We’ve completely redesigned everyone’s Profile page and added new features to maximize your earning potential. The result is that your new Profile page is now among the best on the Internet! It’s the perfect showcase for your skills, experience and reputation in a powerful new layout. All your key information is organized and easy to read, and the single, most important thing you can do is ensure it’s 100% complete. This is essential for you to take advantage of recent features… Read more

Protesting SOPA The Internet has done more to foster growth of businesses and entrepreneurship than any other invention or technology in recent times, spurring an unparalleled democratization of knowledge and opportunity both in the US and across the globe. At Freelancer.com we support efforts to curtail and prevent copyright infringement, and have published policies to handle responding to issues and dealing with infringements.  However the vague and broad reaching language of SOPA is clearly ripe for abuse, and the requirements placed on sites such… Read more

Video Contests are the very first Multimedia contest offered on the Freelancer.com Contest site. It enables you to get hundreds of video entries, from professional videographers, for as little as US$290! A video contest is the perfect way to crowdsource a training video for your staff,  instructional guide on your website, or a slick Youtube product review. We think Youtube will be a popular choice among contest creators. Just look at the way it spawned successful careers for Rebecca Black and Justin… Read more

Late last night we received a short email from Matt, from Melbourne, with a photo attached, which you’ll see at the bottom of this post. It was Matt’s low key way of telling us he’d just become the 2011 Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year winner! This is a very important award coming from the leading lights in Australia’s business and entrepreneurial community, which is why it means so much to us all! 2011 has truly been an amazing year… Read more

We have just launched our new “Expose our logo to win US$25,000″ Competition. We are looking for people from all over the world to creatively expose our logo to as many people as possible and capture it all on video. We are giving away total prize money of US$25,000. 1st prize – $10,000 People’s Choice – $5000 2nd Prize – $2,500 3rd Prize – $1,500 We also have a whole bunch of different categories where we are giving away US$1,000… Read more

The new Find Freelancers directory is live today and will significantly impact the way you hire and get hired on site. The directory delivers several benefits: A leaderboard that ranks Freelancers by Skill and Reputation; Enables Employers to evaluate every Freelancer by reviewing details of completed projects  and reputation for a specific Skill; An easy-to-read layout makes it easy to compare and contrast Freelancers; Employers can make an offer on the spot by clicking Hire Me.   The leaderboard reinforces… Read more

Benefits for Employers Employers, we know you’ve worked with Freelancers who are so good that you’ve wanted to hire them again. Well, today we’re launching an exciting new feature that lets you do just that! It’s called the “Hire Me” button and appears on every Freelancer’s Profile page. Plus, we’ve also added a “Contact list” from which you can easily rehire Freelancers whom you’ve previously awarded projects to. Here’s how it works: Click Hire Me, on any Freelancer’s Profile, to make… Read more

Paypal announced yesterday they have raised the sending limit for Indian account holders to US$3000. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) placed restrictions earlier this year on the amount Indian users were able to receive into their accounts (see blogpost). We are pleased that this limit has been increased, giving Indian users greater flexibility in their payment options. Please note that to comply with the RBI guidelines, you must add a Permanent Account Number (PAN), Purpose Code and local bank… Read more

The Jobs Crisis: A Call for America’s Next Great Innovators to Rise Up By Matt Barrie, Freelancer.com Chief Executive That old cliché about change being the only permanent thing in this world is really true. Transformed by disruptive new technologies and now battered by the global economic crisis, industries throughout the world are experiencing seismic shifts— including that of America’s. But America won’t be down for long. America created the Internet, America put the man on the moon. America built… Read more

We’ve just launched hourly projects and it will revolutionize the way you get projects done on site. Starting today you can hire, and get paid, by the hour on Freelancer.com! Freelancers, keep more money in your pockets by doing hourly projects with the lowest commission rate in the industry- only 3% for gold members ($24.95/mo). This reduces your commissions paid by up to 70% compared to some other, random sites. We listened carefully to our community and launched hourly projects… Read more