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How to Make the Most of the New Fiverr Storefront

Author: Fiverr Editorial Team on June 18, 2013 in New Features. 0 Comments Tags: #NewFiverr, community, cover photo, creative, editing gigs, fiverr, Fiverr seller tips, Fiverr tips, fiverr.com, gig, gig description, gig gallery, gig title, make money on fiverr, new features, new Fiverr, optimize, sales, sellers, storefront, success, tips, videos.

New storefronts are coming and we want you to be ready to attract new and repeat sales. The new Fiverr optimizes the visual experience by allowing sellers to include more images, including a cover, that can drive potential buyers into your page. Think about what your virtual window should look like. Do you have a cover image ready?

Let’s take a look at some of the new image features so you can get ready for the new Fiverr right now — regardless of whether you have access to the new Fiverr now or not. Click any of the images on the right to enlarge them:

Cover Photo - This is your shopping window in the online world. Half the sale is done when people can see exactly what’s on offer. The new Fiverr allows sellers in some categories to do just that. Images must be at least 260 x 1100 pixels, JPEG, full frame from side to side and a maximum of 2MB.

You must own the image
No Ads are allowed
No text is allowed on your image

Gig Photos – The new and improved Gig gallery allows you to showcase three images as well as video. Images must be at least 682 x 459 pixels and can be no more than 2MB each. Keep in mind that adding a video can increase your sales by over 200%.
Gig Title – Your Gig title can be up to 80 characters. Make sure your title is short, clear and to the point.
Gig Description – You have 1200 characters (not words) to provide potential buyers a compelling description of your product or services. HTML formatting is acceptable. Be as descriptive as possible so buyers will know exactly what to expect. Be sure to classify your Gig with tags.
Editing Gigs - All you have to do is go to “My Gigs”, Go to the Gig you want to edit, click the settings icon and select edit. There you can make any changes you want to your Gig content.

If design is not your area of expertise, you might consider what some of our beta users have done and use a Fiverr seller to create the best image to sell your product.

Share your experience creating images that sell with the Fiverr community in the comments below.

6 Tips to Make it Big with Levels

Author: Nat on May 14, 2012 in Tips. 55 Comments Tags: fiverr, fiverr.com, Levels, make more money, tips, top sellers.

Since Levels were introduced, thousands of our sellers were promoted and gained additional tools to make more money from their skills and talent.

In fact, over a third of all gigs sold on Fiverr today are priced over $5. With these up-selling tools, making a living as a seller is easier than before.

Few weeks after the release of Levels and gazillions of orders later, we analyzed how sellers were using the Levels. We found that some sellers were learning how to actually work less while earning more.

These tips will help you do the same:

1. Gear up, the game is changing
Once you level up, the game changes and it’s time to get serious about your gig business. At this point, you might want to offer bigger services that you wouldn’t sell before for $5.

You might even consider getting yourself better equipment to improve the quality of your gigs.

2. Slice your services to make good use of your time
Your $5 gig is now your entry level service. It should provide great value for your customers, but at the same time leave room for supplementary services that require extra effort and thus additional cost.

The trick is to slice your service wisely. Here are a few examples to show the different ways to use the tools you have:

Logo design – entry level could be one sketch for $5. You can then offer additional sketches, edits, color etc. as extras.
Content writing/translation – different prices for different amounts of text. Multiples allow users to order your service multiple times at once. We’ve seen sellers actually use their extras to offer discounts for large projects. For example, offering to write half a page of text for $5, while offering to write 2 pages for $15 (instead of $20).

3. Balance your workload using pricing, not delivery time
Before Levels, if you were swamped by orders, the easiest way to manage would be extending the delivery time in order to deliver your gigs on time. You don’t need to do that anymore.

If you’re getting more orders than you can handle, it means that you are in demand and can charge more for your services. Tweak your pricing model until you find a system that works for your gig.

4. Be specific
Explain your pricing model to buyers. If you decided that $5 are worth 30 seconds of a video, explain in your gig’s description that longer videos will require multiple orders.

Being as specific and clear as possible can reduce misunderstandings and increase your sales.

5. Ask your customers what they want
Invest in giving accurate instructions to your customer. In the post-levels era, you have better tools to adjust your gigs and keep your customer happier.

6. Checkout requested gigs
Buyers are often posting their dream gigs on the requested gigs list. For services that require more work than usual, you can use your advanced up-sell tools to provide these services for an appropriate price.

For some more inspiration, check-out these sellers who are getting more out of their Levels.

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Tips to Buy Sell and Have Fun with Collections

Author: Nat on May 11, 2012 in Tips. 26 Comments Tags: collections, creative, editors picks, fiverr, gig collections, tips.

We love seeing all the amazing collections that you’ve created!

Some collections, showcase the gigs you like, bought and recommend. Other collection are a collaboration of sellers who offer complementing gigs, forming useful service packages.

Awesome!!

You may not know this, but our Editors are always on the lookout for collections to follow. When they follow your collection, it will significantly boost your collection’s popularity and lead to more exposure.

