Comments on: 99designs.com – logolitic review

By: logolitic

logolitic — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:20:26 +0000

@Aliana Rateanu thank you, good luck with it

By: Aliana Rateanu

Aliana Rateanu — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:35:00 +0000

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By: logolitic

logolitic — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:47:14 +0000

@keegan I agree with you, I work on 99designs for about years and a lot of contests are unhealthy, with uninterested CH.

By: Nomadic

Nomadic — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:53:54 +0000

@Jabba: You’re right on the money…more transparency is needed. I just got a 99D newsletter bragging about all the money they paid out last month and the # of winners etc. but not a word about how many contests are locked and refunded. I just started following contests about 2 months ago. I’ve picked 100 so far and 85 of them were refunded!! I entered 3…2 of those were refunded and the one won went to a newbie in a Guaranteed contest…looked rather suspicious since the design was butt ugly.
I occasionally see designers with a win rate high enough to justify continuing but they are rare. 99D is clearly all about profit margins and the CH rules the game…this was a company started by designers who seem to feel little but contempt for designers.

By: Jabba

Jabba — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:22:55 +0000

99Designs presents its positive side very well. But after having followed many contests over several months I came to the following conclusions: 1) more than half of the contests were “Refunded” which means that ALL of the designers wasted their time fully; 2) “Refunded” contests are often a result of the Contest Holder having found a design they like and then simply steal it and have their in-house grafix reproduce it; 3) CH has a “ringer” enter the contest – this would probably be an employee which would mean the winnings paid out go right back to where they came from.
99D is fraught with scammers and while they work hard at their “Guarantees” to the Contest Holders the designers are more often than not left holding the bag. I would applaud 99D if they were more committed to the Designer and more upfront about the negative elements of joining their contests. Without transparency I wouldn’t bother with them.

By: ronny

ronny — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:37:36 +0000

excellent article – thank you!
I’ve been working on these sites (99designs, designbay, elance) for while now and to be honest i personally like Designbay.com the best. Not only do they promote participation payments but also each contest you win guaretees a payment. let me know what you think:
http://jobs.designbay.com/graphic-design-jobs.aspx

By: Designium

Designium — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:37:57 +0000

Very nice design portal i´ll save on bookmarks, ty for share this!