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Hey all, I am trying to do a site somewhat similar to 99 designs but on a Wordpress platform. Anyone know of any "design contest" type Wordpress plugins that will make my site perform like 99 designs?

Thanks in Advance.
#99designs #clone #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author gurokevin
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    • Profile picture of the author jaygould33
      Hey GuroKevin, I would suggest against wasting your time trying to clone 99designs. There's a saying, differentiate or die. Its just not that different to do what they're doing. Users will ask themselves, how is this any different than 99Designs. Also, how are you going to overcome the inherent chicken/egg problem with starting a marketplace?

      Matt started 99designs as a spinoff from SitePoint... which as you may or may not know, sitepoint had a bunch of people already posting in a his forum to contract design jobs for logos, so he just redirected them to 99designs once it was launched.

      i actually interviewed Matt about how he spunoff 99designs from sitepoint, if you want to see it, go google the phrase (foundville + 99designs), it should be #1
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  • Profile picture of the author seobro
    I use to use 99 designs years ago. Fiverr is the big one now. There are like millions of clones and most are doing very poor. Try to come up with a concept that is new. Yeah, that is the key for us. Reinventing the old wheel will not get you very far or make you any money.
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  • Profile picture of the author OnlineAddict
    Whats the big deal with 99designs, anyway? Its overpriced designs, these days. I can get better design and don't have to choose from many and throw away most. I just don't get the whole point.
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    • Profile picture of the author Brad Callen
      Originally Posted by OnlineAddict View Post

      Whats the big deal with 99designs, anyway? Its overpriced designs, these days. I can get better design and don't have to choose from many and throw away most. I just don't get the whole point.
      99Designs is awesome. I've found a bunch of my "go to" designers from there. I don't consider them overpriced at all. Where do you find your designers?
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  • Profile picture of the author onlyHope
    You’ll just waste your time. Either trying to copy or create something similar to something that’s already out there just tells me that you don’t have the skills to do it on your own. And there is your answer, spend some time and try to learn as much as you can. That knowledge will help you make quick decisions is something worth stealing or creating from scratch. And you’ll be able to do both.
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  • Profile picture of the author brutecky
    Honestly, and no offense I have to agree with onlyHope. This is going to be a waste of your time. The fact that you want to use WP leads me to believe that you dont have much tech experience. That fact that your looking for an existing plugin further confirms that. What this also means is that you dont have the tech experience to 'do it better'. Im sorry, not trying to sound harsh, just trying to save you from wasting money on some WP plugin.
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