Freelancer.com
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| Type of business | Australian Proprietary Limited Company (Private) |
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| Available in | English, German, French, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish, Filipino, Dutch[1] |
| Founded | Australia 2009 |
| Headquarters | Freelancer.com 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 | 200 (October 2012) |
| URL | Freelancer.com |
| Users | 6.8 million[1] [1] |
Freelancer.com is a global outsourcing marketplace, founded in 2009 by Matt Barrie. Its headquarters is in Sydney, Australia. The company also has offices in London, Buenos Aires, Manila and Jakarta.
Description
Freelancer.com is one of several marketplace where individuals and small businesses can hire freelancers to perform work. These sites often manage the payments, and make money by charging membership fees and/or take a cut of the payment. Freelancer.com charges projects commission fees between 0% and 10% depending on the user's membership plan: in addition to a free plan, paid plans cost between $5 to $50 per month.[3]
Background
Freelancer.com has acquired several outsourcing marketplaces including GetAFreelancer.com and EUFreelance.com (founded by Magnus Tibell in 2004, Sweden),[4] LimeExchange (a former business of Lime Labs LLC, USA),[5] Scriptlance.com (founded by Rene Trescases in 2001, Canada)[6]- one of the early pioneers in freelancing, Freelancer.de Booking Center (Germany), Freelancer.co.uk (United Kingdom),[7], Webmaster-talk.com (USA), a forum for webmasters,[8] and vWorker (founded by Ian Ippolito, USA).[9]
Freelancer.com categorizes its users as either employers or freelancers. Employers are individuals or companies who wish to outsource their work.[10] Once registered, users are able to bid for projects, or post their own. To help employers decide which user to select, Freelancer allows providers to take exams and prove their skills.
The major categories of work posted on the site are Websites, IT & Software, Mobile Phones & Computing, Writing & Content, Design, Media & Architecture, Data Entry & Admin, Engineering & Science, Product Sourcing and Manufacturing, as well as Sales & Marketing, Business, Accounting, HR & Legal.
As of 8th 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[11], India[12][13] and Latin America.[14]
Other sites that provide similar services are oDesk, Guru, and Elance.
Awards
- 2012 Deloitte Asia Pacific Technology Fast 500[15]
- 2012 Deloitte Australia Technology Leadership Award (top 10 large company)[16]
- 2012 Deloitte Australia Technology Fast 50[16]
- 2012 Silver Stevie Award, International Business Awards[17]
- 2012 People's Voice Webby Award for Employment, 16th Annual Webby Awards[18]
- 2011 Webby Award for Employment, People's Voice Award, 15th Annual Webby Awards[19]
- 2011 People's Choice Award, 18th Annual AIMIA Awards[20]
- 2011 Inaugural BRW Entrepreneur of the Year[21]
- 2011 Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year (CEO Matt Barrie)[22]
- 2011 BRW Fast Starters[23]
- 2011 BRW Fast 100[24]
- 2010 Best Export Achievement, People's Choice Award, 17th Annual AIMIA Awards[25]
- 2010 Anthill Cool Company Awards: Best Online Business[26]
- 2010 Anthill Cool Company Awards: Best Global Company[26]
- 2010 Anthill Cool Company Awards: Reader's Choice[26]
- 2010 Anthill Smart 100[26]
Confidentiality
Freelancer.com does not allow the employer and sub contractor to exchange direct contact detail or confidential discussion in between them. The contractor and subcontractor has to discuss their ideas and invention in their message board, where freelancer.com staff is constantly watching. This practice will compromise employer's business secrets to freelancer.com staffs, which is not advisable. Their terms of condition (8.1 and 8.2) Clearly states this
http://www.freelancer.com/page.php?p=info/terms
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Freelancer.com - Hire Freelancers & Find Freelance Jobs Online". Freelancer.com. Cite error: The named reference "freelancer" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Freelancer.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
- ^ "Freelancer FAQ".
- ^ "News". Innovate it. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
- ^ "Crunchbase listing for LimeExchange.com".
- ^ "Freelancer.com acquires Scriptlance.com - article on TechCrunch".
- ^ "Freelancer Grows: Global Acquisitions Continue for Leading Job Market Website".
- ^ "GoRumors Article covering Webmaster-talk.com".
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid (November 19, 2012). "Freelancer.com Buys Another IT Job Site, vWorker (aka RentACoder.com), For A Price In The Millions". TechCrunch. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
- ^ Kobayashi, Mark. "Will breakdance for money – The SocialITe". Computerweekly.com. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
- ^ [1], Gadgets Magazine
- ^ "Website for freelance assignments launched in India". The Times Of India. 2012-02-09.
- ^ [2], E27.sg
- ^ [3], BNAmericas
- ^ "Deloitte Asia Pacific Fast 500".
- ^ a b "Deloitte Australia Technology Fast 50".
- ^ "Stevie Awards Site".
- ^ "16th Annual Webby Awards".
- ^ "15th Annual Webby Awards".
- ^ "18th Annual AIMIA Awards".
- ^ "BRW Entrepreneur of the Year Matt Barrie".
- ^ "Ernst & Young Website".
- ^ "BRW Fast Starters 2011".
- ^ "BRW Fast 100 2011".
- ^ "17th AIMIA Award Winners".
- ^ a b c d "2010 Anthill Cool Company Awards".