Fiverr

What is Fiverr?

Fiverr is one of the most popular freelancing website.Fiverr founded in 2010 the company is based in Tel Aviv, Israel and provides a platform for freelancers to offer their services to worldwide customers.

Fiverr was founded by Micha Kaufman and Shai Wininger in February 2010.
Fiverr's Services start at USD 5$, can go to up 1000 $ with Gig Extras. Each service offered is called Gigs.

the Fiverr website was launched in early 2010 and by 2012 was hosting over 1.3 million Gigs. The website transaction volume has grown by 600% since 2011. On June 1, 2010, Fiverr received a seed investment of 1 million us dollars from GuyGamzu and other angel investors.

Gigs

Fiverr serves to allow listing and applying for small one-off jobs, or gigs online.

Payment

When you have a balance in your seller account, you can withdraw your money with your PayPal account, Fiverr Revenue Card, Payoneer or transfer money to your bank account (only for the U.S)

You can withdraw money 14 days after the order is marked as completed. The waiting period for Top Rated Sellers is seven days.
You can only withdraw once per 24 hours.
There is a $5,000 maximum per transaction.

How to create a Gig?

Step #1: In your Fiverr homepage, click on Selling and then on Gigs.

This section of your Fiverr account displays a list of all your gigs.

Step #2: Click on create a new gig

If you’ve not created one, you’ll be prompted to do so. Click on ‘create a new gig’, found at the top-right corner.

Step #3: Create a Gig title, select category, and meta tags

Gig Title: Your gig title is a short description of the service you want to render on Fiverr. It must be equal to or less than 80 characters. If you are confused about what title to give your gig, you can get ideas from other sellers. However, you must make sure your gig title is unique.

Categories: Fiverr has a wide range of categories to choose from Graphics&design, Digital Marketing, Writing & Translation, Video & Animation, Music & Audio, Programming & Tech, Business And, Fun & Lifestyle.

Make sure you select the appropriate category because it cannot be modified after gig creation.

After choosing your category, you have the option to choose a sub-category that’s most specific to your service.

Search tag: Fiver allows you to choose up to 5 search tags. If you want your gig to get more visibility in Fiverr search results, then your search tag must contain keywords you believe buyers search for when they visit Fiverr.

Confused about gig ideas? Fiverr sellers currently list over 3 million gigs. You can get ideas by browsing through gigs of other sellers in your category.

step #4: Set your gig pricing

Your gig pricing has a base price of $5 and can be set to as high as $995. Also, you can unlock other packages for the same gig. If you wish to, click on ‘Try Now’.

With the Standard and Premium package unlocked, you can set different prices for all the same gigs, depending on the extra services you want to render.

For instance, if your basic plan is set at 5 dollars, and the delivery date is set at 3 days, you could decide to set your standard price to $10, for two days deliver.

Your gig revisions is the number of times you intend to revise the finished work, should in case a buyer complains and requests for a review.

Depending on your Category and Sub-category, other options may be provided in your gig pricing.

Step #4: Write a gig description and FAQ

Step #5: Enter Requirements

Before you get started with any work, you need to properly understand what that work is all about.

Your requirement can ether be: Free Text, Multiple Answer, or Attached File. Ensure you tell your buyers to communicate, in details, everything you need to get started. So as to avoid future disputes.

Step #6: Add photos or a video to your gig

Fiverr provides you with the option to add up to 3 categories of gig galleries. You can either add an image, video or PDF file, if it applies to your services.