“The driving force behind Vistaprint’s future with 99designs is our passion to help small businesses,” said Robert Keane, founder and chief executive officer of both Cimpress and Vistaprint. “We know how critical great design is for entrepreneurs on their journey. 99designs and Vistaprint have shared values and vision to be a trusted partner to business owners and creators which lay the foundation for something bigger and more valuable than either of our teams could create alone.”
The combination of 99designs’ large network of talented freelance designers and Vistaprint’s more than 20 million customers will create a global platform which will make it easy for small businesses to access both professional design services and great marketing products in one place, and will provide freelance designers on the 99designs network the opportunity to work with Vistaprint customers.
Patrick Llewellyn, 99designs’ chief executive officer, said, “In a year when the whole world has had to work together online, 99designs’ mission of championing creativity to bring opportunities to people around the world has never been more relevant. We’ve been enabling remote creative connections for more than a decade and have seen firsthand how these fuel the success of small businesses and creators. Vistaprint’s belief and investment in both our team and technology is testament to the enormous potential in human-powered creativity, as well as the profound impact that great design has on a small business.”
With more than 20 million customers worldwide, Vistaprint offers an enormous selection of customizable design templates for marketing and promotional materials. Over the past few years, Vistaprint customers have increasingly leveraged its design services, accessing real-time graphic layout assistance. This program has become much loved by small business owners who turn to Vistaprint’s customer service team members for tasks that range from modifying an eye-catching banner to creating basic flyers or business cards. During the pandemic, customers have also flocked to Vistaprint’s “we design it for you” offering for the quick and easy layout of custom face masks. With the acquisition of 99designs, Vistaprint will expand to serve additional customer design needs.
“In order to become a more complete marketing partner to our customers we are augmenting our internal teams with 99designs’ wide-reaching community of talented freelance professional designers who are experts for more sophisticated design projects,” said Vistaprint Chief Marketing Officer Ricky Engelberg. “As businesses grow, the complexity and importance of their design needs also grow. To meet these needs as professionally and seamlessly as possible, we sought a partner that not only brings a scalable network of high-quality talent for design services, but who shares our vision for providing best-in-class solutions to business owners throughout their entrepreneurial journey.”
Patrick Llewellyn will report to Robert Keane and will continue to lead 99designs, and its large community of freelance designers will serve customers of both 99designs and Vistaprint. Vistaprint plans for significant post-acquisition investment to expand the 99designs team and to accelerate the pace of technology and product development for a large range of freelancer-powered design services to help small businesses.
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About Vistaprint
Vistaprint is the marketing partner to millions of small businesses around the world, empowering each one to live their dreams. For more than 20 years, we have helped small businesses look and feel credible through high-quality marketing products that include signage, logo apparel, promotional products, flyers and postcards, business cards, websites and digital marketing. With Vistaprint, small businesses are able to create and customize their marketing with easy-to-use digital tools and design-templates, or by receiving expert graphic design support. Our focus is on helping small businesses project a consistent and cohesive brand image that makes them look their best in-store, online, on-site and on-the-go.
About 99designs
99designs is the global creative platform that makes it easy for designers and clients to work together to create designs they love. Founded in 2008, 99designs has grown from a small, online forum into a worldwide community of talented designers that is now the go-to solution for businesses, agencies and individuals. 99designs has paid out more than US $300m to its creative community to date. With headquarters in Melbourne, Australia, 99designs also has offices in Oakland, California and Berlin, Germany.
About Cimpress
Cimpress plc (Nasdaq: CMPR) invests in and builds customer-focused, entrepreneurial, mass-customization businesses for the long term. Mass customization is a competitive strategy which seeks to produce goods and services to meet individual customer needs with near mass production efficiency. Cimpress businesses include BuildASign, Drukwerkdeal, Exaprint, National Pen, Pixartprinting, Printi, Vistaprint and WIRmachenDRUCK.
For more information please contact:
pr@99designs.com / PublicRelations@vistaprint.com
99designs Select gives clients on-demand access to a dedicated group of freelance creators who are curated around their brand’s specific day-to-day design needs; while 99designs Studio offers access to creative ideation and brainstorming on a global scale, as well as full-service management for larger scale projects and visual campaigns at a fixed price.
