Work Privately With One Designer
Crowdspring’s 1-to-1 projects are the best way to hire a freelance designer directly.
Negotiate with up to 5 designers at the same time and pick the one you like. You get powerfully simple project management tools, a free legal contract, and our award-winning customer support. Quick, easy, secure.
With every 1-to-1 project you’ll get:
- Full privacy, including search exclusion
- We help you find a designer you'll love
- Award-winning customer support
- Free legal contract protecting your intellectual property
- 60,000+ happy clients
how crowdspring’s 1-to-1 projects work
1.Tell us what you need.
- Interactive Q&A customized for 1-to-1 projects.
- You set your own budget.
- Simple (takes just a few minutes) and proven process.
FAQs
Projects run for 7 days, but you can shorten them to as little as 1 day if you're in a hurry and if you need more time, can easiy extend your project. You can end your project and move to the final wrap-up step anytime.
Projects with a single designer (1-to-1 projects) start at $200 (including all fees). This include the award to the designer and crowdspring's fee, a custom legal contract giving you full rights to the work you're buying, free focus groups in design projects, our award-winning customer support, tools and platform. You can set your own budget based on what you need. You will always know up front exactly what you'll pay, with no hidden costs and no surprises.
Absolutely! Every project on crowdspring is protected by a custom legal contract giving you full rights to the work you're buying. Once the contract is signed and the creative is paid after you approve the final deliverables in your project, you can use the design (or name) any way you like. You can change it or alter it in any way – it's yours.
"I loved working with crowdspring! It was so exciting to watch your project pick up steam as you gave feedback to the creatives. It felt very collaborative and you have so many creative people submitting ideas just for your project. Their system is organized, easy to use and understand. I am so happy with the results!"
Ali Hissey, Founder, Hissey Fit
2.Work 1-to-1
- Find a designer (or we can recommend our best).
- Negotiate with up to 5 designers at once.
- Use crowdspring’s powerful tools to manage your project.
1-to-1 FAQs
When you post a 1-to-1 project, we'll recommend our best designers who specialize in your project category, or you can work directly with any designer on crowdspring. You can negotiate with up to 5 designers at once and pick the one you love best once you and the designer settle on a price.
If you know exactly what you need done, 1-to-1 projects work great. For example, you have a specific idea for your new logo and can provide art direction. But if you have only a general idea and want to see lots of variety, a crowd project would be best.
Absolutely! You'll iterate through various design concepts until you find something you love. You can score and comment on each design and the designer will update their work and submit revisions.
You can negotiate the price for your 1-to-1 project (minimum is $200, including fees). You can set your budget and invite a designer to accept, or ask up to five designers to quote a price based on the scope of work you need done. When you post a 1-to-1 project, we'll always recommend our best designers who specialize in your project category, or you can work directly with any designer on crowdspring.
"I needed to reimagine my logos and design as I was expanding the areas of my professional service business. I did a one-on-one project with the designer Arsorum who were simply fantastic - they took my complex brief and reimagined the design and approach very creatively. When I had questions the crowdspring team were on hand and answered very fast and with great help. A fantastic end to end experience."
Paul Whybrow, PW Creative
3.When you're ready, finalize the project.
- Move to the wrap-up step.
- Make final adjustments.
- Receive full rights to the work you purchased.
FAQs for step 3
You can move to the wrap-up step anytime you're ready. In a design project, you can also launch a focus group if you want to get feedback from others on your design options.
A focus group (also called a "poll") allows you to invite friends, customers, colleagues and anyone else to vote and comment on their favorite designs (you can assign weighted votes or let each vote count equally). Anyone is eligible to vote as long as they have the special voting URL we'll provide to you (they will not need to register an account). Your focus group can be public or private - you choose! You fully control whom you invite to each focus group and what designs are included in each focus group.
In wrap-up, you have a private area to complete the project with the designer. Once you receive and approve the final files, we pay the designer and you own full rights to the work.
For each project category, we'll recommend required file types and will ask the designer to provide you with appropriate final files. You can always request specific formats you or your printer require.
"I just finished my 2nd of 3 projects with crowdspring. The first was an incredible book cover. This new project was artwork for a wooded token. I have a 3rd project on going for the development of a logo for graphic for my wife's jewelry business. I'll summarize - Don't waste your time at other sites - just come to crowdspring.com. The experience, the talent and the result will only make your life easier."
