Freelance marketplace Fiverr has launched Fiverr Certified, through which tech companies can provide access to freelancers who are certified in their products through customized marketplaces.
“Fiverr Certified builds a unique freelance marketplace for each of its tech partners,” said Fiverr, announcing the launch.
“Freelancers are then certified specifically by those companies, which include Amazon Ads, Monday.com, and Stripe, empowering these well-known brands to better support their customers by connecting them with a trusted expert.”
The company added that the new service was already feeding through into higher customer numbers for its users.
“Partnering with Fiverr Certified has helped us serve a completely new client segment. We can now deliver professional services and solutions to our customers from vetted, certified professionals,” said Ophir Penso, Monday.com VP of channel partnerships and indirect sales.
“We appreciate the opportunity to serve existing customers who, before Fiverr Certified, didn’t have an end-to-end dedicated marketplace where they can service or customize their experience with our product.”
The launch is also aimed at small businesses lacking sufficient support from their SaaS vendors.
“Many small businesses don’t have full-time IT staff to install, customize and maintain the SaaS products they use; now experts, certified by the tech company partners, will be easily accessible and available to assist,” said Fiverr, adding that managers can quickly find vetted experts endorsed by companies.
The company hopes the service will let freelancers increase their skills and earnings from the site, it said.
TikTok, Amazon Ads, project management software company Monday.com, open-source ecommerce platform Woo, and financial services and software as a service (SaaS) company Stripe are among the earliest adopters of the new offering.
Fiverr saw Q1 revenue rise by 1.5% year on year to $88.0 million. The number of active buyers as of Mar. 31 was up by 0.3% to 4.3 million, while spend per buyer grew by 4% to $262 over the same period.
Fiverr was established in 2010 by Micha Kaufman — its CEO — and Shai Wininger. With headquarters in Tel Aviv, the company went on to open additional offices Berlin, London, Miami, New York City, Phoenix and San Francisco. Globally, the platform competes with freelancer sites such as Freelancer, UpWork and Dribbble.
