Fiverr launches ‘Pro’ tier for handpicked freelancers
Fiverr, the freelance marketplace that’s often made more headlines as a vector for weird stunts, legal spats with Amazon, and PewDiePie’s self-inflicted career wounds, announced a premium tier for handpicked freelancers today. With a starting task price of $5 to do just about anything, Fiverr has a thriving and often embarrassing “pranks” business, explaining why it would want to break out its more serious and professional freelancers into a separate sphere.
The Next Web reports that freelancers invited to participate in Fiverr Pro were chosen based on “demonstrated excellence across the transaction experience, from producing the work, to communication.” Fiverr Pro won’t be a markedly different beast than the standard Fiverr and there’s…
