Designers
Contest basics
- How to use the cropping tool
- How do I use a design brief?
- How do I find a contest that suits me?
- What is a guaranteed contest?
- What are blind and private contests?
- What is a Platinum contest?
Working with customers
- Can I submit animations or mockups of my designs to contests?
- Brand Guide - Add on Deliverable in contests
- What is the design handover?
- What is a logo design contest with extra design deliverables?
- Can I submit the same design to multiple contests?
- How do I contact the customer?
After a contest ends
- The client asked me for revisions but the contest has ended. What can I do?
- How do I know I'll get paid after I transfer the copyright?
- When do I sign the Copyright Transfer Agreement?
- Why do I see an IO error when I upload my designs to a handover?
- What happens to my designs when a contest is held, locked, or refunded?
- Can a customer award more than one winner?
Design files and formats
- What is required for a stationery design?
- What is required for a social media design?
- What is required for a business card design?
- What is a Logo & social media pack contest?
- What do RGB and CMYK mean? When should I use them?
- What are vector and raster images? When should I use them?
Your designer profile
- ★ Optimizing design descriptions & tags in your portfolio
- ★ Top Level Designers only: Services
- Availability Status and Responsiveness Score
- Rebrand Yourself: A quick guide to 99designs’ designer profile
- What is identity verification?
- Why is my contest participation being limited?
Designer payments
- What is a payout and how do I request one?
- Which payment providers does 99designs use?
- What are earnings?
- What fees do you charge?
- What currency do I get paid in?
- How long do payout requests take?
Reporting a designer
- How the 99designs report system works
- Stock Image Declaration
- How do I report a copied or stock design?
- I've reported a design. Now what?
- I've been reported. What can I do?
- How do I report unprofessional behavior?