disabled. As a result, I'm unable to withdraw my funds, and I only have 6 days left to do so. I'm reaching out for help to resolve this issue as soon as possible. Your assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Can anyone tell me what is this issue and when my preferred payout method will be enabled?

Its ON & OFF sometimes, In my recent few orders, it was there for Early payout, while in the last order yesterday, There is no early payout. only 48 hours early payout option there

Early Payout is not available to everyone, I think it will be back soon. https://help.fiverr.com/hc/en-us/articles/4402267122449-Early-Payout#:~:text=Please note%3A Currently%2C Early Payout,The standard fee is 1%.

Hello, I had an option for Early Payout, and it’s now removed from my account. Is there any information on why they removed it again? It was a very great option I guess, They should not remove this. Let me know if anyone has news about this. Thank you in advance

In the forthcoming period from April 27 to May 15, 2024, I shall be embarking on a well-deserved and earnest period of rest. Prior to this hiatus, I am fully committed to fulfilling all my orders. This juncture invites me to reflect on my professional journey, which commenced in late December 2020 - a time characterized by considerable adversity, including the dissolution of my company amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, financial obligations to employees, paying ransom to a kidnap in china (true story) and personal challenges of a significant nature. Such Is Life My entry into the freelance marketplace began with offering translation services, modestly priced at $5. Evolution of Professional Services: In response to market demand and personal inclinations, I transitioned from translation services to concentrate on plan writing. This pivot marked a significant evolution in my service offerings. Key Milestones: By December 2022, I realized that working on Fiverr could sustainably support my livelihood, often yielding better returns than traditional employment. In the latter part of 2023, I achieved significant professional recognition on the platform, earning top and pro badges. I will say my current SM @doron_successwas the reason I got TRS; she pinpointed the reason as to I didn't get the badge earlier on; for that, I remain thankful to her always. As of this month, I have achieved my highest revenue to date, marking a significant milestone in my journey on the platform. Challenges and Insights: My path was fraught with obstacles, including gig rotations, early advice from SM to severely underprice my services (It was depressing). However, reading the form helped me refine my strategy and pricing, leading to better outcomes. I find the forum more useful, 99% of the time. Reflections on Personal Growth and Future Considerations: This entire experience has been an intense learning process, transforming me from a high-level executive to a resilient freelancer who navigated through considerable downturns and emerged stronger. Looking ahead, I am contemplating a potential adjustment in my client selection strategy to optimize my earnings, though this requires me to be less forthcoming with my clients. It's a line I'm not willing to cross, yet(?.. it's tempting when I know I'm not working at full capacity) My journey thus far spans 3 years, 4 months, and 19 days, marked by continuous, "full-time" engagement, with the exception of a 4-day hiatus observed for the Chinese New Year (This year too!). I am now poised to take a 19-day sabbatical, being at a position to feel mentally comfortable enough to take a holiday. I feel blessed. I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to Fiverr for its significant impact on my life, which occurred in the most surprising manner. Who would've thought I'd go from leading a company of over 70 employees to freelancing? But here I am, loving my new lifestyle and am transitioning towards embracing a digital nomad life, with a plan to relocate to Vietnam come July.

As for how I'm feeling... Well... (In a rushed, venting voice/tone:) I very nearly quit my day-job last Tues, because my boss reprimanded me rather harshly because I forgot the instructions he gave concerning one of our A/R that was giving us trouble. The weekend just before that some of my family visited, one of whom I hadn't seen since before the 2020 lockdown and the other only once since then and only for a very quick two days, and while the visit went great, we ended up at our decided point of interest for their trip right before it closed, so didn't get to see it because they closed the gate early, and I was the one to do most of the many hours of driving over the span of three days. And there was the week before the visit, which was stressful due to preparing for the sudden visit, because I'd gotten less than a week's notice that they were coming. So, how am I? Stressed. Recovering. As for summer plans, none yet. Though next week (still spring, so doesn't count) thinking of going to the NC Pickle Festival, weather pending.

Getting your first order here on fiverr will require a lot of work and patience. While some might get jobs early enough for others it might take time. Here are are few things to set in place while expecting your first order. 1. Ensure your profile is properly optimized 2. Use the right SEO, do not use the same SEO you used on your title with your tags 3. Use a service you can deliver on, optimize your Gig and use good English to write out your description. Ensure not to contradict yourself when writing your profile description and Gig description 4. Create more than one Gigs and stay active... All these and more would help as long as you don't quit

Click "Earnings" from "My Business" tab. And there you will see "Mange payout methods".

