What Would Fiverr Do?

So let's get down to the chase: What would you do for $5? Fiverr has some exciting options, literally, in store.

Fiverr is the new online "marketplace" that sells gigs for the low cost of $5. But how does it work?

The whole concept is a bit Craigslist-like, only the prices are consistently $5. You can sell or buy a task for an Abraham Lincoln and post just about anything. Anyone can post a small service on the site and visitors can browse and/or purchase those gigs. Fiverr benefits by taking $1 off of the $5 fee, so posting essentially trivial or mindless gigs still benefits their site and boosts the profits.

These tasks have a wide, miscellaneous range. From installing WordPress on a server to reading Tarot cards, to writing a special Haiku, these services are organized into categories such as Funny/Bizarre, Graphics, Writing, Technology, Social Marketing, Business, Silly Stuff, and Programming.

Because Fiverr charges buyers upfront, there is actually no guarantee that you will receive your gig. But hey, that's the fun of it and it's only $5 when worst comes to worst. But Fiverr also allows post-buyer feedback which will reveal to all viewers which posters are legitimate and which users are scammers. So it's in the poster's best interest to carry through with the task with efficiency and care. What a profitable business from such an entertaining site.

In this case, karma will come to get you.