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99designs vs Useme
99designs and Useme are both freelance sites. Fees — 99designs: Platform fee from 5% to 15%. Useme: Commission per settled job.
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Key differences
- Fees — 99designs: Platform fee from 5% to 15%. Useme: Commission per settled job.
- Both pay out via Bank transfer. Only 99designs offers PayPal and prepaid card and more).
- Only 99designs lists built-in payment protection (Money-back guarantee on contests).
- 99designs is the older platform — founded in 2008, 5 years before Useme (2013).
- 99designs is based in Australia, Useme in Poland.
- Useme focuses on Poland, while 99designs operates internationally.
Which should you choose?
Choose 99designs if…
- You want to withdraw via PayPal and prepaid card and more).
- You want built-in payment protection.
- You prefer a long track record (since 2008).
Choose Useme if…
- You live in Poland.
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99designs
A design marketplace where clients launch contests that many designers enter, or hire a designer directly. Str…
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| Type | Freelance sites like Upwork | Freelance sites like Upwork |
| Category | Design & Creative | General Marketplace |
| Vetted | No | No |
| Work from home | Yes | Yes |
| Fees | Platform fee from 5% to 15% | Commission per settled job |
| Minimum payout | $25 | — |
| Payout speed | Automatic, about 6-10+ business days after client releases payment | — |
| Payment protection | Money-back guarantee on contests | — |
| Withdraw via | Hyperwallet only (bank transfer, PayPal, prepaid card and more) | Bank transfer |
| Availability | Worldwide | Poland and Central Europe |
| Local to | — | Poland |
| Founded | 2008 | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Melbourne, Australia | Wroclaw, Poland |
| Popularity | 44 views · 0 likes | 50 views · 0 likes |
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, 99designs or Useme?
99designs: Platform fee from 5% to 15%. Useme: Commission per settled job.
Where are 99designs and Useme available?
99designs: Worldwide. Useme: Poland and Central Europe.