Fiverr

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About

Fiverr is an online marketplace where freelancer workers offer a variety of services ranging between $5 and $500.

History

Fiverr^[1] was launched in February 2010 by founders Micha Kaufman and Shai Wininger. By 2012, the site had over 1.3 million services listed. On May 3rd, the site received $15 million in funding from the venture capitalist firms Accel Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners. In December 2013, a Fiverr iOS app was released on the Apple app store. In February 2014, Fiverr partnered with Coinbase to enable bitcoin payments on the online marketplace. In March, an app for Android operating system was released.

Features

Fiverr allows users to buy and sell freelance jobs referred to as "gigs." In January 2012, the "Levels" reputation-based promotion system was implemented which grants sellers advanced tools after completing transaction milestones.

Highlights

Rog and Tyrone

Rog and Tyrone are nicknames given to Roger Stockburger and Gordon Hurd, respectively, a pair of video testimonial spokesmen on the online marketplace Fiverr who are often enlisted to create humorous anime-related videos by users in the /a/ (anime) and /s4s/ (shit 4chan says) boards on 4chan.