A dry spell in sales can be
scary. Perhaps you depend on Fiverr sales (though it's never a good
idea to depend on only one source of income). Perhaps your family
depends on your earnings. It's frightening when there are suddenly no
sales, especially if you're used to them, so some people start
panicking and doing things they shouldn't do, and in the process,
only harm their own business.
The short-short version of
things-not-to-do can be described as begging and spamming. Let's see
some examples:
1. Complaining/Begging on
the Fiverr Forum
Some sellers are going to
complain/cry/whine on the forum that they're not getting any sales,
and beg that someone orders from them. Why is it a bad idea? Because
it makes whoever is doing it look desperate and incompetent. It
annoys regular forum visitors, and doesn't present the seller as
someone who could do a good job. The result? Still no sales, and
possibly getting banned from the forum, getting an account warning,
and maybe even being banned from Fiverr.
2. Messaging Other
Sellers and Begging Them to Buy
Fiverr's Terms of Service
clearly state that users shouldn't send unsolicited messages to other
users for the purpose of advertising their services. In other words,
if Seller1 doesn't message Seller2 to ask for a service that Seller2
provides, Seller2 shouldn't message Seller1 and beg him/her to buy
the said service.
Think about it: if you're
busy, a message from a seller advertising services that you neither
want nor need is annoying. If you're in the middle of a dry spell,
and you see that someone has messaged you, you will hope that you're
finally going to make a sale – and it will definitely be annoying
if it turns out that it's just someone trying to take your money in
exchange for something you don't want. Either way, you don't want
people to message you offering you something you have no interest in,
so you shouldn't do it to others, either. Not to mention that the
penalty for spamming other users is having the messaging function
disabled, or even getting banned from Fiverr.
3. Spamming on Social
Media
Advertising on social media
can be useful. However, social media are for people to socialize.
It's perfectly fine to talk to other people about this and that, to
offer something of value (like a useful
advice/recommendations/whatever it is that you can genuinely
contribute), and then, sometimes, to mention specific services that
you offer. On the other hand, people who do nothing but post their
ads and beg for buyers quickly get ignored/blocked by pretty much
everyone, making advertising impossible.
4. Applying for a Job
Without Knowing How to Do It
In the Buyer Requests
section, buyers state what they need done, and sellers who provide
relevant services can offer them. However, there are many sellers who
apply for as many jobs as they can, regardless of whether they can
actually do them. It doesn't help them get a sale, and it only puts
buyers off – and, in some cases, convinces them to abandon Fiverr
completely.
5. Offering Services in
the Buyer Requests Section
This section is for buyers
to post what they need, not for sellers to offer their services. That
is why requests can only be seen by those who offer a service in the
same category, making advertising there completely useless – buyers
can't even see the ad, only other sellers see it, and they have no
intention of buying.
So, what to do during a
Fiverr dry spell? You can read some suggestions here, or visit the
Fiverr Forum for more.