The 5 Best Sites To Find A Freelance Designer For Your Business

by Sudhanshu Saraswat
November 28, 2016

One of the most incredible things about the internet is that you can outsource work at the drop of a hat. Need a website made in 45 minutes? easy. Want someone to do your SEO for you? done. Looking for someone to manage all the social media accounts under your business? no problem.

Another interesting shift that's occurred is that businesses no longer need to hire full-time or part-time designers. Instead, designers now freelance through a number of different websites and paying clients can pick and choose which designs work best for them.

That being said, here's a list of the top 5 places to find a freelance designer for your business.

Flocksy

Pay a one time fee and submit as many designs as you need. Their teams will work through the queue as quickly as possible and submit the finished designs to you. If you are looking for designs exclusively for your company, the charge is $199/ month. If you are looking to act as a design agency, then the charge is $399/ month. Click here to access. 

Design Pickle

Similar to the above. Perfect for those looking to build design agencies. They allow unlimited projects and unlimited submissions so this is more ideal for those who are going to be consulting for more than one business. As of this writing, the charge is $370/ month. Click here to see the main site. 

99Designs

Ideal for those looking to have numerous designs come in but for one particular project. They host competitions with the designers who have signed on to freelance for the site. This is an amazing service because you receive 30-90 unique designs for each project. Prices start at $299/ logo design and change depending on what type of graphic you're trying to build. If you're looking to build your own design agency, then you can contract through them (and can find out more information by clicking here). Otherwise, access to the main site can be found by clicking here.

Outsourcely

Outsourcely is a VA (Virtual Assistant) company based out of California. There are designers available here, and if you forecast yourself having consistent work for more than the short term then this is a good resource to pursue. Virtual assistants on this site typically ask for longer term projects. Upsides: a massive number of vetted virtual assistants as well as a marketplace of individuals that you can negotiate prices with directly. No commissions either. Downsides? It's free for VA's to sign up, but requires that clients (employers) who are looking to use the site pay a small fee depending on the depth of services required. Overall, this is the truest definition of a "marketplace" for virtual assistants that one can find. Access the site by clicking here.

Fiverr.Com

Fiverr has a simple concept: find quite literally any internet-based service for $5. Prices go up from there depending on the length and requirements of the project. Create an account and work directly through the platform to communicate with your workers. They've done a great job over the past year in improving the sites usability and professionalism. Use the internal rating system to find the best designers for whatever project you're looking for (as well as nearly any other service that you would need for building our a business by yourself). You can find the site by clicking here.

 

There you go! Hopefully the 5 websites i've listed above are enough to get you started on finding a freelance designer for your business. Use these resources to take your business to the next level by creating beautiful graphics and images and stand out from the rest of your competition.

Hope that helps! If you have any questions about the above then please email me at [email protected]

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