hfl_jean Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Please explain why the following request I made was denied by Fiverr:“I need someone to make about 150 phone calls to prospective real estate buyers. If someone answers, you will talk through a basic script I will provide, but you need to be very fluent in English and be conversational on the call, never sounding like you’re reading a script. You will be representing me looking for a buyer of a property I currently have and also looking for an ongoing relationship for me with these potential future buyers.This should be fairly quick since I’ve found that many or most of the phone numbers are disconnected. You will be working off a spreadsheet I have and you will enter the results of your calls into the spreadsheet, following the examples already there.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfl_jean Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 You will be representing me looking for a buyer of a property I currently have and also looking for an ongoing relationship for me with these potential future buyers.Why can’t you do this yourself?Your point is valid, but I just want someone to do the grunt work of finding any valid buyers (vs. disconnected phone numbers) and then I’ll take over. However, that’s not the point of my question. I want to understand why this was denied. This is a small project. If this goes through somehow, and the VA works out well, I might use that person as part of my back office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbaas Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Your point is valid, but I just want someone to do the grunt work of finding any valid buyers (vs. disconnected phone numbers) and then I’ll take over. However, that’s not the point of my question. I want to understand why this was denied. This is a small project. If this goes through somehow, and the VA works out well, I might use that person as part of my back office.I have no idea why your request was declined. Perhaps Fiverr saw it as a request to hire someone to spam-call other people. If you need to know the real reason, why don’t you contact Customer Support and ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfl_jean Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 I have no idea why your request was declined. Perhaps Fiverr saw it as a request to hire someone to spam-call other people. If you need to know the real reason, why don’t you contact Customer Support and ask?I did submit a request online. Their timeline is 24-48 hours to reply. Is there a phone number to call instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbaas Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 I did submit a request online. Their timeline is 24-48 hours to reply. Is there a phone number to call instead?Not that I am aware of. You’ll have to be patient. Customer Service is a very busy department. If they indicate that they will respond within 24-48 hours, then that is the timeline you have to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfl_jean Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 Not that I am aware of. You’ll have to be patient. Customer Service is a very busy department. If they indicate that they will respond within 24-48 hours, then that is the timeline you have to work with.Thanks for your help.I had another request that was denied and I didn’t understand why. For that, the Forum community was very helpful in explaining the reasoning. I’m hopeful for a similar response here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbaas Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Thanks for your help.I had another request that was denied and I didn’t understand why. For that, the Forum community was very helpful in explaining the reasoning. I’m hopeful for a similar response here.I’ve offered one possibility. I am curious to see what other forum users might suggest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastcopywriter Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 You will be representing me looking for a buyer of a property I currently have and also looking for an ongoing relationship for me with these potential future buyers.Why can’t you do this yourself?Why can’t you do this yourself? YOU are the person trying to sell the property. Shouldn’t YOU be the person making connections with your own buyers?Maybe he has better things to do? Most people don’t like cold calling. Maybe he’s a realtor with many listings, maybe he has open houses and other things to do.I don’t blame him, all my favorite realtors have teams, even if they cold call, they’re not cold calling alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfl_jean Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 Anybody else have any ideas as to why a request for a VA to make calls was denied by Fiverr? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest merciavideo Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Anybody else have any ideas as to why a request for a VA to make calls was denied by Fiverr?Could it be interpreted as you wanting somebody to cold call on your behalf? There are now rules around cold calling in most countries (thankfully) and it might be that Fiverr doesn’t want to be getting involved with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfl_jean Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 If that were the case, then Fiverr wouldn’t offer “similar gigs”: https://www.fiverr.com/users/hfl_jean/manage_requests/5c01addefbf72800170e8c31/recommended_gigs?new_request=true. Yes, I can follow up directly with those “similar gigs”, but while that solves my gig problem, it doesn’t give me any understanding of the reason for denial so I can avoid that in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscrystal Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Please explain why the following request I made was denied by Fiverr:“I need someone to make about 150 phone calls to prospective real estate buyers. If someone answers, you will talk through a basic script I will provide, but you need to be very fluent in English and be conversational on the call, never sounding like you’re reading a script. You will be representing me looking for a buyer of a property I currently have and also looking for an ongoing relationship for me with these potential future buyers.This should be fairly quick since I’ve found that many or most of the phone numbers are disconnected. You will be working off a spreadsheet I have and you will enter the results of your calls into the spreadsheet, following the examples already there.”