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I think the problem is not with designers (or developers, or producers, sound engineers, etc.) it's that the companies that run the "contests" don't have a real budget, don't understand the work that goes into creating the work and want the "best bang for the buck" by just saying "give me something". Also, because design work is such a creative/customer specific product, most design "contests" are work that can't rea…
>the companies that run the "contests" don't have a real budget, don't understand the work that goes into creating the work and want the "best bang for the buck" by just saying "give me something" I hate this market, and as a designer I choose not to work with it. But it's there, and it should be served. Designers need to stop acting like 99designs takes food out of their mouths. It's just a different market. If you…
99designs main customers are small businesses that wouldn't otherwise have been able to justify what they view as a risky spend on design.