99 Designs is a web site dedicated to linking clients to designers through an online competition which basically operates in a 4 step process.
Step 1: Create your design brief
Clients are asked to create a design brief for any project ranging from print design to web sites and everything in between. The client is aksed a few simple questions to help flesh out the brief and allow for competing designers to understand what is asked of them.
Step 2: Set your budget
Clients are then asked to set an asking price for the winning design, this could be any where from US$100 – US$600 depending on the type of project.
Step 3: Work with the designers
Once the client has posted the design brief online, designer form all around the world are invited to enter and compete for the best design. The client rates the design concepts and provides helpful feedback to ensure the designer delivers exactly what is asked of them.
Step 4: Choose your favorite design
After the design brief has been posted for more than 7 days, the competition for best concept is closed and the client pays the designer the agreed amount. The designer then must send the completed project to the client along with copyright to the original art work.
There are thousands of different projects to compete for and loads of prize money, plus this site is a great way to get your name out there as a designer. Once you register on the site you are able to create a profile page, upload portfolio work, store designs that have been created in competitions for clients to observe and create a contact page.
Basically this site is a great way to promote yourself as a designer and an even better place for clients to get in touch with talented designers. Check it out and give it a go, what have you got to lose.
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