The freelance network is a Fiverr Pro feature that helps you manage and rehire freelancers and agencies you have worked with in the past. Use it to access past hires, organize freelancers into lists, and gain visibility into your team's collaborations, all in one place.
How the freelance network works
The freelance network gives you three core capabilities:
- Centralization: Access and organize freelancers or agencies you have hired, saved, or viewed, all in one place.
- Organized lists: Categorize freelancers using lists for efficient management. You and your team can collaboratively create a shortlist of freelancers.
- Team insights: View your team's insights on each freelancer, including reviews and orders.
Key benefits include:
- Increased efficiency: Easily access and maintain a network of freelancers for future projects.
- Cross-team transparency: Gain insights into your company's hires, projects, and collaborations.
- Reduced time-to-hire: Quickly find and hire trusted freelancers with a proven track record.
How to access the freelance network
To access the freelance network, go to either:
- Your dashboard, under Freelance network.
- Your avatar drop-down menu and select the appropriate option.
Page overview
The page features a left navigation panel that controls the content displayed. The panel includes two sections:
- Based on your activity:
- All hires: Displays freelancers previously hired by the organization.
- Recently viewed: Displays freelancers or services you have recently viewed.
- Your lists: Displays all lists you have access to. There are two types of lists:
- Shareable lists: Visible and editable by everyone on the account.
- Private lists: Visible only to the creator.
Getting team insights
The All hires tab is where you can see your team's freelancer collaborations. Each freelancer card shows a summary of the collaboration with your organization, including the members who hired them, the number of orders, services provided, reviews, and more.
To rehire a freelancer, click the Contact button on their card.
You can use the following filters to narrow down the list:
- Hired more than once: View freelancers who have worked with the team in more than one order.
- Provided service: View freelancers that provided a selected service in at least one order.
- Hired by: View freelancers that were hired by a selected account member.
To view in-depth information and access previous work, click on a freelancer's card to open the Activity panel:
- Collaboration summary: Get a deeper look at their work.
- Reviews: Read feedback from your team, including the option to view all reviews.
- Activity timeline: View the orders the freelancer has worked on, and click on delivered work files to preview or download them.
- Contact: Send a direct message to the freelancer.
Using lists to collaborate on potential hires
Lists are part of the freelance network page. They allow teams to collaborate on potential hires saved when exploring the catalog.
How to create a list
- Click the + icon on the left side.
- Enter a list name.
- Select whether it is a private list (visible only to you) or a shared list (visible to the entire account).
How to save freelancers to a list
- From the Pro catalog: Click the heart icon under the freelancer's card, then choose an existing list or create a new one with the + icon.
- From the full catalog: Click the heart icon on the service, then select a list or create a new one.
How to access your lists
- From the header: Select the heart icon to access a specific list from the dropdown.
- From the freelance network page: Click a list name in the left panel to see all saved freelancers, including your team's shared lists.
How to manage lists
- Edit list:
- Rename the list.
- Add a description to provide more context.
- Set the list as private to restrict access to yourself only.
- Delete list: Remove lists you no longer need.
FAQs
- Yes, every freelancer or agency will appear in All hires from the first order created. This may take approximately 15 to 30 minutes to appear.
- Yes, members can view orders they did not create, based on project permissions. Members can use the Projects page to join public projects, or ask their account admin to add them to private projects to see additional orders.
- Your private lists are located on the freelance network page, under Your lists in the left panel. Private lists display a lock icon so you can tell them apart from shareable lists.
- The average is calculated based on the USD value of each order at the time it was created. The average is displayed in the account member's selected currency.