99designs (VIC)

An online marketplace for crowdsourced graphic design, 99designs pioneered the concept of a design contest, where multiple designers compete to deliver the perfect design, rather than being limited to the creativity of one designer. 99designs has localised sites in 21 countries, eight languages and 16 currencies. In 2014–15, new customer growth rates doubled in the USA and tripled in Germany and the UK, with exports comprising 93 per cent of revenue. Since 2008, 99designs has helped over 455,000 businesses access quality design at affordable prices and has paid out US$114 million to its community of one million talented designers in 192 countries.