# SitePoint

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**SitePoint** is a [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne)-based website, and publisher of books, courses and articles for web developers.

## History

SitePoint was founded by Matt Mickiewicz and Mark Harbottle in 1999.[1] The company had its origins in Webmaster-Resources.com, an [internet forum](/source/Internet_forum) Mickiewicz founded as a resource for beginner web developers.[2][3]

Originally, the company's business model was based on selling [advertising](/source/Online_advertising) and sponsorship. Following the collapse of the [Dot-com bubble](/source/Dot-com_bubble) in 2000, the company looked towards publishing as an alternative source of income.[2] The company's first book, *Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP and MySQL*, was published that November, based on a popular online tutorial.[4] Originally made available using [print on demand](/source/Print_on_demand), the book went on to sell 20,000 copies.[2] By 2004, the company had published six books, and began distribution through [O'Reilly](/source/O'Reilly_Media).[5]

The SitePoint Marketplace, a spinoff from the site's existing forums, was launched in 2005 as a forum in which web designers and developers could outsource projects. In 2007, part of the marketplace was spun off as [99designs](/source/99designs), an online marketplace for [crowdsourced](/source/Crowdsourced) graphic design.[6] In 2011, 99designs received its first outside investment in the form of $35 million in venture capital funding from [Accel Partners](/source/Accel_Partners).[7]

Another SitePoint spinoff, [Flippa](/source/Flippa), launched in 2009 as a dedicated marketplace for buying and selling websites and [domain names](/source/Domain_names).[8][9][10]

Following the introduction of its own courses, the company launched Learnable in 2010 as a new online learning platform for web developers.[11] Originally designed as a marketplace, it later became the primary outlet for SitePoint's online book and course products.[12] Learnable was later phased out for the simpler [SitePoint](https://www.sitepoint.com) website. It allowed some courses to remain as paths, but mostly removed the community aspects of it. SitePoint now partners with major book production companies and has SitePoint Premium, a subscription or one-time purchase to get access to their whole library. The [learnable.com](https://www.learnable.com) website now redirects to SitePoint.[when?]

## References

1. ["SmartCompany interview with Mark Harbottle"](http://www.smartcompany.com.au/construction-and-engineering/web-trends-revealed.html). Retrieved 25 August 2010.

1. O’Toole, Jared (7 September 2010). ["Matt Mickiewicz on Creating Some of the Most Popular Websites in the World"](http://under30ceo.com/matt-mickiewicz-on-creating-some-of-the-most-popular-websites-in-the-world/). *Under 30 CEO*. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

1. Falconer, Joel (17 April 2011). ["How SitePoint succeeded selling online content – when News Corp couldn't"](https://thenextweb.com/au/2011/04/17/how-sitepoint-succeeded-selling-online-content-when-news-corp-couldnt/#!zu3nw). *The Next Web*. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

1. Yank, Kevin (27 November 2001). ["Build your own Database Driven Website using PHP & MySQL"](https://web.archive.org/web/20101019020400/http://www.emrproject.com/tiengadhola/Zend%20Technologies%20-%20Beginner%20Tutorials%20-%20Build%20your%20own%20Database%20Driven%20Website%20using%20PHP%20%26%20MySQL.htm). *Zend*. Archived from [the original](http://www.emrproject.com/tiengadhola/Zend%20Technologies%20-%20Beginner%20Tutorials%20-%20Build%20your%20own%20Database%20Driven%20Website%20using%20PHP%20&%20MySQL.htm) on 19 October 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

1. ["O'Reilly to Distribute SitePoint Web Development Books"](http://oreilly.com/pub/pr/1226). Retrieved 5 March 2014.

1. Dubois, Louis (27 June 2011). ["Matt Mickiewicz, Co-founder of 99designs"](http://www.inc.com/30under30/2011/profile-matt-mickiewicz-cofounder-99-designs.html). *Inc.*. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

1. Lacy, Sarah (28 April 2011). ["Accel Invests $35M. in 99designs...After Years of Trying"](https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/28/accel-invests-35m-in-99designs-after-years-of-trying/). *TechCrunch*. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

1. Moulton, Luke (23 June 2010). ["Flippa.com: A Year in the Life of a Start-Up"](http://flippa.com/blog/the-first-year/). *Flippa Blog*. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

1. BHATTARAI, ABHA (29 July 2008). ["Find an Undervalued Asset. Fix It Up. Flip It. (Now It's Web Sites, Not Houses)"](https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE3D81E3AF93AA15754C0A96E9C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all). *The New York Times*. Retrieved 31 January 2009.

1. Norman, Jan (9 August 2008). ["O.C. teen sells Zune Web site for $62,000"](http://www.ocregister.com/2008/08/09/oc-teen-sells-zune-web-site-for-62000-2/). OC Register. Retrieved 31 January 2009.

1. Tilley, Shayne (28 October 2010). ["Want To Teach Your Own Course? We're Here To Help ..."](http://www.sitepoint.com/want-to-teach-your-own-course-were-here-to-help/). *SitePoint*. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

1. Kessler, Sarah (15 March 2011). ["Get Paid to Teach Anything With New Online Education Platform"](http://mashable.com/2011/03/15/learnable/). *Mashable*. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

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