Robert Dixon, Bob Dixon Consulting Services
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Ugly, Unprofessional Design.
A talented designer can create a professional flyer or brochure, a direct mailer that actually gets read, or a custom proposal that gets the job done.
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A talented designer can help create or reimagine your website and landing pages or help you to create a consistent brand across social media networks.
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A talented designer can help create consistent brand marketing with custom designs and online or print ads that let your business stand out from the crowd.
Talented creatives, lots of choice.
Stop wasting your valuable time elsewhere. Over 220,000 talented creatives from 195 countries work on crowdspring.
Work you'll love, guaranteed.
Beautiful design that drives results. We pay the designer only after you approve the final files in your project wrapup.
Award-winning customer support.
All the support you need, when you need it. Our dedicated support team (99% customer satisfaction) is available by phone, email, and chat to ensure your success.
Protect your intellectual property.
Powerful intellectual property protections, made simple. Every 1-to-1 project includes industry leading customized, dynamic legal contracts and policies that protect your intellectual property.
The creative power of crowdspring is unmatched anywhere.
Crowdspring is the first stop for any aspiring entrepreneur, whether bootstrapped or VC-backed. The creative power of the their crowd is unmatched anywhere.
A 1-to-1 project is when a client works privately with a single designer. Aside from that, it’s similar to any other crowdspring project. You’ll be able to invite a designer, name your award (starting at $200 including all fees) and provide your project details. Then your designer will submit ideas until you find the one you like. Sound familiar?
When you post your 1-to-1 project, you and up to five designers you select will have a chance to negotiate a price for the project. Once you’re both happy with the scope of the work and the price, you can pick your favorite designer and launch your project.
1-to-1 projects include the same great features as regular crowdspring projects, including payment and escrow services, a free legal contract, and project management tools.
The project is also completely private - only the client and designer have access. As a result, your 1-to-1 project will not be listed anywhere on the site except under your account.
Just like a traditional crowdspring project, you decide how much your project will cost. The minimum price for a 1-to-1 project starts at $200 (including our fee), but you can always award more as appropriate. Our fees cover the cost to host the project, handle escrow and payment, and provide free custom contracts and non-disclosure agreements.
When determining your award amount, please remember to price your project based on the scope of work. More labor-intensive projects deserve larger awards than very simple projects.
There are a number of reasons why a 1-to-1 project might be the right choice for you.
A 1-to-1 project allows you to work closely with one great designer to finesse your idea, if you have a good idea of what you want.
1-to-1 projects can be a cost-saving option because you are working with (and will negotiate your price with) a single designer.
1-to-1 projects are a secure way to hire just a single designer on an easy-to-use platform you know you can trust.
Finally, 1-to-1 projects can often be completed faster than crowdsourced projects because you will work closely with a single person. This also usually leads to a quicker delivery of your final files.
You will get all of the security, intellectual property protection, customer support and easy online management tools as you would with our equally popular crowdsourced projects.
Crowdspring is known for our terrific community of over 220,000 designers who have helped entrepreneurs, small businesses, big brands, non-profits and agencies with all types of design services.
So, what kind of projects are best for 1-to-1?
If you know what you want your new logo, t-shirt, vehicle wrap, or website to look like and you want a talented designer to execute it for you... a 1-to-1 project is perfect for you.
Here are a number of other situations where a 1-to-1 project might be the best choice:
- Modify or update your existing logo or website.
- Create branded social media assets, stationery, or signage.
- Remove the background from images.
- Create a professional flyer, brochure or menu for an event.
- Create Facebook, Google or Remarketing ads.
- Design landing pages based on your existing website design.
- Make a proposal or presentation stand out with a strong design that isn’t stock.
- Design a direct mail piece that actually gets read.
- Update or create your professional business card.
- Create a custom blog header to create a consistent, branded look.
- You want to create a follow-up project based on any crowdsourced design you've already awarded on crowdspring.
You bet! Not only do you get a free legal contract which transfers the rights to the Intellectual Property from your designer to you, but we also handle escrow and payment for every 1-to-1 project.
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