In-house creative teams around the world are facing new challenges. They are producing a wider variety of content across more channels than ever before – often with smaller budgets and leaner resources. This new suite of services from 99designs will help marketers and creative teams meet these challenges. Brands can build flexible, remote extensions of existing teams through Select, or tap into state-of-the-art ideation processes and fresh global perspectives through Studio.
“The creative industries have always been fueled by freelance talent: fresh perspectives and flexibility are integral to creative projects and teams around the world”, said 99designs CEO Patrick Llewellyn. “With the wider economy adapting rapidly to remote work on a global scale, more organizations are evolving and collaborating in ways they never thought possible.”
“Connecting with the right person, with the right skills, and at exactly the right moment – no matter where they are in the world – is really where the magic happens. We have facilitated more than a million creative connections and relationships on our platform over the past twelve years, and as the world becomes accustomed to new ways of working, 99designs Studio and Select will make that process even better for brands and marketers everywhere.”
Businesses can choose from two new services:
99designs Select
99designs Select offers clients access to a curated group of remote freelancers who are trained on the client’s brand guidelines, and are on call to execute day-to-day design tasks such as presentation decks, email banners, flyers, landing pages, white papers, ads, and more. For a one-off onboarding fee of US $2,500 99designs Select clients will receive the following:
● A hand-selected group of up to five freelance designers, pre-briefed and fully trained on your brand standards by the 99designs team
● Centralized access to these designers via 99designs’ intuitive design and collaboration tools
● US $500 credit towards your first creative project
● Platform training for internal teams
● Access to ongoing, on-demand support from a dedicated 99designs project manager for US $100/hour
● Ongoing work billed on a project-by-project basis (costs ranging from US $199-$2000 depending upon scope)
99designs Studio
Targeted at clients needing to get larger creative campaigns off the ground in as little as two weeks, 99designs Studio offers full-service ideation, refinement and delivery of larger visual projects for a fixed price. The typical 99designs Studio package costs US $4,999 and includes:
● End-to-end project delivery from experienced creative directors or brand strategists
● Unparalleled access to global ideation and creativity, as well as diverse international perspectives from the 99designs community
● Five initial creative concepts; with two concepts fully fleshed out (includes two rounds of feedback and amendments)
● The project cost covers all payments to designers as well as platform fees, NDAs and copyright transfer
About 99designs
99designs is the global creative platform that makes it easy for designers and clients to work together to create designs they love. Founded in 2008, 99designs has grown from a small, online forum into a worldwide community of talented designers that is now the go-to solution for businesses, agencies and individuals. 99designs has paid out more than US $300m to its creative community to date. With headquarters in Melbourne, Australia, 99designs also has offices in Oakland, California and Berlin, Germany.
For more information please contact pr@99designs.com
The accelerated growth in designer earnings is largely thanks to the company’s investment in its direct work product in the past 12 months. This newer way of working on 99designs allows clients to hire one designer for a specific project as an alternative to running a design contest where multiple designers are invited to submit concepts for consideration.
To date, 250,000 direct work projects between designers and clients have been completed on 99designs, the scope of which includes everything from quick design tweaks to in-depth specialist app design. Pricing for these projects can range anywhere between fifty and several thousand dollars depending on the type and scale of work required. In Q3 of this year, 35 percent of total designer earnings came from one-to-one projects. This is a significant increase on 2017 figures, and the upward trend has continued strongly in Q4.
This investment in direct work has also had a positive impact on agency sign-up rates for the 99designs Pro service, with the company onboarding 4x as many agencies per month than last year.
“The team has worked really hard to ensure 99designs evolves to better serve the needs of both our designers and our customers, and it’s gratifying to see this growth in direct work pay off for our community,” says 99designs CEO Patrick Llewellyn.
"To see a 25 percent increase in all time earnings on the platform in just over a year has been super satisfying, and it’s great to experience this kind of growth a decade into the company’s journey. We’re excited to continue advancing the direct work experience on 99designs and supporting our talented creative community in building strong, long-lasting working relationships.”
99designs is a global creative platform that makes it easy for designers and clients to work together to create designs they love. Founded in 2008, 99designs has grown from a small, online forum into a worldwide community of talented designers that is now the go-to solution for businesses, agencies and individuals.
