I sort of disagree with that -- some entries are nice, good, and well-worth consideration but not worth the full prize to the buyer (or else the buyer would have picked their entry) -- I think the prize should be less, but should also be presented as an option to the designer rather than automatic. TBH, the idea just seems a bit difficult and unworkable now that we discuss it.
Also as a comment, it does say multiple prizes can be awarded in the launch a contest tab, but it never offers the opportunity to do this. I wanted to do it but could not.
Very true. Do designers really get opportunities to reuse concepts though? Wondering because some things are fairly specific, and the looks and feels vary a lot.
Yeah, it's kind of a hard balance finding where you are offering someone decent In terms of prizes for rights. I think a lot of designers hate getting nothing for an hours work, but at some point it becomes a ripoff.
I think consolation prizes might encourage more entries no matter what -- and help give bragging rights. Still as a buyer, I want to buy rights, not throw away money.
I really would love to award multiple prizes in my upcoming (guarunteed) contest. What I would like to do is $150 Grand Prize, $50 Second Place, and $10 for the next 5 runners up... I just feel bad when a designer invests a lot of time and has nothing to show for it... is this something that would interest designers?
I sort of disagree with that -- some entries are nice, good, and well-worth consideration but not worth the full prize to the buyer (or else the buyer would have picked their entry) -- I think the prize should be less, but should also be presented as an option to the designer rather than automatic. TBH, the idea just seems a bit difficult and unworkable now that we discuss it.
3 Multiple prizes for contests - 6 months ago
Maybe just creating a community forum that already has a PM system and tying it to 99 designs would be preferable.
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Also as a comment, it does say multiple prizes can be awarded in the launch a contest tab, but it never offers the opportunity to do this. I wanted to do it but could not.
3 Multiple prizes for contests - 6 months ago
Very true. Do designers really get opportunities to reuse concepts though? Wondering because some things are fairly specific, and the looks and feels vary a lot.
3 Multiple prizes for contests - 6 months ago
Yeah, it's kind of a hard balance finding where you are offering someone decent In terms of prizes for rights. I think a lot of designers hate getting nothing for an hours work, but at some point it becomes a ripoff.
I think consolation prizes might encourage more entries no matter what -- and help give bragging rights. Still as a buyer, I want to buy rights, not throw away money.
3 Multiple prizes for contests - 6 months ago
I really would love to award multiple prizes in my upcoming (guarunteed) contest. What I would like to do is $150 Grand Prize, $50 Second Place, and $10 for the next 5 runners up... I just feel bad when a designer invests a lot of time and has nothing to show for it... is this something that would interest designers?
3 Multiple prizes for contests - 6 months ago