I have exactly the same statistics. Ever since they announced the SS system, my score has remained stuck at 4. Before this change, I felt like I was in favor of Fiverr gods because I had an early payout option, even without Seller Plus, and an available cash advance option. I also had a pretty stable order flow without any promotion. Now, the situation is completely opposite. My gig seems dead, and I can't even use promotions to attract new buyers. I doubt CS or anybody else will help with anything. I am just hoping for a miracle at this point. However, I'm tired of relying solely on Fiverr and being in constant fear of their unpredictable changes and completely untransparent, shady activities. I'm going to invest more time in creating my own online presence(website, portfolio, socials) to have something solid than counting on Fiverr roulette.

My overall score's a 9, which I'm really happy with, but like I've seen others express here in light of recent lovely things, I feel like the ground can fall out from underneath me if I so much as breathe incorrectly. I have delivered 'early'--as much as 24 hours--on countless occasions, but I've also delivered after that "YOU HAVE 12 HOURS. DELIVER NOW!!!" notification equally as much. I just delivered 1 day and seven hours early, but the 95-word voice over had just been approved and the client was still online, so it felt silly to wait until Fiverr 'thought' it was okay, whenever that might be. If you've experienced some sort of digital spanking for delivering early, or have heard about it from trusted sources, I would love to know...what exactly is too early?

But you've learned a fun makeup fact to share with the world! Other fun makeup facts include early makeup killing women because of stuff like mercury in the ingredients. Then there's the Chinese tiny feet shoes. Makeup! Once you get past the boring industry full of gorgeous but boring people, there's a world pain, horror, and death lying in wait. IIRC, Queen Elizabeth I died because of her makeup. Ah yes, here you go. I could have asked ChatGPT, but sometimes you just want a museum's snappy take on things:

I am a Seller Plus Premium Member. (Paying $40 USD Monthly) + Gig Promotion Analytics: Inbox response rate: 100% Inbox response time: 1 Hrs Order response rate: 100% Delivered on time: 100% Order completion: 100% Level 2 Seller (About to turn Top Seller) Sales and Performance history: Amazing, Consistent I was promised to have Early Payout as a Seller Plus Premium Member, however that turned out to be a lie. I am paying $40 for a guaranteed Early Payout feature and I do not have it, it is completely not showing up on any of my orders. All of my orders are accepted by the buyer, none are accepted automatically, and should have Early Payout Enabled. I was told Fiverr is working on improving Early Payout, however this is unacceptable, my money is being wasted, and I do not have features I was promised. This should be against the rules, and should be looked into. People are paying to have these features, and they must be guaranteed. If the promised features members pay for aren't provided, members must be given a refund immediately. This kind of approach is very unprofessional. I am successful, and have the best possible statistics required for Early Payout, yet I wasn't even offered Cash Advance. I need an immediate explanation, as I am wasting around -$60 USD in total every month just to have to wait for each order to be processed. For those wondering, having the ability to be paid immediately affects my real life severely, and is a bare necessity for me, so having it removed and then enabled despite being promised to have it at all times, is a game I am not willing to play. I expect a professional approach for those contributing to Fiverr's economic growth, we deserve better treatment, without us, Fiverr can't work properly. We are the reason Fiverr is what it is, and Fiverr depends on us Sellers, Sellers rights must be at the top of the list. Sellers have to be heard. Please, if anyone can explain why this is happening, do let me know.

Do fiverr support Bank Transfer - "ElevatePay" as withdrawal method?

Fiverr give this exclusive offer to some people who fiverr trust and think they can utilise this early payout valuable. Some times ago fiverr launched a feature for those who have plus membership, they can get paid in 7 days instead of 14 days. but as an addition fiverr also give an option to the freelancers about this early payout system which work on take payment before 7 days also. In this early payout scenario there are some barriers e.g. your client must have to accept that order, you can take the amount after 48 hours, you have to pay 1% extra fees to get this amount. but still this is a very great opportunity for those who want to get paid early and fullfill there needs. Thanks Yasir

What is the strategy to get orders from fiverr early? What do you think?