updated

image

Fiverr

Doing freelancing is one of the most profitable and stable work online today. Start your freelancing career with Fiverr. It is the world's largest marketplace for digital services claiming to have facilitated 950+ services per hour last year.

Difficultly Easy/Medium
Earning Potential Medium/High
Fun Factor Easy/Medium

You can find jobs ranging from logo design, voice-over talents, social media marketing, proofreading, translation jobs, virtual assistance, copywriting, and others. You can start by registering with Fiverr and posting a GIG(Every service or task you offer on Fiverr is called a GIG).

If a buyer avails of your services, you get to keep 80% and the rest goes to Fiverr. You can price your gigs anywhere from $5 to $995 or more. Requesting for payout is available 14 days after fulfilling an order.

If you deliver real value to people, they will pay and will avail of your services regularly.

Fiverr gets almost 4.7 million visits per month. Your aim should be to leverage Fiverr’s powerful visitor base to reach more people and sell your services or products to them.

With Fiverr’s millions of visitor base, you don’t need much to worry about your gig’s promotion and payment handling as Fiverr handles this for you.

Top Fiverr gig sellers make over $50,000 a year by leveraging the platform and providing high-quality services.


People having in-depth skills in any particular area, using which they can help other people to complete their tasks or ease their life.

  • The first thing you need to do is sit down quietly and figure out the skills of which you are the strongest and stick to tasks related to them till you see some success. For e.g. if you are a person who can design logos and websites, then you should create and sell those gigs in Fiverr that are focused on logo creation and web designing.

  • Before diving into gig creation you must do some research to ensure that the gig you are planning to offer has interested buyers. What if you have a wonderful gig idea, but it didn't sell? To avoid such situation you must undertake necessary research to understand what buyers in your niche are looking for

  • Consider pricing your services at or below the market price especially if you are just starting out.

  • Reply to inquiries as quickly as possible. Buyers have a lot of options and if they can settle their inquiries with other sellers, they will not wait for you.

  • Provide the best user experience. If they are truly satisfied, they will leave a good review which will improve your visibility.

  • Learn to say "No" if you will not be able to deliver good quality services. Veteran freelancers will always tell you the key to a successful freelancing career is to manage your time properly.

  • Be impressive yet truthful in your title and description. This will set the client's expectations for your work. Do not over-promise.

    • How much will I earn?

    You will get 80% of the price that you set + tips.

    How long before I get paid?

    Once the order is fulfilled, sellers will wait for 14 days before withdrawing the funds. Top rated sellers have lesser waiting time of 7 days.

    Can I communicate with a buyer outside Fiverr?

    It is forbidden to communicate with a buyer outside Fiverr. If you are the buyer, use Fiverr's chat feature when discussing orders as this will protect you in case you need to dispute a transaction later on. It is a common red flag if a seller insist that you talk outside Fiverr. Most likely they do not intend to deliver the full service and just wants to earn or scam you.

    How about taxes?

    It is the responsibility of the seller to file the necessary income tax in their own country.

    What can I sell?

    Be creative! You can offer any service you wish as long as it's legal and complies with our terms. There are over 200 categories you can browse to get ideas.

    How much does it cost

    It's free to join Fiverr. There is no subscription required or fees to list your services. You keep 80% of each transaction.

    How do I price my service?

    With Gig Packages, you set your pricing anywhere from $5 - $995 and offer three versions of your service at three different prices.


  • The website was launched in early 2010 and by 2012 was hosting over 1.3 million Gigs.

  • The website transaction volume has grown 600% since 2011.

  • Fiverr.com has been ranked among the top 100 most popular sites in the United States and top 200 in the world since the beginning of 2013.

    • text4.