. You will be representing me looking for a buyer of a property I currently haveThis is a way people who want to commit fraud go about finding people to buy properties they do not actually own sometimes. Not that it is what you are doing but it’s similar to someone wanting someone else to place Craigslist ads for properties they do not own.I can’t speak for fiverr in this matter and it might be some other reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfl_jean Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 Ah, that’s a good thought. No, I’m not doing anything illegal. I do have the contract on it, but I understand what you’re saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest merciavideo Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 If that were the case, then Fiverr wouldn’t offer “similar gigs”: . Yes, I can follow up directly with those “similar gigs”, but while that solves my gig problem, it doesn’t give me any understanding of the reason for denial so I can avoid that in the future.If that were the case, then Fiverr wouldn’t offer “similar gigs”:Sorry - I can’t access your link. You asked for ideas - I gave you mine.it doesn’t give me any understanding of the reason for denial so I can avoid that in the future.Maybe you need to ask Fiverr themselves? 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscrystal Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Ah, that’s a good thought. No, I’m not doing anything illegal. I do have the contract on it, but I understand what you’re saying.Oh I remember you are the person who has a contract on a property. You should do the grunt work yourself to avoid any type of misrepresentations that someone you hire could inadvertently convey.You of course don’t want to represent you own property if there is just a contract on it so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfl_jean Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 If that were the case, then Fiverr wouldn’t offer “similar gigs”:Sorry - I can’t access your link. You asked for ideas - I gave you mine.it doesn’t give me any understanding of the reason for denial so I can avoid that in the future.Maybe you need to ask Fiverr themselves? 🙂Sorry - I can’t access your link.Oh, it might be linked to me only. Sorry.Maybe you need to ask Fiverr themselves? 🙂Yes, I have, and I’m waiting for their reply. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfl_jean Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 Oh I remember you are the person who has a contract on a property. You should do the grunt work yourself to avoid any type of misrepresentations that someone you hire could inadvertently convey.You of course don’t want to represent you own property if there is just a contract on it so far.There “might” be some misrepresentation, but I’d give a basic script for the VA to follow, something like “I see you’ve recently bought properties in the area. Are you interested in another one nearby? I’ll have my manager call you back right away.” No, I don’t currently own it, but I do have control of it by contract, so I do have the right to re-sell it.However, I don’t want to get into all the potential legal conditions of real estate deals here. We could go down lots of rabbit holes with that. 😉 I’m just trying to understand how to word a request for a common gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk1000 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Maybe the one or more of the words “phone calls” and “phone numbers” got the request automatically flagged as they could be words used by someone who wanted to communicate with the seller outside of Fiverr which could be against the terms of service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfl_jean Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 I wondered about that, too, but most of the similar gigs say “I will make phone calls for you”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooden_fish Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 If that were the case, then Fiverr wouldn’t offer “similar gigs”: https://www.fiverr.com/users/hfl_jean/manage_requests/5c01addefbf72800170e8c31/recommended_gigs?new_request=true. Yes, I can follow up directly with those “similar gigs”, but while that solves my gig problem, it doesn’t give me any understanding of the reason for denial so I can avoid that in the future.If that were the case, then Fiverr wouldn’t offer “similar gigs”Not the best way to think. Just because someone’s doing it doesn’t mean Fiverr agrees with it; oftentimes they just haven’t gotten around to that gig yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfl_jean Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 Hmm… Curious. I didn’t know about that. Could that still be true if the list includes 12 gigs each with up to 22 reviews? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catwriter Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Hmm… Curious. I didn’t know about that. Could that still be true if the list includes 12 gigs each with up to 22 reviews?Could that still be true if the list includes 12 gigs each with up to 22 reviews?Yes. Sometimes gigs that violate Fiverr’s ToS get removed after they’ve got hundreds of reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfl_jean Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 Could that still be true if the list includes 12 gigs each with up to 22 reviews?Yes. Sometimes gigs that violate Fiverr’s ToS get removed after they’ve got hundreds of reviews.After hundreds of reviews! Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfl_jean Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 I finally got a reply from the HelpDesk. My request was manually approved and posted, but there was no explanation as to why it was initially denied. That certainly doesn’t help me understand for the next time I post a request. I’ll reply back for more information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videoarticle Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Why can’t you do this yourself? YOU are the person trying to sell the property. Shouldn’t YOU be the person making connections with your own buyers?Maybe he has better things to do? Most people don’t like cold calling. Maybe he’s a realtor with many listings, maybe he has open houses and other things to do.I don’t blame him, all my favorite realtors have teams, even if they cold call, they’re not cold calling alone.Exactly,Many might have many reasons for needing that kind of service.How about the hearing-impaired(Not referring to “his” case though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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