2. • created by Mark Harbottle, co-founder of sitepoint.com an online media
and publishing company
• website giving opportunity to private or to companies to connect with
professional designers
• prize-based open design website.
• designers subscripted in from all over the world
• 50,802 designers
• $ 7,5 Millions of prize money awards
• 3 Millions of designs submitted
3. Problems solved For
CLIENTS SUPPLIERS OWNERS PARTNERS
Complementary
Cost and Risks Low risk Image
revenue sources
Choice of the design
Time Recruitment Sales
brief
Recruitment Distance workplace Asset ratio Financial
Expertise Affordability Visibility
Communication New clients
Work quality
4. Revenue Sources From
SALES
Subscription for the Design brief
Handling fees
Additional promotion for the view of the
contest
6. MODEL
• This model is unique to the • An efficient service to
web. companies and private
• Crowdsourcing can be
strong thanks to the
gathering of thousands or
millions of internet users.
• An economic business
model
7. Scaleable, Sustainable?
Scaleable Sustainable
other revenue sources:
- advertising
- designers’ subscriptions
lower costs
- commissions on prize
awards
- partnership
other languages less time
other industries earning money
Consultancy service
economic context
advice
communication lesson
8. Example of an application for an other
industry
Here, 99designs website starts with the phrase “Need a
designer?”.When I read this question, It makes me think to
architecture.
Indeed, this expertise can be proposed to companies or to
individuals who want to set up a real estate project.
