I've recently given this a go and thought I'd post some info on it in case people are wondering about making some easy money, or want to get into it seriously, or have no clue about it and want to give it a go.
The thing with fiverr.com is that it is what it says on the tin, as a seller you sell your services for a fiver.
Common "gigs" (which are your adverts) are for things like article writing, logo or graphic design, voice overs, animation, etc.
It's not exactly the best monetary returns on your time, but it all depends on what you're offering and how good you are at it. It's also down to what you perceive as good value and whether you have the time do it.
Me, for example, I put up one advert for proof reading documents up to 3,000 words. I saw that a lot of people were putting ads up for up to 1,000 words, so I thought I'd push it to be available to more people.
The reason I'm not continuing with Fiverr is quite simple; I don't have the time for jobs that are going to take me half an hour to an hour to complete for just $5. At first, I thought it was good because instead of me wasting my time on the internet, I was doing something and earning money.
$1 of that $5 goes to the website, so you're left with $4. Then when you convert that into sterling £, it's £2.50. It's not really worth it for me.
However this is a really great resource if you have the time and are good at writing or getting other things done quickly. If you have a specialist area you think you can make money from online, be it simple things like creating presentations or whatever, then this could be a good little earner for you.
If you're unemployed then this is a great way to get some easy money. For the times you're not searching online for a job, you could avoid getting sucked into shitty TV shows or looking at things online that offer no value to you. You can easily make $50 a day with this if you persevere and have the time.
First, you need to set a gig up.
When you're creating a gig, the things you most importantly need to consider are:
- bigging yourself up so people want to hire you
- how long it's going to take you to complete a job
- how you separate yourself from others
For the first point, you want to have picked something that you're genuinely good at and write about your experience in it. You can exaggerate a bit if it'll help, but only if you're able to follow through with what you say. For me, I simply stated what my job is, who I work for and that I do it daily. I don't actually do it daily, it's very rare that I do, but proofreading is part of my job, and it's for a major investment bank. I simply put that it's a major part of my job day to day and there's no harm done. I got just under 5 messages within the first two days of putting my gig up, and they were all jobs.
You have to set the timeframe for work completion. This means that if you haven't finished a job within this timeframe, the buyer can cancel and you don't get paid.
Separating yourself from others takes a little research. I set my gig to proofreading, so I had a look at what other proofreading gigs were out there and effectively used an "undercutting" principal.
Most gigs were for proof reading up to 1,000 words (people want to be time efficient and get good returns), and said they would have their jobs complete in all sorts of different times ranging from 1-3 days.
I set my gig to up to 3,000 words, and said I would complete it within a day.
That meant from the moment the job was sent to me, I would have exactly 24 hours to finish it or I wouldn't get paid.
The key to making money online with sites like these is having a good reputation. The better your reputation, the higher you rank in searches and the more hits you get on your gig, which obviously = more clients.
So, if you say you're going to complete a job within 24 hours, you better be sure you can complete the job within 24 hours.
For me, I was finding most of my jobs were coming in the late afternoon not giving me the time to complete it since I work 4pm-2am. Obviously, I'm in London so from the Americans sending me jobs it was morning. I would come home from work and spend a couple of hours finishing jobs instead of sleeping. This is why I'm not continuing, because it's just not worth the money for me.
If I had a lot of spare time, which I don't, then I would happily put a bit more focus into it because I think it's more than possible to be able to earn $500 a month from this.
Some clients might put their work out as a test, looking for someone who's good at their job and reliable, and give you a few small jobs to do. Once you've proved your worth, they may then hire you privately for a much bigger job worth a lot more. So it's important to give every client your 100%.
If you're working full time and want to earn an extra couple of hundred dollars a month, then I'd say not to use Fiverr, but by all means give it a try if you think you can spare the time for it. I've earned $36 since last week doing it, (that's after the deductions) and I've put maybe on average an hour and a half a day, 6 out of 7 days last week.
I'd say the best people this would work for are the unemployed or students. People complaining about lack of jobs and not being able to get a job have absolutely no right to complain when you can make easy money like this.
