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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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I think the idea and user experience of fiverr is good but $5 is too little to get anything done properly. The people doing the work end up being ripped off and not caring. You usually end up paying the extras people charge on Fiverr to get anything remotely useful

I've used it a couple of times for voiceovers - worked well if you can find the right person.

Re: Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace

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The trouble is that the likelihood of that logo actually being unique is extremely low.

I remember a HN post (I think) recently showing how most of the logos a guy ordered were ripoffs.

I think it's the luck of the draw/poor selection of supplier.

My girlfriend did fiverr logos for a while to build up a portfolio to be able to get reasonable clients and charge more. All her work was unique and very well researched.

Re: Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace

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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 w…

The problem is not if it's a template, it is if they're using someone elses work and passing it as their own

And actually, even the ones that sgdesign liked ended up being copies of existing logos: https://news.layervault.com/stories/25882-the-5-logo

There's a lot of danger and unnecessary pain in it for a founder having a logo that's a liability. Not uncorrectable after the fact, but why do it in the first place?

Re: Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace

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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. Qu…

A bit offtopic: Great idea :) . It's really hard to find customized birthday presents (it was actually a startup idea that was floating around at several startup meetings I attended).

Re: Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace

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I've had great experiences with voice-over services etc, but I'm a bit hesitant with creative work like logos (most just run through online logo creators). I do earn some[0] though creating small AngularJS directives and services, pays for my Digital Ocean dev box

[0] http://www.fiverr.com/ihatehandles/help-you-with-angularjs-c...

Re: Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace

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I have such a bad experience with Fiverr when it comes to purchasing Android icons. They usually return with either poor quality icons or literally stolen icons from internet.

It's a race to the bottom and you're surprised that's how they do it?

Re: Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace

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post #31

I think the idea and user experience of fiverr is good but $5 is too little to get anything done properly. The people doing the work end up being ripped off and not caring. You usually end up paying the extras people charge on Fiverr to get anything remotely useful I've used it a couple of times for voiceovers - worked well if you can find the right person.

Have you actually used the service before? They have a very good upsell service for order add-ons, a lot of them with fees much greater than the $5. For many sellers, the $5 is just a foot-in-the-door sales method to acquire the customer, much like the freemium model for saas companies. They may lose money on the initial $5 order, but they make much more on the percentage of customers who purchase add-on items. This is no different than other customer acquisitions strategies, if not cheaper. See how much you need to spend to acquire a design or voiceover customer via Adwords, as an example.

Re: Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace

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I have such a bad experience with Fiverr when it comes to purchasing Android icons. They usually return with either poor quality icons or literally stolen icons from internet.

Sorry but you can't expect quality when purchasing from Fiverr. It's essentially the dollar store of internet services.

Re: Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace

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post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The trouble is that the likelihood of that logo actually being unique is extremely low.

I remember a HN post (I think) recently showing how most of the logos a guy ordered were ripoffs.

Yep, 4 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8152631
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