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I spent $500 usd on Fiverr in the last month getting design done, getting studio musicians and rappers recording parts for music. Previously had full animated v

I spent $500 usd on Fiverr in the last month getting design done, getting studio musicians and rappers recording parts for music. Previously had full animated videos made there. It's pretty great.

1337biz 7y ago
How do you ensure quality? I usually find 4-5 people for the same tasks and 1 or 2 are in the end to my expectations.
- TomVDB 7y ago
  Aren't the prices usually low enough that you can have the work done multiple times and choose the best one?
  - antisthenes 7y ago
    Yep, it's pretty much the way you do discovery of quality work in this sort of market. I've commissioned vector artwork from 3-4 people and just picked the best one, and then kept working with that person going forward.
  - vidarh 7y ago
    That's my approach. Want a logo for a project? Get it done by five different people instead of having one person do a few iterations. Over time of course you find people you'll go back to for specific types of work.
  - bduerst 7y ago
    That's usually how it normally works with creative agencies in the industry. You brief them and they come up with a creative work, but there's always several rounds of back-and-forth to get refine it to the point you want it at.
  - bryanrasmussen 7y ago
    Do you pay all the prices, then I don't know that it would be cheap. Do you not pay the ones you don't choose, then I'm not sure it's ethical.
    - TomVDB 7y ago
      At some point, I needed a logo for my hobby website. Nothing fancy, just better than what I could cook up with my non-existent creative skills. I asked 5 different people on Fiver to create one for $5 each and chose the best one. This is obviously an example on the low end, but you could expand this to the $500 dollar range per designer for a full website template and still end up with a decent looking thing for $2500.
    - 1337biz 7y ago
      I do but having to weed out the obvious template modifiers first is very annoying. In particular for design tasks (logos, infographics, etc) you have to look through at least 20 profiles before getting an idea on who is having original ideas and who is just modifying the same 50 templates over and over again.
- kitchenkarma 7y ago
  I review their portfolio and create a sample task to see how communication goes along and then if I am satisfied I place real order. It is not expensive so I can try few people before commiting to some more work. I find this website extremely helpful. I also like that this website enables artists from impoverished countries make living.
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I spent $500 usd on Fiverr in the last month getting design done, getting studio musicians and rappers recording parts for music. Previously had full animated videos made there. It's pretty great.

1337biz 7y ago

How do you ensure quality? I usually find 4-5 people for the same tasks and 1 or 2 are in the end to my expectations.

TomVDB 7y ago
Aren't the prices usually low enough that you can have the work done multiple times and choose the best one?
- antisthenes 7y ago
  Yep, it's pretty much the way you do discovery of quality work in this sort of market. I've commissioned vector artwork from 3-4 people and just picked the best one, and then kept working with that person going forward.
- vidarh 7y ago
  That's my approach. Want a logo for a project? Get it done by five different people instead of having one person do a few iterations. Over time of course you find people you'll go back to for specific types of work.
- bduerst 7y ago
  That's usually how it normally works with creative agencies in the industry. You brief them and they come up with a creative work, but there's always several rounds of back-and-forth to get refine it to the point you want it at.
- bryanrasmussen 7y ago
  Do you pay all the prices, then I don't know that it would be cheap. Do you not pay the ones you don't choose, then I'm not sure it's ethical.
  - TomVDB 7y ago
    At some point, I needed a logo for my hobby website. Nothing fancy, just better than what I could cook up with my non-existent creative skills. I asked 5 different people on Fiver to create one for $5 each and chose the best one. This is obviously an example on the low end, but you could expand this to the $500 dollar range per designer for a full website template and still end up with a decent looking thing for $2500.
  - 1337biz 7y ago
    I do but having to weed out the obvious template modifiers first is very annoying. In particular for design tasks (logos, infographics, etc) you have to look through at least 20 profiles before getting an idea on who is having original ideas and who is just modifying the same 50 templates over and over again.
kitchenkarma 7y ago
I review their portfolio and create a sample task to see how communication goes along and then if I am satisfied I place real order. It is not expensive so I can try few people before commiting to some more work. I find this website extremely helpful. I also like that this website enables artists from impoverished countries make living.

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