Profitable since 2017, and backed by Accel (investors in Facebook, Dropbox, Etsy) 99designs generates over $60m USD in annual revenue. Designers from 192 countries are active on the platform, and at any given moment there are 10,000 designers online to tackle projects across 90 categories from logos and book covers to web design.
With headquarters in Melbourne, Australia, 99designs also has offices in Oakland, California and Berlin, Germany.
99designs, la primera plataforma online de diseño gráfico, ha anunciado la reubicación de su sede central en Melbourne, la que fuera su ciudad originaria. Nuestro CEO, Patrick Lewellyn, también regresa a su ciudad natal para afianzar el crecimiento internacional de la compañía y allanar el camino para una posible presentación en la Bolsa de Valores de Australia.
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Acerca de 99designs
99designs es la mayor plataforma de diseño gráfico del mundo. Conectamos una comunidad global de diseñadores freelance con emprendedores y empresas de todos los tamaños. Creado por y para diseñadores, 99designs comenzó su andadura en 2008 con un grupo de diseñadores que decidió unirse y crear una comunidad donde competían, creaban y crecían juntos. Esa competencia amistosa pronto daría lugar a un nuevo mercado global que hoy es líder mundial en diseño gráfico. 99designs está cambiando la vida de diseñadores de todo el mundo al brindarles la oportunidad de acceder a una clientela internacional, obtener ingresos y elaborar sus portfolios. 99designs cuenta con sedes en EEUU, Australia y Alemania.
99designs, la primera plataforma mundial de diseño gráfico, continua reportando beneficios después de dos semestres consecutivos en positivo y una expectativa de rentabilidad para 2017. Al mismo tiempo, el mercado de diseño gráfico online ha repartido más de 200 millones de dólares entre los diseñadores de su comunidad desde 2008. La plataforma distribuye hoy un promedio de 3,5 millones de dólares al mes entre sus diseñadores.
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Acerca de 99designs
99designs es la mayor plataforma de diseño gráfico del mundo. Conectamos una comunidad global de diseñadores freelance con emprendedores y empresas de todos los tamaños. Creado por y para diseñadores, 99designs comenzó su andadura en 2008 con un grupo de diseñadores que decidió unirse y crear una comunidad donde competían, creaban y crecían juntos. Esa competencia amistosa pronto daría lugar a un nuevo mercado global que hoy es líder mundial en diseño gráfico. 99designs está cambiando la vida de diseñadores de todo el mundo al brindarles la oportunidad de acceder a una clientela internacional, obtener ingresos y elaborar sus portfolios. 99designs cuenta con sedes en EEUU, Australia y Alemania.
La web de diseño online más importante del mundo también amplía su junta de dirección, añadiendo a Rob Solomon, de Accel Partners
San Francisco // Madrid, 15 abril de 2015 – 99designs, la web de diseño online más importante del mundo, anuncia hoy que ha recibido en una nueva ronda de financiación 10 millones de dólares de Recruit Strategic Partners, la empresa de capital de riesgo con base en Silicon Valley y brazo derecho de la japonesa Recruit holding Co. Ltd. Accel, el principal inversor de 99designs en 2011, ha reinvertido en la compañía y ha incorporado a Rob Solomon a su junta de dirección.
Para el CEO de 99designs, Patrick Llewellyn, la inversión de Recruit representa un movimiento estratégico para apoyar la internacionalización de la compañía, particularmente en Japón y otras partes de Asia. Recruit es una empresa muy fuerte en este mercado, ofreciendo servicios de información y búsqueda de servicios.
“Sabíamos que necesitábamos el partner adecuado para entrar en Japón y aumentar nuestro impacto en el mercado asiático”, ha explicado Llewellyn. “Recruit cree que el futuro del trabajo está en el crowdsourcing y en los marketplaces, capacitando a la gente para perseguir sus sueños y conseguir oportunidades. Nosotros hemos estado haciéndolo con éxito con diseñadores y pequeñas empresas de todo el mundo desde 2008, por lo que encaja perfectamente con nuestro negocio”, añade.
