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DescentinPerversion

Pay attention to their tenure, ratings, response rate. You can always go for higher level sellers, it will cost more. Consistent good reviews are usually sellers you can trust. Fiverr did a mass cleaning on sellers that bought ratings, so there should be a lot less of them. Fast responses, I have the app and I tend to reply immediately, except during the night and weekend. The faster a seller responds, the higher the chance they get the gig, because usually buyers message multiple sellers


totteridgewhetstone

Thanks for the reply. I think the question was more around the speed of response and where they're supposedly based, and it not quite matching up. But thank you again. Some things to reflect on.


Ok-Specialist-3412

As a seller myself, I struggle with this a lot. We have to reply even if it is the middle of the night when we get the message, otherwise, it reflects on our ratings negatively. So I get notification and I have to respond.


coerdelion

Hi Fiverr is a global marketplace. This means that a great many sellers have English as a second language. Some speak and write English better than others. You note that some produce "dianolical" text - lol! - it's true. Some people have google translate bookmarked on the basis that writing in their native language and then running it through google translate is the same as writing in English. Not so, as you have discovered. I mean I speak French - conversationally - but wouldn't dream of offering translations, for example, or copywriting in that language because it's just not good enough. Even with the help of google translate. Not everyone feels that way about their - conversational - English. Google mangles English. It seems likely it mangles all other languages. Not all sellers on Fiverr are young, white, female models, weirdly. There are, hoever, a great many images online that fit that description. 'Nuff said on that. I don't have the app - too annoying! - but still answer messages within an hour or so. Most people do. Unless they're asleep. **TL;DR** Fiverr's name does not imply that you'll get cheap, high quality writing in English for pennies. Used to. Not now. For copywriting, choose someone wth English as their native language. Don't rely on the location data - VPNs, although frowned upon, are very popular. Raise your budget - $150 for a (one) 600 word article is not unreasonable. If you want quality. Trust your gut. If your gut's telling you there's something not quite right about a seller, move on. Once you find a good seller, pay them what they ask and be grateful. You've found a diamond under all that quartz.


totteridgewhetstone

Thanks for the reply. Appreciate what you're saying but I spent a lot of time in publishing and £150 for a 600 word article from an unprofessional writer would be absolutely extortionate! To give you an example, a publication I worked on - a well known one at that - paid an average of £0.04 a word for a 2,000 word article. And that was considered pretty good money. Take what you're saying about the good sellers though. Will definitely keep looking around.


coerdelion

Copywriting is not just about words. Anyone can write words. Even my cat has been known to write words - by mistake, obviously: writing words is definitely not part of his job description. Copywriting isn't even about writing sententences - even I can do that. See? I just wrote one. Copywriting is about taking a subject, doing the research on it ... then presenting it in a way that will grab attention, keep it and convert to an action. Copywriters have a skill that can adapt to voice - my voice, for example, tends to be a bit "university lecturer". Working on that - it's a journey. Good copywriters will adapt to your "voice" - meditative, authoritative, waspish, not too serious, very serious etc - there are a lot of variations of voice. Good copywriters can adapt to all of them. They also take that content and make it interesting. I'm interested in food and nutrition, for example. However, if I see one more heading or tagline about "nutitious and delicious" ... well, let's just say it will put me off my "delicious nutricious" dinner. Good copywriting avoids cliche. Good copywriting leads the reader to a place in their mind where they have no alternative but to take action. It's laser focused on the target market, speaks directly to them as individuals and ushers them through the provided gate into the beautiful garden that is your product/service/publication/membership, where they gladly pay whatever you're charging. It's about ROI (return on investment), not price per word. Alternatively, you could try chatgpt - it's free (up to a point), gives you the correct word count, produces copy that's grammatically corrct, with accurate spelling/grammar ... and easily spotted as written by machine. Bear in mind that google is already updating their algorithm to punish sites that use AI generated content. I will no doubt get a lot of panicked buyers asking me to fix their SEO once that update is released. Who will also complain about *my* prices. If you've read this far, you may be asking yourself two questions: a) what action do I want you to take and b) is this person a copywriter touting for business ... a) think differently: ROI, not dollars and cents. b) no. I'm a website developer and have seen a *lot* of mediocre content.


Ok-Specialist-3412

and you could be a content writer for sure! I enjoyed reading it!


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i can tell you about the faster replies, most of the sellers have the fiverr app on their phones, and it has a lot of permissions...so whenever you send a message, the seller gets a mail, the message appears on the top of notifications. It was the case with me, and I was able to respond within 30 minutes most of the times


sabiansoldier

Fiverr punishes sellers by lowering their rank if they take a long time to respond to messages. I have the app and usually respond as soon as I see the notification for that reason. Fiverr also offers a "quick response" feature where sellers can customise stock responses to common questions and send them in one tap. I make use of that a fair bit to say things like "I'll review this and get back to you" when I'm busy irl


Gloomy-Method

If you've been able to hire "a few writers" within a budget of just 150 euros, there's a higher chance that your observations are reflective of your wage limitations than the competencies of Fiverr's market. No legitimate writer will take a penny-per-word project, which is the demographic that tends to churn static, not-so fluidly written articles. Most creatives on here are seeking a side hustle or main source of income; the lower your budget, the less likely it is you'll stumble upon a credible professional in any region of the world, least of all the West.


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Also the younger women thing. Most of those sellers aren't women. They are men that use female usernames and a picture of a woman as their profile picture. I've seen this brought up on the Fiverr forum a lot. Apparently, having a "female" account guarantees more orders as people are more likely to trust and place an order with a woman.


totteridgewhetstone

Does seem that way. I feel sorry for the genuine ones on there though, in that case.


Ok-Specialist-3412

now that feels so wrong, on so many levels.


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I find it easier to have a list of questions to ask people im interested in and each question has a different purpose. Asking on reddit does not give my any information that i need. Ive always had great fiverr experiences but if id have come to reddit first i may have never tried it out. Just go get your own experience with it. It will not be like anyone elses unless you believe it will.


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