DesignCrowd logo designers can now sell unused logo designs (i.e. logo designs that were not selected / purchased / used by clients) via BrandCrowd.com.  This will help you make money from every logo uploaded to DesignCrowd (and potentially become a billionaire*).

*term 'billionaire' used loosely

As background, BrandCrowd is DesignCrowd's new marketplace for selling logos.  You can think of BrandCrowd like istockphoto for logos.  Many of our top designers on DesignCrowd are already aware of this dirty/clean/amazing little secret - and they have already started selling on BrandCrowd (see: Konsepts CreativeElisha Leo, Clement Nicolle and Goh Design).

In this article, we'll show you the 5 Steps to Sell Unused Logos on BrandCrowd.

Here's an example of a (delightful Clement Nicolle logo) that was initially submitted to DesignCrowd but is now for sale on BrandCrowd:

Sell unused logos Recipe logo Buy food logo

Here is a quick start guide to selling logos on BrandCrowd ...

5 Steps to Sell Unused Logos on BrandCrowd


Step 1 - open an account on BrandCrowd
If you don't already, open a free account on BrandCrowd.

Step 2 - select a logo to upload to BrandCrowd 
Select any logo from your personal portfolio or DesignCrowd portfolio that you have not sold to a client.  (Note: If you're logged in on DesignCrowd, just click the "Sell this design on BrandCrowd" button to get started - see screenshot below).

Upload logo for sale

Step 3 - modify the logo
You'll need to customize.  The two changes you need to do are
  1. Change the name of the logo;
  2. Ensure the dimensions are 325 wide x 260 high.
You might also like to read our do's and dont's on BrandCrowd to save time.

Step 4 - upload the logo (and set a price)
The next step is to upload the logo to BrandCrowd.  Complete the logo upload questionnaire describing your logo or brand.  Be sure to 'tag' your logo with keywords - e.g. 'cooking' will help it appear in the cooking logo gallery and 'hat' will help it appear in the hat logo gallery.

Once your logo is uploaded, we'll review it and (hopefully) approve the logo.  We do this to ensure only quality logo designs are sold on BrandCrowd.  (Note: We've just introduced 24 hour turnaround on all submissions - so you won't have to wait long!)  Once the logo is for sale it'll be added to our recent logos gallery.

Sell unused logos
Step 5 - Promote / sell your logo!
The next step is the most important: sell the logo!  We'll do our part (we'll run google ads, banner ads and).  But you can help too!  Consider sharing the logo on Facebook, Twitter or with past clients.

Promote it further by getting others to "spring" the logo (similar to the "Like" function on Facebook).  This will get it added to the most sprung / most popular logos gallery.

When your logo is sold it'll be added to the most important gallery of all - the sold logo designs gallery.

Sell unused logos

Written by DesignCrowd on Monday, January 16, 2012

DesignCrowd is an online marketplace providing logo, website, print and graphic design services by providing access to freelance graphic designers and design studios around the world.