Want to Make Five Bucks? Fiverr Can Help!

Would you like someone to write a song for you? Or maybe make a virtual box for your product? Or give your technical document a once-over for obvious errors?

What if I told you that you could get each of those services for just $5?

Fiverr is a new site that’s making the rounds on the blog circuit today. Essentially, the idea of the site is that anyone can post up a service of almost any sort for $5 (the more easily done digitally, the better!). While some of the services offered are sort of silly (“I will write a love letter to your girlfriend for $5″), some of them are exactly the sorts of things that would be nice to outsource, but which are typically cost-prohibitive.

What’s most interesting about Fiverr is not its concept, but its execution. For years, people have been offering services on sites like eBay and Craigslist with mixed results. Most people don’t look to these sites for services, and those who do are often seeking professionals who are going to charge an appropriate rate for their experience and service quality.

Fiverr, on the other hand, encourages those with skills that are typically not very marketable to think about listing their hobbies or skills on a smaller, more specific scale. Some of my favorites include:

• I will call your boss in the middle of the night and tell them how much they suck for $5.
• I will teach you the truth about scientific intelligence for $5.
• I will keep one secret for you for $5.
• I will send you a surprise music CD for $5.
• I will teach you how to relieve headache pain almost immediately without the unpleasant side effects for $5.
• I will talk down to you like my father for $5.

And to make things even more interesting, Fiverr also allows users to wishlist things that they would pay $5 for. This means that even those who lack confidence in listing their own skills can respond to the “most wanted” jobs and make $5.

I’m intrigued. While this site is likely to remain a novelty, I think it has some interesting promise for the young and easily amused to augment their income with little free-time jobs here and there.

What do you think? Post your thoughts below!