The business of logo design.

[dreamache]

Just wrote an informative tips article on what I've learned designing over 450+ logos in the past 12 months..

So you want to design logos? Here is what I've learned.

Help me out on digg, digg this please
Digg - 30 Logo Orders a Month -> This is what I've learned.

 

[jenzkc]

nice logos & site :banana_sml:

 

[radarig]

Very nice article and site. Love the wateratlas logo.

 

[ROIShareTeam]

Those logos are top of the line. If I were you, I'd charge a minimum of $250. I've received quotes of $500-$750 from companies with logo's half the quality of yours.

 

[ImagesAndWords]

Dugg'd. Good article btw. Here in Norway, logo designers charge $500-$1000 for logos not as nice as yours. I've been meaning to try this myself. You could probably charge more for yours because they're really good.

 

[AMagz]

Awesome article and site. I'm considering joining for the website/logo tutorials. Good work man.

And like others have said, you could easily charge more for your work.

 

[dreamache]

Thanks for the comments.

I've experimented with pricing before.. I started at $75, got way too many orders (like 45 in a month), then to $119.95 which really dropped sales by a lot, to less than 17 or so.. So $99 seems to be a good middle grounds for the type of traffic my site attracts..

I get all of my traffic from "how to make a logo" sort of keywords in google. I probably just need to focus on attracting a more quality / serious type of demographic in order to up my prices.

 

[therookie]

Shit... that is cheap. I was checking out 99designs.com a while back because someone suggested it if you need a logo done. Basically, you put a "contest" out for what you need and people will make you designs. Usually you will get a good number of entries. Their "suggested fee" for logos, I think, was $150. Well, I guess if you get a good amount of volume for your price and you are happy with it that is great. But, you could get a lot more too.

 

[SuperRygon]

Gary Simon is a douchebag. I won a contest last year which included a logo design from Gary. He started it, then after the first revision decided he wouldn't reply to any emails or comments. Haven't heard from him since. What a prick.