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99designs

Design contests and 1-to-1 projects; designers pay a 15%, 10% or 5% platform fee by level and are paid only through Hyperwallet.

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Counts, not a score. 5 of 10 things we look for are published by 99designs, 1 are not, and 4 we have not checked yet. A ratio would need a denominator from outside this site. A count does not.

Can you even be here

Where you can sign upIs my country on the list at all?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.
Where you can be paidTwo lists, and they are not always the same one.99designs does not publish thisNot published as a list by 99designs: Hyperwallet is the exclusive payout provider, its payout options vary by region, and you pick your country from a dropdown when connecting itWhich payment providers does 99designs use? · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?
Minimum ageHow old do I have to be, and is it higher for some offers?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Getting the money out

What you are paid inCash, or something that is only spendable in one place?Cash: contest prizes and 1-to-1 project payments, sent from your 99designs earnings balance to Hyperwallet and on to the transfer method you chose thereHow and when do I get paid? · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?
Ways to get paidIf the one method fails, is there a second one?Hyperwallet (a PayPal service) only, from January 19, 2026; every designer must have an active, identity-verified Hyperwallet account whose name matches the bank, and the old Request Payout button is goneSetting Up Hyperwallet · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?
Minimum payoutHow much must pile up before they let go of it?Minimum payout: $25. If your total earnings are below $25, the money stays in your 99designs account until you reach the threshold, then it is sent automaticallyImportant Things to Know · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?
Fee taken out of the payoutWhat is deducted that the payout page does not mention?A designer platform fee on each 1-to-1 project of 15% at Entry Level, 10% at Mid Level and 5% at Top Level, on top of a fixed 5% the client pays; 15% of Gold and Platinum contest prizes goes to the finalistsWhat is a platform fee? · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?
Time from earning to money in handThe whole chain, not the speed they advertise for the last step.Funds are released 5 days after the completion request if the client does nothing, then held for a 5-business-day review, then take 1-2 business days to reach Hyperwallet and up to 10+ business days from there depending on transfer method and locationPayout Timeline · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Keeping what you earned

How a balance can be lostDoes it expire, get charged rent, or vanish if I go quiet?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Who is on the hook

Who is legally on the hookWhich company, and does it publish anything about whether it can pay?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Put 99designs next to something else

No article here covers 99designs alongside another platform yet, so there is nothing to suggest. Pick your own pairing and the same questions get asked of each.

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How to read this page

The ten things above are not our idea of what matters. They are what the checklists in twenty hand-written articles on this site already asked, counted up: country and eligibility came first in nineteen of them, waiting time and what you are paid in came next. The payout minimum, the number most people search for, barely appeared. It is one row here, not the headline.

A row marked not publishedmeans we opened the company's own pages looking for it and it was not there. That is a finding, and it is dated. A row marked not checked yet means we have not done the work. Those two are kept apart on purpose: an empty box because we were slow should never look like an empty box because they were quiet.

Found something that has moved? Tell us. It gets checked against the source and the change is dated on the corrections page.

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