Posted on July 25th, 2008 by delicious

links for 2008-07-25

2 Responses to “links for 2008-07-25”

Ross Kimbarovsky on July 25th, 2008 11:36 am:

Hey Kevin,

Thanks so much for noticing us and the compliment. There are many differences between DO and crowdSPRING. Here are a few:

1. We require escrow in every single project. No exceptions. If a buyer “abandons” the project, we select the winning creative and someone is paid.

2. We pay creatives anywhere in the world and we pay 100% of the awards (we charge buyers a small commission).

3. We offer full project management, with a robust notification system (email, RSS), and file uploads/downloads.

4. We have outstanding customer service.

5. Every project on crowdspring is protected by a customized legal agreement. You own your work at ALL times until it is selected and paid for and you get a copy of that agreement when you’re the winning creative in a project – for EACH project.

6. We rigorously enforce intellectual property rights and have a full dispute resolution process.

7. We deeply care about our community. Take a look at our blog, for example, and you’ll see interviews with some of the talented designers in our community (we also feature 2 plus an interview on our homepage). http://blog.crowdspring.com

We invite your readers to take a look.

Kevin Dangoor on July 25th, 2008 11:53 am:

Hi Ross,

Thanks for the comments!

It sounds like you’re differentiating yourself from Design Outpost in a number of good ways, beyond just the UI of your site. Excellent! I’ll definitely keep you in mind for my next personal project (my company has design staff).

Kevin