That Design Bids site?
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- ********
There's websites that you pitch logos or other services for people and then they choose their favorite, and only the winner gets paid.
There's several sites, but what's the best one?
Anyone contribute to them?
- ukit20
I have a new business idea
Throw 100 designers in a cage, survivor gets the $100 prize
- ********0
you mean crowdsourcing?
is this Obama?
- your mom is not named obama. what the hell are you talking about.akrok
- akrok0
no, fuck off!
- Amicus0
@newuser
for 99.5% of designers this is the worst money making idea in the world. The same %age of businesses are also getting shit creative that will just as likely harm their image as enhance it.
Runaway while you still have the chance.
- ********0
When I was younger I did 4 or 5 logos on 99Designs. I literally just threw some stuff together in about ten minutes and I got paid for 4 of them.
It's pathetic how much they pay, and the fact that you're highly unlikely to win makes it even less appealing - The best design does not always win over a client.
I think 4 logos netted me maybe $400, and I was lucky.
The places are filled with plagiarising ideas from each other outright, and lots of people using vector stock sets - The businesses that use 99Designs e.t.c usually lap this up too.
I guy I used to work with in a hotel started doing 99Designs competitions when he wanted to learn Photoshop. He made the tutorials he was following (web 2.0 glossy logos e.t.c) profitable by simply following a Photoshop tutorial with the business' name as the subject. It's a neat way to learn the basics of Photoshop/Illustrator and make a few quid.
Other than that it's pretty degrading, frustrating and, if you try to create an actual brand rather than a solitary pretty picture, less-than-minimum-wage job.
- ********0
Yeah...
- animatedgif0
It's fine for the job it does and some business get better logos than they would have done otherwise.
Don't see why people are getting so annoyed when half the shit on there is little restaurants or crappy little businesses. I mean do you really want to design logos for half the shitty clients on there even if they were paying more than $400?
- To your last question, yes. A logo does not solve the problem 99% of the time.monospaced
- Beeswax0
If a cheap client asks me to design him a logo I send them there.
- ********0
Despite what I said, I actually agree with animatedgif.
A lot of small businesses do not have the need, or money, for a full, megamoney brand. They simply want something that looks better than what they or their 15 year old nephew can produce. They just want something that will look pretty on a business card or in the top left of a website.
This is actually all that is needed for small businesses to make a marked improvement in keeping a professional appearance and gaining a competitive edge over other small businesses.
It's just not something I'd go for any more, as I can attract more money for my services, and I get much more pleasure working with a real vision rather than for something pretty that looks like that Facebook thing my son is on all the time.
- ********0
Do not contribute to the Greed who finds responsibility as unprofitable.
- akrok0
"A lot of small businesses do not have the need, or money, for a full, megamoney brand. They simply want something that looks better than what they or their 15 year old nephew can produce. They just want something that will look pretty on a business card or in the top left of a website."
yes, but there's craigslist. you hire one designer. student or not. no need to drag 100's of them to work for nothing.
- prophetone0
i wonder how well this would work?.... plumbersbid.com