. done . commercial yes type of site online marketplace freelance marketplace online outsourcing registration required available in english spanish french dutch portuguese owner shai wininger micha kaufman launched february 2010 alexa rank 427 september 2016 update 1 current status active fiverr building in tel aviv fiverr is a global online marketplace offering tasks and services beginning at a cost of 5 per job performed from which it gets its name . the site is primarily used by freelancers who use fiverr to offer services to customers worldwide . 2 currently fiverr lists more than three million services on the site that range between 5 and 500 . 3 contents 1 history 2 function 3 commercial sector 4 demographics 5 criticism 6 see also 7 references history edit fiverr was founded by shai wininger and micha kaufman in 2009 and is headquartered in tel aviv israel . wininger came up with the concept of a marketplace that would provide a two sided platform for people to buy and sell a variety of digital services typically offered by freelance contractors . services offered on the site include writing translation graphic design video editing and programming . 4 5 6 fiverr s services start at 5 which is what the company s name is based on and can go up to thousands of dollars with gig extras . each service offered is called a gig . 7 the website was launched in early 2010 and by 2012 was hosting over 1.3 million gigs . 8 the website transaction volume has grown 600 % since 2011 . additionally fiverr.com has been ranked among the top 100 most popular sites in the u.s. and top 150 in the world since the beginning of 2013 . 3 on may 3 2012 fiverr secured us 15 million in funding from accel partners and bessemer venture partners bringing the company s total funding to us 20 million . 2 on december 2013 fiverr released their ios app in the apple app store . 9 on march 2014 fiverr released their android app in the google play store . 10 during august 2014 fiverr announced that it has raised 30 million in a series c round of funding from bessemer venture partners accel and other investors . the round brings their total funding to date to 50 million . 2 in october 2015 amazon.com started legal action against 1 114 fiverr sellers it claims provide fake reviews on the us version of its website . fiverr did not dispute amazon s allegations and stated as amazon noted we have worked closely together to remove services that violate our terms of use and respond promptly to any reports of inappropriate content . 11 in november 2015 fiverr announced that it had raised 60 million in a series d round of funding led by square peg capital . the round brings their total funding to date to 110 million . 12 at the same time the company announced that it was expanding the marketplace to allow sellers the ability to price productized services known as gigs at prices above the original usd 5 minimum . 13 function edit fiverr facilitates the buying and selling of gigs or micro jobs online . gigs range from get a well designed business card a career consultant will create an eye catching resume design help with html javascript css and jquery to i will be your personal assistant or virtual assistant and i will have harold the puppet make a birthday video . 14 commercial sector edit fiverr is a company built on the model of the gig economy or temporary work which is driven by buyers of various types of works that are provided by independent freelance professionals as well as small businesses and mid sized companies which together are sometimes called smbs smes or small and medium sized enterprises . participants in the gig economy may provide their products or services working in offices factories on the road i.e. providing driver and delivery services or as in the case of online marketplaces for digitally delivered services they may even work at home . 15 demographics edit while the fiverr marketplace may be dominated by so called millennials only two percent of sellers are over the age of 55 the company has stated that the rate of sellers aged 55 64 grew 375 percent at the end of the second quarter of 2015 compared with the year before . 16 criticism edit fiverr was especially criticized for advertising very cheap graphic services . at the end of 2014 fiverr s facebook page advertisement saying you re paying too much for design caused a public outcry . 17 this criticism has been largely resolved since fiverr lifted the five dollar base price and began allowing logo designers graphic artists voice over artists and other sellers in categories across the marketplace to charge the base prices they set for themselves . see also edit e lancing freelance marketplace references edit fiverr.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2015 09 09 . a b c leena rao 3 may 2012 . task based marketplace fiverr raises 15m from accel and bessemer . techcrunch . retrieved 2012 05 04 . a b robin wauters 3 may 2012 . fiverr helps get things done for as little as 5 raises 15m from accel and bessemer . the next web . retrieved 2012 05 04 . crunchbase profile fiverr kaufman micha 2013 09 17 . the gig economy the force that could save the american worker . wired . cond nast . retrieved 17 september 2013 . eric pfeiffer 3 april 2012 . how fiverr.com is changing the creative economy 5 at a time . yahoo news blog . retrieved 2012 03 04 . hoover lisa . fiverr outsources your small jobs for 5 . lifehacker . gawker media . retrieved 8 march 2010 . mary pilon 16 march 2010 . what will people do for 5 fiverr lets you find out . wall street journal . retrieved 2011 04 10 . bilton ricardo . fiverr launches its first ios app to help mobilize the up and coming gig economy . venture beat . retrieved 21 april 2014 . henry alan . fiverr brings its low cost side hustle marketplace to android . lifehacker . gawker media . retrieved 14 march 2014 . aisha gani amazon sues 1 000 fake reviewers the guardian 18 october 2015 lora kolodny 2015 11 11 . fiverr pockets 60m to become go to freelance marketplace . dow jones & company inc. dow jones & company inc. retrieved 5 december 2015 . abhimanyu ghoshal 2015 11 12 . fiverr will soon let you set any price for your services . the next web . the next web inc. retrieved 6 december 2015 . dachis adam . five annoying life problems you can solved for 5 with fiverr . lifehacker . gawker media . retrieved 9 september 2013 . leamy elisabeth 4 august 2015 . ways to earn money from home services . abc news . retrieved 31 october 2015 . miller mark 20 august 2015 . column seniors gear up for the sharing economy . reuters . retrieved 31 october 2015 . h fner daniel 9 august 2014 . was darf gutes design noch kosten licht und schatten des fiverr ph nomens . in german . t3n news . retrieved 26 february 2016 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fiverr & oldid 740006594 categories companies established in 2009commerce websitesinternet companies of israelinternet companies of the united 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