Is 99designs worth it?

ISworth it

ONTHEGRID@onthegridagency

Ultimately, it’s all about growth

WE ARE BIG FANS!

LOGO CONTESTS AVERAGE$1.46per logo

YOU CAN’T GET THAT MUCH CREATIVE VALUE ANYWHERE ELSE

let’s talk about these

contests

CONTEST #1 CONTEST #2

contest #2 blew us away!

124designers

536logo

designs

4days

in

I think that qualifies as a boatload

we sure love our

winning logosj

236designs

submitted on the last day

87 “newbie” designers were asking for feedback

WE even HAD a mild panic attack

on day 2

HOW a 99designs logo contest works

You’ll learn

how much effort it takes to run a successful contest

You’ll learn

how much you should pay to get the quality you need

You’ll learn

...to help you decide...

Is 99designs worth it?

so What is 99designs?You can get dozens of designers to work on

your project instead of just one designer

GETa new logo, web design,

or more...

THEY HELP YOU host a contest

just fill out a design

brief

designers start competing

submitting designs

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you give feedback and

rate their designs

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this continues for

4 days

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select 6 finalists for 3 more days of designing

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bestdesignwinsj

WINNING designer gets paid

remember how we paid a lot more for our

2nd contest?CONTEST #1 CONTEST #2

we wanted to attract way better designers

but at end of day 2... not

many experts

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we called it a night

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and then day 3, the contest

picked up steam!

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it felt like christmas

morning

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Every time we checked...

new high-quality designs were

pouring in

so what happened?

tripled

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# of expert designers

by day 4, we had so many good

designs to choose from...

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our panic turned to

pure joy!

when the dust settled, we had

538 designs total

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say... “expect ~90 designs”

we also worked

hard

80pieces of feedback

we gave designers

10xa day

checked our contest

25hours managing each

contest

we spent

SO what were the results?

208designs

$299 contest 536

designs

$799 contest

$299 contest

$799 contest52

designers124

designers

$299 contest

$799 contest13

experts30

experts

$299 contest

$799 contest

$1.44per design per design

$1.48

so is 99designs worth it?

Learnings

definitely yes

how much should you pay for your contest?

Learnings

we recommend paying $799 if you can afford it

#1

we also recommend lower priced contests if your

budget is tight.

“work hard for your designers and they’ll work hard for you.”

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