Within hours of a project being posted, designers from all around the world compete by uploading fully completed concept designs, which are than reviewed and rated by the project poster. At the end of the project period, a winning design is chosen and paid out the prize money.

Typical projects receive 50-100 unique submissions, involve logo design, webpage design, and print design. A new design is uploaded to the site every 30 seconds.

99designs was spun out of SitePoint and was formerly known as “SitePoint Contests.”

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99designs added Matt Mickiewicz as Co-Founder.

Posted 11/5/08 at 12:46pm
99designs added Adam Schilling as User Experience Ninja.

Posted 10/2/08 at 10:17pm
99designs added Mark Harbottle as Co-Founder.

Posted 3/4/08 at 11:35am
99designs added Lachlan Donald as General Manager.

Posted 3/4/08 at 11:35am
99designs added Paul Annesley as Senior Developer.

Posted 3/4/08 at 11:35am