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    Thursday, January 19th, 2012
    4:16 am
    What You Couldn't know About Fiverr
    Debunking Fiverr Myths

    The development of Fiverr, a marketplace website where jobs can be achieved and offered at a fixed price of 5$ has being greeted with mixed reactions from the general public with a few calling it a "scam" yet others completely discarding it without trying it out.

    Fiverr, is not a scam! Here' will debunk the top myths surrounding this website and help clarify why you, yes you! Should be on it!

    Myth No. 1: Just how much do I get paid per gig?

    There's being a lot of confusion on how much one really receives at the end of a gig. This is as a direct result Fiverr mainly advertising the gross and not the net of what's received.

    On Fiverr each gig costs you 5$, however the contractor doesn't not pockets all the 5$. The 5$ is actually a gross value and also the net value/gig being in the location of 3$.

    So where does the rest of the 2$/gig visit? First off, for every 5$ you receive Mr Fiverr, gets a clean 1$ cut. So let us say, you have got 10gigs ordered and marked as complete. Your revenues in total is 50$ however your net gain is 40$.

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    Next after Mr Fiverr's 1$ has being subtracted, you receive charged for each money you withdraw. Yes! You receive charged for withdrawing your own money! But fortunately there's a method to lessen the impact of this fee and it is allowing your money handy accumulate before you withdraw, by doing this you receive charged once instead for each withdrawal.

    Myth No. 2: Must my funds reach a specific amount before I can withdraw it?

    No! At first during the first few months of Fiverr's existence you'd to reach 40$ before you could withdraw your funds but this is no more the case.



    Now you can withdraw your funds once they have being cleared which takes 15 days, after the buyer has marked the order as complete.

    The is really a downside to this plus an upside. The down-side being you get charged by PayPal for each withdrawal let's say you withdraw your 4$ every time you have it obtainable in your funds; it'll cost you around 1$ by PayPal. So at the end of your day for 10 gigs and 10 withdrawals you will be left with an internet salary of 30$ whereas should you cleared your funds once you had reached 50$ you will have a net income of 39$ that is after Mr. Fiverr has taken his nice cut from the cake.

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    The good side being, some people are not fortunate to possess an adequate amount of orders in order to get to the threshold level, hence having the ability to clear your funds anytime may be better after the day while you get charged more.

    Myth No. 3: When do I receive my money after delivering the goods/services?

    With Fiverr, whenever you deliver your service/product your contractor has 3-5 days to measure the level as complete and provide you with feedback. During this period your hard earned money is incorporated in the "Upcoming Payments" category.

    Following the contractor has marked the gig as complete and provided feedback your hard earned money then moves to the "awaiting clearance" category and from there you've 15days till your hard earned money can be obtained for withdrawal.

    So as a whole you've 20 days maximum to get your money. So how do you take full advantage of this? Simple, by maximizing the number of orders you receive.
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