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

Modified on Thu, 19 Sep, 2019 at 10:30 PM

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	Post a project and deposit your budget Watch designs come in Provide feedback to designers Select your favourite design	Post a project A designer is assigned to your project or you have chosen a designer for your project Get designs from designer Provide feedback to designer 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