Recruit Strategic Partners (“RSP”) es una subsidiaria de propiedad absoluta de Recruit, un holding de empresas japonesas que empezaron como uno de los primeros marketplaces de empleo y se han convertido en la plataforma de búsqueda por sectores más importante del mundo, e incluye recursos humanos, viajes, inmobiliarias, bodas y restaurantes.
“La inversión en 99designs se ajusta perfectamente al objetivo de Recruit de convertirnos en el número uno del mundo en búsquedas globales en diferentes sectores” comenta Akihiko Okamoto, presidente y director general de Recruit Strategic Partners. “Han ayudado al lanzamiento de más de 350.000 empresas y a su crecimiento. Diseñadores de todo el mundo han ganado más de 100 millones de dólares gracias a ellos. Con esta inversión, podemos ayudarles a promocionar su plataforma de diseño global en Asia”.
La participación de Accel en esta ronda refleja el fuerte compromiso de la firma con las decisiones estratégicas de 99designs. La incorporación de Rob Solomon a la junta de dirección también forma parte de los esfuerzos de la compañía por construir una fuerte marca en Internet. Antes de Accel, Solomon fue presidente y director de operaciones de Groupon, donde dirigió sus operaciones en la fase de alto crecimiento de la compañía y la ayudó a convertirse en una de las empresas de más rápido crecimiento de la historia.
“Desde la primera inversión de Accel Partners en 99designs hace 4 años he observado el crecimiento de la compañía en nuevos mercados y la evolución de una compañía pionera en concursos de diseño de logos a un próspero marketplace para conectar diseñadores y PYMES”, explica Solomon. “Como miembro de la junta estoy deseando ayudarles a llegar a su siguiente fase de crecimiento”.
Sobre Recruit Holdings
Fundada en 1960, Recruit Holdings es una empresa líder en servicios de información y Recursos Humanos en Japón. Entre una amplia gama de servicios, Recruit ofrece nuevos descubrimientos y oportunidades a los usuarios con información en sectores como el empleo, la educación, inmobiliarias, matrimonios, viajes, restaurantes, belleza, coches, hobbies y estilo de vida. Recruit tiene más de 30.000 empleados y opera en Asia y Norte América.
Recruit Strategic Partners, una subsidiaria de propiedad absoluta de Recruit en Japón, es una empresa de capital de riesgo con sede en Silicon Valley que invierte en compañías innovadoras de todo Estados Unidos. Ofrece conocimiento de la industria y experiencia con emprendedores y como parte del negocio de inversión global de Recruit. Recruit Strategic Partners co. invierte con firmas líderes en capital riesgo en Estados Unidos.
Sobre Accel Partners
Fundada en 1983 y con sede en Palo Alto, California, Accel tiene una larga historia de partnering con destacados emprendedores y equipos de gestión para construir negocios mundiales. Accel ha ayudado a los emprendedores a crear más de 300 exitosas empresas de tecnología, muchas de las cuales han definido su categoría, AdMob, AirWatch, Atlassian, Braintree, Campaign Monitos, Cloudera, Couchbase, Dropbox, Etsy, Facebook, Fusion-IO, Groupon, Hootsuite, Kayak, Lookout, MoPub, Nimble Storage, Opower, OxForex, QlikTech, Qualtrics, Real Networks, Riverbed, Rovio, SeatGeek, Spotify, Squarespace, Supercell, Trulia and VSCO.
Sobre 99designs
99designs, la plataforma de diseño gráfico más grande del mundo, ya ha ayudado a 350.000 empresas internacionales a obtener diseños de calidad a precios asequibles y ha pagado más de 110 millones de dólares a diseñadores de todo el mundo. Además de ser la empresa pionera en concursos de diseño basados en el crowdsourcing, dando a las compañías una amplia variedad de diseños y conceptos, 99designs ha ampliado sus servicios permitiendo a los clientes trabajar con diseñadores de forma individual, comprar plantillas de diseño de la Tienda de Logos o hacer pequeños retoques en poco tiempo utilizando su sistema de Tareas. Con más de 950.000 diseñadores de 192 países del mundo, 99designs continúa ayudando a las empresas a tener éxito en su branding a través de diseños creados por una importante comunidad de diseñadores gráficos. Con sus oficinas en Berlín, San Francisco, Melbourne y Rio de Janeiro, 99designs da trabajo a más de 100 empleados.
