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Thoughts on Logo development companies

cmarley

Hi all,

I’m new here and decided to post my question here as it seems like a rather mature forum. :)

Anyway, time’s tight for me I have a client who needs some logo work done. I had informed him that I am simply to busy, but that there be some options. Here’s what I was thinking:

The background:
- The client has a very distinct and clear idea of what they want.
- A limited budget.
- They are a good past client.
- This is a small side venture for them (hence the budget constraints).

The plan:
- Possibly use a company like logoloft.
- I have mentioned the idea to the client so they are aware, and beyond the cost they would pay me to be a go between and most likely to do final tweaks.

Why Logoloft:
- It fits the budget constraints.
- There is a clear vision to start with.
- Even if they get the logo 70% of the way that’s time saved for me. I can then just come in a spice it all up and add finishing touches.

The downsides:
- There are many people with a strong opinion about places like logoloft.

My general outlook is the same way I look at development, it’s business and you need to consider not only the quality but general feasibility in everything that you choose.

I’m hoping that perhaps some people here may have experience with logoloft (or other such companies) and may be able to point me in a reliable direction. Or in general just be able to recap their experiences with companies like logoloft. :)

Thanks for anytime you spend following up on this thread,
cmarley

ah well,

guess I’ll give it a try and see how things go. I’ll post up my experiences if anyone else is interested in the future. :)

Thanks again to anyone who may have read through this post.

Before handing such a project off to such a 3rd party, perhaps you could find a student designer that could use the money and the education? Just a thought. I have no experience with Logoloft so I can’t speak to their quality and level of service.

Hi,

I had been thinking about that, my concern was budget though. I like to believe that even a student designer should be paid 75% the rate of a working pro. The budget for this logo is a to low to pay a student what I’m thinking would be reasonable rates (ideally I think a student should still get between 700-900).

It’s a decision I’m having a hard time with, the client is very good to me.

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