2014-08-10 9:00
I'm a first time Fiverr user, so maybe I just made a mistake in trusting this community, but here's my story.
I recently started working on a personal blog to post articles about programming. I wanted to get a quick logo done so I paid sk_virtuoso a total of $25 to make one for me. I gave this person some simple directions, that I wanted a lion type logo in black. sk_virtuoso came back with two drafts and I picked one. We finalized the deal and I was delivered the source files.
I was quite happy with the work, until I read this article:
What happens when you pay $5 for a logo.
See, this person figured out that quite a large number of "designers" on Fiverr are just outright stealing work from real designers and selling it as their own.
Concerned about "my" logo, I dumped it into a reverse image search. Sure enough, I got a hit from a company called Drasis Technology.
I guess I was an idiot for trusting a stranger over the internet. Caveat emptor.