BuyDesign is a platform connecting designers with businesses seeking original design concepts. It allows businesses to discover, commission, and license designs from vetted designers, while enabling designers to market their ideas to a global business audience.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Businesses often struggle to efficiently source original design concepts, facing challenges in discovering and engaging with talented designers while managing intellectual property risks. Designers, on the other hand, need effective platforms to showcase their work to a global audience and secure fair compensation for their creative output.
Solution
BuyDesign is a platform designed to streamline the connection between businesses seeking original design concepts and vetted designers worldwide. It provides businesses with tools to discover, commission, and license designs across various categories, including furniture, lighting, and textiles. Designers can create profiles, upload their original ideas, respond to briefs and open calls, and pitch directly to potential clients. The platform also offers features for managing projects, tracking communications, and securing agreements, all within a secure environment that protects intellectual property. BuyDesign acts as an agent to facilitate payments between businesses and designers, ensuring secure and reliable transactions.
Target Audience
BuyDesign targets businesses, including retailers, brands, and manufacturers, seeking original design concepts, as well as designers specializing in furniture, lighting, textiles, and other design categories.
Features
- Designer profiles with options to upload portfolios and manage design visibility.
- Brief management tools for businesses to create detailed briefs or open calls for design proposals.
- Pitch management system enabling designers to directly pitch ideas to businesses.
- Secure online studio for managing projects, communications, and design files.
- Automated decline or save emails for efficient pitch management.
- Built-in legal terms and conditions to mitigate intellectual property issues.
- Stripe Connect integration for secure payment processing between businesses and designers.
- Agreement management features for creating, storing, and signing contracts online with DocuSign integration.