What is Fiverr?

Fiverr is a website that hosts all kinds of commercial and non-commercial services, with thousands of what we’ll call “micropayment” entrepreneurs, each touting what they can do for you for just five dollars. They all start at the same price: $5. Hence, a “Five-er”. A job (a “job” as they call it) for only five bucks? Really?

How can someone do something that will take time and charge 5 bucks and make a substantial amount of money on an endeavor like that? And how does that help a network marketing business?

Well, welcome to the shrinking world of commerce and the Internet. The short answer is that Fiverr is not only a valid source of labor at rock bottom prices, but it is an opportunity for all network marketing business owners because it is based on the same concept as a network marketing business. online: the law of large numbers can help you make money if you work them right. Just as important is the opportunity to network and connect with new business owners you never would have met without this platform, and that alone makes Fiverr worth looking at as more than just a place to spend five bucks.

To fully understand Fiverr, we look at Fiverr from two angles, because we’ve used both sides: as a service buyer and as a service provider. This article covers using Fiver as a buyer.

First, a quick look at the Fiverr website:

Who dreamed of Fiverr?

Fiverr is the perfect example of when someone with a brilliant idea takes on the internet and creates a win-win situation for both buyer and seller. At $5 a concert you certainly can’t complain about an expensive experience! Fiverr is a pretty simple concept if you can get past the barrage of ads from every Fiverr entrepreneur offering services. There are some pretty amazing statistics on Fiverr:

• Fiverr was founded four years ago by Shai Wininger and Micha Kaufman. A blog written by Micha over a year ago indicated at the time, 1.5 million people use Fiverr to buy and sell Gigs and many millions more visit the site each month. Fiverr members come from over 200 countries and sellers offer over 1.8 million Gigs across 120 different categories. One Gig is purchased every 6 seconds. Clearly, a year later, those numbers have grown.

• Alexa ranks Fiverr (as of 2/14/15) as the 349th most popular site globally and 370th in the US.

• Fiverr has generated over 3 million “gigs” (the term they use for jobs). When you consider that many Fiverr sellers make more than just the base $5 (as the number of gigs done increases, you can charge more) it’s clear this is a money maker not only for founders, but also if you have success as a seller

So what can you get on Fiverr? Well, A LOT – Here are the main categories:

Graphics and Design- Cartoons & Caricatures / Logo Design / Illustration / eBook Covers & Bundles / Web & UI Design / Photography & Photoshopping / Landing Pages / Flyers & Brochures / Business Cards / Banners & Headers / Architecture / Presentation Design / Others

online marketing – Social Marketing / Fan Pages / Get Traffic / SEO / Bookmarks & Links / Article Submissions & PR / Video Marketing / Other / Blog Mentions / Keyword Research / Web Analytics / Domain Research

Writing and Translation – Copywriting/SEO Keyword Optimization/Creative Writing & Scripts/Translation/Transcripts/Website Content/Press Releases/Résumés & Cover Letters/Speech Writing/Proofreading & Editing/Reviews/Other

Video and Animation – Commercials / Editing and Post Production / Animation and 3D / Testimonials and Reviews of Actors / Intros / Stop Motion / Puppets / Others

Music and Audio – Audio Editing & Mastering/Jingles/Songwriting/Music Lessons/Rap Music/Hip-Hop Music/Custom Songs/Sound Effects & Loops/Custom Ringtones/Voicemail Greetings/Narration & Voice Over/Other

Programming and Technology- WordPress / Web Programming / Mobile & Web Apps / Website Builders & CMS / File Conversion / E-Commerce / User Testing / QA / Databases / Desktop Apps / Data Analysis & Reporting / Support & IT / Others

Advertising- Hold Your Sign / Flyers and Brochures / Human Billboards / Mascot Models / Banner Advertising / Radio / Music Promotion / Outdoor Advertising / Others

Business – Business Plans / Career Consulting / Market Studies / Presentations / Virtual Assistant / Legal Consulting / Branding Services / Financial Consulting / Business Advice / Others

other – Lifestyle / Gifts / Fun and Bizarre

Buying on Fiverr: what do you buy and how do you do it?

