API CONTEST REGISTRATION IS LIVE!

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

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.

New Feature – My Credentials

We have just launched a brand new feature where freelancers are able to add their education history, awards and licenses to their public profiles. There is also a section to add references which isn’t live yet. In order for freelancers to add their credentials all they’ll need to do is login, find “My Credentials” under the “My Profile” menu, from there is it easy to add these details. Employers will like to know about freelancers experience and qualifications and will… Read more

Freelancer API Competition

To kick start our Freelancer API competition we have created an animated video explaining the possibilities of our new API and how you can eventually develop software to run an online store on autopilot. If you haven’t already checked out our new competition where we are giving away over $US30,000 in cash and prizes visit http://contest.freelancer.com Click play to view the video that is uploaded to our new Youtube account Sometime in the not-so distant future… My online store isn’t… Read more

Outsource Website Design – Success Story

Outsource website design at http://www.freelancer.com and tap into a global pool of highly skilled web designers and developers to work on your projects. Check out this success story by Jonathan Adams who outsourced website design work. ————————– Our company had a website project that needed a great deal of functionality for a very tight budget. Our project was somewhat unique, being a website for rural and ranch properties throughout the United States. After some careful analysis, we determined that we… Read more

Freelancer API

Futurist and Scientists hypothesise about a coming technological singularity; a point in time in the future where it is believed that man-machine intelligence will explode, accelerating technological progress at a rate so quickly that the future will be radically different from today. So different, that as mere mortals, limited by the human brain, we cannot even comprehend this future. Whether or not the singularity will eventuate, man and machine have become closer today with the launch of the FreelancerAPI. For… Read more

Congratulations to our "Design Our T-Shirt" Competition Winners

Thank you for all the people who entered our “Design Our T-Shirt” competition. We received over 5000 entries from all corners of the globe. Congratulations goes to our winners: Tom Pearson from the UK for taking out 1st place and winning $US2,500 & Master Graphic Designer Insignia http://contest.freelancer.com/shirt_upload/mbkatari/1762.jpg Vito Tafuni from Italy for taking out 2nd place and winning Gold membership for one year & Specialist Graphic Designer Insignia http://contest.freelancer.com/shirt_upload/vitotafuni/2060.png Tiemen Vergeylen from Belgium for taking out 3rd place and… Read more

Stand Out From The Crowd

We have created a new feature that will help freelancers stand out and get noticed by employers. Freelancers are now able to highlight their bid for only $1. This will help you to get noticed and increase your chances of getting selected for the projects you bid on. Highlight your bids today and start getting more work! Here is what your highlighted bids will look like.