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Sellers: Interested in getting paid for every hour you work, instead of a fixed price? Download the new pay for time desktop application and start bidding on open projects now! Or click here for more information on the differences between pay for deliverables and pay for time.

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Congratulations!

11/1/2009: Congratulations!

Rent A Coder congratulates the following outstanding coder(s) who last month completed projects that put them over a multiple of 50 (50,100,150, etc.). Rent A Coder salutes your superb work-ethic, self-less dedication and superior customer service skills. Great job!

Name	Projects Completed as of 10/31/2009 11:59:59 PM*
Lisa_G	1705 (Up from 1693 on 10/1/2009)
puneetjaini	863 (Up from 823 on 10/1/2009)
itstudio	709 (Up from 696 on 10/1/2009)
alma	604 (Up from 599 on 10/1/2009)
marcinzygmunt	602 (Up from 590 on 10/1/2009)
Reliable Tech	504 (Up from 478 on 10/1/2009)
aymaan_shaker	455 (Up from 436 on 10/1/2009)
eagleeyez	453 (Up from 444 on 10/1/2009)
Paul Cristian Geletu	408 (Up from 398 on 10/1/2009)
Eduardo Comoglio	401 (Up from 394 on 10/1/2009)
rollu	401 (Up from 399 on 10/1/2009)
cool_designs	364 (Up from 331 on 10/1/2009)
MT Shahzad	350 (Up from 341 on 10/1/2009)
Nebil	316 (Up from 295 on 10/1/2009)
salmanmughal	303 (Up from 299 on 10/1/2009)
MilanKM	257 (Up from 247 on 10/1/2009)
BronzeCODE	256 (Up from 248 on 10/1/2009)
Lx Technologies	256 (Up from 246 on 10/1/2009)
KindCoder	253 (Up from 247 on 10/1/2009)
ART Web Design	252 (Up from 246 on 10/1/2009)
Bluewolf030	251 (Up from 242 on 10/1/2009)
sabinamnt	208 (Up from 195 on 10/1/2009)
Delphicoders	204 (Up from 199 on 10/1/2009)
anandagr	203 (Up from 196 on 10/1/2009)
namith jawahar	202 (Up from 193 on 10/1/2009)
Esigners	201 (Up from 199 on 10/1/2009)
Debline	201 (Up from 197 on 10/1/2009)
ORIGINAL DESIGNS	201 (Up from 194 on 10/1/2009)
Vladimir V. Gliznitsa	200 (Up from 193 on 10/1/2009)
Whiz-Bang Solutions	157 (Up from 140 on 10/1/2009)
Elena Tudor	153 (Up from 138 on 10/1/2009)
deepbluetech	152 (Up from 149 on 10/1/2009)
Crulex	152 (Up from 149 on 10/1/2009)
BAJCreations	151 (Up from 149 on 10/1/2009)
siltech	150 (Up from 148 on 10/1/2009)
rep_movsd	150 (Up from 147 on 10/1/2009)
IT-Solution	150 (Up from 149 on 10/1/2009)
Ovidiu Veliscu	150 (Up from 148 on 10/1/2009)
box25	112 (Up from 95 on 10/1/2009)
krepesh	104 (Up from 94 on 10/1/2009)
imranexpt	103 (Up from 88 on 10/1/2009)
Ori-Tec	102 (Up from 98 on 10/1/2009)
oxt	102 (Up from 99 on 10/1/2009)
Rob Ryan	101 (Up from 96 on 10/1/2009)
Mihai Scutariu	101 (Up from 95 on 10/1/2009)
Yunus	100 (Up from 96 on 10/1/2009)
yilin	100 (Up from 98 on 10/1/2009)
george_rac	61 (Up from 47 on 10/1/2009)
Cosmin M.	60 (Up from 35 on 10/1/2009)
Professional2Hire.com	60 (Up from 48 on 10/1/2009)
HaiTran	59 (Up from 47 on 10/1/2009)
Narek_Guru	58 (Up from 47 on 10/1/2009)
PakCoders	58 (Up from 45 on 10/1/2009)
arckytekt2.0	56 (Up from 49 on 10/1/2009)
DenisLucian	56 (Up from 44 on 10/1/2009)
mbahjoyo	55 (Up from 42 on 10/1/2009)
AceSolutions	55 (Up from 39 on 10/1/2009)
GOODASGOLD09	55 (Up from 39 on 10/1/2009)
Design Solution	54 (Up from 43 on 10/1/2009)
PraPu	54 (Up from 45 on 10/1/2009)
SB Solutions	54 (Up from 46 on 10/1/2009)
TopOfStack	53 (Up from 47 on 10/1/2009)
CsZoli	53 (Up from 46 on 10/1/2009)
Vladimir Radzivil	52 (Up from 49 on 10/1/2009)
AdrianCR	52 (Up from 41 on 10/1/2009)
themaze	51 (Up from 41 on 10/1/2009)
dlogin	51 (Up from 46 on 10/1/2009)
Universaldataexpert	51 (Up from 46 on 10/1/2009)
MosesImmanuvel	51 (Up from 48 on 10/1/2009)
dvz1	50 (Up from 42 on 10/1/2009)
MarkSnegg	50 (Up from 48 on 10/1/2009)
VnOutSourcing	50 (Up from 48 on 10/1/2009)
Khalid Safwat	50 (Up from 45 on 10/1/2009)
CMSBD	50 (Up from 35 on 10/1/2009)
examplevc	50 (Up from 49 on 10/1/2009)
M Hasan	50 (Up from 48 on 10/1/2009)
Lucian Timo	50 (Up from 49 on 10/1/2009)
dementeddogz	50 (Up from 42 on 10/1/2009)
MohsinRaz	50 (Up from 49 on 10/1/2009)
i-thinkers	50 (Up from 49 on 10/1/2009)
Opacity	50 (Up from 48 on 10/1/2009)

