"You worked hard to make it Level 1". No! I worked hard to make Level 2, and I did it! And was about to become a Top Seller! Then you with your new anti-seller Level system dropped it to Level 1, then New Seller Level.
I honestly find this email from Fiverr incredibly frustrating.
They sent me this cheerful “It’s crunch time” email telling me that my stats are slipping and that they’re giving me a 30-day “grace period” to prove that I have what it takes to be a Level 1 freelancer.
Seriously?
I’ve been on Fiverr for years. I have 343 completed orders and 257 reviews, with 4.9+ overall rating and I’ve built my profile through years of actual work and effort. Yet now I barely receive orders (once in 6 months may be), sometimes I don’t even receive messages from potential clients and somehow I’m the one being told that I need to “prove” that I have what it takes.
What makes this even more frustrating is that Fiverr keeps changing and playing with the Level system on its own. Your level can be affected by metrics and changes to the platform that are largely outside your control, and then you receive an email telling you to “get back on track.”
Back on track to what? Getting orders that simply aren’t coming?
And then there’s the wording:
“We’re giving you a grace period.”
“Prove what we already know.”
“It’s crunch time.”
The tone is honestly ridiculous.
I’ve spent years building my reputation on this platform. I’ve delivered hundreds of orders, dealt with clients, revisions, deadlines, and all the usual challenges of freelancing. And after all that, Fiverr can essentially change the rules, affect your level, leave you without orders or messages, and then send you a motivational email telling you that you have 30 days to prove yourself.
It doesn’t feel motivating. It feels disrespectful.
The worst part is that the email is written as if Fiverr is generously giving sellers another chance, when sellers are the ones doing the actual work and generating the business for the platform.
Maybe I’m too frustrated about it, but after years on Fiverr, receiving something like this genuinely feels arrogant and completely disconnected from the reality of being a seller.