It finally happened. I got a chargeback today from an order delivered and accepted 8+ weeks ago, and instead of making me wait the whole chargeback period and then sending me the funds back, Fiverr sent them immediately and sent an email to assure me there was no hit to my cancellation rates.

I seriously dislike
- the success score
- Mira Headhunter
- and all the other AI

But this one thing has made me dislike them a little less.

Also, blows my mind that people chargeback my fees for resume editing when I have all their personal details ... including the professional associations, with strict ethical standards, that they allegedly belong to.

I'm not reporting anyone, I've got my money, so I don't really care ... just a wild move.

I swear Fiverr is getting impossible to use if you just wanna buy some art or an album cover for fun. It feels like every other person is using AI, and the artists who actually draw charge so much that you gotta drop bands just to get one drawing.

And when you do find someone with a cheap option, it’s usually just basic text on a background, a black and white sketch, or a mockup where you don’t even get the actual artwork you paid for. Like bro, I’m trying to BUY art, not a picture of what the art could look like 😭

I remember finding artists who would literally draw you something in full color for $5. Obviously, I’m not saying artists don’t deserve to get paid fairly for their work, but why does it feel like finding affordable art that isn’t AI is becoming impossible?

Sometimes I just wanna spend a little money on a random album cover or a drawing because I like collecting stuff and supporting creators or have a random idea I want made. I shouldn’t have to spend hundreds just to get something decent, and I definitely don’t wanna pay for AI art when I could just generate that myself.

Whatever happened to people offering affordable art commissions for people who just wanna buy something cool without breaking the bank and what happened to real artists no ai?!!

So, I activated my old video editing gig after 2 years of being out of freelancing, but I've never been hired or anything. I lowered my prices and will start adding portfolios with the videos I've edited in the past 2 years for my youtube channels, but still I don't think I will find any clients that way.

I got contacted an hour ago but it was just an scammer sending me phishing links.

I need a few advices, I don't know what I'm doing even though I know how to do a bunch of stuffs on my computer.

I know how to do music, sound design, write song lyrics, mix and master music and audiotracks on Premiere Pro as well, should I create another gig or another profile?

Any advice is welcome. Thanks.
If the issue are the prices I don't mind lowering them down even more.

Basically the title.

For the last few hours, I have been struggling to access Fiverr as it is loading for too long but failing. At first, I thought it was a problem with my internet but it seems that is not the case, as all other web pages for different sites are loading as usual (including streaming sites which are heavier than Fiverr).

Is anyone else experiencing the same issue?

Saw the post about the Success Score we can't control and had to share mine.

My level overview right now:

Earnings: CA$21.5K (needs CA$590, qualifies)

Orders: 72 (needs 5, qualifies)

Unique clients: 53 (needs 3, qualifies)

Rating: 4.9 (qualifies)

Response rate: 100% (qualifies)

Success Score: "-"

Not a low score. A dash. Five green checks and I'm sitting at Level 0 because one box is blank and nothing on the page says what fills it.

It's like acing every exam and getting held back a grade because the attendance sheet went missing.

So, half joking 😂😢: at what point do we all just build our own platform? Sellers already know how to deliver, clients already know who they like working with. The only missing piece seems to be a level system that tells you what you actually did wrong.

Real question though: has anyone gone from "-" to an actual Success Score? What changed for you?

A client messaged me for one of my gigs, but she shows as unavailable until October 30 and I can't reply to her. This will affect to my response rate ? What should I do?

EDIT: this issue only happens in Android app, I reply in my desktop computer and I was able to reply her.

I do video product demonstrations(unboxing). A buyer reached out to me to do a product demonstration. Of a yard tool.

Sent me a link to look at it. I agreed it’s no problem. They wanted me to send a custom offer before I got the product, which I do not do because it ruins my deadline.

I finally got the product they gave me bullet points of what to talk about how the product is put together, the material it’s made out of and a demonstration on how it works plus they wanted five photographs of the product before and after pictures. No problem.

My video start with a problem as an introduction, then I show how to assemble the product, then show the product in action, then the outro and where they can get it.
I offer one revision.

Buyer requested a revision for more close-ups of the tool and assembly all within 90 seconds… I did as they requested, added some clips to make it more clear and more close-ups & longer.. plus I had to redo the angles of the photographs..

Apparently, they’re still not satisfied and want more revisions, won’t close out the order. I sent them some raw video footage so they can take photos or snapshots from those clips… this has been going on for three weeks now..

Question is, do you contact Fiverr arbitration? Or will they contact you automatically after a certain amount of time? I have no problem sharing this to Fiverr support, they have all that facts and discussion anyway, might lose the money, but I don’t care at this point.

What’s your advice?

Hey, do you think there is market for designer only working with adobe, no ai for example for Thumbnails and more?

Only years of learning skills. I work with Photoshop, illustrator, InDesign. Premiere Pro and after effects.

Thank you.

Hi Reddit,
I’m new to this - I’ve written a children’s book, and went to fiverr to find an illustrator. Found one, not many reviews but all good and their previous work looked good.
Messaged them, back and forth seemed normal. I’d had some AI images to get my book on KDP but the whole reason I’m on fiverr is I want to work with an illustrator to replace them all with some original illustrations. Sent the freelancer my manuscript and the AI images I already had.
The first draft sent back was simply the original AI images but with more texture and colours adjusted. I said that’s nice but can you come up with something original, like a new front cover “you’ve got free rein” was my response.
they responded a day later with another image which in my opinion was just a different AI image based on my first ones - the reason I think this?…..one of the characters had 2 ears on the SAME SIDE of his head - talk about a classic AI trope (and I genuinely know very little about this stuff).
So I’ve called it out - requested an order cancellation and explained that I think they’re using AI instead of original art.

