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If you’re interested in outsourcing some of your online activities then this Fiverr review should provide an insight into what you can expect from the site.

Incase you’ve never heard of Fiverr before it is quite simply a website which lists hundreds of things that people will do for $5. There are a massive range of jobs available on Fiverr from people who will record videos for you, draw cartoons, tell your fortune or teach you a language. All for five bucks.

The main reason I wanted to create this Fiverr review is because I imagine that a number of readers may have had the same thought that I did when I first heard about the site – namely that Fiverr simply seems too good to be true.

I found myself wondering whether Fiverr was actually the bargain of the century or whether it’s full of talentless individuals who have been unsuccessful gaining freelance work on some of the more popular (and expensive) freelancing sites like Elance or Guru. Well, there was only one way to find out and that was through taking the plunge and actually hiring a few people to see what sort of results I got.

The Fiverr site itself is nice and simple to navigate around. The jobs available (known as “gigs” on Fiverr) are broken down into categories or you can use the search feature to quickly identify gigs that might be of interest to you.

Once you have a list of results there are three ways these can be sorted – either automatically, by popularity or by rating. On completion of any gig you’re also able to give that seller a “thumbs up” or a “thumbs down” together with adding a few lines of text about your experiences with that seller.

So it makes sense to sort the sellers by rating to ensure that you deal with freelancers who not only have experience with dealing with clients but who also have positive feedback from other community members. Even for $5 there’s no need to take unnecessary risk when you can easily hire someone with an impressive track record.

Once you’ve found the type of gig you want doing and have found the sellers with the highest ratings it’s just a matter of taking a closer look at what each of those providers is offering and then making a decision on who to use. You pay your $5 via Paypal, provide any information that the seller has requested and wait for an email from Fiverr to tell you the job is complete. While the gig is in process you can communicate at any time with the seller via the personal (private) message board set up for that job.

Over the last few weeks by following this simple sorting process I have hired seven providers to complete jobs for me and while I don’t want to reveal every last detail about my online ventures I thought it might be useful for some readers if I provided you with some actual concrete examples of which providers I have used and what results they have given me.

Logo Design

I used a seller called masonprods to design me two logos for a project I’m working on for this site. I don’t want to give too many details away yet because it’s probably quite some way off being ready to launch but here’s an example of the logo that this particular seller created for just $5:

Ebook Cover Design

Another seller I have had good results with is sevgraph who I have hired to design a number of ebook covers for me recently. Turnaround is super quick and the results are excellent in my opinion. Here’s an actual cover that I had designed on Fiverr:

Other jobs that I have outsourced on Fiverr include the creation of custom YouTube and Twitter backgrounds, the creation of website header images and the opening of social bookmarking accounts.

Overall I have received some very high quality work at amazingly low prices and I suppose you could say that the overbearing message from my Fiverr review is that I am very happy with my experience and that I fully intend to keep using the site.

If you’re at the point of considering doing some outsourcing then I think you could do a lot worse than actually stumping up five dollars, doing your due diligence in finding a highly-rated provider and testing the waters.

Please let me know your own Fiverr reviews and opinions in the comments below…

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