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01 / SERVICE GUIDELogo & brand design
Understand the brief, source files and usage terms before hiring a logo designer. The guide walks through what a complete logo package should contain — vector source files, colour and monochrome versions, and a simple usage sheet — so you can tell a professional deliverable from a quick mockup. It also covers how to evaluate a designer's portfolio for original work versus template reuse, and which usage rights to confirm before you pay.
New brands, shops and online businessesCompare your options →02 / SERVICE GUIDEWebsites & landing pages
Compare templates, do-it-yourself tools and custom builds for your stage of business. The guide helps you decide whether a template, a website builder, or a custom designer fits your actual needs — based on how often you will update the site, whether you take payments or enquiries, and what you can realistically maintain yourself. It includes the questions that separate a quote for a pretty page from a quote for a page that loads fast and converts.
Service businesses, product launches and enquiriesCompare your options →03 / SERVICE GUIDEVideo editing & captions
Define the footage, editing scope, caption languages and export formats in one brief. The guide covers how to hand over raw footage so an editor can start immediately, what to specify about pacing and caption style, and which export formats you need for each platform. It also explains revision etiquette — how to give feedback an editor can act on in one round instead of five.
Creators, product demos and international contentCompare your options → From brief to delivery, in three steps.
01 · Define the brief
Use the checklist in each guide to define the goal, assets, budget and deadline. A written brief protects both sides: the freelancer quotes accurately instead of padding for uncertainty, and you have something concrete to compare when two quotes differ wildly.
02 · Compare like for like
Compare portfolios, files, revisions and usage terms. Request a quote for the full scope — not the cheapest package on the page. Two quotes are only comparable when they cover the same deliverables, the same number of revision rounds, and the same usage rights.
03 · Review the result
Check the agreed files and functions. Handle payment and disputes through the platform used. Accept the delivery only when it matches the written brief — checking now is far cheaper than discovering a missing source file three months later.
How to get a good quote from any freelancer
Good quotes start with good questions. Before you accept a price, confirm exactly what is included: the list of deliverables, the file formats you will receive, how many revision rounds are covered, the delivery date, and what usage rights transfer to you. A quote that answers all five is worth more than a cheaper one that answers two.
Describe your scope in writing and ask the freelancer to confirm it back in their own words. This single habit eliminates most misunderstandings — if their summary does not match your brief, you have caught the problem before any money changed hands. For anything beyond a small fixed task, ask for the quote broken down by milestone so you can review progress along the way.
Finally, compare the total cost of ownership, not the headline price. A logo for $50 with no source files and no usage rights can cost more than a $200 package that includes everything, once you factor in the redesign you will need later. The cheapest quote is only cheap if it covers what you actually need.
How we maintain these guides
Each guide carries a last-updated date and is reviewed on a regular cycle. We rewrite sections — not just the date — when something material changes: a platform updates its pricing model or terms, a new category of service becomes common, or reader feedback shows a section is confusing or out of date.
What does not trigger a rewrite is fashion. We do not reshuffle recommendations to chase trends, and we do not add providers because they asked us to. If a guide's advice still holds, it stays as it is; the updated date tells you we checked.
We publish service selection guides, not claims that we have hired or tested every provider. Third-party prices, availability and scope are determined at purchase. When affiliate links are configured, eligible purchases may earn us a commission.
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