Welcome to the feedback page for 99designs.
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769 votes
Make all contests prepaid
Simple as headline :) Make all contests prepaid and once for all finish with non paying CH's and make them more serious about their projects. It is a fact that on any other site they would need to put the money in escrow or pre-pay before their project is posted.
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717 votes
Prepaid contests started
Contests where the contest holder has paid ahead of time
This feature is well under way, once we finish the trial of the guaranteed contest feature this will become a standard option for contest holders.
- lachlan -
644 votes
Designer Protection
99designs should protect designers better, by at the very least not allowing other designers to read feedback on your own designs. It's a tad unfair when you have "half a good logo" that needs tweaked, then someone takes the good half, and tweaks the other half and wins while you are out for the weekend :)
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570 votes
Force CHs to at least mark a design as "seen"
In order to not treat designers unfairly or leave them in the dark a fair system must exist that forces CHs to at least look at the designs, give stars or comments. It has happened that designers have done work and entered late, but within the timeframe and a winner had been selected. This is unfair and a waste of time. A designer should know if the CH saw the design and there should be some kind of mark or acknowledgement for this. It is ok to not leave a comment if there are many designs, but one should know if it was at least considered.
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416 votes
Prevent Copying (very simple method)
SImple.
Give only CH right to view designs in FULL SCREEN,
while designer can only see thumbnails (maybe even smaller than those now).
I've seen far too many times here when someone get 4 or 5 stars rating ,designers after that specific 4 or 5 star entry, suddenly change their design start "borrowing" elements from other entrant.
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362 votes
Have Logos For Sale
I think it would be cool if we could submit logos ideas that were never selected, and put them up for sale.
Say you have a logo that was thought to be very well designed, but it was never chosen, you could put it in some sort of sale area and mark your preferred price. Sort of like an ebay for logos.
The thing would be that the overall rating of your logo would have to be good to avoid people posting all sorts of ideas. Maybe have a panel of trusted judges or some way to approve it.
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298 votes
Multiple prizes for contests
Multiple prizes should be able to be awarded for contests.
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229 votes
Should have a friend list
Maybe we can have a friend list in our message sections and should be able to add any designer as a friend or some thing.
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202 votes
Feedback on contest holder planned
Same principle as on ebay, where you can leave feedback on a seller's reliability.
Would be nice to review how a contest holder has done in the past, considering feedback and payment etc. -
193 votes
Remove "won" Contests From "Find a Contest"
On the "Find a Design Contest" page, it shows time left for contests that have already been won implying there is still time to enter it.
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160 votes
Display if an entry has received feedback next to rating
on the contest page, you can see the entries rating before clicking on it, but you have no idea on whether or not it has received feedback like you used to. some CH's dont like to leave stars, so it makes it hard to browse around
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139 votes
Forums for community planned
A forum where designers and contest holders can post and comment in threaded discussions, separate to the contest section.
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120 votes
Add the ability to invite designers to contests planned
If you have seen great designers and you like there style, it would be good to invite them to create a design for your contest. You may then get a design which is closer to what you are looking for and in a style you admire.
This one is on the cards.
- Paul Annesley -
103 votes
Ensure timely declaration from CH
I think there need to be a system in place that ensures a contest holder has a set time period after the end of the contest (such as 2 days), after which he MUST declare if he is going to select a winner or not. This would put an end to CH's leaving designers in the dark for up to 5 days after a contest has ended. The CH should be made to agree to this clause before he is allowed to start a contest and there should perhaps have to pay a certain sum which he will only get back AFTER he has stated his intentions within 2 days of the end of the contest
This is something that is really needed, because there are few things worse than working hard on a design and then not knowing what has become of a contest. It is up to the CH to let the designers know in a timely fashion
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101 votes
Option to remove contests entered
I would like to be able to remove a contest from the contests entered list if I have removed all my entries and am no longer a participant.
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97 votes
"Read Brief" opens on same page as main contest's page. planned
This isn't a really big thing , but what if the "Read Brief" will just collapse/ expand when you click it? No need to load a new page?
P.S. or is there a setting for this already but I haven't noticed it?
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95 votes
Add a marketplace of designs not chosen
Why not give designers the ability to post designs they created but did not get picked and open a whole new marketplace for design work? Give designers the ability to upload the files and set a price - 99designs can take a cut and everyone is happy. As a CH, sometimes we pet projects, or there are other designs we like that did not win. This would give us a place to grab a design in a pinch.
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89 votes
Confirmed Payment started
With the new health system the "holder has awarded x contests" maybe more in depth feedback for the contest holder, like eBay where the winning designer can confirm that they have been paid
Yup, that will come with enhancements to the guaranteed contests and prepaid contests system. Based on the users we have surveyed, it's actually pretty rare to not get paid if you have been declared a winner.
- lachlan -
83 votes
Allow Contest Holders To Attach Files planned
For example if a company wants a business card and they already have a logo they would like on it, the contest holder can include the file instead of linking to it.
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74 votes
Make CH's specify explicitly if they want coding
I know that "There are officially no coded contests on 99designs" – but who cares about official, if there are still plenty of CH's who speak like: "We want a website that..."
Every time I read something like this, I can't figure out whether they want just a PSD or they want a website, coded and ready to go - and many people still want coding, despite the "no coded contests" rule...
Come on, many CH's do not even know that design has to be coded, or how much work is involved in coding. How am I supposed to manage client's expectations? Ask them? In like 80% of web design contests there's first comment that says: "Do you want coding?" -
69 votes
Three strikes rule for contest holders
I think CH who have abandoned and unhealhty contests should be given three chances afterwhich they will be banned from the site. I participated in a water contest recently and the guy seems to have done a runner (his other contest is alos the same)
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61 votes
Add ability to favorite or bookmark a designer
After reading the recent article about designabot on sitepoint, I wanted to make sure I remembered his username. I went to his portfolio, but there's no way for the CH to "bookmark" or "favorite" a designer so they can later invite the designer to a contest.
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54 votes
separate contests you are to active/won/ended.
Basically I think that having your contest section in your profile separated into "active contests" you are in and "ended/won" contests could keep things a little cleaner and let us keep track of what contests we should keep an eye on a little better.
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52 votes
Indicator of how many times a design has been viewed
An indicator on each design showing how many times it has been viewed by other users
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50 votes
Section showcasing top 99 designers in various categories.
In each of the main categories, allow the community to see who are top ranked designers.
