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==Criticism== ==Criticism==
For years now Crowdspring has been viewed as a scam and fraudulent company. They withhold payments for months, give false excuses and treat the designers in a surprisingly rude manner.

When it launched publicly in mid-2008, the company and its business model received some criticism because Crowdspring's marketplace works on a speculative model and challenges traditional ways of buying and selling graphic design, industrial design, and copywriting services.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} This is the process of asking professionals to complete custom work for the chance of getting payment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1253-the-nospec-campaign-vs-crowdspring|title=The NO!SPEC campaign vs. crowdSPRING|publisher=|accessdate=14 July 2017}}</ref> This means that most people involved in the process effectively work for free.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Walker|first1=Rob|title=The Crowd Is Wise—but Can It Draw?|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2011/05/the_crowd_is_wisebut_can_it_draw.html|website=Slate|date=May 31, 2011}}</ref> Crowdspring embraced and actively participates in the debate about its spec work business model.<ref> The NO!SPEC campaign vs. Crowdspring,</ref><ref> Is Spec Work Evil? The Online Creative Community Speaks</ref> When it launched publicly in mid-2008, the company and its business model received some criticism because Crowdspring's marketplace works on a speculative model and challenges traditional ways of buying and selling graphic design, industrial design, and copywriting services.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} This is the process of asking professionals to complete custom work for the chance of getting payment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1253-the-nospec-campaign-vs-crowdspring|title=The NO!SPEC campaign vs. crowdSPRING|publisher=|accessdate=14 July 2017}}</ref> This means that most people involved in the process effectively work for free.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Walker|first1=Rob|title=The Crowd Is Wise—but Can It Draw?|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2011/05/the_crowd_is_wisebut_can_it_draw.html|website=Slate|date=May 31, 2011}}</ref> Crowdspring embraced and actively participates in the debate about its spec work business model.<ref> The NO!SPEC campaign vs. Crowdspring,</ref><ref> Is Spec Work Evil? The Online Creative Community Speaks</ref>



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Crowdspring
CrowdSpring
Company typePrivate
IndustryDesign
FoundedMay, 2007
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, USA
Area servedWorldwide
Key peopleRoss Kimbarovsky, Co-Founder; Mike Samson, Co-Founder
ProductsCustom Logo Design, Website Design, Illustration, Marketing Materials, Industrial Design, Copywriting
Number of employees14
Websitewww.crowdspring.com

Crowdspring (written "crowdSPRING") is an online marketplace for crowdsourced creative services.

Overview

Crowdspring was co-founded in May 2007 by Ross Kimbarovsky and Michael Samson. Crowdspring launched its online marketplace publicly in May 2008. Crowdspring is based in Chicago.

More than 100,000 graphic designers and writers from 200 countries work on Crowdspring.

Blog

Crowdspring maintains a blog which was launched in mid-2008.

Criticism

When it launched publicly in mid-2008, the company and its business model received some criticism because Crowdspring's marketplace works on a speculative model and challenges traditional ways of buying and selling graphic design, industrial design, and copywriting services. This is the process of asking professionals to complete custom work for the chance of getting payment. This means that most people involved in the process effectively work for free. Crowdspring embraced and actively participates in the debate about its spec work business model.

References

  1. Crowdspring homepage
  2. Steiner, Christopher (2009). "The Creativity of Crowds". Forbes.
  3. "Creative designs, ideas get chance to stand out at CrowdSpring". Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  4. Company snapshot Businessweek
  5. Crowdsourced Design: Is Crowdspring the next iStockPhoto?
  6. review Information Week
  7. Christopher Steiner The Creativity of Crowds February 16, 2009 Forbes
  8. Rafe Needleman CrowdSpring leverages weasel economics June 12, 2008 CNet
  9. "crowdSPRING". www.crowdspring.com. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  10. "Crowdspring Blog". Crowdspring.
  11. "The NO!SPEC campaign vs. crowdSPRING". Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  12. Walker, Rob (May 31, 2011). "The Crowd Is Wise—but Can It Draw?". Slate.
  13. The NO!SPEC campaign vs. Crowdspring,
  14. Is Spec Work Evil? The Online Creative Community Speaks

Further reading

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