If the world becomes saturated with shitty logos, as if it already isn’t, then who cares.

Eventually, no one will have to make a logo good or bad.

we can collectively move on to make other things, like, THE BROCHURE… woooo FUN!!!

Also, if you go to the forum, people are discussing their relationship “with their clients” and how they build a rapport with them, do their best to serve their needs. Just like other designers, are simultaneously going through the same process with the same ‘buyer’.

Don’t you have to be a paying customer to be considered a “client”? And no, you don’t HAVE to participate. It is kind of compelling, it’s fun to compete. But people are being taken advantage of here. And I don’t care if it’s legal, taking advantage of people is not good business, I don’t care what industry you are in. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. It’s called having character. Anyway, off my soapbox.

The bit of info I want to add here that may not have been mentioned is the money back guarantee. The only reason I entered the contest was because the site led me to believe that, even though the odds are against you, part of the contract with the ‘buyer’ is that they HAVE to choose a winner at the end. They HAVE to deposit the sum up front, so the lucky ‘creative’ will indeed get the money. This is kind of how they advertise to designers. But the reality is, even if the ‘buyer’ receives 25 submissions (the minimum amount of bids to avoid a refund)…. they can say “you know what? I don’t like any of these designs. I want my money back.” So, they get their deposit back–MINUS the $39 fee that crowdspring keeps. The consolation to the designer is that the staff at crowdspring will choose their favorite, and the winner will receive a $100 parting gift (which used to be $250)… eventually. BTW even if there is no refund, the buyer can dilly dally for weeks and weeks past the deadline before choosing a winner.

Something else–when I was researching it I found a link to some “success stories” and one story in particular really encouraged me to give the contests a try, the lady was making consistent money and it sounded like she was having fun and it was a viable business for her. Later I found a blog with a huge response from this lady (I suppose it was about a year after her success story) saying how much she hated it and wishes she never got involved and was sorry her success story had been a factor in other people entering the contests.

So I just wanted to add all that to the mix, I know this topic has probably been done to death but I’ve been in the design world for many years and am only now learning about this, so there you have it. Love the site and look forward to reading and learning from it.

The articles that talk about plagiarism and legality are much better. They have logic and so they are much more persuasive: I don’t want to be identified with plagiarists so after reading those I was convinced. But this one almost undid the work those articles have done.