Freelancing & Side-income : 99Designs?

[Sisyphus]

You all have probably seen 99designs spamming the sides of your facebook bar. If not, I recommend checking out their site, it's a pretty interesting business model.

I originally wanted to do some freelance on traditional sites like odesk or elance, but then I came across 99designs. The contest model they use seem have a low-barrier to entry to new freelancers. In some niche areas the competition isn't that high. The reward money is pretty decent too.

If any of you guys have work with them before, I would love to hear you thoughts. Recommendations and advices to newcomers would also be appreciated

 

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[MayaMagpie]

I imagine the barrier will be low, but is competition really also low? I hope you can find something worthwhile. I only used 99designs as a customer and found it extremely sad for all the designs that were not chosen, because people wasted a lot of time on them. On the other hand, most designers actually didn't spend that much time on their work, judging from the often appallingly poor quality. But then, it was a logo we were after, probably one of the most competitive areas. I don't know, I would probably find it frustrating as freelancer. Wish you good luck!