From over driving to walking paths, side hustles are a common way to earn additional income. But if you want to significantly turn up the heat of your earnings, freelancing on Fiverr is one of the ways to go.

Fiverr is a platform where entrepreneurs and freelancers meet to rub each other’s back – entrepreneurs get their needs fulfilled, and freelancers get paid for services offered.

Now, so much has been said about the profitability of remotely freelancing on Fiverr. But with over 100 niches or service categories available on the platform alongside the ton of competition, Fiverr can be a little bit intimidating – especially if you are new.

Heck, it can even start to feel a little bit like the wild west.

We helped you do some research and curated this list of best-selling and highest-paying niches that Fiverr freelancers like yourself can focus on.

Now, of these niches, there are some that just about anyone can do, and with some, you need a bit of research and skill acquisition. Others, you just downright can’t do, because they are specialized.

Let’s get to it.

Θ Video editing or video marketing

Here, you can basically make use of iMovie Final Cut Pro, Windows Media, Premiere Pro, amongst other tools, to help people edit their videos. It’s that simple.

And nowadays, almost everyone needs a video editor. Talk of numerous small companies that don’t have a social media presence and can’t afford to permanently hire a video editor. Or even individuals who need amazing videos for one or two things. Even big companies sometimes prefer freelancers because of the varying spices in projects delivered.

This isn’t to say that you can get between three hundred and eighteen thousand for a job – that’s quite a big for a single project. But you could definitely charge between one and five hundred dollars for basic video editing of a ten, fifteen, or twenty-minute video.

Sounds like quite an appealing thing to try? You should get started with it today.

Look what these first-page video editors are charging and the huge estimated number of people they’ve serviced so far.

Θ Website Building and Development

Now, website building is obviously a hard nut to crack because you need to know CSS or HTML or Java or some sort of coding language. However, you could make a store such as Shopify, WordPress, Wix, or a Squarespace store without any knowledge.

Plenty of people with no technical knowledge do this all the time and charge thousands of dollars, pounds, or whatever currency works with you.

If you go to Fiverr and create a gig like the below, you’ll be surprised at how many people we massage you that they need the service.

Once the orders start rolling in, you don’t need any specialized knowledge to get them done – it’s straightforward. There is plenty of tutorials and resources on YouTube that’d come in handy in quickly getting such jobs done.

You’re probably looking at charging anywhere from say 300 all the way to a thousand, depending on the complexity of the website requested.

Θ Mobile App Development

This particularly is one of the top-paying specialized niches on Fiverr. Because you’d surely need some sort of specialty or particular skill set, this niche is highly lucrative. Unlike website building, there’s no shortcut with which pretty anyone can build and develop apps and this kind of limits the supply (or sellers) of this service.

Well, there are automation tools that can help you create some sort of customized torch or calculator app, but we both know that isn’t the type of apps clients want to be done. But if you intend to help Fiverr buyers create decent mobile apps and don’t have the necessary coding or programming knowledge, there’s an alternative.

You could easily outline or design how the client wants the app structured, and then outsource the actual development to a mobile app developer.

Check out how app developers are making a killing of an income from what they do.

Θ Graphic design

Graphic design jobs are all over the place because everyone needs a graphic designer to help them professionally create logos, flyers, posters, infographics, info cards, business cards, you name it.

And yes, you need to understand what you’re doing for graphic design too. By doing a lot of research online, you can get very good at the niche.

If you happen to be very arty or possess a creative mindset, graphic designs should come pretty easy to you. You just need to put your mind to it and learn about popular graphic design programs in order to always deliver excellently.

So, if you’re able to draw and design ideas and design things, then the graphic design could be an excellent fit for you.

You could do logo jobs for people, create flyers, and design people’s business cards – the opportunities are endless and can pay quite a lot.

You can easily charge anywhere up to maybe 10 to 50 pounds or dollars for a logo design job, depending on how big it is. Whereas, if someone said to design a whole flyer or an entire infographic, you’re looking at charging a bit more than that.

So, make sure to look into it. Or wouldn’t you want to earn what this freelancer is making?

Don’t be swayed by talks that the graphic design niche is crowded – as many more buyers join Fiverr to request for design services as many graphic design freelancers participate daily.

So, don’t fear – you too can still earn thousands of dollars designing graphics for people.

Θ Copywriting

Yes, I mean copywriting in the complete sense of the word. So, that means copywriting for businesses, individuals, and what have you. Jobs you might be doing in this niche include sales copy, blog posts, articles, and anything that has to do with writing.

You’d be surprised how amazingly well it pays. Good sales copywriters can charge up to hundreds of dollars for crafting amazing and exciting content.

So, if you’re good at English and feel like you can speak and write the language amazingly well, then give it a go writing.

Post a few gigs on Fiverr about your prowess in writing sales copy, website content, or anything along these lines, and smile to the bank.

Θ SEO

Search Engine Optimization isn’t a new thing – it’s been around for a couple of years. However, many brand owners still struggle with organically ranking their brand websites.

Here’s where SEO experts or strategists come in. They help businesses optimize their business, eCommerce websites to achieve an increased inbound sale.

So, suppose you know your way around SEO or can do the necessary research, you are set to start making loads of money because this niche service is always in huge demand.

You can help brands handle the technical optimization of their sites – including on-page and off-page optimization, keyword research, backlinking services, amongst other niche-specific needs.

Can you see how much these Fiverr freelancers are charging for their services?

Conclusion

That wraps up our list of top and best paying niches within and under which you could profitably service buyers’ needs on the freelancing platform.

Fiverr is an increasingly growing site with endless potential and plenty of rooms for freelancers to make a good income, so far you can exhibit uncommon talent and skillset. Provide buyers with good value, and you’d be amazed at how successful you’ll become.