*The project is complete once the buyer accepts work as 100% complete. This may or may not coincide with the date the buyer rated the coder.

Upcoming Exciting ExpertRating Changes

10/5/2009: Upcoming Exciting ExpertRating Changes

We are excited to announce upcoming changes to the ExpertRating certifications on Rent a Coder. We hope to roll these out later this week, and when this occurs, not only will you have many more tests to choose from, but you will be able to take them for free, rather than paying $20 each. If you are considering taking a test now, you may wish to wait until this is available. More information will be posted when the new program is available.

Pay for Time Beta #3: Temporary Activation for all Buyer Projects

9/19/2009: Pay for Time Beta #3: Temporary Activation for all Buyer Projects!

We are pleased to announce beta #3 of the "pay for time" feature (hourly bidding)! During beta #3, all buyers can now post a "pay for time" project. Buyers: to try this, select "pay for time" on the 2nd page of the bid request posting process. Sellers: all sellers can automatically participate in all projects posted during the beta by simply bidding on such projects. Here are the ones that are currently open for bidding.

Please note that during beta, there may be hiccups so we appreciate your patience. Also, once we reach the maximum # of project for the beta, we unfortunately will have to deactivate this posting option for buyers. Of course it will be reactivated again, once the official "go live" date arrives.

Click here for an overview on how “pay for time” works. Click here for an explanation on the differences between the two types of projects.

Rent A Coder makes the 2009 INC 5000 list

9/11/2009: Rent a Coder named to Inc 5000 for 3rd year in a row

Rent a coder is excited and honored to be named ''One of the Fastest Growing Private Companies'' by INC 5000 for the 3rd consecutive year. Inc. 5000 status is awarded only after extensive screening, and inclusion on the list is considered to be one of the most prestigious awards for high growth companies in the private sector.

"Pay for time" projects now available in beta

8/7/2009: "Pay for time" projects now available in early beta!

Rent a Coder is pleased to announce an exciting new feature called “Pay for time”. On these projects, sellers are paid per hour (rather than a fixed price for a specific deliverable as in the traditional Rent a Coder project, which is now called “pay for deliverables”). Click here for an overview on how “pay for time” works. Click here for an explanation on the differences between the two types of projects.

Please note that this feature is in early beta testing, so we appreciate your patience while we work out any wrinkles. The first pay for time project is now available for bidding here

Paypal fee changes

6/25/2009: PayPal fee changes

PayPal now charges an increased fee for sellers receiving money using that payment method. Click here for more details. If you wish to switch to an alternate pay method, you can do so via 'my pay options' in your left hand menu under 'software coders' and 'my coder account'.

Tell buyers about your availability on your profile

10/10/2008: Sellers: Tell buyers about your availability on your profile!

Are you going on vacation or are unavailable? You now have a "twitter" feature on your profile where you can update buyers about your availability. Just go to your coder profile and click on "edit" under your screen name and give it a try.

Rent a coder named Inc 5000

10/10/2008: Rent a Coder named ''One of the Fastest Growing Private Companies'' again

Rent a coder is excited and honored to be named ''One of the Fastest Growing Private Companies'' by INC 5000 again, for 2008. Inc. 5000 status is awarded only after extensive screening, and inclusion on the list is considered to be one of the most prestigious awards for high growth companies in the private sector.

