Hello, everyone.
It’s Ezequiel Bruni here,
and I’m still wearing my
self esteem-boosting t-shirt for this video,
for this next review.
And today we’re talking about Fiverr.
Also known as the website
that real designers have to compete with.
Just kidding.
There are a lot of very good designers
on Fiverr actually,
at pretty much every price point.
So, let’s dive in and have a look
at what they have
in the world of logo design.
Yeah, that is the ...
well, frankly, the first problem
I’ve had with Fiverr.
The fact that if you’re on slow internet,
Fiverr is very…
It’s a very heavy site to load
and it takes a while.
Very useful, but yeah,
not slow-internet-friendly, I’m afraid.
Oh well.
Let’s jump straight into the logo design
category
in the submenu under ‘Graphics & Design.’
They have this wizard
that basically helps you
narrow down designers
based on what you want out of your logo.
Oh well.
I should mention
that this is not like other design communities.
Well, for one, it’s not just about design.
On Fiverr you can get
just about anything you need done.
Anyway, we're in the logo category now.
We’re looking at some of the cheaper options.
For purposes of this review,
like I said,
it’s not like your other communities.
You can’t run contests.
So, we can’t just post a brief
and have 20-100 people come in
and give us logo ideas for free ...
almost, you know, until you pick one.
No.
All these people are offering services
for a price.
You look at their work, you decide
whether or not you like their work,
and then you hire them.
Now, as you can see,
some of them offer, say, two initial concepts,
and they will offer revisions
before you accept the final version.
This one comes with two revisions.
This package over here costs $65
and comes with four revisions.
This package, at the time of this recording,
costs $125, and comes with
all the different kinds of photos
as well as stationery designs.
In case you want to put your logo
on stationery, because ...
snail mail, you know.
And that’s it.
You browse,
you find what you’re looking for, you hope,
and you pay somebody
to make what you want.
But they have designers
at just about every price point.
Like I said, they have $5 designers,
matching the name of Fiverr…
and they have up to hundreds
and thousands of dollars.
But say, if you put your budget up to…
let’s go nuts and say $2000.
Oh, let’s put a minimum up there
so we can actually see
some of those higher prices.
There we go.
We’ve got budgets of up to $2000
for a logo.
Now, some of the very good designers
are absolutely worth that money,
but if you’re looking at this review,
if you’re watching this video,
you’re probably looking for
something a little bit cheaper.
Okay, I’m going to introduce you all
to Bai-hu.
It is a Chinese name that I am told means
something like white tiger.
Say hello, Bai-hu.
Yes, he’s wearing a dog collar,
because I am a cruel, cruel man.
Okay, bye, Bai-hu.
Sorry, buddy.
He ran into my fan.
Anyway.
Yeah.
For the purposes of this review,
we have chosen....
gotta get rid of this cat hair.
We have chosen three different designers
to ask for a logo.
Right here we have eI8htz.
If there is a pronunciation to be had there,
I don’t know what it is.
We’re getting his $5 plan,
which comes with two initial concepts,
one revision,
logo transparency, high resolution,
but no source or vector files.
But if you take a look at his logos,
they’re fairly minimalist,
but they look good.
They look to be very high quality,
so I am excited to see
what he comes up with for ...
and I really should’ve covered this earlier
...
Website Planet.
We’re looking for a new logo
for our website here.
So, this is the one we’ve got now.
And that’s sort of logo
they’ll be working from.
They don’t have to use
all of those concepts,
they don’t have to use a planet even,
but that’s what we’re starting with.
So I’m interested to see
what you can actually get for five…
just five dollars.
Now over here, we’ve chosen someone
a little bit more expensive
at the time of this recording.
And he does very cartoony,
mascot-focused logos,
and I was actually really, really excited
to pick this guy,
because I want to see
what a mascot-based logo
for Website Planet would look like.
Are we going to get an alien?
I kind of want an alien.
Anyway.
Lastly, up at the higher end,
we have chosen ...
Oh, sorry.
I forgot to mention the name.
juancharles.
Up here, at the higher end,
we have chosen animteam.
Anyway, two initial concepts,
two revisions,
source file, logo transparency,
high resolution and vector files.
