Fiverr vs FiveSquid vs PeoplePerHour

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Skinnylatte said:
No I actually didn't pay for the goods until after delivery and my customers paid for them upfront so there was no excuse at all, I paid the overhead expenses (I had a showroom and rent to pay) and lived on the cash flow when it went belly up thinking it was only a temporary blip - big mistake! No-one to blame but myself, but I've paid the price and made amends so onwards and upwards!

ah right you had a showroom.

For some reason I thought we were talking about your selling the furniture from a website and then ordering them for the customer at that point. Didn't realise you had a whole shop and it's associated costs to pay as well.

That really does show how reliant we are on Google rankings. Gone are the days when a good ad in a local rag and something in the Yellow Pages were enough
 

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A bit of a negative review this one.

I signed up with "People Per Hour" around 14 days ago, I am also on Fiverr so have something to base my views v sales on.

So in my first 10 days on PPH my add had 8 views ( I kid you not I havent missed a digit out its eight ) so in my wisdom I thought I would pay the £9.95 and have it featured for 30 days.

It was great within 2 mins of making it featured, there it was right at the top of the page.

I checked back around 4 hours later and my views had gone from 8 up to 27, again great I thought.

Then I started to notice my advert was dropping down the page. It would seem that as every one else purchased "Feature" they then become top and I drop down.

Now 3 days on and my views are up from 27 to 32 and my advert is on page 18 !

I dread to think what page I will be on on day 29 !

It seems there is no random stuff going on, just a list that you drop down

Not good value for money if you ask me

Wow 1 whole view over night.

This feature is defo not worth the money so beware people :)
 

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Fiverr and freelancing sites can be a mixed back and it's important to do some form of due diligence prior to making any gig purchase.

I've been a member of the site for over three years and their are genuine people on it who offer good services, but unfortunately there are a idiots who offer stuff and don't really know what effect it may have on their customers.
 

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Not really had a look at it yet but I have been introduced to oDesk today which is another similar gig site

You might want to put your jobs/skills on there

https://www.odesk.com/info/uk/welcome/
 

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Got this email today, sort of proves what a waist of money their feature programme is :

Hello Mark,
We're so glad you chose to Feature your Hourlie I can spray paint your logo, text or website onto a wall. As a result of this great additional exposure, It was viewed 32 times by potential Buyers.
 

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Uggh, that's depressing.

Still you have to speculate to accumulate (or not in this case) and taking a risk (a calculated one at that) is all part of earning online.

At least you know never to throw money in that direction again.

All of these gig sites are a bit like playing Russian roulette at times it seems.
 

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Indeed and as long as people know and I have shared my experience then im happy :)

That being said they are about to get competition ;)
 

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From my experience fivesquids is dead, it is a fiverr copy, there are many similar sites using a similar theme. Fiverr is the most popular and used of the 3 domains. Though Peopleperhour can in theory make you the most money. Jobs can go into the hundreds, the only down side is you are bidding against many people for the work. Many will tell a pack of lies from my experience to get work. It is a well run site, but hard to get your account off the ground, it however is worth a try. No trouble getting payments either, which is always a question when you sign up to these sites.

I prefer Fiverr myself, as you get to speak to more people on it, and even though the average job is 5 dollars, you can earn a lot more when you go to level 1, 2 and above. My tip for using these sites is to have patience, it can take a few weeks or even months before you get your first job, but after that the work can become more regular. People prefer to buy from certain Countries, if you are from The UK or Canada, you are sure to get more work.
 
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Just delivered my first gig on Fiverr and got great feedback :) it's a great website and really easy to post your gigs. The only thing is I've just realised that you do not receive the money until 14 days after you order has been completed (when the customer gives feedback) so it can take a while! I haven't managed to sell any other gigs yet but hopefully sales will start coming in soon!
I can't give feedback on other sites as this is the only one I've used but the time for payment is my only complaint about the site and the others may be the same!
 

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I've had a few views on my first gig, I guess mine is a little less popular because a lot of people can just do their own but I am hopeful. Jon went for it at least ;)
 

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Haven't read through the whole thread, but just to say that this is definitely a winner - a friend of mine makes a full-time wage (wayyyy above the tax threshold and minimum wage) through fiverr!
 

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Naked pictures.

No, just kidding. She writes jingles on childrens' toys and sings. Sounds odd, but she's always got a huge queue of jobs!
 

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Hi. First post here but I thought I would chip in as I have been selling on fiverr, PPH, Elance and Fivesquids for about a year now and I've realised that each site has its pros and cons. For background, I work full-time in a day job and use these sites to bring in a few extra pounds and pennies - utilising the skills of my day job. My comments are as a seller and not a buyer...

fiverr. You get the most jobs through this site. However in my experience it also pays the least. By the time fiverr take their 20% fee (yes, really!), plus you allow for $ to £ conversion and then PayPal fees on top, you actually make about £2.30 from each gig. For me personally, that's fine if it's a 15 minute job or less in my spare time - BUT for some reason fiverr attracts a large number of 'amateur' buyers who don't provide a clear brief, who don't fully read or understand what services you are offering and because of these reasons, they end up asking for work to be revised. There are of course many good buyers but beware the high number of idiots who end up costing you far more time than the £2.30 reward is actually worth!

