Fiverr

I've dealt a lot with outsourcing graphics work to people all over the world. I myself am a graphics person but find it easier to outsource some work. Used fiverr once and wouldn't use again. After posting a very clear brief I got spammed by idiots who clearly hadn't read the brief. The person I did put the job to (not for $5 but $35 to hopefully get some quality) then fed me lines of rubbish and failed to deliver the work. This is currently in dispute but the reality is if you want dodgy Asian talent who may or may not deliver (let's not even talk about quality) outsource your work elsewhere.

Honestly this is the absolute worst service I've ever ever used.

Absolute amateurs and support offers token solutions!

I would have preferred to have spent my $100 bucks on a few drinks than on this sham of a company.

I came up with the design my self and I couldn't even get my seller to align letters in a straight line...

Logo was disproportionate to text. My 8 yr old could do better!

Wasn't expecting miracles but when your logo is just an "L with a full stop after it@ you gotta ask yourselves wtf are these people doing.

Couldn't even get my guy to long up the full stop with my L...

As for colours I had to keep reminding I'm of my colours...

Useless useless useless - he asked for a second chance I'm still waiting...

Off to my designers

Not bothering to try and get my money back but hopefully it will prevent some other s much from wasting theirs!

I contracted someone to do some quick word press fixes. I laid out what needed to be done - moving pics and text, creation of a form.
They deleted work of mine they weren't supposed to touch, reconfigured pages that makes it awkward to read and resized a calendar into a postage stamp.
It's not like I was getting it for 5 bucks... I paid almost $50. And am out of luck. The seller won't respond to emails and did about a half hour of work (maybe) on the site. I have put in a dispute, but from the looks of things on here, it won't go anywhere. Oh, and he said he was in Toronto Canada, but is actually in India (just happen to have a map on my site that shows where the users are located.)
Won't use this site again.

Ordered an ebook from laurameyers, $105. Work came in, was SO bad. I'm a Realtor, she bashed Real estate agents, Made me NOT want to buy a house. Had a lender review her info, he Googled some paragraphs found the articles they came from. I wish I could upload the work here. I own the copy so if anyone wants to read it email me, I'll send you the file *******@yahoo.com.

I needed a logo for a website and chose a seller. I think that they were not able to speak English well enough to understand what I needed. After going back and forth multiple times, I gave up and lost my money. All I needed was a white logo with a transparent background. First I got the logo in black and white with a black background. Sent a message, then received the logo image but the entire thing was transparent! Wow. Deactivated my account, then received an email telling me that they disabled my account because I violated their Terms of Service. What? What a waste of money.

I was a new seller to fiverr. I got labeled a 'rising star' on there, which was really weird, because the counter on Vimeo where my video portfolio is posted, said 0 people had looked at the portfolio. My first paying job on fiverr was cancelled after I delivered the work. The client can use my work because he already downloaded it, and fiverr gladly refunds him the money he paid because he "disputed" the order after I delivered it. I get nothing for days of work. Additionally, I had to quickly reply to many spammy messages because if you don't respond it lowers your response rate. Overally a really bad experience as a seller.

The terms and conditions you are following is not up to the mark. I did not violate the term and conditions. Buyer did not read my gig description that s not my fault. But fiverr supported him. And 2nd buyer did not come for 15 days online or did response to me, again that was not my mistake, I was asking him question regarding gig but he did not reply. Then with the help of fiverr support again they blamed on me.

Fiverr do not see that whos fault is that. They are just following their worst terms and conditions. I also worked as buyer and spend thousands of dollar and as a seller I had great rating and reviews. But they do not value anything.

Scam. You pay for a gig, they seller delays, then offeres refund. If you take refund it is stuck in fiverr's system forever without ever a change to get it back. If you wait for the artwork, it is corrupted or crap. Complete scam to rip you off. 50$ st a time.

I have ordered the cheapest business card design to try it. I was very sceptical about 5 star rating. Tou get what you pay for. The seller never sent my files. I designed my brand logo just needed quickly design of business cards. The buyer sends my the first sample and my own brand logo has a watermark of Fiverr. The buyer demands rate her service for exchange of files. I did. 19 days later nothing, no files, no business cards. I had to cancel very inportant meetings. The reputation management of Fiverr is manipulated and serves as a bait to increase the traffic to their website. In reference to the privacy of our data, Fiverr does not sign NDA. Which means 2,000,0000 ideas and information pertaining to the businesses, books, publications are flowing and disclosed to the world of millionaires who are hungry for new ideas and have funds. I am taking it to the next level. I will write to all newspapers and tech hub.com. Thus bull crap needs to be stopped. Tatyana Li

There are two problems with Fiverr. One they have really high hidden fees, on the surface they disclose a 20% commission but it's actually 25-30%. They charge buyers a 5-10% "processing" fee that many sellers are not even aware of.

The other problem is that seller reviews are a fraud. Sellers can avoid negative feedback by simply canceling the job. The only way you can leave negative feedback for a seller is if you pay full price for incomplete or unsatisfactory work. Otherwise you have to agree to a cancellation to get your money back and you loose the right to rate them. Also, sellers can cancel unilaterally even if you don't agree.

The whole thing is smoke and mirrors.

Details:

http://www.singledudetravel.com/2015/02/how-fiverr-is-screwing-their-buyers-and-sellers-out-of-an-additional-10-percent-on-many-gigs/

http://www.singledudetravel.com/2015/04/why-the-seller-ratings-at-fiverr-elance-and-possibly-other-similar-sites-are-meaningless-and-fraudulent/