99designsReviews 412

So I got a silver contest for a brand design. Got 500+ designs. Much more than the promised 60. Many looked very much alike and contestants kept mimicking each other. Most did not follow the brief and ignored messages about things they should and shouldn't do. Many did not seem to speak proper English. It cost me much more time than expected, logo files are visually of good quality but require some tweaking before print after 7 days of revisions with a designer in a completely different timezone.

End result is nice, but the road there was tough, price paid was too high for what I got. Will not do this again for logo design. Fiverr is probably a better idea, will probably find someone with a style I like and ask them for something original in the future. Will contact 99designs staff about this though.

The initial process was great, and I got over 50 design ideas for my new logo, several of which were really interesting and exciting. However, the later phases of the process were confusing and frustrating. One design in particular was "the one", but then the artist and the logo were withdrawn, so that was out the door. In the end, I settled on a logo that I like, but don't love. As an idea generation process, I think 99designs could be a great option to get input and creative ideas from designers from around the world, but getting to a final design that you really want may not be possible.

99Designs was recommended to me by a friend when I needed a logo design and business cards for my new company. I've just received the final design and I am over the moon with it. In fact, I had responses from over 40 designers within a matter of days - which gave me plenty of options to choose from. The designers are all highly responsive to feedback. I am very happy with the process, the support from 99Designs, the quality of the design work and also the pricing. Highly recommend it.

Was skeptical at first using this process to generate my corporate identity, however, the designs and the process was incredible. I've paid a considerable sum in dollars for designs by large Marketing and Advertising firms only to be presented with 4 choices that were unacceptable. This process is excellent because it gives the designers the opportunity to reap the rewards of their work and it allows the buyer to navigate easily with those designers in real-time vs. waiting 7+ days every time you change or tweak a design with a large Design firm. Thank you again for an outstanding product that will be used across the nation.

99designs is by far the best site for an independent author to find a book cover design that will enhance their work. It's no secret that title and cover are the two first signals to a potential buyer/reader. 99designs puts one in front. My friends loved the polls I sent out. I received over one hundred fifty designs and thoroughly enjoyed the process of finding the one I liked best. I recommend this site to anyone out there who isn't scared to invest a few bucks in what will be a gold mine of design.

There was a new boss on the scene called Ashish Desai or something like that around 2014, he came in and made a NAZI farm out od the 99designers, he placed an algorythm and threated the designers as numbers, a illuminati type of thing, now he is gone but the algorythim is still there, almost all the contests are fake or from his NAZI friends requiring logos for busineses that you would never want to show them to your child, there is a part in their agreement that contests aren't allowed if you think it would be not be appropriate for your child to see them. But Desai made that possible, only the worse of the worst type of business are there, not your favorite mom and dad coffee shop type of logos.and the government does not do anything to stop them because they need them to allow awful business that kill people and creativity, If a designer speaks it will be killed one way of another, there is no freedom of speach there NO FREEDOM AT ALL!

I ended up with a couple of designs I liked, and my friends weren't much help since they split between the same ones. In the end I got something I'm happy with and have now plastered all over social media, replacing the generic design I had before. I didn't give the artists much to work with but they still managed to turn out some nice designs. My only regret is that the "losing" finalists don't end up with any money at all.

99Designs is a great interface to work through for reviewing entries during the contest. The idea of having designers all over the world submit their takes on your brief is such a great idea and results in a high end final product. It was an exciting few days as I rated designs and sent messages back and forth. Be careful of giving a design four or five stars too early on. What can happen is less innovative designers rip off a design that got 5 stars with their own take. This results in numerous submissions that are similar instead of continuing the variety of submissions. Message designers you like directly to work with them on edits versus always giving them 5 stars and then publicly messaging the comments. It was an action packed few days and I couldn't be happier with the ending design.