Just realized I was wrong about Fiverr after a chat with a freelancer in my crew

I used to swear Upwork was the only platform worth my time, but last week I had a long talk with a guy who rents space in my moving warehouse. He showed me he made $4,700 in one month just doing short logo tweaks and quick edits on Fiverr, and he doesn't even have a profile picture. I always figured Fiverr was for cheap gigs, but he explained how he uses the 'buyer requests' feature to grab repeat clients. Has anyone else flipped their opinion after seeing real numbers from somebody on the other platform?

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wesley6398d ago

Dude, hold up. So his whole secret was just hitting those buyer requests and ignoring the gig listings? I gotta ask - is that stuff actually flooded with real clients or is it mostly bots and tire kickers like on some other platforms? Because if people are really dropping decent money through that feature, it changes the whole math on Fiverr for me too.

colegarcia8d ago

Wait, $4,700 in one month with no profile picture? That's wild... I've always mentally written off Fiverr as the place where people fight over five dollar gigs. But the buyer requests thing is interesting, I never even knew that was a feature on there. I'm sitting here trying to figure out how somebody pulls down almost five grand just doing quick logo changes and small edits, that feels like free money compared to the usual grind. Maybe I've been sleeping on the wrong platform this whole time.

rowan_ross7d ago

The "no profile picture" part is what gets me (and also what makes me feel slightly better about my own lazy profile setup). I tried Fiverr years ago and made exactly $0, so hearing this guy pull down nearly $5k makes me wonder if I was doing it wrong or if he's just that good at sniffing out the good requests before the bots do. Honestly, my biggest takeaway is that I should probably stop judging platforms by their reputation and start judging them by, you know, my bank account.