Logo and costs

[godoit]

Hi guys, I have been in contact with a designer who we have negotiated a price with a discount if I give a link on the website, i am more than happy to do this. As it is a little over my budget i wanted to ask if anyone else has had any creative ideas for payment as an alternative to cash. The designer is open to it but my service isn't something i could offer as "quid pro quo". My creativity is not my strong point so thought I would ask the communtiy of UKBF.

 

[AutumnFireflyDesign]

The best thing it sounds like you could do is to provide lots of quality referrals. If you know other business owners, and especially if they are looking for a designer, then it might be valuable to the designer in question to know their details -- although you'd have to pretty much be able to guarantee that the designer would be contacted/would get a response for it to be worth it.

How much over budget are we talking here?

 

[Paul Murray]

Just stagger the payments and pay the designer in instalments. I personally wouldn't accept any 'creative' solutions from a client as I need cold hard cash to pay my bills.

 

[Annoying Donkey]

Hi guys, I have been in contact with a designer who we have negotiated a price with a discount if I give a link on the website, i am more than happy to do this. As it is a little over my budget i wanted to ask if anyone else has had any creative ideas for payment as an alternative to cash. The designer is open to it but my service isn't something i could offer as "quid pro quo". My creativity is not my strong point so thought I would ask the communtiy of UKBF.

What does the designer want? If you don't know, then find out. Then you might be able to find a third party to supply perhaps in return for your product/service.

 

[AutumnFireflyDesign]

Just stagger the payments and pay the designer in instalments. I personally wouldn't accept any 'creative' solutions from a client as I need cold hard cash to pay my bills.

^ This probably is the best solution. My suggestion with referrals, to be honest, would not be worth £100 - yet alone more than that - for the designer. If you can't pay now, it might be better to pay over time like Paul suggested.

 

[Daxo]

Is the logo that expensive that you're having to come up with "creative alternatives" to actual pound sterling payment?

Have you hired a world renowned branding agency? Why would you be buying a logo that’s over your budget? Why do you consider that a sensible thing to do?

I do hope you're not doing that thing that lots of startups do where they become unnecessarily fixated on all the things that won't make them any actual money, (e.g agonising over a particular shade of blue in the logo, agonising over the font type in their super fancy pretty (but non converting) website, deciding whether to refer to themselves as the CEO, or founder or owner etc) and ignoring the actual things that will make them money, e.g market research, developing a robust marketing strategy, sales funnel development etc.

I don't know what your business is and I hope you do well but I just hope you don't pay over the odds for a logo of all things. Spend your money on getting customers, not on a logo.

Hi guys, I have been in contact with a designer who we have negotiated a price with a discount if I give a link on the website, i am more than happy to do this. As it is a little over my budget i wanted to ask if anyone else has had any creative ideas for payment as an alternative to cash. The designer is open to it but my service isn't something i could offer as "quid pro quo". My creativity is not my strong point so thought I would ask the communtiy of UKBF.

 

[godoit]

What does the designer want? If you don't know, then find out. Then you might be able to find a third party to supply perhaps in return for your product/service.

we had a chat and came up with a QR code link to her website and some advertisment that will be stationary.

The best thing it sounds like you could do is to provide lots of quality referrals. If you know other business owners, and especially if they are looking for a designer, then it might be valuable to the designer in question to know their details -- although you'd have to pretty much be able to guarantee that the designer would be contacted/would get a response for it to be worth it.

How much over budget are we talking here?

nothing major over budget, just enough to make me consider it. the guarentee would be tough but when the opportunity is there i would recommend her.

Is the logo that expensive that you're having to come up with "creative alternatives" to actual pound sterling payment?

Have you hired a world renowned branding agency? Why would you be buying a logo that’s over your budget? Why do you consider that a sensible thing to do?

I do hope you're not doing that thing that lots of startups do where they become unnecessarily fixated on all the things that won't make them any actual money, (e.g agonising over a particular shade of blue in the logo, agonising over the font type in their super fancy pretty (but non converting) website, deciding whether to refer to themselves as the CEO, or founder or owner etc) and ignoring the actual things that will make them money, e.g market research, developing a robust marketing strategy, sales funnel development etc.

I don't know what your business is and I hope you do well but I just hope you don't pay over the odds for a logo of all things. Spend your money on getting customers, not on a logo.

I hope so too, the customers are about (as a holiday club) but its about me getting them through my doors. Art and creativity isnt my stong point so would rather out source while I work on the other stuff. It's hard not to get excited and fixated sometimes but the paperwork for Ofsted is keeping me too busy to keep on it for too long. next stop recruitment.

thanks for all your suggestions