This is a paid review sponsored by LogoMyWay.com
By now, you should’ve already realized that logo is probably the most important aspect of your design. Not only that it symbolizes your brand, but also it’s the first one that your audience see when they reach your site. So for a very small space, you already get to express what your site is all about.
One of the common mistakes that I see in most bloggers is that they don’t seem to place that much importance in investing a logo for their site. And much worse is that they don’t even think it’s a necessity for their blog! I know it has been emphasized a lot but Im going to repeat it again, having a high quality logo for your site is a must. That’s the big difference between someone who is serious in his online business from someone who’s not.
LogoMyWay.com Introduction
I was contacted if I could take a look on the site LogoMyWay.com. The site is basically a crowdsourcing logo design marketplace that connects designers and business owners. Crowdsourcing here is the key. For a minimum of $200 you can get hundreds of talented designers all over the world to design a custom logo for your websites/blogs. The beauty of the crowdsourcing model is that you basically enjoy their concepts yet you’re not obligated to pay all of them. You will only pay the design that you want the most.
Going in depth, this is how the process go:
- You basically register with them first, then go on and submit your project description including all your requirements. this includes all the basic stuffs such as your site’s name, your slogan, preferred style, font and the color schemes.
- After that you specify the prize you’re willing to give to the winner (obviously the higher the better).
- Then your contest will go live, you’ll receive a ton of entries and the good thing is you could rank them up or completely ditch the ones that you don’t like. You could also make adjustments within your contest. If you feel something is lacking, you can elaborate your requirements more.
- After the contest ends you can basically pick your winner. The winner gets the money and you then receive Industry Standard Vector Logo Files that can be used in almost any application you choose. (Websites, T-Shirts, Mugs, Pens, Business Cards Etc.).
The process is pretty simple and logomyway handles everything reliably. So far I haven’t really seen or heard any problems about them.
Crowdsourcing vs the Traditional Design Process
I am fortunate enough to have my own sets of designers who do this work for me so I really haven’t done any logo contests projects before. But if you’re starting out from scratch, meaning you don’t have any connection, it would be a little bit tough to find a designer willing to do work for you. In fact, most of the designers that you can find through forums are the crappy ones as most of the premium ones aren’t usually available for work. Another downside is the high cost.
Crowdsourcing on the other hand is perfect especially if you are looking to get as much ideas as possible. And the great thing about it is you’re not committed to pay those people to take time and do designs for you. You just pay the best design, no questions asked. I’d highly recommend this model to you especially if you’re starting from nothing and have no connections at all.
Final Thoughts On LogoMyWay
Overall I can say LogoMyWay.com is a pretty decent crowdsourcing site. The only other site that I see competing against them is 99designs.com w/c is more established due to the fact that it has been in the business for a long time.
The one key advantage that I see in using this logo design company is that it solely focuses on logo and for me it’s always a plus to be with a company that specializes in only ONE thing.
In terms of quality of logos, just by browsing the current logo contests you can rest assure that the designers participating there are top-notch designers and that would be evident with the logo entries.
What do you think guys? Have you ever had any experience (both good and bad) with LogoMyWay? I know the owner would be very happy to get your insights about them by using the comment form.
Logo My Way is a nice service but you can get Logo Designs even at 100$ (I think probably on 99 design).
The have 200$ as minimum, I think if they decrease it, it will be better.
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Looks interesting and appealing to me.
So what is the main difference between logomyway from other logo design crowdsourcing sites? what are the features that they have that most other dont?
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As Deepak said, decreasing the lowest amount would work better for them. I’ve heard of the site, never used it though.
I’d only use a site like that for a really elite website as you can get reasonable logos made for $10 or 10 minutes in Photoshop for smaller sites and spending $200 a time on a logo before you know a website will be successful… way too much. 🙂
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dude i am learning graphic designing just because i have come to know few time back that you get paid $300 if you win a single contest…and its fun too
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Will definitely take a look at this in the future when my blog starts to pick up! Your blog design isn’t the most important factor in a successful blog, but it does help!
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very interesting will have a look.
If you win that is. You have to be a great and appealing designer.
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I actually have been looking for a good logo designer. Helpful post, I’ve never checked out either one of these companies before. I like the contest idea, very handy if you don’t have a logo concept already. I might try them out, it would be really cool to see what kind of design they come up with for me.
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I believe in logomyway, the designers are more covered in the sense that when you start a contest there, you should pick a winner unlike other sites like 99designs where its optional. Another is that they solely focus on doing logos.
pretty great point Jason. That’s what I used to do as well way back when I was just getting started.
looks like logomyway is far better than other contest websites. I just read forums – they have great community of logo designers.
I have to disagree with Agent Deepak. I honestly think if you pay peanuts, what you’ll get is peanuts. But if you invest more (I prefer to call logo as an investment rather than purchase) to have your logo made on a logo design contest, you’ll get top designers ready to burn their mouse and design pads to provide you with the best designs. Designers are humans, too. And they certainly won’t work their socks off for peanuts. It’s simple, if you are not ready to pay for the best, you will get logos that are similar to stock arts or clip arts, and it’ll not be original/unique at all for your business.
Interesting article. In terms of crowdsourcing for designs, for me, I am quite on the fence regarding the use of a crowdsourcing site for a logo design. It is still a touchy issue for most designers who said that crowdsourcing is a no-no for obtaining a logo design. I have tried crowdsourcing before and I know the risks involved but it comes within the territory. But there are other no-frills logo design websites online such as http://www.logobee.com, http://www.logodesignstation.com, logoyes.com, etc. which are actually great in getting a professional logo design at a fraction of the price and minus the risks of crowdsourcing (plagiarism is one of them). Seeing that there are no consultation services, the price is significantly lower than that of conventional design firms. For instance, I have tried http://www.logodesignstation.com and the experience was indeed a positive one. I managed to get my business logo design at an affordable price and the turnaround time was great as well. Highly recommended. Although crowdsourcing for logo designs could be a bane for some, many find it to be a viable alternative to get a fast logo on the cheap. It all depends on the individual actually.