Fees · Fiverr
Fiverr fees explained for clients and freelancers
Client (buyer) fees
Fiverr’s help article on paying for orders states:
- Standard service fee: 5.5% of the purchase amount.
- Orders under $200: an additional $3.50 fee.
- Every separate payment — including extras and tips — carries its own service fee.
- Milestone-based custom offers / Gig packages charge each milestone separately as you approve and move forward.
That under-$200 fixed add-on is why a $50 logo Gig can feel expensive as a percentage of order value, while a $2,000 website package is mostly the percentage fee.
Freelancer (seller) fees
Fiverr’s earnings help page states that for every completed order, freelancers earn 80% of the purchase amount, including Gig Extras and tips (platform keeps the remaining ~20%). Amounts shown are before taxes.
- Completed payments typically enter a clearing period before they become withdrawable. Help pages historically cite multi-day clearing; confirm the live clearing window in your account — we are not restating a fixed day count here without a current primary source for every seller level.
- Eligible freelancers can use Early Payout to skip clearing for a 1% fee (per the earnings help page, checked Nov 5, 2026).
- Withdrawal methods (PayPal, bank, etc.) may add processor fees outside Fiverr’s 20% commission — check the withdrawal article for your method.
Worked examples (illustrative)
Assume no tax, no FX, no Early Payout, one payment. Arithmetic from the sourced headline rates only.
| Gig price | Client pays (price + 5.5% + under-$200 fee if any) | Freelancer earns (80%) |
|---|---|---|
| $50 | $50 + $2.75 + $3.50 = $56.25 | $40 |
| $199 | $199 + $10.945 + $3.50 ≈ $213.45 | $159.20 |
| $200 | $200 + $11.00 = $211.00 (no $3.50) | $160 |
| $500 | $500 + $27.50 = $527.50 | $400 |
If the client later buys a $40 tip or extra, that payment gets its own 5.5% (+ $3.50 if that payment is under $200). The freelancer still earns 80% of that tip/extra amount.
When Fiverr’s fee shape fits (and when it doesn’t)
- Fits: Packaged scope with clear deliverables, prepaid orders, clients who want a listed price and revision count.
- Awkward: Tiny under-$200 jobs where the $3.50 dominates; long ambiguous projects better split into funded milestones elsewhere; buyers who need hourly time tracking as the primary model.
For how Fiverr orders and optional milestones protect payment (and what they do not), see escrow and milestones. For a multi-platform table, see the fee comparison. Client-side vs Upwork: Upwork vs Fiverr fees for clients. Fiverr Pro plan pricing for buyers: Fiverr Pro pricing for buyers.
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Sources
- Fiverr Help — Paying for orders, extras, or custom offers: help.fiverr.com/.../Paying-for-orders… (checked Nov 5, 2026)
- Fiverr Help — Your earnings page (80% earnings; Early Payout 1%): help.fiverr.com/.../Your-earnings-page (checked Nov 5, 2026)
Exact clearing-day counts by seller level and some withdrawal processor fees are intentionally omitted until reconfirmed from current official pages for each case.