Experts Exchange (EE) is a website for people in information technology (IT) related jobs to ask each other for tech help, primarily through the use of a question-and-answer (Q&A) forum and published technical articles.
[1] Experts Exchange went bankrupt in 2001[2] after venture capitalists moved the company to San Mateo, CA, and was brought back largely through the efforts of unpaid volunteers.
[3] Later, Austin Miller and Randy Redberg took ownership of Experts Exchange, and the company was made profitable again.
[6] Under their current model, Experts Exchange uses a hybrid of paid and free memberships.
Users who participate and answer questions can become eligible for free membership known as "Expert Status" while other users can opt to pay for a membership and use the site solely for asking questions.