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Scale Your Business With Fiverr: At the start, Fiverr is not a platform that you can use to earn passive income.
Your income can be capped if you are providing the skills yourself.
If however you outsource the skills to other persons.
Then there are ways that you can create a passive income stream using this avenue but this post is not about that.
This post is for those who are willing to trade time for money but still earn a full time income from home.
To start your business with Fiverr you need to first think about the service that you want to provide.
Scale Your Business With Fiverr
To help you decide that you can use Fiverr’s directory of services to juggle your mind and come up with some ideas on what type of skills you are versed in.
Once you have decided on the skills you would like to offer, it’s time to create an account and set up your gigs.
It’s important to note that Fiverr takes 20% of your compensation that you get from each sale. So what I like to do, is factor this into my prices.
For example, if I would like to get $200 for writing a 400 word blog post, I would start my gig at $250. So when Fiverr takes their 20% cut, I would receive the amount that I am happy to accept.
If you don’t do that you will be disappointed by the final amount you receive. This was the mistake that I first made when I got started with Fiverr.
Scale Your Business With Fiverr
To get started with Fiverr, follow these steps:
You can join Fiverr by using your Facebook, Google or Email account.
I used my Facebook account to get started as it was a simple process of logging into my Facebook profile and connecting it to Fiverr which was automatically done by Fiverr.
By using Facebook, I receive all Fiverr notifications to the email address associated with Facebook.
On the next page, click on the green button Become A Seller, then complete the forms on the screen to enter your relevant skills and proceed to list your first gig.
Scale Your Business With Fiverr
The Benefits Of Using Fiverr
Starting a business with Fiverr means that you don’t have to create your own website to promote yourself.
Fiverr has built out this extensive platform that makes it easy for persons to list their skills and their price.
There is also no need for you to pay for advertising to bring traffic to your website. Because Fiverr is a well known freelancer platform, it is a household name in the online marketing space.
This means that most people go here for online services and the chances of them finding your gig is high.
Because there is no need to use paid advertising to promote your gig, any money that you make will be a profit for you (well after Fiverr has taken their cut).
So far since having used Fiverr, the only drawback that I am not pleased with, is the 20% deduction that they take but it is a justified cost since it provides a free platform for freelancers to meet business owners and individuals to sell their service.
Scaling Your Business With Fiverr
So let’s say that you’re getting customers through Fiverr and you’re ready to take it to the next level.
Because Fiverr takes a percentage of your earnings it is important to try and build a long term relationship with your customer and move the communication off of Fiverr.
Do not however mention this in your messenger chat on Fiverr as it is against their terms of service to accept payment directly from a customer.
Some customers contact you via email and make the request to work long term with you.
This is one way of scaling your business as you can now offer many other services to them at a price that suits you.
When you build long term relationships with these customers you can also get referrals for your business.
Another way to scale your business is to increase your gig prices. Remember when you priced your gig at $5 for the basic package?
Scale Your Business With Fiverr
Once you have built up a reputation on Fiverr it is fair to increase your prices to value your worth. Do not be afraid that an increase in price will reduce your sales.
This is further from the truth. Fiverr caters to many different customers.
So there are low paying and high paying customers. If you can deliver a service and have proven that you can deliver the job professionally you will get business even if you increase your rate.
One piece of advice however will be to ensure that you keep your delivery at the shortest time possible. So just because you increase your basic package price does not mean that you should increase the delivery time.
Keep your delivery times as short as possible to encourage visitors to book you.
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Conclusion
Fiverr has been a huge part of my success at earning an income online.
It is an additional income that I make along with my blog income and affiliate income.
It can also help you achieve success at working for yourself, if you have the time to implement the steps I outlined, as well as have the patience to wait for it to provide you with recurring business.
If providing these type of services is not for you then be sure to check out my Making Money Online archives where I give more guidance on how to earn an income from the internet.
Many people are looking for ways to work from home. There is so much flexibility when you work for yourself as you get to spend more time with your family and work at your own schedule.
Fiverr can help you achieve that.
I hope that you have gotten value from this post.
But if you have any questions then be sure to leave it in the comments section below.
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