Making money on Fiverr is no harder than having or learning a skill, doing a bit of promotion, and providing a good customer experience. That’s it.
Want some examples? Here you go…
Write Blog Posts for Other People
This is my personal favorite. You can easily make money writing blog posts on Fiverr, if you have a pretty good grasp of the written, English language.
I set up a Fiverr account and a blog post writing gig on my account. I wrote two 1200 word posts for my first customer, earning me $50 in about 3 hours. That same customer wanted me to write another 300 posts for him! I didn’t do it, but you can read my post about My First Week on Fiverr, if you want all the details of how easy it is to earn money writing blog posts for other people.
Of course I have written thousands of blog posts in my life, so it is no surprise that I met expectations for a $25 blog post. But, my writing system is quite easy to learn, heck just look around at the posts on this site.
The posts all have a title (usually some kind of question). I answer the question that the reader asks Google, and then I add a few more subcategories to explain the answer to the question in further detail. That’s my blog post writing system in 2 sentences.
It’s that easy. Not hard at all to earn some money on Fiverr writing posts for other people.
Sell Drone Footage
My second favorite way to earn money is to sell drone footage. I specialize in selling drone footage of watersports in coastal areas. I live near the beach and there are bloggers looking for drone shots to add to their blogs or YouTube channels.
They just let me know what kind of footage they want and I send the raw footage to them. For a markup, I will do some editing of the footage to make it ready to be used as soon as they get it.
For an even bigger markup I can create an intro for their YouTube channel using the drone footage. The downside to selling drone footage is that you have to have a drone with a good camera. I use a Mavic Mini which takes great cinematic 4k videos, but it costs almost $500, as you can see on this affiliate link.
Creating a short 30-second video will generate between $10-$20 per hour of “work.” I get paid to fly my drone, make a few edits, and possibly add some sound or music. Not very hard!
Be a Voice-Over Artist
Speaking of adding sound to drone videos, that is how I entered the world of a voice-over artist.
While it hasn’t brought me the highest number of gig orders, some of the voice-over gigs have paid me the highest dollar amount per gig. One example is a YouTuber who wanted me to read his sales copy over the drone footage I provided. The 60 seconds of drone footage fetched me $35, but the voice over for the same footage brought in $110 (and it only took 2 takes!).
Create and Sell Logos
A crowded space on Fiverr, but one that is quite lucrative is creating logos for people and businesses. It is not hard to do at all! It takes practically no skill, and for the life of me, I don’t know why there is so much demand.
All you have to do is use the premium service at Canva or another similar site. You pay a small monthly fee, that you recoup on your first sale. The rest of the month is all profit, baby.
To make the designs, listen to you your customer and get a good feel for the design they are looking for. Is it modern? Simple? Do they want a lot of colors, etc? Then you look through the nearly endless supply of templates and find some that match your customers’ preferences. Plug in the name of your customers’ business and the software gives you a high-quality logo that you can pass on to your buyer. It’s really that easy.
Other Money-Makers that are Not Hard to do
The list of things that are easy to do and can make you money on Fiverr can go on and on. Here are just a few more quick examples:
- Animation
- Drawing
- Video Editing
- Translation
- Jingle Writing
- Video Game Coaching
- Giving Relationship Advice
- Website Creation
- Audio Book Production
This list just scratches the surface. If it is a service that can be sold online and there is a market for it, you can make money doing it on Fiverr.
All of the gigs on Fiverr start with “I will…”
…create a website…say “happy birthday” to anyone from a Jamaican beach for $5…do a flip holding a sign with your company’s name on it and send you a 15-second video of it.
It’s easy and fun. Take a look around Fiverr.com and see what you can come up with.
Setting up Your Fiverr Account Is NOT hard
You too can have a Fiverr account in about five minutes. It’s the typical sign up deal. They need your name, email, phone number, etc.
Once you have an account opened, you can set up as many as 7 gigs, or just start with one. I started with only one gig; Blog Post Writing, and then added others as I went along.
Setting up the gigs is simple, but take your time on your description and make sure it is priced competitively because people are searching for bargains on Fiverr. Once established, you can start raising your fees.
Depending on what gig you are choosing, Fiverr may have you prove your skill. I had to take an English test that a second grader would have past. Things like the difference between “there” and “their” were tested.
Promote Your Services
Wait a minute! Why am I even on Fiverr if I have to go out and promote my gig!? That is a question I asked myself when I first started. I was thinking, I would just set up my gig and the orders would come rolling in (eventually they do, but not right at the start).
What Fiverr offers is SECURITY. A buyer pays before you deliver your work and Fiverr acts as an escrow, holding the money until you deliver what you promise. That way the buyer and seller are protected. Believe it or not there are people out there who will take your money and not give you what is promised, or take what is promised and not pay for it. Surprising, I know.
But, that get’s us back to you need to get the word out about your gig. I start with social media. I don’t have a big following or anything. I just get onto twitter or facebook, and find groups who would be interested in my services. Bloggers are always looking for affordable content, so blogging communities are where I start.
Reddit and Quora are also great places to start. What I did was search for questions about blogging or drone pictures, and I would give a quick answer and also drop a link to my Fiverr gig. Nothing pushy or spammy, just helpful content.
That’s it. That’s how hard it is to make money on Fiverr. Can you do each of those steps? I think you can. So, go out there and Earn what you’re worth…and MORE!!
Thanks for reading.
Anderson