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Shaun Of The Dead
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Posted: 5th Jul 2010 19:21
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If this counts as advertising, sorry. Please lock and forget

Well. Im sure a few of you already know of this wonderful website.

Basically, you advertise your services on the site for $5. I myself signed up to this site under 48 hours ago and already have 7 orders and 1 completed order totalling upto $35 so far. Really good to add to personal portfolios (as i am doing)

You need $40 to be able to withdraw the money and after every order must wait 14 days until the payment is actually put into your site account for refund reasons if the person isnt satisfied.

website is: www.fiverr.com

My account is: http://www.fiverr.com/users/shaunr/ if your a bit curious

No im not advertsing the website. I just think its an excellent start for those users who have excellent work and have noone to sell it to. Anything is possible and for all those writers out there you can sell your writing too.

Just think this is an excellent resource for budding entrepreneurs and those who have paypal accounts!

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 5th Jul 2010 19:28
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Hmm...tempting. I might self publish a few small things on there, maybe even offer a critique service, it ought to give my website a bit more publicity too (as well as funding). It sounds like a nice way to generate some money.

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Fallout
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Posted: 5th Jul 2010 19:30
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It's quite a cool website. You'd need to come up with something you can do in 5 minutes, if you wanted to make some decent money from it. Good for the CV though, as you said.

Insert piccy sig here. Eh? Why didn't that work?!?! Must ring help-a-noob. What was the number again? .... where am I?
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xplosys
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Posted: 5th Jul 2010 19:39
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I will think about you giving me five dollars and how I will spend it for five dollars.

But yeah, it's an interesting concept and I'll keep an eye on it.

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Shaun Of The Dead
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Posted: 5th Jul 2010 19:40
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Quote: "It's quite a cool website. You'd need to come up with something you can do in 5 minutes, if you wanted to make some decent money from it. Good for the CV though, as you said."


It isnt really a case of that though really. My logo's take around 30 minutes to make or longer right. This website is giving me work to do EVERY day.

Before this i didnt do any freelance stuff really because noone needed me. This works very well if your not getting alot of work

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Fatal Berserker
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Posted: 5th Jul 2010 20:14
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nice website,
http://www.fiverr.com/users/fullmontis/gigs/write-a-500-words-high-quality-article
bargin!

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 5th Jul 2010 20:20 Edited at: 5th Jul 2010 20:22
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If it takes 30 minutes, you're earning more per hour than minimum wage, $35 over 2 days for quick work isn't bad as a secondary income and for creating material for your portfolio.

If I could get paid $4 to critique up to 2,000 words of a piece of writing, that ought to take me enough time that's worth the money. This might be good for some CV building too, for example, editorial work, after all, I'm on the job hunt, though all I'll know is that a site like that might be a pain with the dole office - but I suppose it'd only be a form for every 2 weeks, though I do hope I get a job quickly.

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Fallout
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Posted: 6th Jul 2010 00:21
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You can tell you're all students. I wouldn't work freelance for less than $30/hour.

Insert piccy sig here. Eh? Why didn't that work?!?! Must ring help-a-noob. What was the number again? .... where am I?
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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 6th Jul 2010 01:06 Edited at: 6th Jul 2010 01:09
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^Ha ha, been a graduate for 2 weeks, considering I've visited the dole office, you can tell I'm not too fussy at the moment as long as:
It gets me a bit of cash
Adds to my portfolio
Adds to my CV
Increases my employ-ability so I don't stay on the dole for too long, plus I hate applying for jobs.

Heck, I've got a gig on Wednesday and despite me paying £30 for the train fare, I don't care if I don't get paid, after all, it gets me further as a performance storyteller and adds an extra slot to the 'performances' section of my CV...I'm opening Shonaleigh's set and she's pretty big in the storytelling world, to be able to say I've done that means I might be able to get performances elsewhere and get a reputation.

So yeah, pity me, pity the poor graduate.

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Hobgoblin Lord
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Posted: 6th Jul 2010 02:23
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I will send you a picture of me spending your five dollars for five dollars. that's my thought

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 6th Jul 2010 02:27
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^I'm liking it.

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Fatal Berserker
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Posted: 6th Jul 2010 05:30
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Quote: "I will send you a picture of me spending your five dollars for five dollars. that's my thought"

What type of compression will the picture have, and wheres the link to sign up?

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Jeku
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Posted: 7th Jul 2010 09:09
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What a great idea for a site I'm thinking about taking up some of those offers for logo work!


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ShaunRW
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Posted: 7th Jul 2010 15:47
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This is an awesome site.

I think i might try make some money.


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Shaun Of The Dead
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Posted: 7th Jul 2010 19:31
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Its worth it. Ive got orders adding upto $50 since i joined and happy customers. Although (as i have found out) some customers are awkward and dont reply for 2 days making me late!

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Hobgoblin Lord
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Posted: 9th Jul 2010 00:04
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I was looking at the people that write articles for $5 heck we charge $75, farm em out sounds good to me.

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JLMoondog
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Posted: 9th Jul 2010 04:59
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What a crazy idea. I put up three gigs to see what I get. $5 might not seem like much, but after a few gigs it could really add up.

Looking forward to see what happens.


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