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What is the difference between a Contest and the One Designer Service?

Businesses use Design Contests to get many creative designs from multiple designers while One Designer Service projects are used to work with a specific designer only.

Table: Comparison of Design Contests and One Designer Services

Item Design Contest One Designer Service
Posting fee US$89 US$10 - US$30 depending on the Design Category
Project budget Paid upfront Paid upfront
Budget Status Refundable or Committed Refundable or Committed
# of designers Unlimited 1
# of designs Unlimited 1-3 designs
Process
  1. Post a project and deposit your budget
  2. Watch designs come in
  3. Provide feedback to designers
  4. Select your favourite design
  1. Post a project
  2. A designer is assigned to your project or you have chosen a designer for your project
  3. Get designs from designer
  4. Provide feedback to designer
  5. Approve work and release budget
Best used for Medium complexity jobs / jobs requiring creativity Very low complexity jobs (Client already knows what they want to see)
Benefits
  • Unlimited designs: there is no cap to the designs you can receive
  • 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
  • Already have a good working relationship with the designer
  • Lower budget since you are working with 1 designer only
  • Can already see all designs in a couple of days and get the finalized design in less than a week

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