GetAFreelancer Changes To Freelancer.com, Reaches 1 Million Users
By Anna Johnson on October 13th, 2009In case you didn’t think outsourcing wasn’t big, here’s more evidence: Australian based GetAFreelancer recently announced it had 1 million registered users and businesses from 234 countries and territories.
GetAFreelancer was founded just four years ago in 2004, and now competes with powerhouses in the online freelance/outsource space such as Elance.com and ODesk. According to GetAFreelancer CEO Matt Barrie, over 475,000 jobs have been posted on the website to date, amounting to a transaction value of more than $43 million.
The company is also changing its name to Freelancer.com, having bought the domain name for a 6 figure sum from an individual who, some 15 years ago, ran a magazine called Computer Freelancer. Good domain name and good move on GetAFreelancer’s part.
January 30th, 2010 at 8:54 am
Are you sure GetAFreelancer was “Australian based”? Because I have used it before and the emails I used to get from them had their address located in Sweden.
Their address from one of emails I received from them:
Best Regards,
GetAFreelancer.com Support Team
Plendo Sweden AB
Box 784
53117 Lidköping
Sweden
February 1st, 2010 at 2:31 am
Hi Mohan, yes Freelancer.com is owned by an Australian company. Just look at the bottom of the home page: you’ll see that it’s owned by Ignition Networks Pty Limited (ACN 134 845 748). ACN is short for ‘Australian Company Number’.