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Top Tips for Buyers: How to Find the BEST Gigs on Fourerr

When buying a gig on Fourerr, you need to remember that there are a lot of sellers who are competing against one another for your money. Not all sellers will deliver the same quality of service, but if it is quality you are after, there are a few things you can do to narrow down your contenders and find the best of the best gigs on Fourerr.

Popularity

We have made the site easy to navigate for you. On the homepage you can begin to filter the gigs so that you can find the one that’s right for you. You will find the “Filter By” bar here:

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You can then select “Popularity” in order to get a list of the most popular search results. If you are looking for a popular gig in a specific category, you can pick one from the list on the right hand side and then select “Popularity” afterwards.

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This way you can get the most popular results but in the relevant category too. Popularity is rated on amount of sales, views and rating a seller has had.

Rating

The rating a gig has is decided on the amount of positive feedback other buyers have left on that particular gig. This means that sellers with 100% positive feedback will be listed first in descending order of rating so that you can opt for the top quality candidates! The star rating is just like the rating you can give a film – the more stars out of 5 a gig has, the more popular it is.

Express Gigs

If you need super-fast delivery (i.e. within 24 hours) then you can order an “Express Gig” from Fourerr – these are the gigs that have been set by the seller as “Express” simply because the gig will be with you within 1 day at most. You may also want to select a category first and then find the express gigs so that you don’t spend ages looking for the type of gig you want.

Editor’s Pick

Our editors at Fourerr are constantly on the lookout for gigs which can inspire, educate, or conjure up a smile. Therefore, if you trust Fourerr and are looking for creative gigs, you can rely on the Fourerr editor’s judgement of certain gigs in order to find the best.

Featured

Gigs with the orange “Featured” banner across the gig icon shows that the seller has committed to “featuring” their gig for 30 days. This means that they are willing to invest $5 so that you can see their gig and buy from them!

Tips to Find the Best Gigs

  • Look for something out of the ordinary in the “Fun and Bizarre” category
  • Look for good seller stats as well as good gig stats
  • Always read feedback before buying a gig
  • Look at people who have “Liked” a gig

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Top 5 Secrets for Buyers on Fourerr

If you class yourself as a ‘buyer’ you have obviously come to Fourerr in the search of something. Whether it is inspiration for gift ideas, help with outsourcing your work or simply just to see what’s out there, Fourerr is here to help and introduce you to some of the best and most creative gigs you will ever come across. To make the most out of your Fourerr experience (and it truly is an experience!) here are some little known secrets about the best way to spend your $4.

Successfully buying on Fourerr - Top Tips.

1. Use the categories to help with Searches

The categories listed on the right hand side of the page are not just there for people to see the range of gigs available. These categories are also for you to help you decide what you want. Have you come to Fourerr to look for someone to help promote your business? Do you want to generate traffic for your website? Are you looking for someone to compose a jingle for an online advert you have just created? The categories are there to make your browsing experience a whole lot easier!

2. Find a Good Seller by viewing their Rating

Top ratings mean that a seller is producing good quality gigs and making lots of people happy – and if they are offering something that you want, even better! Make the most of the rating system. To find the top rated gigs on Fourerr, just go to the homepage and click ‘Filter by Rating’ you will soon have in front of you all the gigs that other buyers have used and would recommend.

3. Use the ‘Suggest Gigs’ Box

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the ‘Suggest Gigs’ box is one of the most underrated tools on Fourerr. As a buyer it is the best way of finding what you are looking for, in fact it is like placing a free advertisement (something you don’t usually get online!) By typing in what you need from Fourerr’s sellers, you are giving them the opportunity to come to you instead of you searching for them, thus saving yourself a lot of time and effort! Once people have contacted you, it is then up to you to narrow it down to candidates you think will produce the best gigs.

4. Don’t ignore Sellers with no Feedback

Everyone needs to start somewhere, so don’t ignore gigs from sellers that look like they have little or no feedback – they might just be an undiscovered talent. If they are offering exactly what you are looking for, why not give them a go and see if they live up to their promises and deliver a quality gig? If not, you’ve only lost $4.

5. You’ve got to spend money to make money!

Continuing with the idea of not ignoring sellers with no feedback, you also need to remember that some gigs might offer the world – beware of gigs that seem to offer too much, every now and then these can turn out to be fake gigs (sadly it happens). However, if you are looking for someone to do some data entry for you, why not try 5 possible candidates at once, order each of their gigs and find out who does it the best? It is this style of ‘audition’ process that makes it easier for you to pick the quality gigs from the poor gigs. Sure, you may have to spend $20 trying to find that perfect freelancer, but ultimately at the end you will have yourself a quality worker.

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Top Five secrets for Sellers

Selling gigs can be hard if you are new to any micro-job site such as Fourerr. Quite often you can create a gig and then wonder why more people haven’t bought it. There may be a reason that you’re not making any money out of your gigs, but don’t panic. If you would like to know five great ways to get the most out of Fourerr, you have come to the right place. Here are the top five best kept secrets for making money on Fourerr; with these handy tips, you’ll be making money in no time.

Reach for your target ... with the Fourerr Top 5 Tips for sellers

1. Use an Eye-Catching title

We shall start with the most obvious thing: Making a really CLEAR yet eye-catching title. No buyer will hang around to read a wordy title that describes every tiny detail of the gig – that is what the ‘Description’ section is for.

For example if you are offering a gig where you edit people’s images to their preferred style, you do not need to say: “I will edit your photograph using Photoshop, Photoscape or Photoplus and will make it just the way you want it and then send it to you via post or as an attachment for $4”. That is extremely long-winded! Instead, shorten the title to something along the lines of: “I will Photoshop and enhance your photo for $4” – so much easier to read and if you like, you can then put details of image editing software and ways to deliver the image in the ‘Description’ part of your gig.

2. Have solid and relevant keywords

Make sure you have solid and relevant keywords – this will make it easier for buyers to find your gig. If you use the keyword ‘video’, this means that people searching for gigs offering promotional videos or tutorial videos will have your gig listed on the search results. By using other specific keywords such as ‘promotional’ or ‘music’, people searching for promotional music videos will be directed straight to your gig.

3. Be consistent, deliver high quality gigs at all times

Once you have had your first gig bought on Fourerr, don’t just assume they will all come flooding in from then on. Also, don’t assume that just because you have done one gig well and got great feedback on that, that you will always get great feedback. Good feedback is vital in keeping your gig in view of the Fourerr community. It’s all about consistency – keep standards of work high, deliver your gigs on time, be pleasant to do business with and more and more work will come to you.

4. Don’t wait for an order, get an order – use the suggestions

A little used promotional tool has tucked itself away very well on Fourerr; can you guess what it is? That’s right – it’s the ‘Suggest Gigs!’ box. Here, buyers are telling you what they are looking for. This is great if buyers are not coming to you – go to them instead and offer up your services. They will love the fact that you took the initiative to contact them.

5. Offer value for money

Once you have created a gig, you need to give it time to sit on Fourerr for a while. If nothing is happening and no one is buying your gigs, you just need to be patient and wait. However, as new gigs arrive on the site, older gigs tend to get buried. If it has been a couple of months and nothing has happened to your gig and no one has bought it, you could delete it and start again. Only do this if you have had NO response – if you have had lots of views on your gig but no buyers, perhaps you are not offering enough value for money. Rectify this and the orders should start coming in!

So there you have it Sellers – your very own top five secrets for how to use Fourerr in the most productive way.

Stay positive and happy micro-jobbing!

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