Design services marketplace is latest and largest tech company to move across the bay
San Francisco, CA (March 25, to_timestamp(2015)) - 99designs, the largest global marketplace for graphic design, today announced plans to move its corporate headquarters from San Francisco to Oakland in spring 2015. Based in San Francisco for the past five years, 99designs will relocate to the historic Breuner’s building at 2201 Broadway in the burgeoning Uptown District of Oakland in order to accommodate the company’s accelerating growth.
99designs’ 14,000 square-foot office will be completely custom-renovated on the top floor of the building that was once Breuner’s flagship furniture store. Already home to other tech startups, the historic art-deco building features a penthouse roof deck, an ideal outdoor space for meetings. The move is expected to be completed in May 2015.
“The decision to move to Oakland was inspired by several factors, including our desire to be part of the city’s flourishing art, design and tech community. We think Oakland is a perfect location for us to access all the talent that resides in the broader East Bay area as we continue to recruit a broad range of talent to grow out our team,” said 99designs President and CEO Patrick Llewellyn. “We love the Uptown neighborhood in particular because of its proximity to public transportation and the variety of food, fitness and entertainment experiences. We think our employees will quickly become part of the fabric of the neighborhood.”
"Oakland's local economy and its businesses have long benefitted from encouraging innovation, creativity and growth of companies in a variety of areas. Most recently this has included the design and technology sectors," said Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf. "We're excited that 99designs is attracted to Oakland and recognizes the unique advantages of doing business here. I'm sure they will enhance our business environment - building community and the bottom line."
99designs has signed a five-year lease for 14,161 square-feet at 2201 Broadway with an option to assume the entire floor as space becomes available, giving it up to 26,000 square-feet of space on a single floor. The building is owned and managed by Metrovation. 99designs was represented by Jon Dishotsky of Custom Spaces and Mike Keely of CBRE and Metrovation was represented by Trent Holsman of Colliers International. Chris Curtis of Metrovation said, “We are very excited to be working with 99designs to create a truly unique tech space on the top floor of our historic building for their new headquarters. We are very pleased to welcome them to our building and to Oakland’s Uptown.”
Deborah Boyer, president, Lake Merritt/Uptown District Association said, "I’m delighted to welcome 99designs and its employees to the Uptown District, one of the best live/work/play neighborhoods in the Bay Area. The vibrancy of our eclectic Uptown community is continually enhanced by creative companies like 99designs drawn to locate here."
About 99designs
99designs, the world’s largest logo and graphic design marketplace, has helped over 380,000 businesses access quality design at an affordable price. 99designs pioneered crowd-sourced design contests, where businesses receive a wide variety of design concepts and choose their favorite, and expanded to provide services for customers to work 1-on-1 with individual designers, purchase design templates from the ready-made logo store, or get small design projects done within an hour through Tasks. With more than 990,000 designers from 192 countries around the world, 99designs’ suite of services helps businesses succeed through great design created by a robust community of talented graphic designers. 99designs is backed by Accel Partners.
99designs, la plataforma de diseñadores gráficos más grande del mundo y Jimdo, la plataforma internacional para crear páginas web, dan a conocer su colaboración estratégica
Las pequeñas empresas tienen la posibilidad de unificar su imagen corporativa diseñando un logo y una página web con dominio por 419 euros, hosting de un año incluido
La unión de 99designs y Jimdo ofrece a sus clientes, en un período menor a dos semanas, un logo diseñado profesionalmente y una página web optimizada para todos los dispositivos con dominio y un año de hosting por 419€. La página web, facilitada por Jimdo, se edita de forma muy sencilla sin necesidad de tener conocimientos de programación y permite al cliente añadir toda la información sobre su empresa una vez ha sido diseñada por 99designs.
“Gracias a 99designs, más de cien mil pequeñas empresas y autónomos de todo el mundo ya tienen un logotipo” - comenta Patrick Llewellyn, CEO de 99designs. “Con el auge del diseño y la marca personal para las empresas jóvenes, aumentan también las necesidades de nuestros clientes. Gracias a la cooperación con Jimdo ahora podemos ofrecer a más personas una solución de diseño completa”.