Let me know if you have any questions, I'm sure I haven't covered everything.
The thing with fiverr.com is that it is what it says on the tin, as a seller you sell your services for a fiver.
Common "gigs" (which are your adverts) are for things like article writing, logo or graphic design, voice overs, animation, etc.
It's not exactly the best monetary returns on your time, but it all depends on what you're offering and how good you are at it. It's also down to what you perceive as good value and whether you have the time do it.
Me, for example, I put up one advert for proof reading documents up to 3,000 words. I saw that a lot of people were putting ads up for up to 1,000 words, so I thought I'd push it to be available to more people.
The reason I'm not continuing with Fiverr is quite simple; I don't have the time for jobs that are going to take me half an hour to an hour to complete for just $5. At first, I thought it was good because instead of me wasting my time on the internet, I was doing something and earning money.
$1 of that $5 goes to the website, so you're left with $4. Then when you convert that into sterling £, it's £2.50. It's not really worth it for me.
However this is a really great resource if you have the time and are good at writing or getting other things done quickly. If you have a specialist area you think you can make money from online, be it simple things like creating presentations or whatever, then this could be a good little earner for you.
If you're unemployed then this is a great way to get some easy money. For the times you're not searching online for a job, you could avoid getting sucked into shitty TV shows or looking at things online that offer no value to you. You can easily make $50 a day with this if you persevere and have the time.
First, you need to set a gig up.
When you're creating a gig, the things you most importantly need to consider are:
- bigging yourself up so people want to hire you
- how long it's going to take you to complete a job
- how you separate yourself from others
For the first point, you want to have picked something that you're genuinely good at and write about your experience in it. You can exaggerate a bit if it'll help, but only if you're able to follow through with what you say. For me, I simply stated what my job is, who I work for and that I do it daily. I don't actually do it daily, it's very rare that I do, but proofreading is part of my job, and it's for a major investment bank. I simply put that it's a major part of my job day to day and there's no harm done. I got just under 5 messages within the first two days of putting my gig up, and they were all jobs.
You have to set the timeframe for work completion. This means that if you haven't finished a job within this timeframe, the buyer can cancel and you don't get paid.
Separating yourself from others takes a little research. I set my gig to proofreading, so I had a look at what other proofreading gigs were out there and effectively used an "undercutting" principal.
Most gigs were for proof reading up to 1,000 words (people want to be time efficient and get good returns), and said they would have their jobs complete in all sorts of different times ranging from 1-3 days.
I set my gig to up to 3,000 words, and said I would complete it within a day.
That meant from the moment the job was sent to me, I would have exactly 24 hours to finish it or I wouldn't get paid.
The key to making money online with sites like these is having a good reputation. The better your reputation, the higher you rank in searches and the more hits you get on your gig, which obviously = more clients.
So, if you say you're going to complete a job within 24 hours, you better be sure you can complete the job within 24 hours.
For me, I was finding most of my jobs were coming in the late afternoon not giving me the time to complete it since I work 4pm-2am. Obviously, I'm in London so from the Americans sending me jobs it was morning. I would come home from work and spend a couple of hours finishing jobs instead of sleeping. This is why I'm not continuing, because it's just not worth the money for me.
If I had a lot of spare time, which I don't, then I would happily put a bit more focus into it because I think it's more than possible to be able to earn $500 a month from this.
Some clients might put their work out as a test, looking for someone who's good at their job and reliable, and give you a few small jobs to do. Once you've proved your worth, they may then hire you privately for a much bigger job worth a lot more. So it's important to give every client your 100%.
If you're working full time and want to earn an extra couple of hundred dollars a month, then I'd say not to use Fiverr, but by all means give it a try if you think you can spare the time for it. I've earned $36 since last week doing it, (that's after the deductions) and I've put maybe on average an hour and a half a day, 6 out of 7 days last week.
I'd say the best people this would work for are the unemployed or students. People complaining about lack of jobs and not being able to get a job have absolutely no right to complain when you can make easy money like this.
Let me know if you have any questions, I'm sure I haven't covered everything.
