How to make money with Fiverr

Posted by Felix Okoli on Sunday July 13, 2014 at 21:35:54:

Fiverr is an online freelancing site where people offer services for 5 dollars. It is a world wide platform where sellers of different forms of services, offer them at the prize of 5 dollars. These services offered on Fiverr are called Gigs. So in order to make money, you need to have a gig, and one other thing, Fiverr collects 1 dollar from every gig you sell, this means that for every completed gig, you will be paid 4 dollars. It is a very good platform to make money online fast, as over half a million buyers visit the site daily to buy one gig or the other. In order to make money from Fiverr, you have to take the following steps

- Create An Account: To create an account on Fiverr is free; all you need is an email address to verify your account. Visit www.fiverr.com and click on Join. You will be required to enter you email address and choose a password, a verification link will be sent to your email. Log into your email address and click on the link. It will take you back to the site. Take your time to fill up your profile.

- Create New Gigs: The next step is to create gigs. To create a new gig, click on ‘create new gig’. Enter the title of your gig. For instance, if you are offering a content writing service, the title should look like this ‘I Will Write A 500 SEO Article For $5. The next is the category of the gig, after which you need to add an image for the gig. You can design a simple image with Windows Paint. Next is the description of the gig. Here you need to write about your gig and what the buyer stands to gain from purchasing your gig. Next is the duration that is how long it will take you to complete the gig, and instruction to the buy. Click on save and continue.

- Start getting orders: After creating and publishing your Gig, you should start getting orders, but to speed up the process, you can share your link on social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
Some gigs that are high on demand in Fiverr include; article writing, eBook cover design, Logo design, SEO, Selling of eBooks.