24 Days on Fiverr: 1 Click, Zero Revenue — And Why I Still Say ‘I Won’t Quit’ [Overseas Side-Job Journal, Vol. 7]

This is Vol. 7 of the “Overseas Side Business with Zero English” series.
Last time, I told the story of opening my gallery on the international art platform INPRNT. If you haven’t read it yet, please take a look at that one too.

Now, this time —

I’ll share the real record from about one month after I published my first gig (listing) on Fiverr.

Let me give you the results first, honestly, hiding nothing.

Revenue: ¥0
Orders: 0

…Yes. A perfect “zero” (laughs).

But strangely, my spirit isn’t broken.
Well — if I broke here, this blog itself would stop being interesting (laughs).

Still, even though I knew it was coming, a result of “zero” is a shock, big or small.

This time, I’ll unravel the reasons together with the real numbers.

Previous: Opening My INPRNT Gallery

Publishing All the Real Numbers from About One Month

I’ll show you the dashboard numbers, every one of them, without lies.

66 impressions, 1 click, zero orders.
Laid out in a table like this, the numbers have quite a flavor, don’t they?

But judging from these numbers that it’s “a failure” would be too hasty.
Or so I’d like to think (laughs).

Reason 1: Somewhere in the World, the Graph Was Definitely Moving

Fiverr’s dashboard has a trend graph called “Live Performance.”

Right after listing, it was completely still (zero). But from mid-April onward — the graph began, little by little, to waver.

Wiggling in a jagged line, about “1 to 5” impressions occur each day.

Thinking about it calmly, this might be kind of amazing.

• My gig is being displayed in Fiverr’s search results.
• On a screen searched by someone somewhere in the world, the work of “a Japanese illustrator in his 50s living in Ehime” is appearing.

And this is a page I made with AI from a state of “zero English.”

My footprints remain on a screen on the other side of the planet.
And I did it with zero English. That fact moved me, just a little.

Reason 2: One Precious “Click” That Reached the World

Displayed 66 times, and among them, 1 click.

As a click-through rate (CTR), that’s about 1.5%.

Someone, somewhere in the world, saw my thumbnail, thought “oh, this looks a bit interesting,” and moved their finger for me.

It may have been chance… but even so.

That “1” was an enormously big “1” for me. Because it proved that “at the very least, it’s not reaching no one.”

The “Next Challenge” That Came into Focus

However, the problem lies beyond that.

It was clicked, but it didn’t lead to an order (conversion). Only one hypothesis can be drawn from this.

• The thumbnail (first impression) functioned, at a minimum
• But after seeing the page details (description, price, track record), they left

The next phase is to verify and improve this point.

Is it the passion of the description, the balance of the pricing, or how the track record is presented? The hint for running the PDCA cycle has already been taught to me by that “1 click.”

The True Nature of the Fear: “What If It Stays Zero Forever?”

Let me write honestly. It’s genuinely scary.
I’ve experienced it on Coconala too, so it’s not my first time (laughs).

Of course there are moments when anxiety crosses my mind — “what if orders are still zero six months from now, here too…”

But as I researched how overseas sellers fare, I came to understand a fact.

On Fiverr, it is by no means unusual for it to take 1 to 3 months to win the first order.

I’ve only been at it for 24 days. Not even a month has passed.

Moreover, Fiverr’s algorithm is structured to prioritize existing sellers with track records (reviews) in higher positions.

It’s not a sweet world where a new seller can rocket-start right away.

In other words, the numbers being zero now is not because “I have no talent” or “I failed” —
it is simply the platform’s “spec” (how it works).

For the first few months, no one sees you. Even so, only those who keep going steadily, in a down-to-earth way, one day suddenly reach a turning point where they “take off.”

Right now, I believe I’m in the stage of building up strength before that.

Reason 3: The “Two-Layer Stance” with INPRNT Is My Emotional Pillar

If I had depended on Fiverr alone, I might have panicked more, and my mental state would be worn down by now.

But right now, I’m also listing my work on INPRNT in parallel.

These two platforms may look similar, but their roles are completely different.

By building this two-layer stance of “flow (labor) × stock (assets),” my sense of emotional stability increased dramatically.

If Fiverr moves, it’s immediate and makes me happy; and INPRNT might gradually grow later.

Even if both are zero right now, the fact itself — that I “stood at the plate facing the world and built up content” — will absolutely never disappear!
That tiny track record is supporting me strongly right now.

The Next 3 Improvement Actions

Based on the current data, the next moves are already decided.

1. Publish the gig that’s in DRAFT state (I’ll release the one that’s currently sleeping)
2. Complete the profile to 100% (currently 7/12. First, fill this in and raise trust)
3. Thoroughly review the gig’s thumbnail, description, and tags

In particular, I’ll focus on analyzing the “wall of being clicked but not ordered (the cause of drop-offs)” and reviewing the English expressions and the flow.

The big comparison of 5 overseas platforms is here

Summary

• 24 days listed on Fiverr; revenue is still zero.
• However, 66 impressions occurred — I am exposed to the world.
• One person somewhere in the world definitely clicked my gig.
• For new sellers, “zero” for the first 1–3 months is normal. No need to panic!
• With the two-layer stance with INPRNT (portfolio diversification), my mental state is super stable.
• The next main battlefield: breaking through the “post-click drop-off wall.”

Next Time

Next time, in Vol. 8, I’ll write the concrete, down-to-earth improvement record for breaking through the “clicked but not ordered wall” — “thumbnail improvements,” “description revisions,” “tag optimization,” and so on.

Will I be able to seize that commemorative first order?

I’ll continue delivering the real behind-the-scenes of the “overseas side business with zero English,” in real time, hiding nothing.

Thank you for your support!
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