Freelancer.com

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Freelancer
Type Public company (ASX: FLN)
Foundation date Australia
2009
Headquarters Freelancer
Suite 52
Jones Bay Wharf 26-32 Pirrama Rd
Pyrmont, New South Wales
Area served Worldwide
Founder(s) Matt Barrie
Key people Matt Barrie, CEO
Darren Williams, CTO
Neil Katz, CFO
David Harrison, Vice President of Engineering
Willix Halim, Vice President of Growth
Industry Freelance Marketplace
Online Jobs
Employees 300 (July 2013)
Website Freelancer
Users 10 million[1]
Available in English, German, French, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish, Filipino, Dutch[1]
Freelancer.com
Alexa rank negative increase 489 (February 2014)[2]

Freelancer is a global outsourcing marketplace, founded in 2009. Its headquarters are located in Sydney, Australia, though also has offices spanning London, Buenos Aires, Manila and Jakarta.

Description

Freelancer is marketplaces where employers and employees are able to find each other. The site allows employers to post work to get done. Anybody is then able to offer quotes to complete the project, upon which point the original employer is able to award the work.


Background

Freelancer has acquired several outsourcing marketplaces including GetAFreelancer.com and EUFreelance.com (founded by Magnus Tibell in 2004, Sweden),[3] LimeExchange (a former business of Lime Labs LLC, USA),[4] Scriptlance.com (founded by Rene Trescases in 2001, Canada)[5]- one of the early pioneers in freelancing, Freelancer.de Booking Center (Germany), Freelancer.co.uk (United Kingdom),[6] Webmaster-talk.com (USA), a forum for webmasters,[7] and vWorker (founded by Ian Ippolito, USA).[8]

As of 8 January 2013, the company has set up 25 regional marketplaces with local language, customer service and currency support including the United States (Global), United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Philippines,[9] India[10][11] and Latin America.[12]

Awards

  • 2012 Deloitte Australia Technology Fast 50[13]
  • 2012 Silver Stevie Award, International Business Awards[14]
  • 2012 People's Voice Webby Award for Employment, 16th Annual Webby Awards[15]
  • 2011 Webby Award for Employment, People's Voice Award, 15th Annual Webby Awards[16]
  • 2011 BRW Fast Starters[17]
  • 2011 BRW Fast 100[18]
  • 2010 Best Export Achievement, People's Choice Award, 17th Annual AIMIA Awards[19]
  • 2010 Anthill Cool Company Awards: Best Online Business[20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Freelancer - Hire Freelancers & Find Freelance Jobs Online". Freelancer. 
  2. ↑ "Freelancer.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-02-02. 
  3. ↑ "News". Innovate it. Retrieved 2012-02-27. 
  4. ↑ "Crunchbase listing for LimeExchange.com". 
  5. ↑ "Freelancer acquires Scriptlance.com - article on TechCrunch". 
  6. ↑ "Freelancer Grows: Global Acquisitions Continue for Leading Job Market Website". 
  7. ↑ "GoRumors Article covering Webmaster-talk.com". 
  8. ↑ Lunden, Ingrid (November 19, 2012). "Freelancer Buys Another IT Job Site, vWorker (aka RentACoder.com), For A Price In The Millions". TechCrunch. Retrieved November 21, 2012. 
  9. ↑ , Gadgets Magazine
  10. ↑ ,Indiatimes.com "Website for freelance assignments launched in India"]. The Times Of India. 2012-02-09. 
  11. ↑ , E27.sg
  12. ↑ , BNAmericas
  13. ↑ "Deloitte Australia Technology Fast 50". 
  14. ↑ "Stevie Awards Site". 
  15. ↑ "16th Annual Webby Awards". 
  16. ↑ "15th Annual Webby Awards". 
  17. ↑ "BRW Fast Starters 2011". 
  18. ↑ "BRW Fast 100 2011". 
  19. ↑ "17th AIMIA Award Winners". 
  20. ↑ "2010 Anthill Cool Company Awards". 

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