Freelancer.com Surpasses Half a Million Outsourcing Projects

SYDNEY, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Freelancer(TM), formerly known as
GetAFreelancer, the world's top freelance jobs micro-outsourcing marketplace,
today announced that over 500,000 freelance jobs have been posted to date
through the website.

"Our growth in job postings has been phenomenal," said Matt Barrie, Chief
Executive of Freelancer. "We are proud to have connected so many employers
with freelance service providers from around the world."

Freelancer connects over one million employers and freelancers globally.
Through our website, employers can hire freelancers to do work in areas such
as software, writing, data entry and design right through to engineering and
the sciences, sales and marketing, and accounting & legal services. Freelancer
is the leader in the micro-outsourcing market, with the average job size being
under US$200. This is extremely cost effective for small businesses, which
often need a wide variety of jobs to be done, but cannot justify the expense
of hiring full time.

Some of the recent jobs include the design of an outdoor restaurant (38 bids,
average bid US$201), an iPhone application for streaming videos (average bid
US$610), and corporate identity development which included logo design,
leaflet and a simple website for a weddings business (24 bids, average bid
US$217).

Over 500,000 jobs have been posted to date, for a sum of over US$45 million.

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About Freelancer
Freelancer.com is a global marketplace for online and freelance jobs where
businesses connect with independent service providers and freelancers to
outsource their work. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, the site currently
has over 1,000,000 registered professionals and businesses from 234 countries
and territories worldwide.

For more information, contact:
Michael Ruhfus Operations Manager
URL http://www.GetAFreelancer.com
Email: mruhfus@freelancer.com

SOURCE Freelancer.com

Michael Ruhfus, Operations Manager, Freelancer, mruhfus@freelancer.com