With the cheque signed for RedDragon and hitting the post on monday, I'm happy to announce the 2nd logo competiton, this time for Webshop365 (www.webshop365.net). It is an e-Commerce storefront powering a number of online shops in the UK and abroad.
Entry Prerequisites:
- Final logo(s) will need to be in a scalable (vector) form. This isn't 100% set in stone, if you can't provide a png/eps etc or high res image then please let me know with your logo design.
- All artwork must be original and be free of copyright, except regarding your intellectual property rights - the prize will require transferral of your rights as the author of the work to hancockconsulting.com.au.
- Please reply with your logos in this post, by msn or by email (johnhancock dot pixel2life at hancock consulting dot com dot au- yes that's an aussie address)
- Please watermark if you don't trust me. Or even if you do. However please set these to low tints, as a heavily watermarked logo detracts from visual impact.
- If none of the logos here are deemed appropriate for the company, full reasons and feedback will be provided and the competition will be extended for a further seven (7) days.
- You must provide me with an invoice for me to pay the prize money against. Like all businesses, everything goes through the books.
- Payment is by sterling cheque or paypal.
- (2) Logo Variants preferred, 'webshop365' and 'webshop365.net'
- Use of capital letters is optional.
- No background colour (logo on white only)
- Any colour scheme.
- Think Web 2.0 (sorry to use that term around here).
- Think AJAX, accessibility, CSS, clear, uncluttered and visually appealing design.
- If you want to sell your concept, feel free to visually reskin the website. It's all CSS at the moment. This is completely optional and would convey concept. It is not required. Just use it to sell your logo or provide a frame for it if you wish.
- Think 'commercial', 'branding' and 'business'
- The .NET version of the shop is why the logo is needed. If you want to do only one variant, do this one. The existing logo has worked for the purpose, however it has reached the end of its natural life. Please do not feel constrained by existing design cues.
- First Prize - 100 Pounds Sterling plus 2 years free website hosting + email if required.
- Bonus Prize - 25 Pounds Sterling plus 1 years free website hosting + email if required.
Miscellaneous
1. Prize. Please do not post regarding the prize money. As the owner of a consultancy firm I am seeking to encourage and develop design talent, and freely give my own time and prizes from my own pocket on this (over 20 hours for the last competiton). To everyone else, thankyou for entering and your work is appreciated. I'm truly sorry I'm unable to pay each person for every logo they put in.
2. Feedback. Please reply with 'no feedback requested' if you would not like me to give feedback. Feedback may be technical or stylistic, and I will attempt to temper constructive criticism with encouragement! It is intended to be helpful rather than attacking and is something I have a professional background in providing.
3. Deadline. As the last competition finished ahead of deadline due to the high quality of the work submitted, this one will last until a logo is chosen. If you want me to hold it open until you submit a logo, please forum-mail/private message me with the date due or find me on MSN Messenger. I'm expecting it to last about a week to ten days, and you should receive payment about 10 days after that.
4. Good Luck! I look forward to receiving your entries - if you have any questions please get in contact with me.
best wishes,
John Hancock
Edited by Discontinuity, 01 September 2006 - 08:24 AM.