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This person asked for a roleplay service and I accepted. He payed, we talked and did the roleplay, but once it was done, he immediately cancelled the order. I just lost 30 dollars, what do I do?? He also blocked me on everything…

This person asked for a roleplay service and I accepted.

Khm. Khm.

OK.

One step at the time.

What?

What it the actual world of what?

Please tell me the roleplay way you fixing his computer or data entry in excel or something because …

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What?

Whatever you are saying here it sounds 100% not allowed on Fiverr.

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This person asked for a roleplay service and I accepted. He payed, we talked and did the roleplay, but once it was done, he immediately cancelled the order. I just lost 30 dollars, what do I do?? He also blocked me on everything…

roleplay service

I don’t see any “role play” gigs on your profile

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This person asked for a roleplay service and I accepted.

Khm. Khm.

OK.

One step at the time.

What?

What it the actual world of what?

Please tell me the roleplay way you fixing his computer or data entry in excel or something because …

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What?

Whatever you are saying here it sounds 100% not allowed on Fiverr.

It was a custom offer for my fanfiction services. But is roleplaying not allowed?

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How exactly was the order cancelled? Did they send a cancellation request as the order was active, or was it cancelled after the delivery was confirmed by the buyer?

If it’s the latter, they either filed a chargeback or Fiverr might have cancelled the order. Honestly I don’t see how roleplay is something you should monetize on Fiverr (let alone for any reason). For context for others, roleplay is essentially collaborative writing between two or more parties. (At least, that’s what I take this to have been given the minimum info presented)

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How exactly was the order cancelled? Did they send a cancellation request as the order was active, or was it cancelled after the delivery was confirmed by the buyer?

If it’s the latter, they either filed a chargeback or Fiverr might have cancelled the order. Honestly I don’t see how roleplay is something you should monetize on Fiverr (let alone for any reason). For context for others, roleplay is essentially collaborative writing between two or more parties. (At least, that’s what I take this to have been given the minimum info presented)

For some reason, the order was set to 1 day, but when I looked back on the delivery time it said we PASSED the delivery time, which wasn’t true. The delivery time was 24 hours, and I’m sure it was him who cancelled it because he blocked me on hangouts and fiverr.

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For some reason, the order was set to 1 day, but when I looked back on the delivery time it said we PASSED the delivery time, which wasn’t true. The delivery time was 24 hours, and I’m sure it was him who cancelled it because he blocked me on hangouts and fiverr.

The buyer can’t cancel the order on their own. Both the seller and buyer have to agree to a cancellation (either a seller submits a cancellation request that the buyer accepts, or the other way around). The only way besides this is if Fiverr cancelled it themselves, which given the context of what you were supposed to deliver, is certainty plausible. Still, the timeline is a bit weird in my opinion.

On the order page, what does it say at the end? Usually there’s a little blurb such as “Order Cancelled by Fiverr” or something of the sort. This could determine who actually cancelled the order.

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The buyer can’t cancel the order on their own. Both the seller and buyer have to agree to a cancellation (either a seller submits a cancellation request that the buyer accepts, or the other way around). The only way besides this is if Fiverr cancelled it themselves, which given the context of what you were supposed to deliver, is certainty plausible. Still, the timeline is a bit weird in my opinion.

On the order page, what does it say at the end? Usually there’s a little blurb such as “Order Cancelled by Fiverr” or something of the sort. This could determine who actually cancelled the order.

Oh no, it said it was cancelled by customer support! But the order’s deadline was 24 hours so I am very confused!

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Oh no, it said it was cancelled by customer support! But the order’s deadline was 24 hours so I am very confused!

Was the RP of an…ahem…“grown up” nature? If so, I believe it was in violation of TOS. If there were any…insinuations…of underage characters engaging in said activities, that would DEFINITELY do it.

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Oh no, it said it was cancelled by customer support! But the order’s deadline was 24 hours so I am very confused!

In that case, I can think of either 3 scenarios:

  1. The buyer displayed some fishy behavior, and was banned from the platform. This would, obviously, cancel their outstanding orders. (Or at least I would think so? Haven’t had this happen to me, but I believe that’s how it would work if someone was banned in the middle of an order)
  2. The buyer went to Fiverr to have the order cancelled. Whatever evidence they presented won them over, and they cancelled the order. I’d jump to this, if the timeline wasn’t so quick. Usually it takes a bit for Fiverr to respond to queries these days.
  3. Your gig goes against Fiverr’s TOS, so they cancelled the order and shut your gig down.

Either way, I would cut the loss and move on. I really don’t see a way of successfully monetizing RP on Fiverr…I don’t even know how you would go about proving a delivery besides a whole chat log.

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Was this roleplay potentially NSFW (which could mean it was against the ToS although not necessarily… (Depends on what it is I think?). When did the buyer order? Did you RP with him right after he ordered or was it the day after? (Potentially support could have been contacted for… Whatever reasons by the buyer I guess but it does seem a bit like a late deliver (although you’d have gotten a one star review then so maybe not…)

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Was the RP of an…ahem…“grown up” nature? If so, I believe it was in violation of TOS. If there were any…insinuations…of underage characters engaging in said activities, that would DEFINITELY do it.

