Freelancer.com Acquires Uk Freelance Jobs Marketplace Freelancer.co.uk

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MEDIA RELEASE PR38290


Freelancer.com Acquires UK Freelance Jobs Marketplace Freelancer.co.uk


SYDNEY, Feb.11 /Medianet International-AsiaNet/ --


    Freelancer.com, the world's #1 micro-outsourcing marketplace today announced that it had acquired the UK

freelancing website Freelancer.co.uk

Freelancer.co.uk connects small businesses in the UK to freelancers across a range of industries including

software, web design, marketing and engineering. Incorporated in 2008, Freelancer.co.uk has grown steadily

to over 16,000 customers in the United Kingdom.


    "We are pleased to announce this acquisition as it is a great fit with our business", said Matt Barrie Chief

Executive of Freelancer.com, "By integrating with Freelancer.com, small businesses in the United Kingdom

will benefit from our highly active marketplace of over 1.4 million professionals."


    "If you are a small business owner in the UK, you should be using Freelancer.com to lower your costs and


project. You'll start receiving bids within seconds of posting a project and with the average job under US$200

(GBP 130), it's extremely cost effective for small business."


    Terms of the acquisition were undisclosed.

    Over 550,000 jobs have been posted to date on Freelancer.com, for a sum total of over US$50 million.


    New users can post a trial project for free. Simply follow the directions on: 



    See some of the thousands of quotes from our users:



    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. Freelancer.com connects over 1.4

million employers and freelancers globally from over 234 countries & regions. 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.


    For more information, contact:

    Michael Ruhfus 

    Operations Manager


    Email mruhfus@freelancer.com


SOURCE: GetAFreelancer.com


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