Yes that’s right banned from fiverr! It can and does happen and given the
simplicity of the site and what it does it’s hard to believe. However it can happen,
typically due to failure to observe the following fiverr rules: -‐
Reason One) No external contact is permitted – That’s right no contact via
external email or via skype is permitted. Do so by all means but you will get an
instant ban if they find out (And they monitor all your communications between
buyers and sellers), and if this happens they will confiscate all of your earnings
that are outstanding, so if they owe you $460 then tough! You’ll lose the lot and
you will have no cause for complaint as you broke their rules.
I constantly get people asking me to email them files or contact them via skype –
always so no, no matter how plausible they sound. Sure there are some instances
where Skype is permitted and one case would be you coaching someone in
French, and if you state that you will be delivering your gig via skype then that’s
fine, but if someone just wants to talk about the order then that’s not.
Always politely but firmly reject such requests for communication outside of
fiverr, you may think it’s fine but what if the buyer falls out with you, they could
then report you to fiverr and BANG you get a ban and lose your earnings. It’s just
not worth it.
Reason Two) Repeated failure to deliver can result in a ban, if you go away on
holiday and forget to turn your gigs off, then when you come back from two
weeks holiday then the chances are you will be looking at a ban. If you fail to
deliver on time, or not at all, then you can quite rightly expect a ban.
Reason Three) Spam! You will find from time to time that you open your fiverr
inbox to read a message from another user promoting their gig, whilst this may
seem a good idea if you do likewise then it’s classed as spam and you will get
banned very fast. It might be okay to send your top clients a message about a
new gig you are offering but don’t do it a lot or ever to people at random.
Also if you are going to message existing clients then only do a handful a day.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Spam on fiverr gets reported fast and in most cases by the time you open the
mail the user’s already been banned!
Reason Four) False claims/illegal offers – If you offer a gig that makes a false
claim or offers an illegal service, or breaches copyright then you will get banned
pretty quick and could find yourself in legal problems.