Freelance marketplace simulator
99designs work simulator
Play a few minutes as a new 99designs worker. Every fee, payout delay and sign-up rule comes from 99designs’s real data where we have it, and everything else is labelled.
- 10% cut
- Paid after 7 d (assumed)
- Min payout $25
- 3–6 minutes
How this simulation works
Each game is one of ten templates for a kind of work, filled with this platform’s real data where we have it. Anything we don’t know is either the typical value for its platform type or a plain assumption, and is labelled so below. Demand, job volume and luck are simulated.
| What | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Platform cutPublished range 5%–15%; the game uses the middle unless the template models tiers. | 10% | Platform data |
| Days before money can be withdrawnPublished: "Automatic, about 6-10+ business days after client releases payment" | 7 d | Assumed |
| Minimum payoutPublished: "$25" | $25 | Platform data |
| Paid bids per proposalNo paid bids in our data for this platform, so applying is free and costs only your time. | 0 | Assumed |
| Price of one bid | $0 | Assumed |
| Typical client budget per hour of work | $30 | Assumed |
| Chance a quick proposal wins (no reviews yet)A tailored proposal roughly doubles it; each 5-star review raises it. | 10% | Assumed |
| New matching posts each day | 3 | Assumed |
| Chance an unverified client never paysLower because 99designs has payment protection: Money-back guarantee on contests | 3% | Assumed |
| Real-world benchmark (for comparison only)Varies widely | — | Typical for type |
A simplified simulation based on 99designs’s published rules, for learning only. It is not an earnings promise: real results depend on your skills, location, demand and 99designs’s current rules.