Customer Blog

Whether you want to boost your business’ SEO rankings or just write about a subject you’re passionate about, a blog is a great way to get your ideas into the online marketplace. And, while every blog starts small, you want to prepare yours for eventual global recognition with a professional design that makes you stand …

As a decidedly artsy team spread across some of the coolest urban landscapes on earth (San Francisco, Melbourne, Berlin, Paris and London), photography is the hobby of choice for many 99designs staffers. Some of us have even thought about taking the leap into shooting pics for pay in our spare time. Which got us thinking: …

“Mompreneurs” are an international force to be reckoned with. And while the term may be controversial in some circles – we agree there should be a “papapreneur” equivalent! – the power this breed of business guru wields can’t be denied. A whopping 46% of all privately owned businesses in the U.S. (nearly 9 million), for …

It’s been a busy time for 99nonprofits - we welcomed 30 new organizations into the pro bono program in the first four months of the year, including 15 in March and April. This month’s charities embody 99designs’ international outlook, carrying out great community work in Italy, Russia, Thailand, Germany, South Korea, Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia and …

What better way for 99designs to celebrate Earth Day than by highlighting designs that bring attention to the environmental causes supported by our customers? The challenge in creating a logo in this space is to reflect the organization and industry as well as the so-called “Green Movement” in a wholly original design. These designers did …

If you’re one of the millions of Americans who filed a tax refund this year,  you’re no doubt pondering how to spend the absolutely massive refund due to land in your bank account. (Hey, we can all dream!) So we thought we’d offer some contest-inspired suggestions  for how best to part with all that extra cash. …

Spring has sprung in our San Francisco headquarters, and with it has come 99designs’ new lucky number: 200. We recently surpassed 200,000 graphic designers in our global community, hosted our 200,000 design contest for customers, and received our 200th application for our 99nonprofits program. It’s clear there are many not-for-profit organizations in need of design work, and we’re …

We hosted our 200,000th contest today! It goes without saying that 99designs never could have reached this milestone in five short years without all of the fantastic entrepreneurs, businesses and other organizations around the world who came to us to connect with members of our remarkable design community. (Incidentally, we recently surpassed 200,000 designers in …

Update: We’re pleased to announce the winner of our design contest giveaway! We’d like to thank everyone who applied – it’s great to see so many awesome fitness-related businesses out there and it definitely made for a tough decision. Kellie Davis from Get Glutes is going home with the prize and will soon launch a …

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick may be gearing up for his first Super Bowl appearance this weekend, but behind the scenes another new venture of his is taking place here at 99designs. Colin will soon have a new design for his website Kaepernick7.com courtesy of the winning designer in a contest run on his behalf by custom web development …