Well okay now you are probably thinking “Why the hell do I need to prepare for
levels? I’ve not even registered, never mind sold anything as yet!”
Well actually you do need to consider them before you even start drafting your
first gig, this is because whilst it’s good to get lots of $5 gigs, it’s even better to
sell $5 gigs with lots of $10. $20 or $40 extras.
To do this you need to prepare in advance and have a strategy in place for what
those extras are going to be. This is important as I left a lot of cash on the side, as
I’d not prepared for getting levels and how I was going to use them to maximise
my revenues.
Initially you will have to offer the whole service you are selling for just $5 – it’s
fiverr! It’s $5! The name is the giveaway! Initially you can’t charge more. What
you can do though is to begin to think as to how you can break that service down
in to smaller chunks. One example might be that you want to offer your article
writing services for $5 and it might be that you are an Ezinearticles.com
platinum author (A status well worth getting as it’s free to get if your articles are
good enough) but a big selling point as it shows the quality of your work) and
therefore you will not just write someone an article but also submit it to your
ezinearticles.com account on their behalf – people love this service.
Okay so initially it’s $5 for the article writing and the submission, but when you
get to Level 1 status then you should split the work up -‐ $5 to cover the article,
and then offer the submission for another $5 as an extra. Double the money, for
the same amount of work!
Whilst that’s just one example you need to think of how you are going to expand
beyond the initial $5 gig, and ideally set yourself up to be ready to offer all those
lovely extras on your gigs the minute you move up to level 1 or 2. It takes at least
10 sales with 100% approval and on time delivery to get to level 1, so use that
time to prepare your extras.
Ideally you want to be thinking about only creating gigs that have the potential to
expand with extras. If I was starting over again, I wouldn’t run any gigs that were
one-‐trick ponies, I’d only create gigs that I could expand further with extras. So
this is your chance to get it right and plan things out well from the start.
Also don’t be afraid to charge more than $5 for extras. I was charging $5 to install
an adsense website for customers, and it was killing me time wise on some
orders, so I doubled the price to $10 and the orders didn’t slow up at all. If you
are offering good value for $10 then don’t be afraid to charge $10 rather than $5
for an extra! I call this “Avoiding the five dollar mindset”.
“The Levels”
Basic/Starter Level
Everyone starts here, even the Top Rated Sellers (TRS’s) did before they became
rich and famous (And took artistic licence!).
Firstly what you can’t do: -‐
Is offer any gig extras or sell multiples of your gig. Although the latter is not a
problem for a lot of gigs as people can just order the same gig again.
Also you can’t charge anymore for offering an “Extra fast” service as you can do
when you reach level 1.
You cannot offer any “Extras” at a higher price – the ability to do this only comes
as you earn level 1 or 2 status.
Secondly what you can do: -‐
You can add the same sized description, gig title, and keywords just the same as
everyone who has level 1 & 2.
You can add images and videos to support your gig. Adding a video is what I
would class as essential, as gigs with videos can make 80-‐90% more sales.
Although this is covered elsewhere in this guide.
From the basic level you can move up to level 1 and then level 2, and you do so
by earning their status as follows.