There was a time when contest holders did not have to deposit the prize - but many people took advantage of that. People would start a contest, have the designers create a design, and then disappear. Sometimes they would even disappear with someone's design - leaving the designers without a prize and our website with a bad reputation. To solve this problem, the administrators decided that it would be in our and the designers best interest to guarantee all prizes first. By depositing your prize with us, we can not only guarantee the designers a valid prize, but we can also guarantee that you are not going to disappear on us.

In the same respect, your prize funds are not transferred to the winning designer until you have received the design files. Guaranteed prize funds works to establish an honest and professional business relationship right from the start.

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