Here are some tips that will help your collection get attention from the Editors and people searching on the site.

Eye Catching Titles, Descriptions and Relevant Tags

Your title and description should clearly describe the gigs in your collection. It should also entice searchers to click on, and check out your collection.

Tags must be relevant to your collection topic. When you have many related keyword tags, it will help your collection get exposure when people search for the services you offer.

Establish Credibility and Become a Community Leader!

When your collections are known as a reliable source to find quality gigs, you’ll earn trust and follows. This will increase your collection’s popularity and give you more exposure.

Be supportive to other community members by following the collections you like. You’ll discover some new services and sellers this way!

For sellers, collections are a great collaboration tool. You can join forces with other sellers who offer related services to create packages – like a one stop shop for buyers looking for related services.

For example, If you’re a logo designer, you can collaborate with other sellers offering web design, office stationery, personal branding, etc.

If you don’t know how to begin, check out this discussion in the Fiverr seller’s group on LinkedIn.

Things to Avoid

Don’t spamify your collection by only adding your own gigs.
Don’t duplicate existing collections. It’s not friendly, very time consuming and will be considered spam.
Make a collection with only a few gigs.

Some Awesome Collections

Becoming a Top Rated Seller

Author: sam on October 21, 2011 in Gigs and User Stories. 17 Comments Tags: buyers, buying, cheats, featured, fiverr, gigs, outsourcing, powerseller, recommended, tips, top rated seller, tricks, website.

One month ago, one of our featured web experts, Twistedweb123 was promoted on Fiverr to the very sought after Top Rated Seller status. His Gigs on the most part offer practical solutions and much needed criticism for companies or individuals with a presence on the Internet. His main Gig ironically offers to tell buyers what they don’t want to hear by revealing where they went wrong with their website and what can be done to improve it.

_{Twisted123′s top selling and featured Gig offers buyers an outsider’s insight on improvements that can be made on their website.}

After already spending several months as a seller, keeping an impeccable record and having completed many hundreds of sales we felt it would be a great opportunity to catch up with him and see how the experience of making it into the top tier of sellers had been:

Hey Twisted, nice tattoos. (we noticed your other Gig). How’s it going and would you mind having a short conversation with us ?

Hi there, Fiverr! It’s nice to be here in blog format. I read it all the time and have always wanted to be mentioned. It’s funny you should mention my tattoo gig as I’m actually thinking of adding a $20 extra “I will get whatever you want tattooed on me” just to test the full imagination of my fellow Fiverrs. ;-)

When you were made a TRS, was it a surprise? How did it feel?

It was literally like finding out that the numbers on the toaster are not a heat setting, rather a time limited, I was completely shocked. I instantly rang my girlfriend as if I’d just had a big promotion at work (it was past midnight, she was less than thrilled).

How has it affected your sales on Fiverr?

It has been crazy sales wise. I was used to getting 5-10 orders a day, it’s only been a month and I’m already average more than double that.
The option of selling extras and receiving multiple-orders really is the best thing since sliced bread. Seeing orders coming in for more than $5 at first was nerve racking, but it was nothing a good lunar love punch (southern comfort, WKD blue & Apple sourz… Try it seriously) couldn’t get me powering through!

As a source of income, how important is Fiverr now you’re a Top Rated Seller?

To me, when I first joined Fiverr, it was all about the networking opportunities. $5 may be a small fee for a big product, but the opportunity to meet thousands of like minded business people was priceless.
Now, ‘TRS’ has not only increased my networking, but it has also bought on so many opportunities and requests for services I don’t even offer. The increase in my Fiverr income has literally overtaken my usual day job. Each of my gigs is literally like my child, and every time I receive feedback they mature in age and wisdom.

You’ve only been a TRS for a month, but could you tell us how you see your future as a seller on Fiverr?

At the moment, as you mentioned, most of my gigs are business related but I’m a big kid at heart. I really want to start broadening my scope and become more creative. There are so many great categories on Fiverr, I really want to offer a unique service in each and help build this amazing community.

Any final thoughts?

All I can think to say is quick message to my buyers: I love feedback and depend on it to live, please take just a moment to leave some when finishing orders as it really does mean a great deal to me.

Thanks for taking the time out of your busy Fiverr schedule to speak to us. If you’d like to speak with Twistedweb123 and find out what sort of advice he could offer to improve your website, visit his Gig page here.

Your Gigs, on Video

Author: Fiverr Team on September 22, 2010 in New Features. 94 Comments Tags: exposure, fiverr, gig, how to, presentation, seller, tips, traffic, video, video gigs, youtube.

Doesn’t matter what you sell, you want more people to visit your $5 shop. Meet Gig Videos: A quick way to introduce your gigs.

Gig Videos lets you introduce yourself to your buyers, talk to them, explain your services and your added value. Also, adding a Gig Video increases your chances of being noticed on Fiverr: Once you add a video, your gigs will be presented with a preview of your video, and a Play button.