Any place to get a logo designed from multiple sources?

[ATV]

Is there any website that someone can ask for freelancers to design a logo and letterheads via a competition format?

The only downside is how would the losing entrants get compensated adequately?

I know freelancers hate the word "exposure" and I would hate to be the victim of the Alpha Cars debacle ("the least rapey taxi company in town" was my favourite )

I like the idea of having loads of different entrants with their own unique ideas.

Does this work?

[Mortgage_tom]

ATV said:

Is there any website that someone can ask for freelancers to design a logo and letterheads via a competition format?

The only downside is how would the losing entrants get compensated adequately?

I know freelancers hate the word "exposure" and I would hate to be the victim of the Alpha Cars debacle ("the least rapey taxi company in town" was my favourite )

I like the idea of having loads of different entrants with their own unique ideas.

Does this work?

In a previous job I was part responsible for coming up with a new brand for a new product range.

We ran a competition on feelancer for a logo design. I think prize we offered was £270. Had hundreds of submissions and a lot to choose from. The one we choose as the winner was brilliant.

[jammy-git]

https://99designs.co.uk/

There are others.

[Phunk]

If you find a good graphic designer they will get to know your business and what you like.

They’ll deliver a few different designs in a few iterations to make sure you get the logo you need.

Spend the money on someone half decent, it’s worth it

[Griffgrog]

Reminds me of this - http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p2.html

[sidekickdmr]

Ive used 99 designs twice, perhaps 3 times now, always been happy with the final product and lots of entries

[stepej]

jammy-git said:

https://99designs.co.uk/

There are others.

Another vote for 99designs - used them a few times & always (after a bit of to-ing &fro-ing) got something I've been happy with...

[russy01]

I used designcrowd a few times before and they were ok.

[Undercover Agent]

As a designer.... I wouldn't touch one of these types of sites with a remotely controlled barge pole.

[jammy-git]

With 99designs you'll get a lot of "designers" using quite generic designs that they probably use in a lot of competitions. I used 99designs several years ago and ran into a few problems where the logo we wanted to go with was very close to other logos submitted in other competitions. So for copyright/trademarks reasons we had to go with other entries.

The alternative is to find a very good brand designer who can sit down with you and discuss brand positioning and requirements and come up with something unique that represents your business and brand image.

However, if you don't really care about creating a strong brand image (and certain industries/demographics/markets it's not as important as other things), then 99designs is fine for a simple logo.

[sidekickdmr]

jammy-git said:

With 99designs you'll get a lot of "designers" using quite generic designs that they probably use in a lot of competitions. I used 99designs several years ago and ran into a few problems where the logo we wanted to go with was very close to other logos submitted in other competitions. So for copyright/trademarks reasons we had to go with other entries.

The alternative is to find a very good brand designer who can sit down with you and discuss brand positioning and requirements and come up with something unique that represents your business and brand image.

However, if you don't really care about creating a strong brand image (and certain industries/demographics/markets it's not as important as other things), then 99designs is fine for a simple logo.

Or just have a specific brief, they cant use a generic logo template if your brief asks for the logo to incorporate or represent a dog jumping over Jupiter holding a cast iron radiator

[jammy-git]

True - but then I find if someone uses a platform like 99designs it's usually because they have little idea of what they want and want as wide a range of options as possible.

[angelboy]

Have a look at these sites:

https://www.upwork.com/

https://www.peopleperhour.com

https://www.fiverr.com

Not exactly competition formats but useful to have a look at a few different designers and chose one that fits your budget and style.

[B17NNS]

That Alpha Cars thread is pure genius 😂

[CzechItOut]

Depends how much you want to spend. For $25 you can get a decent choice on DigitalPoint forum:

https://forums.digitalpoint.com/forums/design-cont...

[jammy-git]

It's remarkable how easy it is to spot a logo that has been designed in America. I'm not saying that's a particularly bad thing, but they definitely a certain design characteristic over there.

[Kewy]

Phunk said:

If you find a good graphic designer they will get to know your business and what you like.

They’ll deliver a few different designs in a few iterations to make sure you get the logo you need.

Spend the money on someone half decent, it’s worth it

THIS.

Find a good designer, someone you like their existing work. Someone who is interested in your business, its values, its audience, its long and short term goals. Get them to design you a full brand system that reflects all those things.

A logo on its own is a little useless anyway, it needs some guidelines, a colour palette and some typefaces at the very least before your brand starts taking form.

To put things into perspective, I would spend at good couple of hours at least researching before even getting the pencil out, looking at your competitors, making sure you stand out from the crowd. Associated symbols and connotations that reflect your product or service. Then you have initial sketching and rough ideas, following by a number of initial concepts for you to look at and that's followed by the process of narrowing down and refining the final logo.

This is why good design isn't cheap.

Logo design competitions are poison and an insult to the trade – I know you said about compensating the 'losers', and I have a lot of respect for that as its not often you hear that. But still expecting multiple designers to develop multiple ideas for you is going to cost some if they're doing it right and you're paying them right.

Rant over

[jammy-git]

Not every company or business needs a full on branding design process. Horses for courses.

[MonkeyBusiness]

Griffgrog said:

Reminds me of this - http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p2.html

Haven't seen that for years! Very funny.

[Kewy]

jammy-git said:

Not every company or business needs a full on branding design process. Horses for courses.

True, and I've got no problem with people using online logo generators and buying a logo with full license for £60. Just don't expect to get the 'full design process' for £60

Point I was making is that multiple designers coming up with ideas isn't going to be practical (if they're being paid right), and the websites that encourage that sort of design sourcing are damaging to the industry.

You wouldn't expect that sort of bidding for work (by actually doing the work) in most other trades so I'm not sure why its seen as okay in design.