New design for Payoneer card

6/13/2008: New design for Rent a Coder Payoneer Prepaid Mastercard® and waived signup fee!

Payoneer has designed a new custom card just for Rent A Coder! Click here to learn more!

New coder payment option: Payoneer

3/18/2008: New coder/seller payment option: Payoneer!

You've asked for it, and now you've got it! Rent A Coder now offers the Payoneer Prepaid MasterCard® as a method of payment. We credit you the money electronically and you just spend it like a credit card or withdraw it from an ATM machine. It's extremely fast and convenient. For more information, click on 'my pay options' on the left hand side menu.

Rent A Coder makes the INC 5000 list

8/31/2007: Rent A Coder makes the Inc. 5000 list

Rent a coder is proud to have made the prestigous Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in the United States, and to be the 82nd fastest growing software company. We are also proud to be the 3rd fastest growing company in the Tampa Bay area and #1065 in the entire nation!

Rent A Coder values

8/6/2007: Respect for Diversity 2

I have noticed that people who tend to gravitate to Rent A Coder tend to be more tolerant than the population as a whole. Here is a very interesting email that I received recently, that I think illustrates that very well.

-Ian Ippolito: Creator of RentACoder.com

New filters

2/2/2007: New bid request filters: Economy Type and English Fluency

Some coders have expressed frustration at having to weed through (and potentially waste their time bidding on) bid requests intended for coders of an opposite economy type or English fluency. When this occurs, the buyer''s time is also wasted as well, because they must evaluate and then discard an unqualified bid.

To solve this problem, two new filters have been added...Economy Type and English Proficiency. Most buyers do not have a preference in regards to either, and will not use this feature. But some do, and this filter allows them to post a bid request that targets only the type of coder that they want. When they do this, the site only shows the project to coders for whom this would apply to...making it "invisible" to the rest. (It also does the same thing in the daily coder newsletter). This saves all parties time and effort.

IMPORTANT: If you are a coder, please go to ''My filters'' and make sure your filters for these two new types are set properly. We have autoset them based on the usual values for your registered country, but if you have an unusual situation then you will be missing out on projects unnecessarily.

New feature: Expert Guarantee

12/20/2006: New feature--the Expert Guarantee

Are you an expert coder who is having trouble making your bids noticed, because of too much 'noise' from less qualified bidders? Or are you a buyer who has a 'must complete' project and/or need an expert, but can't determine which of your bidders is up to the task? The new Expert Guarantee feature enables expert coders to connect with buyers more quickly and easier than ever before. Click here for more details!

Rent A Coder values

5/22/2006: Respect for Diversity

Recently a job was posted on Rent A Coder for a job creating a Flash animation that involved Muhammad (incidentally performing graphic actions that would offend many non-Muslims as well). It was removed and the buyer warned that a repost will cost them their account.

My opinion on this issue is that the gap between the Muslim and Christian communities is already too large. Some of us see the results of this gap every day in the news, and others experience it first hand. This gap is causing problems for many individual lives, families and our entire planet. A respect for diversity means that we do not add further fuel to the fire by deliberately pushing the "hot buttons" of others. Instead it means that we work to understand and then be sensitive to those issues. Finding this type of common ground is the first step in working to close the gap.

I have found that the people who tend to gravitate to Rent A Coder tend to be more tolerant than the population as a whole. Thanks to those who helped notify us about this posting.

-Ian Ippolito: Creator of RentACoder.com

Technical Issues Blog

Technical Issues Blog on Rent A Coder

To learn about any technical issues that are occuring right now on the site, click here.

Watch out for this "buyer"

A "Buyer" With Bad Intentions

All coders are urged to be on the lookout for this buyer who we estimate has gotten over $100,000 worth of free software developed, from coders who chose not to follow site rules (due to either greed or ignorance) and allowed themselves to be taken advantage of. If you are coder, don't become a victim.

Severe Weather Update Page

Severe Weather Update Page

Learn how to deal with abscences by the opposite party that are caused by hurricanes, earthquakes and other severe weather.

New Affiliate Program Launched!

Make more money from Rent A Coder as an affiliate!

Now you can make even more money from Rent a Coder with the new affiliate program! Every new buyer you refer to the site who completes a project, earns you a generous commission. We give you 1/3 of the profits...more than any other site! (A typical $4000 bid request earns you $130...all without lifting a finger!) Click here to learn more or click here to signup nowand start making money today!