# DesignCrowd

> Crowdsourced design marketplace for logos, websites, branding, and graphics

DesignCrowd is an online creative marketplace that connects businesses needing custom artwork with a global community of freelance designers. Clients launch design contests or project briefs, receive dozens of competing concepts, and select the winning entry. For designers, it serves as an open platform to submit speculative work, build a portfolio, and earn money remotely.

Website: https://designcrowd.com/

## What it is for

- Crowdsource logo and brand identity concepts from multiple freelance designers
- Submit design contest entries to earn prize payouts as a freelance creator
- Hire vetted freelance designers directly for merchandise, web, or print design

## Features

- Contest-based crowdsourcing model yielding multiple creative concepts per project brief
- Wide selection of categories including logo, web, print, packaging, and merchandise design
- Open job board for freelance designers to browse active client briefs
- Designer directory searchable by design specialty, city, and country
- Direct 1-on-1 designer hiring alongside open competitions

## Pricing

Paid. Free for designers to join and submit work; clients pay set contest budget packages plus platform fees depending on project type.

## Details

- Type: Website
- Category: [Design](https://xiry.app/topics/design.md)
- Topic: [Freelance Marketplaces](https://xiry.app/topics/business-money/freelance-marketplaces.md)
- Open source: no
- Platforms: Web
- For: Businesses looking for varied creative concepts and freelance graphic designers seeking remote contest work.
- Alternative to: 99designs, Crowdspring, Fiverr, Upwork
- Tags: graphic design, freelance, crowdsourcing, logo design, marketplace, remote work

## Why it was saved

- [@python4dev, 29 January 2025](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFZsXKYSSkB/): Allows freelance designers to participate in design contests and earn money from submitted designs.

## Compare

- [Alternatives to Upwork](https://xiry.app/alternatives/upwork.md)
- [Alternatives to Fiverr](https://xiry.app/alternatives/fiverr.md)

## Related

- [Fiverr](https://xiry.app/resources/fiverr): Online marketplace for freelance digital services starting from fixed-price gigs (Website, Freemium)
- [99designs](https://xiry.app/resources/99designs): Freelance creative platform for custom graphic design contests and direct hiring (Website, Paid)
- [Freelancer](https://xiry.app/resources/freelancer): Global marketplace for freelance projects, contests, and remote work (Website, Freemium)
- [Hubstaff Talent](https://xiry.app/resources/hubstaff-talent): Free directory connecting remote freelancers and agencies with employers without markups (Website, Free)
- [PeoplePerHour](https://xiry.app/resources/peopleperhour): Online marketplace for hiring freelancers and finding remote project-based work (Website, Freemium)
- [Textbroker](https://xiry.app/resources/textbroker): Online marketplace connecting freelance writers with clients needing custom written content (Website, Freemium)

Updated 3 October 2026. Page: https://xiry.app/resources/designcrowd

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