No 3-D mock-up, no stationery designs
and no social media kit.
But we’re going to see
what these guys can do.
Their logos do look mostly
a bit minimalist, but ...
Oh, wow.
Not all minimalist.
That one’s straight up pixel art.
I really like it.
Anyway.
Again, I’m interested to see
what this guy comes up with.
So, we’re going to just go ahead
and pay all of these guys.
We’re going to tell them all what we want
and in a few days I’ll be back
with the same lighting but a different shirt
and we’ll see how they did.
All right.
Be right back
I’m back.
Two of our designers have
delivered initial concepts
and I just wanted to look at them both
at the same time,
catch my initial reaction.
So, I have not looked at these yet.
I should also make a quick correction.
Bai-hu does not mean white tiger.
Bai-hu is the name of a white tiger
that is in Chinese mythology.
It means something like ‘white light.’
Anyway, moving on.
So, we’ve got our delivery
from juancharles here.
He says that he has a made
a planet of codes with a color palette
that contrasts very well
and gives “a more fresh
“and modern sensation with today.”
I’m guessing ... yeah.
Generally “today” is what he’s looking
at.
Let’s have a look ... huh.
That’s an interesting concept.
Intentionally low-res,
but interesting.
I wonder if we can have a closer look.
It’s very simple, very simplistic.
I do like that he didn’t go with a solid
color
but threw in a gradient
to kind of vary the colors a bit.
It’s ...
Oh.
There’s a source file here I can download.
Might be slightly higher quality.
That slow internet problem
is kicking in again,
so I’m just going to wait
for that download to happen.
Oh, there it is.
Umm ... never mind.
Very smart of him,
putting watermarks on everything,
keeping it low-res.
Let’s have a look over here.
Hmm.
Hmm.
It’s not the route I would’ve gone.
It’s been a long time
since anyone’s intentionally used
a magnifying glass
in an internet-based logo, I think,
but I kinda like it.
I mean...
Obviously, we publish articles
and do guides and reviews
on pretty much everything related
to getting your website up and started,
but search engine optimization is kind of…
Ooh.
Hmm ... no.
I don’t like that as much personally,
but it’s still cool.
It’s not bad.
It’s good.
It’s just not my thing.
That, I like a little bit better,
if I’m honest with you.
But we asked for two revisions,
we got two revisions.
And, so, that’s what we’ve got so far.
This interesting little digital-focused logo
and the magnifying-glass-focused logo.
And I’ll be right back with the third one,
as soon as the initial concept is in.
And after a few days, I’m back on Fiverr.
animteam has at long last brought us
their initial logo concepts.
I mean, we expected it to take this long,
but still…
Anyway, let’s have a quick look at them.
Alrighty, they’ve got this very website-themed,
Website Planet logo going.
It’s not an actual planet for a change,
so it makes a nice ...
well, change.
And it looks great in black and white.
It’s nice and simple, recognizable.
But these other concepts
are also pretty darn cool.
Loving the illustrator-style touches there.
You know, with the pen and the pencil.
And lastly, they’ve got this,
which, honestly,
is just kind of our existing logo
modified with a couple different lines,
some dots and the ...
a mouse as a rocket,
which I think is clever enough.
Well, those were all three initial concepts
from all three designers.
Well, more than three concepts, really.
And I think they were all pretty good,
especially for the prices we were paying.
Mind you, these are not the final product.
The final revisions and final versions
will be in the full written review
down below the video.
So, do check that out.
Overall, I think Fiverr is a pretty solid
option,
as mentioned in the written review.
I do like the business model.
I like it quite a lot.
And overall the features work as intended.
It’s not very hard to use.
The designers do good work
and if you ask them for revisions
they sometimes do even better work.
Overall, I can’t say it’s a bad option,
especially when you consider
that there’s literally a price point
for every budget.
There are designers who will do things
for five dollars.
So, if you need something done,
and you don’t want to run a contest,
you want to work with somebody one on one,
Fiverr is pretty much the way to go, I think.
Anyway, that’s all for now.
I hope this review was educational, useful,
and perhaps even fun.
This is Ezequiel Bruni signing out.
