five was designed to give users the ability to purchase digital services from a variety of world-class providers.

Founded in 2011, it has grown rapidly, with over 8,000,000 “gigs” purchased through the platform in 2015 alone.

While this may sound great, the big question is whether you can make money from it too.

To answer this, I’ve found it best to consider the overall scope of the market, and where you can make any progress with it…

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Having spent the last 5 months working with various people on the platform, the one What I have found that determines whether someone will be successful is how they can position your offer

For most people, and women are particularly bad at this, they’ll basically list what they can “do” with a few examples from past work.

Perhaps this works well for high-end photographers, but for everyone else, it’s a recipe for disaster.

People want to know how you’re going to move their business/life forward, not what you’re capable of.

For example, you may be a “world-class surgeon,” but how does that translate to the type of treatment you can provide to patients? What is your specialty? What have you done before that other surgeons wouldn’t touch?

In the Western world, we have reached a time when social media has virtually debunked the myth of the “faceless business”: people want to know WHO with whom they are dealing and want the best services delivered directly to them.

To this end, when considering what you can do with the platform, there are a number of steps to follow:

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1. Lead with YOUR experience

The first BIG thing I found is to lead with your experience.

If you don’t have experience, just say you’re eager to learn; the idea is that people use your services because they want to help you improve, etc.

Every time I’ve seen someone who has had success on the platform, always Lead with your experience above all else.

The best platform providers are very specific with what they are offering, because they will always mold it around the experience they have developed in the “real world.”

A big mistake made by many different people is simply trying to sell a service because they think it’s popular (SEO/WordPress design, etc.). AfDB way of doing things, and will usually inhibit growth as it will not give very good results.

While the initial rush to make money may be good, bad customer reviews will kill any aspirations you may have. So pay in the long run to focus on what you can actually do (not what you think people want to pay for).

2. Look at what you’re selling

Some things will be more popular than others, although you shouldn’t “copy” other people’s work, it’s always healthy to see what’s popular and what’s not.

In terms of how to do this, there are two methods:

• Look at Popular Accounts

• Look at Popular Products/Services

The first method is to try to identify any popular “accounts” on the platform and “reverse engineer” how they have been so successful. This usually opens the door to see the various popular “marketplaces” through which they have been selling their gigs:

• Click Fiverr

• At the top, select one of the “themes” from the navigation bar

• Select a subtopic (make sure both are quite popular (Digital Marketing > Social Media Marketing)

• In the menu on the left, select “Level Two” + “Top Rated” in the “Seller Rating” section

• Also enter at least $100 in the “Price Range” section

• Make sure the listings are sorted by “Best Sellers” and start clicking on the ones that seem popular

• If you find something that you find attractive, click on the “profile” of the seller.

• This will give you an overview of your entire gig portfolio.

The second method is to search for any product/service that is generally popular. While you shouldn’t be generic in what you’re offering, you should be able to consider the “language” through which your audience may wish to communicate.

• Click Fiverr

• At the top, select one of the “themes” from the navigation bar that appeal to your experience

• Select a subtopic that attracts the most

• Make sure listings are sorted by “Top Sellers”

• Scroll and look for the small number after the initial rating

• For example, you can have 5 stars + “1k”

• The “1k” represents the number of people who bought the concert and left a good review.

• It directly denotes the popularity of the concert and therefore whether it is something to consider.

As mentioned, both methods should only be used to get a “lay of the land” – basic level research designed to give you more insight into what’s popular on the platform.

3. Create your own IN-DEMAND offers

After doing the above, you should consider creating an “on demand” offer.

Demand is a loaded word; the key is that most people just want to know what you are going to do for them.

The problem is that most people will simply try to tell you what they “do” or what they think you want to hear. this does not work

What works is having a system that allows you to “offer” your services in such a way that people instantly understand the underlying benefits to your business.

For example, one of my Fiverr profiles specializes in computer repair.

Computer repair is not the most attractive or abundant market right now. In the ’90s, being a “PC repair” guy meant a lot of money… not in 2018.

So, to come up with an “in-demand” offer (because computers are still used, even more than in the 90s, just in different ways), you need to go with where the “demand” is:

• WordPress Repairs

• Cloud VPS provisioning + management

• fixed shopify

Now, while these are fine, the BIG problem here is that there isn’t much demand for them. People don’t “want” to buy them.

that people want pay are the reasons “why” they are using the aforementioned software packages: traffic, growth + sales.

So you wrap whatever you’re doing in “growth” packaging…

• 5 New WordPress Theme Tweaks to Increase Conversions by 20%

• Increase traffic with new WordPress settings

• Build a SAAS subscription business with Cloud VPS

• Boost Shopify Sales With These 3 Theme Tweaks

Obviously, there is an art to this: if you can do it effectively, you can attract orders from a large number of buyers.

4. Understand what people are buying

Obviously people buying a repair/upgrade, but in essence, you have to appreciate that most people aren’t going to be willing to send you money for mediocre service; they want exceptional.

Exceptional does not mean “quality”, it means “results”.

Therefore, when considering the process of working with clients (if you receive orders), you must do absolutely everything to boost your business/life.

As explained above, things like wrapping the offer in underlying results (for them), going the extra mile to help them understand what you’ve done, or just going above and beyond – if you treat your customers with respect and energy, you start to get decent reviews.

These good reviews are what *should* perpetuate the growth of the service.

5. Make sure the back-end is handled correctly

If you want to break into the big leagues, the absolute key is to make sure your business can handle a higher number of orders.

While it might be nice to get 5 new orders, if you want to keep your momentum going, you need to think about what handling 500+ orders will look like.

To this end, one of the best things you can do is focus on how the “back-end” of your business is managed.

Things like Trustpilot integration, creating a YouTube channel, Facebook page, Twitter feed, etc. it’s little things to keep customers in their “loop” (so you have the ability to continue providing your “on demand” services at a later date).

In the sales world, it’s known as a “funnel”: the deeper the customer goes, the more valuable they become.

Obviously, you need to respect everyone’s ideas etc., but from a purely pragmatic perspective, you need to be able to consider how you’re going to continue to “recycle” the buyers that Fiverr brings in.

If you do this effectively, which can include everything from setting up a CRM system to integrating email marketing campaigns into your services, you’ll end up with exponential increases in sales.

How you handle this growth depends on your experience/temperament, but the bottom line is that the business is available if you’re willing to focus on demand.

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As I mentioned, I made $2500 in my first month with my friend on Fiverr, and have since worked on various offers on two of my own profiles.

If you follow the steps above, you will be ahead of 98% of people starting out on the platform.