“Tanto 99designs como nosotros creemos que una solución de página web y diseño deberían estar al alcance de cualquiera, no solo de empresas con grandes presupuestos”, explica el co-fundador de Jimdo Christian Springub. “A través de nuestra colaboración proveemos al cliente de una imagen de marca profesional y asequible, y una página web en consonancia con la misma, la cual pueden editar ellos mismos en cualquier momento. De este modo el cliente se asegura un buen comienzo y una presencia en la web que permita crecer a su proyecto”.
El funcionamiento del servicio es sencillo, en primer lugar, el cliente inicia un concurso para un logo y una web a través de 99designs, escribe el briefing, contestando algunas preguntas básicas sobre su empresa y en una semana, los diseñadores de 99designs plantean sus propuestas.
Una vez seleccionado el ganador, el diseñador entregará el logotipo y una plantilla de web Jimdo al cliente, haciendo sencillo, operativo y económico un proceso fundamental para las empresas de nueva creación.
Cómo conseguir una imagen profesional en sólo 4 pasos:
- El cliente inicia un concurso para logo y página web en la comunidad de 99designs
- Escribe su brief contestando algunas preguntas básicas sobre su empresa, actividad y estilo deseado.
- En 7 días una serie de diseñadores profesionales muestran propuestas y el cliente selecciona sus favoritas.
- Finalmente selecciona un diseño ganador de logo. El diseñador entregará un logotipo y una plantilla web Jimdo diseñada acorde al estilo del logo. Esta página puede ser editada por el cliente una vez que la transacción ha terminado. Todo esto sin necesidad de conocimientos previos.
Con el paquete de página web y logo por 419€, el cliente obtiene:
- Diseño de logo
- Diseño de plantilla de página web
- Dominio
- Un año de hosting gratuito
Sobre 99designs
99designs, la plataforma de diseño gráfico más grande del mundo ya ha ayudado a 380.000 empresas internacionales a obtener diseños de calidad a precios asequibles. Además de ser la empresa pionera en concursos de diseño basados en el crowdsourcing, dando a las compañías una amplia variedad de diseños y conceptos, 99designs ha ampliado sus servicios permitiendo a los clientes trabajar con diseñadores de forma individual, comprar plantillas de diseño de la tienda de logos o hacer pequeños retoques en un poco tiempo utilizando su sistema de Tareas. Con más de 980.000 diseñadores de casi todos los países del mundo, 99designs continúa ayudando a las empresas a tener éxito en su branding a través de diseños creados por una importante comunidad de diseñadores gráficos. Con sus oficinas en Berlín, San Francisco, Melbourne y Rio de Janeiro, 99designs da trabajo a más de 100 empleados y está respaldado por Accel Partners.
Sobre Jimdo
Jimdo fue fundada en 2007 por Christian Springub, Fridtjof Detzner y Matthias Henze. Juntos, los tres jóvenes emprendedores desarrollaron un sistema para crear páginas web gratuito que cualquiera pudiera usar. Sin conocimientos de programación y en pocos pasos se puede crear una presencia online propia, con funciones como blog, galerías de imágenes, vídeos de Youtube y mucho más.. Incluso se puede crear una tienda online en pocos clicks. Jimdo está disponible en nueve idiomas. Más de 12 millones de páginas web ya han sido creadas en todo el mundo.
99designs, the world’s largest marketplace for graphic design, today announced that it has reached a new milestone — the company has paid out $80 million to its community of graphic designers and is on track to hit $160 million by the end of 2015.
Fueling this activity is the company’s aggressive global and product line expansion. 99designs now offers design services in nine languages and connects clients and designers from 196 countries. Boasting a commanding lead as the largest design community in the world, the platform supports 850,000 designers and expects to reach one million early next year.
“During the last two years we’ve been thrilled to see our investment in international markets pay off with some terrific growth,” said Patrick Llewellyn, CEO of 99designs. “These numbers strengthen our desire to continue delivering the best solutions for businesses of all sizes and unmatched opportunities for designers.”
Llewellyn notes that Germany is a great example of a market that has performed well since localization - with over 80% average annual growth since localizing two years ago. “And we’re equally happy to note that our ‘1-to-1 Projects‘ product, an extension of our service making it easy for businesses to work directly with their favorite designers, has seen 148% average annual growth over that same timeframe.”
