Top 10 Creative Crowdsourcing Marketplaces
One of the promising yet controversial trends that is being adopted right now is the rise of the creative crowdsourcing marketplaces. In a creative crowdsourcing environment, designers join the crowd in a head-to-head competition with other designers from around the globe by submitting a design entry for cash prizes or more future projects. Amateur designers can easily build their decent portfolios while professional designers can generate additional leads.
Whether for sheer fun or profit, regardless of your current skill, this is something you can easily do in your spare time.
Creative Crowdsourcing Marketplaces
- CreativeHub
Join their creative network and start making visual solutions for businesses like Unilever and General Mills.
- 99Designs
99designs have awarded $2,493,625 cash prizes with 20,000+ designers on board.
- CrowdSpring
A new startup in the block with 7,000+ designers ready for action.
- Pixish
They have a lot of visual assignments to get you started.
- Threadless
Are you up for a design tee challenge with $2,500 in cash and gift certificates in store?
- DesignContest
Be a part of their design team and get those creative juices flowing.
- eLogoContest
A lot of oppurtunities for creative designers who specialized in logo design.
- GeniusRocket
If you want to work alone or join a team to collaborate on a marketing solution, this is the place for you.
- Gfxcontests
Founded two years ago, they have a lot of design contests more than $100.
- Criggle
Criggle has a lot of design pitches that can earn you Euros (€).
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September 24th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Hi Dulce,
Thanks for mentioning crowdSPRING in your list of crowdsourcing sites. We are huge fans of fellow Chicagoo company Threadless, so it’s nice to see our site listed with theirs!
Just wanted to point out that we actually have 7,000+ members in our community after 125 days of operations, and we’re excited about the growth we’ve been seeing. We try our hardest to protect both buyers and creatives, which can be difficult in any online marketplace.
For buyers, we guarantee that they will receive at least 25 entries to their project, or they can walk with a full refund. crowdSPRING requires the award money be paid up front by the buyer. It is then held in escrow until the project is completed, so buyers don’t have to worry about a creative flaking out on them, and creatives don’t have to worry about a buyer abandoning their project. We also take intellectual property very seriously and offer customized contracts for over 100 countries.
Okay, I’ll stop rambling now… :)
All the best,
Angeline
crowdSPRING Community Manager
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September 25th, 2008 at 5:27 am
Nice post, there were one or two there I had never heard of, although I’ve got to say that I disagree with the rankings :-)
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September 25th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Thanks so much for including crowdSPRING in your list. One correction - we have 6,500 designers (from 130+ countries) working on crowdSPRING today. We launched only 4 months ago, so we’re pretty new, but we differentiate ourselves in many significant ways. We encourage your readers to take a look at our how it works page (http://www.crowdspring.com/how_it_works) - they’ll see features and protections they won’t find at any other marketplace.
Best,
Ross Kimbarovsky
co-Founder
http:/www.crowdspring.com
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September 26th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Thanks for the mention! We are pretty proud of what we have accomplished since February… nearly 20,000 designers!
I must admit I hadn’t heard of CreativeHub, doesn’t seem to really fit with the rest of us, they appear to be a site for posting portfolios and designer profiles, I couldn’t see any contests on the site.
Regards,
Lachlan Donald, 99designs.com
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Dulce reply on September 29th, 2008:
They still count. They market themselves as a creative agency with:
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September 26th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Thought I would mention, we have just announced that we will be offering Payoneer Mastercards to our designers as an easy way to receive prize payments.
http://99designs.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/prepaid-contests-coming-soon/
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September 27th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Angeline & Ross: You guys have to get your facts straight. Is it 6500 designers or 7000? There’s a difference.
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September 27th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Hi Dulce. Thank you for sharing this. I just passed it on to my daughter who actively joins contest in DeviantArt and gaming communities. Cheers!
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Dulce reply on September 29th, 2008:
Thank you for dropping by, Ms. Janette. I wish these companies were also available during my college years. :)
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October 2nd, 2008 at 4:54 am
@Matt - it’s 6,849 designers (at this very second), and a total of 7,603 users (this includes non-designers).
Best,
Ross
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October 22nd, 2008 at 10:47 am
Great advice but it seems that Pixish is closing its doors on Octber 31st..http://pixish.com/news/21
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October 29th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Ganda Miss Dulce! Thanks for the info! :)
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