Hatchwise was founded in 2008 as a platform with a community of thousands of talented creatives, bringing their skills together to help business grow and succeed. Hatchwise offers logo design, web design, graphic design, product design, business card design as well as naming. These are all held in contest format, which allows you to see multiple choices, before selecting the option that works best for your needs.
Freelancer is a two-in-one contest platform and marketplace for creative, marketing, and administrative services. Unlike some of the other platforms on this list, you can get much, much more than design done. Freelancer includes everyone from copywriters to virtual assistants to app developers to shipping specialists.
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1. How it Works
Logo design contests allow you to outsource your logo design projects to multiple creatives.
While paying one set fee, you are able to see multiple logo concepts, and award one contest winner at the end of your contest duration (which can run anywhere from 48 hours to 10 days).
Logo design contests are the solution to finding your perfect new logo at a low price point, while getting the very best options to choose from.
Hatchwise contests typically run of 10 days (48 hour for Rush contests). And the process is a simple few steps from start to finish.
1. Select your type of contest that you wish to hold (pricing varies, with logo design contests starting at $89).
2. Choose how much you wish to pay, select any upgrades that you wish to add (Hatchwise has a variety o upgrades that are not required, but help you to get your desired results the fastest way).
3. Watch as you see many unique and creative concepts submitted to your contest, leave helpful feedback for the creatives.
4. Select your contest winner and receive your final artwork files within hours!
As usual, you start by posting your project. On Freelancer, though, you can go in two directions: you can run a contest or hire someone specifically for your project.
2. What You Get
After selecting your final design your contest winner will upload your final artwork directly to your Hatchwise account for easy download. You will receive the complete editable files and the rights to your new design, allowing you to make any future changes you wish to your new design.
Hatchwise is dedicated to enabling you to find the perfect creatives resources for your businesses and making that process as simple, affordable, and straightforward as it can be. With dedicated, personalized support, no hidden fees, and a massive community of creative talent, your business receives the attention and care that it needs to thrive.
Hatchwise allows you to see multiple concepts entered in your contest, with a guarantee of a minimum of a certain number of entries (based on the package that you select). These are all high-quality, unique designs, tailored to your request. Our creatives work directly with you along the away, making edits to their submissions, based on the feedback that you offer.
Our support team is also on standby, ready to answer any of your questions, review your contest, and offer you personalized advice and guidance regarding your contest at no extra charge.
The best part? If at the end of your contest you don’t receive the guarantee number of entries to your contest,and choose to not award a winner, you qualify for a FULL refund of your contest payment!
Freelancer is primarily for outsourcing work, although its contest option is great if you’re not quite sure about the vision for your project. While you technically can run a contest for copywriting or web development, these sorts of projects don’t lend themselves to crowdsourcing. There are too many variables.
However, the nice thing about this platform is that you can get various projects done in one place. You do not have the opportunity to buy prepackaged gigs or get on-demand creative services for a flat rate, though.
Why Freelancer is awesome:
Freelancer lives up to its name: whatever you need a freelancer for, you can probably find someone. There are a LOT of services available. You can fully customize your project or contest, and you only pay once you’re satisfied with the results. This platform is good if your project is complex, requires high attention to detail, or may take a bit more time to complete.
3. What It Costs
In Freelancer when you set up your project or contest, you can choose your budget range. You can go as low as $10 in prize money, although Freelancer warns you to not expect good results. For regular projects, select a pre-determined range (e.g. a “small project for $750-1000” or “major product for $50,000+”) or a custom budget. You’ll receive quotes from freelancers based on your budget. Note that you will be charged a 3% fee for basic projects.
Hatchwise logo contests start at $89 and you are guaranteed to receive a minimum of 30 designs entered in your contest from at least 5 creatives.
If at the end of your contest submission period you don’t receive at least 30 entries, and don’t plan on awarding a contest winner let us know and you receive a full refund for your payment-no questions asked! This Money Back Guarantee applies to any of our contests, no matter what type you select.
Hatchwise | Freelancer | |
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Lowest priced logo package: | $89 | $10 |
Minimum number of entries | 30+ | 30 Skills |
Minimum number of creatives: | 5+ | – |
Money Back Guarantee: | Yes | Yes |
The Final Verdict
If you choose to go with Freelancer, the one big benefit is that you get to choose your pricing with no minimum amount (even going as low as $10!). However, you are warned that the average project cost is $750 and to not expect to see the same results that you would with a substantially higher prize amount.
In addition to that, Freelancer does offer much more than design work, with creative projects varying from website design to copywriting. If you are looking to outsource your business needs on an ongoing basis then Freelancer may be the choice for you.
Hatchwise offers the same quality of design work, however, not only at a much lower cost, but with a guarantee of multiple concepts submitted from 1000s of creatives. In addition to that, they offer multiple project types (only excluding copywriting).
If you are looking to pay a substantial amount more to work with one creative, then Freelancer is the way to go.
If you want to work with a community of creatives, receive multiple concepts to choose from, and pay an affordable price, then Hatchwise is the platform for you.
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$50 Prize Included | $150 Prize Included | $250 Prize Included | $360 Prize Included |
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All Design and Naming Contests come with our Money Back Guarantee.
