I think blind is more challenging, your own creations, no copy

I've seen a number of contests where the Contest Holders give verrry little information about what they want and need exactly. Lots of times it's hard for designers to give them want they want because well..we don't know what they want. So we waste hours of brainstorming and designing when the CH could have simply added a few more things in the brief. So maybe just how "description, brand name, etc" are writting, there should be more fields for the CH to fill out specifying more things about what they want.

When i was doing a search earlier, it showed old contests that are completely useless to us when we are looking for specific contests. From what i can tell, you have to click on the search button and then check the box. It would be much more efficient to have it on the design page also and it wouldnt take a minute to implement.

(The page in context is found at http://99designs.com/contests)

Joshua Corbett

I'd like to have an RSS feed to see all the recent submissions to my contest. I'd really like an RSS feed for everything on the site, like flickr does.

Users should be able to edit or remove their own comments on the site (within submission and main contest pages.)

It'd allow for a much cleaner contest environment and a much more pleasurable experience all around.

Often times I find myself submitting an entry, and then realizing that it gets cropped in the preview, or noticing a small mistake, or wanting to make a small improvement after seeing it on the site, and it would be nice to resubmit without having to withdraw the original one, leaving the previous comment without the entry.

Restricting the ability to send private messages to the CH after you have entered the contest is counter-productive. Often, the designer may need to offer an explanation or ask a question about feedback given. If there are hundreds of entries, it is unlikely that the CH will check every design to see if any new comments have been made.

Recently, I received a low rating in a contest because the CH did not understand how my design would work. I could post a comment explaining the design, but unless I submit another entry, the CH might never see my explanation.

it seems the process of using the star ratings are not effective for the CH and designer who joined the contest in it. because of a design should be better assessed by the percentage of how much closer to what is considered by CH

other than that percentage can also ensure that the design is such that the options that suit for CH.

Some CHs choose the yuckiest design as a winner, maybe you can start a new service at 99designs for the CHs where professional designers (from the 99designs staff) give advice -just advice- to the CH will ranking entries through out the contest.
I can't believe they end up with such a winning design in this century, they sometimes choose designs that would've won only if it were1990.

When a design is selected as the winner, the next step should be to take the contest holder to an email creation page to communicate with the designer. Now we have to go to the designer's profile to send a private message. We know that the next step is to send an email, so help us by making it the automatic follow up to choosing a winner.

To many talented designers waste time to work on a design thinking that they have time before contest ends but the CH jumps on a design that they like and ends contest early. My fist sitepoint contest I was just working on just ended with 20hrs left. I had spent 3hrs working on a design that is to be wasted now. Leaves a bad taste in a desingers mouth, not sure if I will use sitepoint again.

> when we had entered a contest, we make comments on our designs or make comments on other designs.If there is a edit/remove buttons available to edit our own comments it will be very helpful.

> When we enter a contest, after sometime for some reasons if we don't like the contest or not able to continue with in the contest...
If there's a button to completely quit from that particular contest will be very useful. (just like with drawling our entries from a contest).

Thanks.

Hi,

Please 99designs moderator do not allow user to pick existing username.

This is happening right now a new user take an existing user name and steel the design at the same time!!!

This will be confusing for the contest holder!!

Please fix it asap!!!

Designers need a method of forum or consultation concerning arbitrary suspension from 99Design staff members. Currently there is no warning, no method to refute, no effort made on the part of 99Designs to explain.

Basically, any other designer or CH can request suspension and 99Designs will not even contact the party being suspended other than to inform them of suspension.

Even criminals get a chance to plead their case... even in Australia a nation full of criminals.

SR