5 common mistakes freelancers make when offering services on Fiverr and Upwork
1. Lack of interest in describing the service well or accurately
The service description is very important for better sales. It is essential that the service description accurately states what you will provide and answers all questions of the buyer ordering the offered service.
Also, clarifying any terms or details of the service within the description will reduce misunderstandings and any disputes that may arise with the buyer later.
2. Choosing an inappropriate or poorly designed image
The image of the service is the first thing that a potential buyer of your service will look at, and the more carefully designed and sized the image, the better the chances of selling the service.
If the service is about designing a logo, for example, it is better to use the image to display a business instead of choosing a random image.
3. Mark the order as finished before making sure the buyer is satisfied
It is always best to ask the buyer if they are satisfied with the service before directly marking it as expired.
This will give a better impression to the buyer encourage him to deal with you on an ongoing basis and increase the likelihood of writing a positive evaluation of the service and your upscale dealings with him.
Whoever bought from you for the first time paid in advance to deal with you, be sure to treat him friendly and encourage him to deal with you again.
4. Not enough marketing for your offered services
Fiverr and Upwork offer thousands of services and chances are other users offer the same service as you.
Offering on-site service only is not always enough to achieve good sales, and usually, the first sales are the hardest.
As a seller, you should try to market your service to the segment that is interested in your service and look for it elsewhere outside of freelance websites.
If you have a blog, for example, show your services to your visitors and take advantage of social networks where there is a greater chance that one of your visitors or followers will buy your services.
5. Deleting and adding the service again or offering the same service more than once
This is one of the common mistakes that new sellers make. Re-offering the same service more than once will scatter the number of sales and user ratings on two services instead of one.
This means that the probability that one of the two services will appear when a visitor searches for it among thousands of other services will be less than if you were only offering one service with more sales and more ratings.
We wish you more sales and profits.
