I remember the first time Fiverr refused to publish one of my gigs. I had spent an embarrassingly long time writing the description, choosing the right category, setting up my packages and then nothing. The gig just sat there in a pending or denied state with a vague message that told me almost nothing useful….
Every time I talk to a teenager who’s curious about freelancing, I feel a specific kind of envy. Not the jealous kind, the wistful kind. Because when I was a teenager, nobody told me this was an option. Nobody sat me down and said, “Hey, that thing you’re good at? People will pay you for…
I’ve seen this question pop up in forums, Reddit threads, YouTube comments, and Facebook groups more times than I can count. And every time I see it, I have two reactions. First, a little laugh because yes, we really are everywhere on Fiverr. Second, a genuine urge to explain what’s actually going on, because most…
When I first started freelancing, I didn’t think of myself as “self-employed.” I thought of myself as someone who was picking up design projects on the side while figuring out what I actually wanted to do with my career. The word self-employed felt too official, too grown-up, too much like something that came with responsibilities…
The first time someone asked for my email on Fiverr, I honestly didn’t know what to do. I was maybe three months into freelancing, had just gotten my first few orders, and was still figuring out how everything worked. A buyer messaged me, seemed interested in my design services, and then casually dropped: “Can you…
Okay, let me be honest with you, when I first started looking into freelancing as a student, I had about PKR 0 to spare. I didn’t have a credit card, I didn’t have a fancy laptop, and nobody in my circle had ever freelanced in their life. So when people online kept saying ‘just sign…