Logo/Design Contest Guidelines

I think it would be fair for an admin, or the hard-working designers here to come up with some contest guidelines so that people aren't getting away with paying a mere $10-20 per logo for a quality design.

This is insulting to all designers.

 

The same reason why I rarely join. Not to brag, but I'm sure yours or every artist's intellectual properties are worth more than that. But on the other hand, some members are just too needy and forget about market pricing and all.

Agree with you 100%

 

At Sitepoint.com, Designs the min for a logo is $100.
I think we should make it at least $50 here

Why not $100, well, we need to keep competitive prices

The standards are going up, so also should the prices

Just my thought

 

I don't get the idea why people peg down prices. If the real owner of the Mercedes Benz logo knew that their logo would be used by a soon to be billion dollar industry, I don't think they would have sold it for a mere few dollars too.

The MB logo came from a letterhead by the way. The day MB sold their first car, they bought the logo of the envelop from where the check was enclosed.

 

Hello all designer, well i am very new to this form but I support your thought, I support any benchmark you make....I think senior members or as "Cola Design" said that the admin should decide these benchmark.

 

I fully support your opinion, most contests are too low to spend so much time and effort for such little pay. I think 50$ would be a good minimum payout.

 

There are two solutions to this problem. One would be, to simply ignore the low paying contests. The other one, participate in these contests but create logos that actually worth $20 and not $100.

 

This is actually a better idea than most. Not many can afford to pay the $100 per logo, and with cheap prizes come cheap designs.

 

there are bigger issues rather than price .
1 . People getting away without paying/responding after holding contest .
2 . Designer's submitting stolen designs .

 

Ah yeah I've been scammed ones and never tried dealing with contests again.

 

I don't think that would work in this case. Since it's a contest, everyone will try to make their best, otherwise they won't win.

I think DigitalPoint has to set the guidelines, just like in Sitepoint where the admins decided to make the minimun at $100 ..

 

How about watermarking images will be compulsory and if you entered without it, you entry will not be counted or something like that. And they would have to pay for their contest to be listed so there is no scamming going around

 

sam: watermarking is actually useless since there are lots of good artists out there who can duplicate anything and almost everything from scratch. Take my work for example, I duplicate logos for large format printing and I've never had any problems.

But I agree with your suggestion for a prepaid contest. That will actually work since the prize is already there. But then again, some bstards really look down on people/designers. Example is a $30 logo and if he doesn't like anything, he just leaves. LOL

 

Mods are specially requested to please have a look over this matter.
Everything should go on in a controlled manner, as mentioned above by the fellow designers.

regards

 

hmm, i'm not a designer, and I don't agree with some of these, but prepaid is definitely a good concept. But who would hold the money?

 

hi, I also like the concept of Prepaid I think admin should hold the amount, or otherwise I believe the only solution can be the admin should fix the prize amount for designing say....minimum $100 for logo....

 

yup prepaid is the only solutions . but sometimes the client doesnt get what he is looking for from the designers so 100$ is preety high if he doesnt choose the logo or buy a logo that he didnt quiet really want. so listing contest for a small amout say 20-30$ would be good idea .

 

I am not a designer but have to say something about this.

First, i like the suggestion.

Second, Not everyone is looking for a $100 logo. If they do they would look for it in google (many of them).

As for my case, i would never have had a logo but for a cheap service here by asterix i got two. I was satisfied with whatever was provide (they were indeed good )

I think people know what they are paying and expect the same quality as well. Just tell me how many of you here design logo's for $100. At least i have not seen any thread in this forum till date.

You people know, it is very difficult to get customers at that rate then why you are crying for it.

Everyone, wants a good logo so whats the problem if they hold contests for it.

And for the other part, i agree that the contest money should be held beforehand so that the rightful designer gets paid his due.

 

I think the prepaid solution would be very nice. Anyway, just to clarify the $100 logo, you are actually paying for the designers creativity and not the actual file if you know what I mean. I know not everyone can afford to high high paying designers (like the one on my sig).

Let's put it this way, $20 logo up for grabs. Submit your entries. As easy as that. It's the designers decision whether he/she wants to enter or not. We all know that it's a risk to put up a contest. You put up a price and someone should win it. Yes someone should win it, whether there are only 2 or 10 entries. I just can't face the fact that people just leave the forum after posting a contest with designers putting their hearts on their work and expecting to win.

Dunno who can hold the money. Maybe a script or something and say a $1 charge for handling fee.

Anyway, I'm off this thread as I'm getting really annoying. LOL. Let's wait for the admins or mods to say their opinions.