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

SYDNEY, February 11 - 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 increase your sales," said Matt
Barrie, "It's fast and simple; simply go to www.freelancer.com and post a
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: www.freelancer.com

See some of the thousands of quotes from our users:
www.freelancer.com/quotes/

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
    URL www.freelancer.com
    Email mruhfus@freelancer.com

Michael Ruhfus, Operations Manager, URL www.freelancer.com, Email mruhfus at freelancer.com