Everything you need to transition to production. Your business card design will be uploaded in the appropriate formats tailored to your specifications, ready for printing. This usually includes a production-ready Adobe Illustrator file, Adobe Photoshop file, PDF file, or EPS file.

Additionally, you’ll receive full legal copyright ownership, ensuring the design belongs entirely to you.

In a design contest, designers worldwide submit unique concepts tailored to your brief. You select finalists, provide feedback to refine the designs, and ultimately choose your favorite business card design as the winner. If you value ideation and exposure to diverse design styles, we highly recommend a design contest.

Alternatively, if you have a specific style and direction in mind for your business card, or if your project is more complex (such as designing business cards for multiple employees), starting a project with a freelance designer may be the best approach.

So many ideas! Dive into ideahits for inspiring examples of business cards crafted by our design community.

Be sure to provide as many specifics as possible, such as paper type, dimensions, preferred designs, brand details, color choices, embossing and foiling preferences, printing specifications, logo, copy, and any other relevant information that could impact your design.

The more details you provide, the better equipped designers will be to create outstanding business cards tailored to your needs!

Your custom business card design contest provides one winning card design. If you need a second card for another employee or a different size card, you have a couple of options: you can initiate a second contest, or you can begin a 1-to-1 Project with your winning designer to create additional versions.

On ideahits, designers agree to upload only original artwork, meaning each designer retains the rights to their submissions until you select the contest winner. During the design handover stage, the designer agrees to transfer the rights, making you the rightful owner of the copyright for your winning business card design.

We guarantee a great business card design at any pricing level, but our higher-priced packages provide more design options and enhanced support.

Here’s how it works: With higher packages, the prize for the winning designer increases, attracting more experienced designers who submit high-quality designs. Having more options means additional time needed to review your designs. That’s why our Gold and Platinum packages include dedicated managers to streamline the process by assisting with creative briefs and providing feedback to designers.

When choosing your business card contest package, consider your available time and your experience with writing briefs and working with designers. If you need guidance, feel free to contact us for a design consultation.

Select “Make your contest private” in the Contest options section before launching your business card design contest. This prevents designers from using their submissions elsewhere, and your contest will not be searchable on the web.

By choosing this option, a standard NDA template will be automatically included with your contest. Alternatively, you can upload your own NDA if preferred.

We provide a 100% money-back guarantee within 60 days of payment for all Business Card Design Contests, except those with a guaranteed prize or those that have reached the Final Round. Feel free to contact us anytime for assistance with rewriting your brief, reopening your project to ensure a satisfactory outcome, and selecting a winning design.

Please note that if we refund your contest, you do not retain legal rights to use any of the designs submitted.