I Spent HUNDREDS on FIVERR So You Don't Have To: Fiverr Review

This is Fiverr, a services marketplace that primarily offers a platform for selling and buying digital goods and services in increments of $5. These services and products vary greatly in quality and cost, and category. It’s like ebay meets craigslist for digital services. I’ve seen plenty of YouTubers sponsored by this service in their videos. So, I decided to take $500 of my own hard earned money to try these products and services people are offering on there, to see if it’s actually any good and to, well, try to improve this channel. Did I manage to spend all $500, are the services good? Let’s find out with a little review.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:40 Sponsor - CuriosityStream
1:41 What is Fiverr?
2:52 Gig Sellers
4:26 Platform Fees
6:20 Customer Experience
12:23 How Much I ended up spending and why
14:03 Fiverr Alternatives
14:50 Conclusion

Fiver Sellers I used (I'm not affiliated with them in any way)
Venccit: https://www.fiverr.com/venncit/create-a-custom-animation-for-your-logo
Lemon_Hossain: https://www.fiverr.com/lemon_hossain/create-professional-logo-design-or-redesign-you-existing

The services Fiverr sells provide a business focus, with each gig you buy meant to improve your business. You can find services for all kinds of jobs on the platform. Basically, the services are so varied, that you’re bound to find something that meets your needs for your business.

So let’s talk about Gig Sellers first. Just click into any of Fiverr’s categories and you'll notice similar services being offered at different prices. If you click into any of these, you’ll see different examples of the seller’s previous work. This page basically details all the information about the gig and also shows the different packages available for purchase. Sometimes though, there will only be one price or even subscriptions available. Some sellers can also provide additional items that aren’t included in the package price like faster delivery times.

For every gig sold, Fiverr takes 20% of the price. Let’s compare it real quick to Ebay. Ebay, lets you, as a seller, list 200 items for free before charging a small fee. And when your item finally sells, ebay takes anywhere from 2-12%. 10% for most goods. That’s roughly half of what Fiverr charges. To make things worse, not only do they take 20% of the Seller’s revenue, but they charge buyers a service fee as well. Meaning, they’re double dipping into both the Seller’s profits, and the Buyer’s pockets. Fiverr charges a service fee on top of the tip too. Which irks me. They also take 20% of tip. Don’t get me wrong, I believe Fiverr deserves to be paid for providing the platform and being the middle-man and ensuring the revision system is being adhered to. But it really seems like the sellers on the platform are getting the short end of the stick and deserve to be treated better. This is probably my least favorite aspect of the platform. But enough ranting about Fiverr’s cut.

Through Fiverr I ended up only spending 260, depending on what services you’re looking for you might be better off spending it on something else outside of Fiverr. I know I primarily focused on creatives with what I purchased on Fiverr, with video and photo related services, but I also looked at some business-related ones and they all seemed like plausible services I could see people buying to improve or efficientize their business. I also found the reverse, like some services that looked like a bad value. People sell shout-outs on Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube on here. Which I honestly think is a bad way to grow a following. And that’s a problem I see with Fiverr, there are a ton of cheap services that just aren’t very good services. Some of these sellers are preying on people who don’t know any better and charge a fee to do it for you, like video intro templates. It's the wild west out there in terms of types of services and quality of services. So you have to really be careful about what you’re purchasing out there and look through multiple sellers at different price points to get a feel for what you’re getting for your money. Seriously be careful. There are fantastic sellers out there, so try your best to find those.

Let’s discuss Fiverr alternatives. There’s upwork which works in reverse. A buyer posts a job or project and freelancers compete for it and overall is much more professional. And another service Freelancer works similar to Upwork. Fiverr is the cheapest of the 3 for sure, but both Upwork and Freelancer filter out some of the sketchy services.

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