PPH. Although in my opinion this site has gone downhill in recent months (the model has been revised from it's original concept), it still allows you to make a decent amount of money. It attracts a far better class of buyer with many professional organisations and individuals buying services on it. As a result, they are prepared to pay much closer to the 'going rate' and they are far, far less likely to ask for work to be revised. On the downside, there is a fair amount of competition from fellow sellers and PPH also take 20% of your earnings. On the plus side, payment is usually in £s.

Elance. Potentially this site could be a goldmine for some sellers as it has a huge number of jobs that allow you to pick and choose the best for you. However, this site by far attracts the highest amount of competition from fellow sellers. It is not unusual for me to bid for a job that eventually attracts around 20-30 other people who also want the work. As a result you can spend a lot of time bidding for work that more often than not you don't win. Okay, that's the way of the world(!) but when you do win the work, Elance's fee is only 10%. Most (but not all) of the jobs are paid in $ so again, be prepared to incur a conversion fee.

Fivesquids. This appears to be a UK based site and jobs are paid in £. However, activity on this site appears to be very slow. In comparison with the above sites, Fivesquids has by far the smallest community and I've only ever had a couple of small jobs from this site in the space of a year. Feel free to give it a go, but in my opinion it really isn't worth the effort. Shame really, as it actually looks like a well laid out site but for some reason it hasn't taken off like the others.

One other thought that applies to all these sites - they work on a feedback rating system. Stars / percentages, etc. Thankfully I've not had anyone hold a gun to my head and threaten bad feedback but there are loads of horror stories online from sellers about their bad experiences. I mention this because as a seller you want to keep a high feedback score and as a result you can be over eager to please some buyers in order to avoid a low feedback score or rating. This can mean spending too long on a job that pays too little when you work out an hourly rate.

Thanks for a great thread :)
 

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Excellent summary - thanks for sharing your personal experience with us SouthUKMan :)

Keep it up - us Southerners seem to be outnumbered by that energetic lot Up North ;D ;D
 

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JadedWords said:
Naked pictures.

No, just kidding. She writes jingles on childrens' toys and sings. Sounds odd, but she's always got a huge queue of jobs!

Lol I did do a double take then haha. That's pretty cool though I wish I could sing, the only person that appreciates my singing is my 8 month old and even then it's a tough crowd ;)


Also great write up SouthUKman! I'm still not sure if I've got something I'm able to sell on those though, well one that doesn't take hours anyway.
 

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Kelzky said:
JadedWords said:
Also great write up SouthUKman! I'm still not sure if I've got something I'm able to sell on those though, well one that doesn't take hours anyway.

The simplest advice is don't try and reinvent the wheel! Take a look at these sites and see what other people are having success selling. For example, on fiverr look for sellers who've sold a few hundred 'gigs' and see what they're doing. You might be surprised by how simple and quick some of the tasks are. Some are proofreading CVs, others are doing simple photo editing work, some are posting links on Facebook, etc. There are some sellers on fiverr who've got got feedback scores in the thousands and obviously make a lot of money from this site. Me personally, I just tick along and make a few dollars each week...but I'm happy with that as I treat it like a hobby that pays in my spare time.
 

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fiverr. You get the most jobs through this site. However in my experience it also pays the least. By the time fiverr take their 20% fee (yes, really!), plus you allow for $ to £ conversion and then PayPal fees on top, you actually make about £2.30 from each gig. For me personally, that's fine if it's a 15 minute job or less in my spare time - BUT for some reason fiverr attracts a large number of 'amateur' buyers who don't provide a clear brief, who don't fully read or understand what services you are offering and because of these reasons, they end up asking for work to be revised. There are of course many good buyers but beware the high number of idiots who end up costing you far more time than the £2.30 reward is actually worth!

The key lies in the length of time it takes you to complete a job and like you say, 15 minutes should be the maximum time spent on any or you'll become a busy fool and be working for less than the minimum wage. Most of the successful sellers on Fiverr use software and automate the process, so they're free to do other things.
 

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Have to speak up in defence of People Per Hour.

I have been working through there for a couple of years and are now in their "level 5" bracket of freelancers. I used to work through sites like Odesk but have never worked on fiverr, and I have found that the quality of clients on PPH is WAY higher. They are prepared to pay decent money for web content rather than a lot of people on Odesk who just want to stuff their website with poorly written rubbish from people in Bangladesh. Most clients on PPH are from the UK or Ireland and are proper businesses rather than a one man band entrepreneur who is trying to fill his website up to get going.

I have a couple of regular clients on PPH who come to me regularly for web content work and along with another client I picked up through Gumtree of all places, I make around £800 - £1000 a month. I haven't bid on new jobs for weeks because my regular work is keeping me so busy. As well as writing my proper job is looking after three children, and I am not relying on this income to pay the mortgage. My target earnings were always £500 to £600 a month so I am delighted with how things are going on PPH - and clients are obviously happy with what I am doing as they keep coming back for more.

PPH don't take 20% commission, not sure where that figure came from. They take 15% on your first £175 for the month, and 3.5% on anything after that which compared with the other sites is not excessive at all. They don't charge you to withdraw your money to a UK bank account and their deposit system means that if you complete a job properly and the client refuses to pay, you will still get something back.
 

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Have a little bit of money to spend at the moment.

Been looking at Fiverr and Fiversquid and I have come to the conclusion that a lot of the 'I will get your to number 1 on Google' type gigs are total crap

They ALL seem to promise you the world for $5!

Can't even find good content writing ones on there sadly
 

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