No there wasn’t anything revolving minors/children, but there was some 18+ bits here and there.

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Was the RP of an…ahem…“grown up” nature? If so, I believe it was in violation of TOS. If there were any…insinuations…of underage characters engaging in said activities, that would DEFINITELY do it.

Yeah this is also a possibility. That’s a one way ticket to a TOS violation.

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Was this roleplay potentially NSFW (which could mean it was against the ToS although not necessarily… (Depends on what it is I think?). When did the buyer order? Did you RP with him right after he ordered or was it the day after? (Potentially support could have been contacted for… Whatever reasons by the buyer I guess but it does seem a bit like a late deliver (although you’d have gotten a one star review then so maybe not…)

We did the rp the day of, only a few hours after the order had been created.

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We did the rp the day of, only a few hours after the order had been created.

At the risk of being crude here, I’m willing to bet the gentleman (I use the term very loosely here) got you to replenish their mental store of scenarios to keep in mind for their special alone time, and, once they got what they wanted, decided that payment wasn’t necessary.

If CS cancelled, they found something worth cancelling over. You should have been sent an email outlining the “why” of it, I believe - can anyone confirm that? Also, check your stats in about a day or two - if you see a “Days Without Warnings” violation (the little line will be red), that’s what happened.

I’d advise you to stick to pre-written stories as opposed to “RP” in the future, and avoid all 18+ scenarios altogether. Fiverr’s kind of prudish, they don’t like that sort of thing. They’re publicly traded, so they avoid anything that has a whiff of liability and/or pornographic/erotic content.

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At the risk of being crude here, I’m willing to bet the gentleman (I use the term very loosely here) got you to replenish their mental store of scenarios to keep in mind for their special alone time, and, once they got what they wanted, decided that payment wasn’t necessary.

If CS cancelled, they found something worth cancelling over. You should have been sent an email outlining the “why” of it, I believe - can anyone confirm that? Also, check your stats in about a day or two - if you see a “Days Without Warnings” violation (the little line will be red), that’s what happened.

I’d advise you to stick to pre-written stories as opposed to “RP” in the future, and avoid all 18+ scenarios altogether. Fiverr’s kind of prudish, they don’t like that sort of thing. They’re publicly traded, so they avoid anything that has a whiff of liability and/or pornographic/erotic content.

You should have been sent an email outlining the “why” of it, I believe - can anyone confirm that?

Probably would have received an e-mail. I got one when an order was cancelled because of a chargeback, so I’d expect the same result here.

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We did the rp the day of, only a few hours after the order had been created.

I’m… uhm. Not very familiar with RPing (anymore.) I can see it working on fiverr as long as it’s clean (and then deliver the full chat log in the end to prove you’ve done your job…) But I personally wouldn’t call +18 RP artistic expression (because I know what RPing can be like. Depends though because bits can be fine). What I can think is that the buyer didn’t just block you but could have been banned from the site for asking for such services? I’ve seen many BRs for RPs and many of them go against the ToS.

That being said I don’t think your fanfic gig is in danger at least but I’d be careful with role-playing on here (and off site as well to be fair )

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At the risk of being crude here, I’m willing to bet the gentleman (I use the term very loosely here) got you to replenish their mental store of scenarios to keep in mind for their special alone time, and, once they got what they wanted, decided that payment wasn’t necessary.

If CS cancelled, they found something worth cancelling over. You should have been sent an email outlining the “why” of it, I believe - can anyone confirm that? Also, check your stats in about a day or two - if you see a “Days Without Warnings” violation (the little line will be red), that’s what happened.

I’d advise you to stick to pre-written stories as opposed to “RP” in the future, and avoid all 18+ scenarios altogether. Fiverr’s kind of prudish, they don’t like that sort of thing. They’re publicly traded, so they avoid anything that has a whiff of liability and/or pornographic/erotic content.

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I’m… uhm. Not very familiar with RPing (anymore.) I can see it working on fiverr as long as it’s clean (and then deliver the full chat log in the end to prove you’ve done your job…) But I personally wouldn’t call +18 RP artistic expression (because I know what RPing can be like. Depends though because bits can be fine). What I can think is that the buyer didn’t just block you but could have been banned from the site for asking for such services? I’ve seen many BRs for RPs and many of them go against the ToS.

That being said I don’t think your fanfic gig is in danger at least but I’d be careful with role-playing on here (and off site as well to be fair )

We actually roleplayed on google hangouts.

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We actually roleplayed on google hangouts.

If you are “late” for delivery, the buyer can cancel without it being a mutual cancellation - but you say the buyer ordered initially and RP’d with you only a few hours later? The shortest time period for an order is 1 day on this site - the clock starts the minute they put in the information and mark themselves (or when you mark it) as “having all the materials I need to get started” or something like that. Is it possible he ordered earlier and you didn’t see it, or maybe you never turned in a log/document to “submit” the order?

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