Buying on Fiverr is not difficult. From the list above, you can see that buying something in these broad categories is not a problem. For Fiverr shoppers, this is a great thing: there are so many prospective business owners offering you what you want, it’s a matter of finding someone who has a catchy ad or whose description of what and how they’ll do what you need is the best. than most. You will have almost unlimited options.

While that may be a good thing, consider this: There are three main categories that Fiverr has implemented when buying a gig. There are Fiverr members in the “High Rated” category, members in the “Recommended” category, and finally the “newbies” in the “New” category.

While there certainly has to be a way to categorize those offering services, this “class distinction” almost felt like it was discriminatory until we looked at the sheer number of individual jobs being offered. Fiverr had to find a way to delineate “newbies” vs. more experienced members.

The day we were on the site researching Fiverr, when we wrote the phrase that begins every Fiverr concert: “I’ll do it”, this was the result:

High rating – All categories – 63,741 Recommended – 215,861 New – 52,731.

That’s a total of 332,333 individual gig options! When you consider that each web page you can see when you get results is typically 6-10 gigs on a screen (considering some screen sizes are small, others are large), at 10 gig views per screen, it would take! you 33,234 screen scrolls to see all the alternatives! For example, 10 seconds per screen to see if any value was perceived would be 543 hours, or a little over 3 weeks to see all the options! Clearly, you will have no problem choosing from such a large universe of sellers.

The main hurdle you will have as a Fiverr buyer will be choosing the best rated seller from this huge sea of ​​Fiverr members. It is not as daunting as it seems. You’ll have to scan just a handful of sellers to understand what to look for in an experienced seller. Do you have a video? What is your lap time? How are they ranked and do they have positive testimonials? After several minutes, you’ll have an idea of ​​what to look for.

When we bought concerts, we sometimes spent more than $5. Why is that? Well, technically, that’s all we had to pay. However, the jobs that were done for us were done quickly and efficiently and we paid extra to make that happen – instead of a 3-day turnaround, we opted to pay another $5 for a one-day turnaround. . In one case, we wanted some “bells and whistles” so we paid another $10 for the concert. Those extra bells and whistles are offered only through highly rated, recommended sellers.

NOTE: If you consider our average ticket was $10, and over 3 million concerts have been completed, that equates to 15 million in revenue, pretty solid! Actually, it’s pretty sure there are plenty of sellers on Fiverr who routinely make much more than $5, so you have to conclude that Fiverr has carved out a very profitable niche. We believe this strong financial performance bodes well for Fiverr to continue as a major player in this growing “outsourcer” market.

Once you find a Fiverr provider you like, simply send an email through Fiverr, or just pull the trigger based on their description and make a purchase for $5. The give-and-take and communication on Fiverr between The buyer and seller is very seamless and similar to any good transaction based site, so we never encountered a problem when ordering, adding extras to a gig, and finalizing the transaction. You can then offer “tips” if the project was good, and testimonials can also be left. In that sense, it’s not unlike an E-Bay environment: a shopping community with published results.

A few shopping tips: You can see all categories from “high scores” to “new” and you can see the number of gigs processed and the reviews and rankings just like on eBay, Elance or any number of internet sites where the services are offered. Go with the experience of the person and let your gut guide you. Ask questions through Fiverr to the seller and your shopping experience should be a good one.

Now, we want to emphasize one angle: there are network marketing services that are valuable and can be purchased on Fiverr. You can buy backlinks, you can have link wheels built, you can write blog content, you can have SEO keyword phrases researched, you can have video scripts built, you can make videos, in short, there is marketing in Valuable network “nuts and bolts” that you can buy from Fiverr members that can really help your network marketing business.

Just do your due diligence and shop smart. Ask questions and your experience will be positive.