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Freelancer.com Acquires vWorker!

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Freelancer.com is pleased to announce that we have just acquired vWorker, the fourth largest freelance marketplace in the world and second largest by number of users! We are delighted to welcome vWorker users to Freelancer.com, and believe that they will make an invaluable contribution to our rapidly growing marketplace. vWorker members will quickly see the benefits of posting projects and freelancing in our marketplace, with our Milestone Payment system and huge breadth of talent resulting in a safer, more streamlined… Read more

Get rewarded while you work – Introducing Freelancer.com Rewards!

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Freelancer Gamification Level Up

We’re thrilled to introduce the latest site innovation for easy appraisal of your work experience and performance: Freelancer.com Rewards! The program recognizes your experience and accomplishments with points, badges, and progress bars, and rewards you for them with bonuses and credits that you can spend at our new Credits Shop.  Basic, Standard, and Premium members can unlock these rewards and use the credits to buy project upgrades, extra bids per month, or even exam upgrades. It’s our way of saying… Read more

Invoice all your clients using Freelancer – even if they are not on Freelancer.com!

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Freelancer invoice for external clients

We are very excited to announce that Freelancer has just introduced invoicing for external clients. This extends the current Freelancer invoicing functionality and now allows you to invoice anyone, regardless of whether or not they are a registered Freelancer.com user. This is a true innovation in the outsourcing industry as Freelancer is the first company to offer this revolutionary service. This is great news for our 4 million+ freelancers, as it means that you can now manage all your freelancing… Read more

We’ve added Translation & Languages to the list of jobs you can outsource!

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We’ve just added a new Translation & Languages section to the project categories. Freelancers will now be able to add languages to their skillset, and employers will have a much easier time finding qualified contractors for their non-English outsourcing needs. We’re sure this is a welcome change for our expanding marketplace. Now would be a great time to take advantage of the language tests available under the Exams tab, if you haven’t done so already. What better way to demonstrate… Read more

Freelancer.com acquires Scriptlance!

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All Scriptlance users should have received an email with your Freelancer.com login details. If you have not received this email, please contact Freelancer.com Support at  customer-support@freelancer.com. Freelancer.com is very excited to announce that we have just acquired Scriptlance – the fifth largest freelance marketplace in the world. We are delighted to welcome Scriptlance members to Freelancer.com. This is great news for both Scriptlance and Freelancer.com members and makes Freelancer.com an even stronger marketplace. Scriptlance members will immediately notice that outsourcing work… Read more

Complete an exam and go in the running to win a share of $1200!

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Exam via Bigstock Freelancer.com Exams are a great test of knowledge and allow you to showcase your high level of expertise and skill within an area. For each exam you successfully complete you will receive a badge on your profile indicating to potential employers that you are knowledgable and capable to perform the work. We are running a contest which will help you showcase your skills and abilities to get more work! All you need to do is complete exams… Read more

API CONTEST REGISTRATION IS LIVE!

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You can now register your application for our US$30,000 API Competition! Simply go to the Competition Website and click on the “Submit” button. We will be following up in the next few weeks with a link to your own wiki page which you can edit to show off your application! Click here to register your application for the FreelancerAPI competition: http://contest.freelancer.com/api/register.html

Freelancer.com in New Scientist

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We have been recently featured in New Scientist both online and offline in their printed magazine. New Scientists talks about our new Freelancer API and how we are allowing the possibilities of machines managing human labour. Read the full wrap online at: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627595.300-become-a-wage-slave-to-software.html Alternatively you can pick up the May 8th Issue of New Scientist and you’ll find the article on page 19 in the Technology section.