We see package graphics design all around us – in magazines, advertisements, as part of product packaging, on the web, and in newspapers. Businesses of all sizes need attractive package graphics design because it makes a significant impact on customers, and helps you stand out from competitors.

The cost to buy package graphics design varies widely among firms and designers, and also varies significantly by geography.

Size is very important because the size of a package impacts transportation costs, how a product will display on shelves, and many other factors.

Make sure the size of the product you are designing is in keeping with its purpose, and makes the most of the space required to properly display and transport it.

Yes! In fact, this happens frequently on crowdspring. Our designers are exceptionally good at what they do and clients will often post projects with multiple awards or make offers for other package graphics designs they like.

Yes. You control the privacy of your project. You can select closed galleries (where only you see all the designs), can require designers to sign non-disclosure agreements before you admit them to the project, can keep your project out of search engines, and can create both public and private briefs to hide your future product from competitors.

Design firms will have different prices for package graphics design. It’s not uncommon to find that some firms charge tens of thousands of dollars for package graphics design (not including the design of the packaging itself).

Freelance designers tend to charge less and tend to have lower prices than design firms. This is largely because freelancers typically don’t need to pay for overhead to maintain their businesses and are able to pass those savings directly to clients. However, this too varies widely.

Keep in mind that designers will often charge different prices based on their level of expertise. Don’t forget that design prices vary widely based on geography. Designers and firms in the United States and Europe, for example, may charge higher rates for the same design services than freelancers and firms located in countries who can afford to charge lower rates for the same work.

When comparing quotes and prices from multiple designers and firms, it’s important to understand whether the designers are proposing to charge you hourly rates or flat fees. Some package graphics design quotes propose hourly rates for design services. These quotes might seem low, but could turn out to be higher overall than other quotes that propose a flat rate for the work. Sometimes, a design job that is expected to last 10 hours might take 25 hours, and if you are paying by the hour, you might find that your cost is significantly more than you anticipated.

Whether you are evaluating a single quote or multiple quotes, make sure that you understand how you are being charged for the work, because even the most carefully planned and priced job can quickly go over budget and your design price may increase significantly.

Some of the best package graphics designers in the world work on crowdspring. On crowdspring, tens of thousands of designers from over 195 countries around the world compete for your business. You will get choice for your custom package graphics design that you will not get anywhere else. In fact, we guarantee your satisfaction 100% – no questions asked.

Our unique model and package graphics design process solves many of the problems typically found when buying package graphics design. Unlike traditional marketplaces where you might look at three or four freelancers, crowdspring is a crowdsourcing marketplace, where designers from around the world post actual package graphics designs.

Crowdspring can help you leverage this international community of designers and eliminate your worries about the cost of package graphics design. You won't need to obtain design quotes in advance of the work because you set your own price. And when your project ends, you choose the one you like the best. It’s that simple!

We continue to be amazed with the breadth of the package graphics design projects our community has done. Many of these projects are protected by NDAs so we can't publicly talk about them or show you the work from those projects, but package graphics design projects have included the design of package graphics for nearly every industry, and for Fortune 100 as well as many small businesses around the world.

No. TEX and associated programs like LATEX is a system of computer typesetting of documents. This software was designed for mathematical and scientific text and other difficult typesetting jobs. CTAN is the Comprehensive TEX Archive Network - a place for conversations and resources involving TEX. It's not helpful to use LATEX or TEX to create proper package graphics and manipulate them properly for use on product packaging.