Linking designs was introduced to assist designers in grouping submissions of the same design. If you have multiple submissions which are of the same design (that is, they are a variation on each other), then you can link them together.
A linked design just allows submissions to be grouped for the customer and when they purchase one, they get access to linked designs. Linking simply saves you and the customer time later on when they are interested in purchasing a design from you but wants to get access to some variations and revisions.
Examples of when to link
If you want to submit to a logo project, you would simply submit your design as you would normally through the Submit Design page. Once this has been submitted, you may want to submit a variation on this design. In this case, you would then submit your variation as a linked submission to this design. Examples of design variations that should be submitted as a linked design:
- color variations
- different fonts used between logos
- changes in positioning of logo text etc.
- design revisions (changes or improvements made to a design)
- black and white / monochrome version of logo
Linking is also useful when you want to submit a rendered view of a logo. That is, if you have produced a logo and would like to show what it looks like on the side of a mug, car or t-shirt etc. These should be submitted as linked designs.
How to link designs
You are able to link designs via your designer My Profile page (next to each design under the submissions tab) or from the Submit Source Files page for the design you want to link to.
Linking for web design and brochure projects
Linking designs is highly useful and recommended for projects such as web and brochure designs, where you should submit each page of your design as a separate linked submission. That way, when the customer purchases one page, they get access to all of them (as intended).
Linking is not mandatory and does not restrict you from submitting more/different designs that are not linked. If you have a design which is original from any previous ones, you don't need to link them.
