FiverrReviews 1,136

Very very few, if any, artists that are actually talented and do a competent job on this site. Correction: they all absolutely stink. If any "art" provider on fiverr takes exception to what I say, please do, because if you were any good, you wouldn't even be on that site! Don't be mad that you absolutely stink and can't take detailed instructions properly. I took a chance based on an artist's portfolio, past works, 5 star feedback and paid over $100 for the many extras. Didn't make deadline, art was half done, used cheap clip art and fonts, and completely ignored all my detailed by step instructions. Obviously, portfolio was fake and the feedback stars were fake too. Don't bother reconciling on Fiverr to get money back. Open a dispute on PayPal immediately to get everything back... sure Fiverr will ban you for doing so, but that's actually doing you a favor and you get all your money back with no commission taken from you,

I have been both a buyer and a seller on Fiver and I've been disappointed both directions. As a buyer I've had sellers who delivered just horrible quality then got mad when asked to make it right. One even filed a complaint against me when the product he delivered wasn't even close to what he'd promised and I refused to pay. Another did such a low quality job that I think my kid could have done better. I understand I won't get much for $5 but in my case I offered more in exchange for better quality and the quality was still low.

As a seller I find there are very few orders and the site is a bit hard to navigate. Just try to find your own "gig" for example, even from your admin pages, to do edits.

My customers have liked my products and I've gotten "tips" on sales which in many cases doubles my income. The problem is the fees charged eat it up. Let's say I have a $5 item and I get a $5 tip so I made $10 from the sale. But then Fiver charges me $2 in their fees plus an additional $1 to send me my money via PayPal. If I want it sent any other way the fees are higher, in some cases MUCH higher. So Fiver is taking 30% of my gross income on the sale!

If I'd made the $5 sale and NOT gotten a tip they would have taken $3 of the $5 I was paid. Making $2 for an item isn't profitable.

In the "Price-Quality-Service, Pick any two" equation you're getting a very low price, but I'm just not seeing that you're getting either of the other two. When you only get one of the three items it's a bad deal and should be avoided. That's my advice for both buyers and sellers... Avoid it.

I am an ex-Fiverr freelancer, and I say ex- for a few very good reasons, from all perspectives - freelancers selling gigs, customers buying those gigs, and the company itself. Let me enumerate why I left Fiverr.

1. Actual freelance work is generally hard to get in the first place if you're just starting out, unless you are willing to "SELL! SELL! SELL!" your product or service at a rock bottom price. In other words, about $1 USD/hr. The only way around this is to induce your "upsell", or else farm out your work to even lower paying workforces. Note that there is also a good chance that your "client" is in fact just another Fiverr worker, looking to act as a broker, and scouting out new talent. This is what happened to me. They were simply taking my work, making a few tweaks, and upselling to another client at a higher hourly rate.

Also, know up front that Fiverr will take a dollar out of every five dollars (not gigs, actual amount paid - $5 gig you get $4, custom order $500 gig, they get $100 etc.) so that's 20% of your earnings gone right there. Not only that, they will charge you additional money to transfer your money out of your Fiverr account to Paypal (who also might charge you, depending on how you've set your account up.) Fiverr will happily retain your earnings for a full 2 weeks (10 business days) before you are paid for your work. Excellent business practice, guys - nice way to scam your workforce!

2) I've never been an actual buyer on Fiverr, but pretty much all the issues that everyone else has brought up is right on the nose. Low cost equals low quality, in general. Not to mention copyright issues, communication issues, payment issues, and the overarching ethics of doing business this way.

The sweetest part about this? They also have a (imho) fishy payout schemes like Payza and Payoneer which issue you a debit card, on which there's also a fee.

As you can probably tell, I'm not happy with this business in the least.

Tinker M.
Q: I work for a company called Zazzle. At our forum we learned that this company is copying owned art and selling it on their products. A lot of it. And we are just one place. This is a criminal offense and I suggest anyone who sells artwork with Print on demand companies check to see if there art is there. One item is labeled best selling and has sold many times, if yours is one of these get a attorney and send a cease and desist and demand whatever money they earned to be returned to you.

I just wanted to take a couple of seconds to stress a point of view regarding Fiverr. Fiverr is exactly what it promotes itself to be. It is a cheap gigs platform where all incompetent scammers have an opportunity to prey on people looking for cost effective work to be performed. The idea behind providing a free platform for offer and demand exchange is great but it comes with consequences to the users. The winners in Fiverr are the lousy freelancers and Fiverr owners. The big losers are the ones that use them :) so bottom line is you get what you pay for! If you want good quality work, I suggest you use other quality platforms that use quality and evaluated freelancers. NOT the cheap Fiverr! Good luck!

I have used fiverr for video greeting, birthday video, logo modification and business copy. All experiences were executed efficiently and the product delivered was excellent in all but one situation - where the service provider was easy to work with resolving the issue. I would definitely consider for future needs.

Unfortunately, most of the reviews on here are for the independent sellers on the website instead of for the actual website. Fiverr can not control what the sellers do and you should all be aware of this. If you have a bad experience with a seller or buyer, don't blame it on the site. Report them to customer service instead!

I've been on Fiverr since October 2015 as both a buyer and a seller and have never had one bad experience. As of today, I've made $300+ on the site by offering my proofreading, editing, and writing services. Nobody has ever tried to trick me out of the money they were supposed to pay me, and no seller has ever lied about their services or tried to give me less than what they were offering.

I'm giving them 4 stars because I dislike the fact that, for sellers, they take $1 from every $5 you make. I understand that the site has to make money to keep offering themselves as a platform for freelancers, but I think they take too much. I also dislike the fact that it takes funds over two weeks to clear.

PROS
+Sellers can accept custom orders
+Sellers can set their gig to vacation mode if they're going to be away
+Buyers can cancel their order and get a refund if the gig is late

CONS
+If you buy something and don't like it, you can't get a refund

Fiverr Fraud Fking Febsite Five Fraud.
1)20% Commission from Both Side But Buyer can ask for work and after work done can cancel the project and get their money back if you compliant about it your account will be blocked.
2)Most Lazy Support generic answer if it's about money then beware they will take money block you account for money eating
3)Bank transfer and currency conversion charges high and hidden they are keep money for 15 day and earns interest on it
4)Most of Sellers and Buyers are fake
5)I have lost my lots of money fiverr please avoid it they are scammer have in brand

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