Businesses use Design Contests to get many creative designs from multiple designers while Freelance Job projects are used to find one designer. See the table below for a comparison of Design Contests and Freelance Job projects.
Table: Comparison of Design Contests and Freelance Job
| Item |
Design Contest |
Freelance Job |
| Posting fee |
US$30 |
US$10 |
| Project budget |
Paid upfront |
Paid when designer selected |
| # of designers |
Unlimited |
1 |
| # of designs |
Unlimited |
Normally <5 |
| Process |
- Post a project and deposit your budget
- Watch designs come in
- Provide feedback to designers
- Select your favourite design
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- Post a project
- Designers submit their interest to work on design
- Select your favourite designer
- Deposit budget
- Get designs
- Approve work and release budget
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| Best used for |
Medium complexity jobs / jobs requiring creativity |
Very low or very high complexity jobs |
| Benefits |
- Unlimited designs: there is no cap to the designs you can receive
- Low risk: only buy a design if you find one you like
- Get the best design possible: get 1000s of designers working on your project and get unlimited designs
- Faster: there's no quoting, designers start working straight away
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- Save money / find the best designer: designers submit competitive bids and show you their portfolios so you can find the best value offer or the best designer
- Protect your budget: deposit your budget
- Build a relationship with a designer
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Last Updated: Wednesday, April 07, 2010
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