What do you think about these niches? If you currently offer services in these niches, what has your income been like? Let’s hear your opinion in the comment section below.

“I published a gig two weeks ago, and I haven’t gotten my first sale”

“I published my gig two months ago, and I haven’t gotten my first sale”

“I published my gig last year, and I haven’t gotten my first sale”

If any of the above clearly describes your fiverr situation, today’s your lucky day. In this article, we’ll go through how you can fix your situation for the better.

As a seller who’s just starting to freelance, getting your first order might be hard. Hard, not because clients are scarce, but because of your inexperienced mindset or methodology.

After giving it a lot of thought and doing some research, we’ve realized that there are three simple things you might be doing that prevent you from making your first sale.

As new sellers on Fiverr, most people often do the following thing:

• Create an account
• Fill out their profile
• Publish a gig and wait for someone to come along and buy that gig

Well, in the past, when Fiverr was a new platform, that strategy probably worked. But today that there are thousands of freelancers on Fiverr competing for the same jobs, this strategy would be dead on arrival.

So, as a brand-new seller, the truth about why you are not gaining any traction is that you’ve set the wrong goals. If you’re a brand new seller and you’re trying to make your very first sale, there are three main goals you need to focus on:

• First, you need to get your gig seen by a potential buyer
• Second, you need that potential buyer to click and open your gig page and
• Third, you need to close the sale by having that buyer order your gig

Seems like a pretty simplistic way to view things, right?

Perhaps it is because these strategies can make you outstanding and distinguish you from the thousands on Fiverr who just publish a gig and wait for someone to discover them. Let’s go in-depth.

What Fiverr is and How it Works

Surface your Gig to Buyers

So, when we look at the steps to get the first sale, the most essential one obviously, is to have a buyer see your gig because they can’t order a gig they didn’t see.

Today, buyers on Fiverr don’t click on a category and then start scrolling through hundreds of gigs under it, because it’s a waste of their precious time.

Instead, they come to the platform and simply type what they’re looking for in the search bar. The painful truth is that the Fiverr search algorithm, like any other search engine, basically tries to surface the most relevant gigs for a specific buyer.

Your first priority is to optimize your gigs to surface in a search result. If that doesn’t happen, a buyer will never even know of your gig, and you’ll never make a sale.

As a new seller, the trick is not just surfacing in a generic search result because it’ll be challenging for a greenhorn to compete against hundreds and hundreds of offerings in a search result.

Let’s do the math – if a search produced one thousand results and your gig is 990 of 1,000, the odds are pretty much stacked against you that a potential buyer will even see your gig.

Instead, when we talk about trying to surface your gig for a search result, we’re talking about how you can narrow your focus by doing some research in your niche to find out what potential buyers are looking for and then optimize your gigs to surface under those specific keyword phrases that potentially produce far fewer results.

A perfect example of how to do this in the Writing niche is to do keyword research on what potential buyers are looking for, see for yourself what the playing field is, and then narrow focus to appear foremostly in those search results.

Get Buyers to Click your Gig

Now that you’ve optimized your gig to appear top amongst a couple of results, what next?

The next thing is to get potential buyers to click and open your gig page. This can be done by having attractive thumbnails, compelling gig videos, and smartly written gig titles.

So, when you conduct your own search in this specific category, look at what your competitors’ gigs look like with regards to their thumbnails and their gig videos because your sole objective here is to get a potential buyer to click and watch your video or see your thumbnail and open your gig.

Quality signals: The method of ranking your fiverr gigs

Close the sale with an order

So, you’ve surfaced in a search, gotten a buyer to click on your gig, and open the gig page. How do you close that sale?

Well, you can do that by having a fully completed gig page.

That means doing things like uploading high-quality gig images, relevant samples to your portfolio, having a completely filled out gig description, frequently asked questions, and having a pricing structure that really appeals to a buyer.

All these give potential buyers the confidence to go you, despite being a new seller.

And as a new seller, you’d want to make the process as easy and smooth for that potential buyer as possible. So, don’t put in words like contact me before you buy because that’s just one barrier that you’ve put up between you and the sale.

What this line does is to give the buyer the impression that you’re not confident that you can deliver on what you’re selling.

All these seem like a pretty simple process, right? Well, it really isn’t as complicated as you might have hitherto thought. Doing these things will significantly increase your odds and convert your first sale.

But you can take it one step further and create six additional gigs using the same niche to increase your chances of converting a sale. And we don’t mean just replicating what you did earlier, five more times – think about another specific search term that you could rank for and create a brand-new gig tailored to that particular keyword.

To be honest, one of the early goals for any new seller is finding a hero gig – a fancy way of describing a primary gig that will drive most of your sales. So, as a new seller, ensure to cast your net as wide as you can. As you start to gain traction in the form of sales and reviews, try to change that hero gig from being super specific to something much more encompassing.

What Not to Do to Get Your First Order

Many acclaimed sellers might encourage you to buy fake reviews, exchange ratings and reviews with other sellers, or build several profiles. Honestly, these suggestions are bad, and you shouldn’t listen to them.

Prove to the platform that you are worth your onions, and you’d be rewarded with plenty of visibility as well as your first order in no time. Put all the above tips in action, and Fiverr would bring more buyers tp\o you.

Conclusion

And there are our thoughts on how you can clinch your Fiverr’s first order.

Hopefully, this has helped you simplify what to do in order to quickly make that first sale on Fiverr. Please let us know what you think in the comment section.

And if you are a pro seller and there’s something you used to make your first sale that is missing herein, please try to contribute to the discussion. Look forward to hearing from you.