How To Use Fiverr As A Buyer Tips. Fiverr can be a great place to purchase services from. You can buy just about anything from the website. In terms of using it to make money online, in the form of buying cheap fiverr gigs, like writing, link building, SEO, video creation, Wordpress sites, Shopify, voice overs, name / logo on a busty women's chest, websites etc, and converting that into an income for yourself (example: monetized YouTube video etc), Fiverr does have great potential.

However, you do have to be careful. Yes, there are some great gigs on there, with excellent trustworthy sellers that provide a good service. But, there are also many really bad sellers that "game" the site (buy fake reviews etc) in order to create the illusion that they are very good sellers, when really all they want is quick cash. 

Video: How to Use Fiverr to Hire an Outsourcer. Please Note: The video is extremely basic, and doesn't really give any useful tips. It's basically for an absolute beginner who has never even visited the site before. I just needed a video for this post! [Damn, looks like I'll have to write a few tips myself].

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On the other hand, some new sellers, who may really want to provide a good service also game the system (don't do it) buying fake reviews in order to get a little reputation boost, making it easier for people to trust them and get those first few vital sales / orders. So you can see the potential for confusion when knowing who to trust. Fiverr is a goldmine for sellers who offer services to people new trying to making money online. Websites, SEO, link building, content creation, etc.

One of the most common, that I remember well, is all the gigs offering / promising to get any website to: "1st Page Of Google" for $5 dollars LOL. This is not just something from years ago, sellers actually still offer this today, and the novices still lap it up. Needless to say, it doesn't work, so don't waste your time or money. It's more likely to get your website penalised by Google.

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Okay, so I've talked a bit about how fake reviews can be a factor. Just use your common sense, and don't purchase a gig of high value when attempting to use a seller you have never used before. Test the service out with one or two small purchases of $5 - $10 dollars. If you are satisfied with the work provided, then you know the seller is legit. You can up your order amount, slowly. Try to use either level 2, "Top rated sellers" or "Pro Verified" when just starting out to minimize the risk of getting a shoddy service.

Reviews are still king

The most important thing, or "tip" to look out for is still the reviews. Recently, Fiverr have made it more difficult to game the system, and if they are suspicious of a seller who they think might be scamming in this way, they will ban them.

Always take your time. Don't rush into buying from a new seller. Read all the reviews. The one and two star reviews, if any are present, are the most important. Sometimes the low star reviews can reveal the reality of the gig and what you might be buying. So pay close attention.

Don't Walk With Strangers

Also worth looking out for. Be careful of any seller who trys to lure you away from the Fiverr website. Sometimes, if you have used a seller a lot and know they offer an excellent service, this can be quite innocent. But if a seller who you have never used before, but have shown interest in their service tries to get you to do business elsewhere, or provide personal details off the Fiverr website, it may be a scam. Be very careful.

Samples Please

Ask to see samples of the work. If ordering text content, a Wordpress website, anything to do with Social Media, logo design, voice over (are they using a free text to speech tool that you could just use yourself for nothing) translating (are they just using Google Translate), link building, SEO (Search Engine Optimization), don't be scared to ask to see samples of the work being offered / promised. Most sellers will be happy to provide you with this information.

If they won't show you samples, why not. A seller offering these services should be proud of his / her work and should jump at the chance to show you their handy work in order to gain your custom.

Seller tactics to avoid bad feedback

There are a few ways in which sellers can wriggle out of not receiving bad feedback if they know you are not happy and might be leaving them a bad review. If they have not provided you with the level of quality promised, if you are able to, always leave them the feedback they deserve.

This can be a little unfair sometimes, though, because novice buyers, who know nothing about the service they are purchasing, but may have heard that building ten or twenty thousand low quality links all pointing back to their main website using software such as Xrumer is guaranteed to get them to the first page of Google (Trust me, do not do this!). 

When this doesn't happen, or, the buyer finds out that this type of software is not meant to be used to spam your best / main website, they end up leaving the seller bad feedback. But who is in the wrong here? It's certainly not the seller. It's the inexperienced buyer who didn't do enough research into what he was buying. So, do your research before buying a gig.

Don't expect the Earth For A Fiverr

Fiverr has become more expensive these days. In 2021 there are services on the Fiverr website that go into the thousands of Dollars / Pounds. Yes, if you spend a good chunk of money like that on a service, naturally you want your money's worth. And rightfully so. Even spending anything above $50 dollars they better provide you with the goods. But, if spending $5 or $10 Dollars, be realistic with your expectations.