99designs continues to see substantial growth in the types of businesses it services, including agencies and enterprises, and has extended its reach to professionals in the real estate, medical, and technology verticals. And, its design community is showing its breadth of skill by excelling in fast growing categories, such as website, mobile app, and t-shirt design.
“99designs has been right there with us from the beginning, from designing our very first logo which was featured when we pitched our business on ABC’s Shark Tank, to recently redesigning our entire company website,” said Stephan Aarstol, Founder of Tower Paddle Boards. “We’ve already seen a big boost in conversion rates on our website. As our business keeps growing, we are confident in 99designs to meet any of our design needs, big and small.”
99designs has also grown its internal workforce through several strategic executive hires in 2014, including Chief Marketing Officer Pamela Webber, who heads up the global marketing team and David Kaplan, who joins as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. The company now employs more than 100 people in its offices in San Francisco, Melbourne, Berlin and Rio de Janeiro.
About 99designs
99designs, the world’s largest graphic design marketplace, has helped over 444,306 businesses access quality design at an affordable price. 99designs pioneered crowdsourced design contests, where businesses receive a wide variety of design concepts and choose their favorite, and expanded to provide services for customers to work 1-on-1 with individual designers, purchase design templates from the ready-made logo store, or get small tasks done within an hour through Swiftly. With more than 310,000 designers from 192 countries around the world, 99designs’ suite of services helps businesses succeed through great design created by a robust community of talented graphic designers. 99designs is backed by Accel Partners.
San Francisco – August 4, 2014 – Eventbrite, the global self-service ticketing platform and events marketplace, and 99designs, the world’s largest marketplace for graphic design, today announced an integration that seamlessly connects event organizers to graphic designers, so they can source professional and unique banner designs for their event pages.
Through 99designs’ service Swiftly, Eventbrite event organizers can get small design jobs done quickly and effortlessly. Once an event organizer has created an event page on Eventbrite, they can visit swiftly.com/eventbrite, provide a description of the banner design they want, and a designer will be assigned to create the design within one hour, for $19. The new event page artwork can then be automatically uploaded to their event page.
“Eye-catching graphic design can attract people to your event page, but it can be hard to know where to turn for artistic help,” said Head of Platform Partnerships at Eventbrite, Dylan Serota. “Through our integration with 99designs, Eventbrite event organizers can tap into the well of talented Swiftly designers to help them create a striking event page.”
By partnering, Eventbrite and 99designs have simplified the marketing process for event organizers by eliminating the need to search for a designer, provide design specs, download the file created, and then upload it to the event page. Everything is handled behind the scenes; event organizers only need to submit their requests and then select the design they like.
“We are thrilled to extend our services and share our talented designer community with Eventbrite event organizers. Enabling organizers to get custom-designed event banners through our Swiftly service is the perfect solution for people seeking to stand out from the crowd and make their event a success,” said Patrick Llewellyn, President and CEO of 99designs.
The service is available today. For more information, visit the Eventbrite app page or swiftly.com/eventbrite.
About 99designs
99designs, the world’s largest graphic design marketplace, has helped over 444,306 businesses access quality design at an affordable price. 99designs pioneered crowdsourced design contests, where businesses receive a wide variety of design concepts and choose their favorite, and expanded to provide services for customers to work 1-on-1 with individual designers, purchase design templates from the ready-made logo store, or get small tasks done within an hour through Swiftly. With more than 310,000 designers from 192 countries around the world, 99designs’ suite of services helps businesses succeed through great design created by a robust community of talented graphic designers. 99designs is backed by Accel Partners.
About Eventbrite
Eventbrite enables people all over the world to plan, promote, and sell out any event, and has sold over 200 million tickets and registrations worldwide. In 2013 alone, the company processed $1 billion in gross ticket sales for attendees in 190 countries. The online event ticketing service makes it easy for everyone to discover events, and to share the events they are attending with the people they know. In this way, Eventbrite brings communities together by encouraging people to connect through live experiences. Eventbrite's investors include Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, T. Rowe Price, DAG Ventures, and Tenaya Capital. Learn more at http://www.eventbrite.com.