I was excited to help with your logo here... then I saw it was spec work. First of all that is a pathetic amount to offer anyone for a decent logo even on a contract basis. Usually people running these spec work contests at least compensate for the potential of not getting paid by increasing the amount above what a normal contract cost would be. You however have done the exact opposite... and you get what you pay for, a bunch of half ass garbage.
I implore any designers reading this not to participate in any kind of spec work, because it reduces all designer's ability to earn a living. Would this type of setup be considered acceptable in any other industry? Stop treating designers like bitches and pay them a fair fee. Designers, stop being bitches and demand fair payment for your work.
http://www.nospec.com/I do appreciate the concern, and i do respect all designers amateur or professional and never did i treat them as bitches.. Anyone can participate on any kind of contest, its their free-will after all.. Tho i don't consider this as a spec work, since i don't take all or partial rights to any of the submitted images except the winner. That is also the reason i have ask people to put watermarks on their submissions. Also the stated amount is just the minimum payment (which is escrowed), "Price = BTC0.20 (Depending on the logo, this could increase)". A great and professional design will most likely get more than 0.20 btc.
Calling other people as half ass garbage means you think you design well than them, then thats good for you, but i personally think that its inappropriate to call them names. We all started as amateurs anyway.
I also think its unethical and inappropriate to tell other people not to participate in any kind of contest by just the reason that you did'nt like what the price/bounty is.
Tho i understand your concern, I will continue with this contest and encourage amateur/professional designers to post their submissions. And dont forget to watermark you images.
Thanks
It doesn't matter if you are taking rights from them or not. You are not picking a designer to contract with and paying them, thus this is SPECULATIVE work, IE you might not get paid a dime for any work regardless of rights not being lost. I didn't call other people half ass garbage, I called the work half ass garbage. Also this doesn't mean they can't do better, it is just not worth their time to even try because you are paying a pittance and they aren't even guaranteed that meager sum.
You are treating them like bitches, because you are expecting people to work for you for free. Talk to a few designers and make a contract with one, don't just waste all of their time except one, then pay that person a pathetic sum. I think it is unethical and inappropriate for you to operate this way.
In what other industry would this even come close to being acceptable? Additionally, it hurts ALL designers by pretending like this method of operation is ok, because it drives down their ability to earn reasonable pay for their work because there is ALWAYS some one more desperate and willing to work for nearly nothing, especially when ones job is creating digital assets and the competition is global. Just because you are able to take advantage of that desperation does not make it ok. The really sad part is people like you only see the money they save and don't know enough about marketing or design to know you lose in this equation as well by getting a substandard product when you could pick ONE designer and pay the same amount and get a much higher quality result. No one wins with speculative work, even if you think you do.
