Fiverr Elevate — Free <5 minute lessons to make a living as a freelancer 🤓

Hi Producthunters! Our team here at Fiverr built Elevate to give you access to the services and education you need to start your business the right way. After years of working with freelancers and small business owners we see the same questions pop up over and over again: “How do I file my taxes the right way?”, “How do I get insurance?”, “How do I create contracts?” etc. - so we created a series of free online video tutorials, all 5 min. or shorter, to help you launch your business or freelance career. 🎉 ...by Fiverr in partnership with experts like AND CO, Visor, eHealth, Wealthsimple, Stellar Foundation, Fundbox, and many more to come 🎉 Would love to hear your thoughts!

What are the classes or topics you'd most like us to tackle next on Elevate? Would love any thoughts!

When I first saw this, I thought: Fiverr is launching an online courses platform (Udemy, Skillshare) for freelancers. I wonder if that’s in part of the plan? Being able to sell short how-to courses on Fiverr would be awesome. Hmmm Wherever’s it headed, helping freelancers level up the business side is a good move, and this is a great start! Thanks

Awesome job.

This looks like the start to an even bigger project of free training and resources for freelancers. Excited to see how it evolves moving forward.

Pros:

Info AND tools for creating proposals, contracts, managing cashflow, healthcare, taxes, and more. Takes about 30 min to watch everything.

Cons:

None– it's free. If you're self employed or freelancing on the side while you bootstrap your startup... you'll want to check this out.

I've taken plenty of courses online on Udemy, Lynda etc but they usually take quite some time. I like this better. I don't want to spend hours learning how to do my taxes... I'd rather it take 5 minutes and go back to topics I enjoy more.

Pros:

Short (<5 min) tutorials with actionable advice

Cons:

Not enough videos yet - looking forward to more!

I love it! I literally just paid for a course like this on Udemy but still haven't finished it. It takes hours and honestly I don't particularly "enjoy" thinking about topics like accounting, taxes, or health insurance. Love that these little tutorials are relevant and explain the basics in just 5 minutes. Great job! Looking forward to seeing more content like this. Also the promo deals are awesome.

I have a question for the makers: Do you have to take a minimum line of credit from fundbox to claim the credit??

Congratulations on the launch!! I've been using Fiverr to build and grow lean startups for about 5 years now. Great to see how you continue to innovate and push the industry forward! Big fan :)

Hey guys, this sounds great but noticed a (very amusing!) error in the subtitles: Instead of "It also has it's hurdles" it says "It also has the turtles" 😂 Love it but you may want to fix (or keep it as an easter egg)? 😃

I like it overall. However, it does seem to be designed for Americans only, especially in terms of healthcare, tax and legal videos. Also it appears there is an ulterior motive which is to promote partner company's brands, that's fine if they are relevant to me as "international".

Pros:

Quick and easy to use

Cons:

Designed for Americans, no mobile app

Great set of services, i've used several of them for running my own business. Having recommendation from industry experts is really helpful!

What are your plans for the business model? freemium?

It’s really helpful on this time get something straigh to the point and helpful. Keep it up guys 💪🏻

Pros:

Short and Simple

Cons:

More content

I've been using fiverr in general as a business owner so the expansion in product offerings to help educate me and automate more processes is definitely helpful!

Pros:

all of it is relevant for business owners

Cons:

can't think of any, looking forward to more info

I like the concept of <5 min. tutorials! What are the plans to keep adding new videos? I think Project Management would be a great next topic.

This is a really exciting product from Fiverr and I can't believe it's 100% free. Whether you're a newcomer or a seasoned vet, there's a lot to learn here! I definitely can see myself coming back to this again and again.

Great stuff! Especially valuable for non-US founders who need to navigate topics such as taxes, company formation etc. A visa section would be interesting!

Amazing product! So many freelancers and entrepreneurs don't understand the best way to go about getting or even sometimes the importance of necessary safety net services like healthcare and tax filing -- Elevate is an amazing way to get all the information you need in a short period of time!

Rather than teach users/startups, the courses feel like short advertisements aimed at promoting third-party premium services. This feels like the freemium version of teaching (enticing with a free hook and upselling the service) rather than teaching how to actually do something yourself. As a startup, saving costs is always more important than saving time, so pitching premium services rather than premium information to handle the tasks of a startup seems counter-intuitive.

Pros:

Has the potential to be helpful in the future

Cons:

Overly simplified videos which feel more like advertisments for third party services

They cover different aspects of business dev

Pros:

They use micro learning content. This works for my busy schedule..

Cons:

More content is needed and this will come in time.