The Pulse of Rent A Coder

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Update for Indian coders using PayPal: As you know, PayPal recently blocked payments to India, including the
ones we sent. Our PayPal rep found a workaround that allowed us to resend them on the the 5th, and unlike previous attempts, these payments have not yet been returned to us (and we believe it worked). However we have never received a coherent answer from PayPal as to why they blocked any of the payments to start with, so this workaround may or may not work next month. If you wish to avoid the uncertainty and switch to Payoneer, they are offering a special to Indian workers. If you tell them you are from Rent a Coder and signup before February 28th, they will waive the typical $9.95 activation fee and expedite shipping for free (which will give you the card in hand in 7-10 days of approval). Click here for questions or to signup.

The Pulse of Rent a coder
(taken on 2/9/2010 9:43:37 AM)
Rent A Coder is a global marketplace that connects buyers of services (such as programing, design, marketing and translations) with sellers. It is the home of the world's largest number of completed software projects and is currently made up of 133,647 buyers and 280,217 coders. These participants come from virtually every country in the world, and negotiate and complete thousands of projects each month.

Rent A Coder statistics provide an instantaneous pulse reading on global trends in domestic and global outsourcing, offshoring and nearshoring. It has been the subject of numerous studies by leading educational instutitutions, including Harvard University, American University, University of Massachusetts and numerous others. (If you are a public research institution and have a project you'd like to propose, please contact us.)

How many projects are completed each month on Rent A Coder?
What percentage of Rent A Coder buyers are repeat customers?
Which countries are the biggest buyers and coders on the site?
How does Rent A Coder rank compared to other sites on the Internet?

How many projects are succesfully completed each month on Rent A Coder?

Pay for Deliverables Projects (Only):

9058

Jan
2008

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Jan
2010

Average Monthly Growth Rate: 1.12%
Average Yearly Growth Rate: 13.43%

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Date	# of 100% completed projects
Jan 2010	7,324
Dec 2009	7,078
Nov 2009	7,839
Oct 2009	8,170
Sep 2009	7,642
Aug 2009	8,216
Jul 2009	8,597
Jun 2009	7,970
May 2009	8,302
Apr 2009	8,251
Mar 2009	9,058
Feb 2009	8,023
Jan 2009	7,866
Dec 2008	7,393
Nov 2008	7,538
Oct 2008	8,025
Sep 2008	8,072
Aug 2008	7,644
Jul 2008	7,761
Jun 2008	7,366
May 2008	7,657
Apr 2008	7,808
Mar 2008	7,682
Feb 2008	7,179
Jan 2008	7,239

Pay for Time Projects Billable Hours(Only):

1255

Nov
2008

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Jan
2010

Average Monthly Growth Rate: Infinity%
Average Yearly Growth Rate: Infinity%

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What percentage of Rent A Coder buyers are repeat customers?

Percentage of all projects last month
(01/2010)

94.13

5.87 %

94.13 %

First-time
buyers

Repeat
buyers

According to a study by KPMG, the average software industry business has a 64% repeat buyer rate.

Which countries are the biggest buyers and coders on the site?

Top 10 Buyer Countries last month
01/2010

Top 10 Coder Countries last month
01/2010

How does Rent A Coder rank compared to other sites on the Internet?

Alexa is a site ranking service owned by Amazon. It ranks Rent A Coder among the top 13,000 most popular sites on the entire Internet.
Rent A Coder is proud to have made the prestigous Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in the United States. It is ranked the 82nd fastest growing software company in the nation, the 3rd fastest growing company in the Tampa Bay area (out of all types of companies).