48hourslogo BlogFrequently Asked Questions about 48hourslogo.com
Brand identity design is a set of visual design elements surrounding your logo in order to achieve a consistent and professional image of your brand. When creating your logo project, you can specify a list of brand identity designs to be also included. Or, if you already have the logo, you can also design brand identities based off your current logo
Sometimes there is a slight delay when acknowledging your contest payment. Please wait a few minutes and refresh your contest page to see if the payment information has been updated.
If the problem still exist, please contact support with your contest name and payment receipt and we will help you launch your contest ASAP.
48hourslogo uses Stripe and PayPal for online payment processing. Each company does their own risk analysis to ensure the transaction is valid. If you credit card is rejected by Strip, simply click on the PayPal option which also offers credit card payment option.
Business card and stationery design is part of our brand identity offerings. If you already have a logo design, go to our start page, select the brand identity design option and checkbox the items need to be designed. The minimum prize for brand identity design is $50 per item selected.
If you don’t have a logo, we highly recommend you select the logo + brand identity design bundle to create a complete designs for your brand.
Select the “Logo + Brand Identity Bundle” when you need to design a logo plus other brand identity such as business card, stationery, T-shirts, etc…
With the bundle package, we will first launch your logo contest. After you have finalized on your logo design and confirmed your logo package file, we will then automatically kick off your brand identity contest. Designers participating in your BI contest will be able to access your logo files and design accordingly.
The benefit of selecting the bundle is to save on the listing fees. You don’t need to pay a separate listing fee for your brand identity contest and any upgrade features you selected during logo contest will also apply to your brand identity project without any additional cost.
Your invoice and logo ownership document is available from your contest page.
Click on the “print invoice” link and that will take you to the invoice page. Optionally, you can enter your company information and then click on the “generate invoice” button to have your invoice printed as a PDF file.
After confirming your logo package file, you should see the “logo copyright doc” link on the right of your contest page. Click on this link to print your logo copyright ownership document as a PDF file.
By default, we will display all our past logo contests in our portfolio page to showcase our logo design talents and also attract future clients. However, if you don’t like your contest information to be publicly accessible, you can choose the private upgrade option($30) which will hide your contest from the public and search engines.
If you didn’t select this option when launching your contest, you can always go back to your contest page and purchase this upgrade. After you make the upgrade, we will send a manual removal request to Google and your contest information should disappear from Google search result within a week.
Yes. This is what our “participation tip” feature is for. It works just like a tip. You can purchase participation tip anytime on your contest page for $5 each and award it to any designers who you think went the extra mile and deserve a little extra. This is a great way to show your appreciation for designers who worked hard on your contest but didn’t win. Designers love it, and the little participation tip icon next to your contest can also help attract extra designer attention.
Our logo package include the following file formats:
These file formats will be sufficient for both online and offline printing. Any additional formats can be request directly from your logo designer.
48hourslogo is the only logo contest website offering our customer the option to list a contest for $29; take a look the logos submitted by our designers and then decide if you want to pay for the full prize amount.
Contest with prepaid prize are considered guaranteed contest because client agree to definitely choose a winner and purchase the design from the contest. Guaranteed contests attract more and higher caliber designers.
Contests started with initial listing fee are considered non-guaranteed contest because there is no guaranteed that the contest holder will choose a winner and purchase the logo.
