Game on: Fiverr’s New Gaming Store is Live
Fiverr International is launching a gaming-specific store, aiming to democratize access to services including quality game development, game writing, and video editing by providing a fast, one-click experience.
Fiverr's online store is focused on the booming interest in video and mobile games that will let game experts sell their special skill sets to prospective players.
Categories include:
- Game Development
- QA
- Character Modeling
- Storyboards
- Game Design
- Character Animation
- Game Writing
- Game Trailers
- Producers and Composers
- Graphics for Streamers
- Animation for Streamers
- Video Editing
Fortnite and PUBG have been worldwide runaway successes. Both games have an arena-style survival concept, called “battle royale”, where 100 gamers are dropped onto an island to fight each other for survival.
From as little as $5, players can enroll on the site to learn survival skills and how to choose the best landing spots and guns.
Fiverr makes money from commissions by connecting people with professionals offering various services on its freelance services platform.
Along with game coaching, buyers and sellers can trade “gigs”, or services in 30 categories ranging from developing a game to polishing game streaming on platforms such as Twitch.
Fortnite was launched in 2017 and its popularity has pushed the valuation of its publisher Epic Games to $15 billion in a funding round last year. Gamers have also flocked to Electronic Arts Inc’s Apex Legends and Tencent Holdings Ltd’s “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” (PUBG).
The numbers of gamers is expected to rise more with the launch of Apple’s subscription-based game service Apple Arcade this fall and Alphabet’s browser-based video game streaming service Google Stadia.