SitePoint Pty Ltd is a Melbourne

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, Australia

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-based publisher

Publishing

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 of books and websites. It is best known for its web developer books and online magazine

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History

SitePoint was founded by Matt Mickiewicz and Mark Harbottle in 1999. In 2001 SitePoint began publishing books.

Websites

SitePoint's flagship website is sitepoint.com, which as of May 2009, has an Alexa

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 ranking of 848, and a Quantcast

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 rating of 15,145. SitePoint also operates 99designs, a crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing

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 logo design service where, as of December 2008, over 20,000 graphic designers create designs for free and compete for prize money.

SitePoint previously operated an auction-based service for buying and selling websites on sitepoint.com,
which was launched in 2005.
In July 2007, TechCrunch

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 acquired InviteShare.com through the SitePoint Marketplace.
In June 2009, the SitePoint Marketplace officially moved to Flippa.com.

During 2010 and following development of mobile applications for VicRoads

VicRoads

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 and others, SitePoint announced the development of its first iPad application with start up Unbooked.

Also in 2010 SitePoint announced the launch of Learnable, a site providing a framework in which experts can run courses.

SitePoint's first outside investment came in 2011, as they announced a $35 million investment in 99designs led by venture capital firm Accel Partners.

Organizational culture

SitePoint offers performance bonuses and an annual trip to employees. At the end of 2006, SitePoint took its staff to a tropical island to relax.