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Originally Posted by Taboo
nice looking site, but did you carefully consider the big "conflict of interest". you'll run into similar problems like Disney ran into when they launched movies.com and tried to convince all other studios to work with them to promote it. you should consider spinning it off into it's own company/site asap with no ties to your main "design" company instead of using it as a brand extension. Keep any relationship between your design firm and your design marketplace "in stealth mode" or risk people assuming you're scooping up the best leads for yourselves. once again, nice looking site. Either way, good luck.
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Point well made, however, it's slightly reversed here, we are actually sending clients to the webisite, because we are putting our brand behind it. We are actually not seing any issues with designers signing up, as the system benefits them plenty.. they don't have to send the clients to the website to make money.
On the other hand, we guarantee to clients, that IF there are NOT ENOUGH entries in the site.. and ONLY IF, we will have our designers participate in the projects, to guarantee their satisfaction.
This is not a market we are in, this is a place we send clients whos got different requirements from what we usually take on, and for people who want to see multiple entries.
One designer can come up with a limited amount of great ideas for a logo (just as an example), and that's why contests are usually popular for those kind of items, especially when people are not sure of what they are looking for.
We simply automate the process of contests, bring customers & designers into a marketplace, and do our best to ensure both parties are satisfied, by serving as an escrow