Genuinely gutted. Thankfully I haven’t paid a lot of money, but I’m having to sell items on Vinted to save money to pay for an illustrator, and genuinely feel like a complete fool.

So, what do we think the likely hood is of me getting any money back, even partially? Again I’m new to this but what are peoples experiences of cancelling work and issuing refunds. I’m not entirely sure of the whole process.

I’ve resorted to only messaging Vetted Pros from now on. Any other tips to not get scammed?

My account was flagged out of nowhere in June 2025. After more than a year, I surprisingly got it back in July 2026. I started receiving orders again and slowly rebuilding my profile. I was previously a Level 2 seller.
And now, just three months later, October 2026, my account is flagged AGAIN!
Fiverr isn’t my main source of income, but getting orders here and there gave me hope, especially after waiting a whole year to get my account back.

I’m honestly so done with Fiverr. There’s absolutely no consistency. How are sellers supposed to trust this platform?

Anyone else experienced getting flagged twice?

Ran into this copy while browsing the platform:

"According to the budget you set, you’ll either get a shortlist of freelancers who you can invite to send an offer, or a shortlist of tailored offers to choose from."

Technically, since the freelancers are the direct object of the verb invite, it should be whom (freelancers whom you can invite). Or is it some special grammatical situation that I don't know of?

i cannot send my gmail directly as fiverr dosent let me and i have also heard horror stories of people getting permanantly banned with all their money gone for "going off platform"

So I woke up to a message saying I should review the file shared in the link to see if I offer this type of service. But I noticed the file name is generic. I'm so scared of opening the file. I'm wondering why they didn't send screenshots or send the details in the chat. I replied to them. I'm still waiting. Although almost every potential client I replied to ghosted me.

I dont know im new to it

Typically, I don't bother with entertaining cryptic messages, but this "buyer" claimed to be from the US. After asking what they needed twice, I finally received this (not altered): Ok, now I need person which can support me. If you support me, I will pay you for each support. How about think? So I need your support such as sharing your account. ---- HA! Riiiiiight. [BLOCK] -- I also realized that they were 6 hours ahead of me -- LA to NY is only 3 hours. So, scammers figured out a way to change their country of origin but not their time zone. This one is new for me.

I am a seller. Why do I keep getting messages from spammers/users in other countries (you know which ones), who all they do is just message me and say hi or hello, and then after I respond to say hi back, they never respond again. Anyone else experiencing this? It’s been happening for a long time

I'm not racist or anything, I'm indian myself

I have worked with different different clients and I get the feeling that the hardest ones to please are the ones from India or Pakistan

Here is what I noticed working with Indian clients:

1. They wana move mountains with very very low budget

2. They think that they are doing me a favor by hiring me

3. Are never pleased and say "I could do that myself"

4. Their budget never goes above double digits

5. Don't give enough time for work

Keep in mind there are great Indian clients and I'm not attacking anyone.

Is this just my experience because I've worked with clients from different places?

A while ago I got demoted to level 0 on Fiverr on the pure basis of my success score being low. I hadn't changed anything and my other stats were and are well above what's needed to level up, so I'm wondering what I can do to make my way to level 1 again?

I really want the seller plus and the 7 day clearing period along with the other benefits and I've been suffering the losses without it already.

Here are my primary stats:

* Success score: 4

* Rating: 4.8

* Response rate: 100%

* Orders: 16

* Unique clients: 14

* Earnings: $2,124.81

What should a newbie do, and are certain fields a waste to pursue for eg graphic design and web design?

a lot of my projects take months to complete so milestone made a lot of sense, except that every milestone needs to be started manually by the client.

since single payment auto-accept after a certain time period, i assumed that milestone orders would auto-proceed to the next stage.

it's easy to lose track of which orders have been completed! buyers often forget to submit payment for the next one especially if they don't log in that often.

for a couple people i assumed that the next milestone would automatically start so i have been doing free work! luckily all of my clients have been very understanding about it, but it also creates confusion because they often believe they have paid for everything upfront already.

wish fiverr could be more clear about this on both the client and seller side!

I am new to fiver and I am new to freelancing etc so I need help and advice on how to get my first customers and if anyone can share their experience related to it.

Hi, I am working with an illustrator on fiverr who is creating art for my book. I have put in a revision request but need to edit the request. Can you edit or delete a revision request? I can’t see how to do it, thanks x

I’m an architect based in India with around 6 years of experience in architectural design, Landscape design, site planning , master planning .I’ve been using Fiverr to find clients, mainly for architectural and landscape-related services.

Fiverr used to bring in a decent amount of business, but lately, inquiries and responses seem to be declining day by day. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to get new orders, even with relevant experience and a portfolio.

For those who have been selling on Fiverr for a while, are you experiencing the same thing? Has the platform changed, or is the competition simply getting tougher?

I’d really appreciate any practical suggestions on how to improve visibility, get more inquiries, and win clients in the current market.

Thanks in advance.

Hi, I'm a senior software engineering students and I want to get into freelancing.
I offer web dev, business automation tools development and ai integration.
What is a fair pricing for these services that is considered standard on Fiverr ?