Disclosure: Webby’s World is getting paid to write this review. We will try not to let this alter our opinion. Also, on a sidenote I got back from Tenerife and will be uploading photos soon.

SitePoint Design Contests is a service which allows webmasters to hold contests where designers submit potential designs for a website with the possibility of winning a cash prize.

The site in many ways serves as a marketplace for you to get a unique design for your blog or website (which you can re-distribute, if you wish, as SitePoint’s terms of service state when you pay the winner of the contest, all rights are transferred to you) or a professional letterhead or logo.

The designs you get through SitePoint are not always perfect and often need a few finishing touches but this is worth it for the high quality designs you receive. The fact it is a contest means there’s only one winner, which would naturally make the entrants produce higher quality designs in order to win (for the right price).

SitePoint charge a minimum of $20 per contest (you must pay for them to feature your contest or place it in more than one sub-category), and there are minimum prizes you can award. These minimum prizes are $100 for a logo, button/icon/banner or other design task like book covers; $150 for stationery like letterheads, uncoded templates (an image only) or a simple Flash animation and $200 for a coded template in HTML & CSS. They suggest, however, that you pay more.

While this may seem a little expensive, a unique WordPress theme at Template Monster is likely to set you back in excess of $700 while most people seem to be happy doing one at SitePoint for just $400.

I considered using SitePoint, but I decided just to settle for a free WordPress theme. This site is fantastic for businesses (large or small) which require a unique design (whether it be for their blog, letters or even something like a logo!).

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