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Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace

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Re: Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace

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Post by MichaelApproved »

DonaldH wrote: post #10

My sole experience with Fiverr was terrible. I paid $35 to their highest-rated logo designer, who promptly delivered the worst logo I had ever seen. I'm not usually one to complain, but I was so unimpressed that I told the seller that I was not happy with the logo. His response was basically "I don't care. See ya!" I will never use Fiverr again. I've had much better luck with Elance.

In my experience, Fiverr isn't good with creative work. It's a system that values volume and you're likely going to be getting someone who systematized things as much as possible which leads to a lot of canned fulfillment. That tends to be terrible for creative work.

Fiverr is worth trying again but next time use it for non-creative work. Also, don't allow yourself to get up-sold initially, keep things at $5. Toss a few fivers around and experiment. Like any network of people, you'll have some terrible participants and also great ones.

BTW - out of curiosity, would you care to link to the logo?

Edit: reading more about copyright infringement of designers on fivver. This is a huge problem. I would stay away from any creative work from anyone on fivver, regardless of their rating. Especially for something as critical as a logo.

Also note that most stock photo companies specifically say that you can't use their images in logos so you can't even buy the stock photo if you're comfortable with the stock photo as the logo.

Re: Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace

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Post by majani »

DonaldH wrote: post #10

My sole experience with Fiverr was terrible. I paid $35 to their highest-rated logo designer, who promptly delivered the worst logo I had ever seen. I'm not usually one to complain, but I was so unimpressed that I told the seller that I was not happy with the logo. His response was basically "I don't care. See ya!" I will never use Fiverr again. I've had much better luck with Elance.

I don't think a site tailored for 5$ errands is where you should have been shopping for something as critical as a logo design.

Re: Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace

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Post by rxdazn »

DonaldH wrote: post #10

My sole experience with Fiverr was terrible. I paid $35 to their highest-rated logo designer, who promptly delivered the worst logo I had ever seen. I'm not usually one to complain, but I was so unimpressed that I told the seller that I was not happy with the logo. His response was basically "I don't care. See ya!" I will never use Fiverr again. I've had much better luck with Elance.

what kind of logo did you even expect for $35 though?...

Re: Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace

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Post by DonaldH »

rxdazn wrote: post #13
DonaldH wrote: post #10

My sole experience with Fiverr was terrible. I paid $35 to their highest-rated logo designer, who promptly delivered the worst logo I had ever seen. I'm not usually one to complain, but I was so unimpressed that I told the seller that I was not happy with the logo. His response was basically "I don't care. See ya!" I will never use Fiverr again. I've had much better luck with Elance.

what kind of logo did you even expect for $35 though?...

Nike's logo cost $35. Twitter's logo cost $15.

I honestly didn't expect anything good, despite the satisfaction guarantees and "examples of past work" on the seller's profile. I expected to receive something very mediocre, and I was STILL disappointed.

Re: Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace

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Post by jongold »

DonaldH wrote: post #14
rxdazn wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what kind of logo did you even expect for $35 though?...

Nike's logo cost $35. Twitter's logo cost $15. I honestly didn't expect anything good, despite the satisfaction guarantees and "examples of past work" on the seller's profile. I expected to receive something very mediocre, and I was STILL disappointed.

Nike's logo was designed by a graphic design student.

Re: Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace

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Post by adrianwaj »

ghiculescu wrote: post #2

My prediction: consistent inflation causes Fiverr gigs to consistently decrease in value until they boldly "pivot" to Tenerr in 2020. It sounds like a joke, but seriously, the name of their business does seem like it could have some ramifications in the long run.

Maybe 5 mBTC ? (the site takes bitcoin already - and I think that should be clearer)

Re: Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace

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Post by Kiro »

sgdesign wrote: post #3

Relevant: my post about my experiences hiring logo designers on Fiverr from last week: https://medium.com/@sachagreif/in-the-past-couple-years-star... (HN thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8152631 )

I've bought a couple of logos as well and have been very happy with the result every time. After the first iteration I would give feedback and they would change it accordingly. I don't care if they based it on a template as long as they deliver something usable (it's $5!). It's either that or use one of the lousy logo generators out there. Even if all they do is manipulating a template it's still better than what I will ever be able to do myself.

Re: Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace

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Post by dbg31415 »

You get what you pay for.

The cheaper, or more fixed-price, the service... the worse the quality is going to be. On the flip side... salesmen are liars... so... you're kinda screwed as a client.

Anyway... $2.99 for a bucket of beef?! Sounds like a great deal...

* The League / Yobogoya on Vimeo || http://vimeo.com/35722138

Re: Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace

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Post by kenrose »

Lots of discussion about poor experience with logo design. Fiverr has a lot of other services and I agree that it can be difficult to separate out the wheat from the chaff. As an anecdotal example of a positive experience though, I used Fiverr a few months ago to hire various musicians singing Happy Birthday in a video as a birthday present for my wife. Was the quality a bit amateurish? Sure. Did my wife care? No. Quite the opposite, she loved it.

I think if people expect to get professional quality work from Fiverr, overall they'll be disappointed. However, for fun, personal projects, where production value is not prized, it's fantastic and I think this niche is where they can start to grow.

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