Services Marketplace Fiverr Partners With Coinbase to Accept Bitcoin
San Francisco-based Coinbase today announced a partnership with Fiverr, the world's largest services marketplace in effort to accept bitcoin. Launched in February 2010, Fiverr allows users to offer services or tasks starting at $5 (hence the name). Services and tasks can go all the way up to $500 on the platform. "Fiverr is one of many merchants that have embraced the power of bitcoin to not only provide frictionless transactions, but also reduce transaction fees which usually amount to 3%," says Coinbase. "And in doing so, Fiverr is also opening itself up to new, first-time customers who....
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With more accurate information and comment from Fiverr. It's amazing what people will do for five dollars. However, offering your services on popular freelance microtasking site Fiverr could prove very lucrative, now the company has announced a partnership with payment processor Coinbase to accept payments in bitcoin. Fiverr is a site where people do a surprising variety of jobs for prices starting at $5. Over the site's millions of listings this includes almost anything. The front page alone has listings for two hours of 'Virtual Office Assistant' work, composing and recording a song,....
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Freelancer marketplace Fiverr has discontinued bitcoin payments, citing a lack of interest. The marketplace made headlines in early 2014 when it partnered with Coinbase. At the time, the company said that it “will be in the forefront of marketplaces embracing this new digital currency and security standards”. Nearly three years later, the marketplace is calling it quits. Redditors spotted the change over the weekend, highlighting how Fiverr had dropped bitcoin as a payment option. An email reportedly distributed to users suggested that the move was effective 19th January. When reached for....
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