If you are a designer and considering taking the plunge to make your way as a freelancer, good for you! You are probably swimming in an ocean of design-related tasks that need to be done to get your business off the ground: everything from logo design to social media banners to business cards.
As a skilled designer, you might be thinking that you can do all that yourself. And you probably can! But would that really be the best use of your time? Surely, no designer is equally talented in every design discipline. Your print layout skills may be top notch, but that won't be of much help when you need to retouch a professional headshot for your social media sites.
So what's a struggling designer to do? One good solution is to use the resources on Envato Market and Envato Studio. Your first instinct might be to think that's like cheating! But it's really just using a resource at your disposal to fill in the areas you either lack the skill for, or lack the time to accomplish. In this article, we will walk through several design tasks that are involved with running a design business and what resources can help.
Get a Logo
Logos are so very important. Every designer takes a shot at developing their own logo, and it would seem strange not to! Yet if you haven't had extensive experience with the nuances of logo design, you can probably benefit from the expertise of someone who makes their trade from crafting logos.
Purchase a Logo Template From Envato Market
The quickest and simplest solution would be to grab a logo template from Envato Market.
Endless Infinity Logo by magikpoink
Market author magikpoink has provided the Endless Infinity logo for $34. The purchase includes free customization and lifetime support, and it's 100% Editable.
Luxurious Royal Logo by vaaroo
Market author vaaroo has provided the Luxurious Royal Logo for $29. The purchase includes transparent PNG, JPG, Vector EPS, and AI Illustrator files.
Creative Idea Logo Template by survivor
Market author survivor has provided the Creative Idea logo template for $29. The purchase includes AI file, EPS file and a detailed readme file with instructions.
Studio Pro Logo Template by gomezdesign
Market author gomezdesign has provided the Studio Pro logo template for $29. The purchase includes fully editable EPS, SVG, and AI files.
Flame Logo by c032h
Market author c032h has provided the Flame Logo for $35. The purchase includes AI & EPS formats for easy editing.
The majority of the logo templates for sale are provided in a fully editable format like Adobe Illustrator. That means you can easily modify and tweak them to fit your own personal taste and style.
Use Envato Studio for a Logo Design
If you need a logo that's more unique than a template, consider using a logo design service on Envato Studio. In fact, Envato Studio has an entire section devoted just to Logo Design services.
With over 300 logo design service providers to choose from, how do you decide which provider to choose? I would suggest looking at five different criteria to help make your choice:
Price: This is a frequent deciding factor for any product or service. Your budget should be the driving force behind this qualification.
Delivery Time: How long will it take for the service provider to provide the service? Does that match with your project timeframe?
Recommendation Percentage: This number shows what percentage of this provider's customers would recommend them.
Experience: Pay attention to how many jobs this provider has done, as this is closely related to the recommendation percentage.
Personal Style: Especially for creative tasks like logo design, you would want to make sure the provider's artistic style matches your vision and tastes.
You should decide for yourself which of those criteria are the most important to you, and sort the providers by that criteria. One of the great things about Envato Studio is that you can communicate with a service provider before choosing to use them. The studio provides a means of sending an inquiry to five providers per day. This is helpful for asking pertinent questions that can help you narrow down your list of potential providers for your project.
Let's look at some examples of strong contenders for potential logo design services.
Unique Logo Design by idesignera
idesignera offers Unique Logo design in 2 days with 5 revisions. With 37 jobs done and 97% recommended.
With a low price point and good turnaround time, this service seems like a good fit for a tight budget and deadline.
Hand Crafted Professional Logo Design by Unipen
Unipen offers Hand Crafted Professional Logo Design with 3 different initial concepts in 7 days with 3 revisions. Unipen has provided this service 135 times and has a 100% recommended rating. This service is available for $400.
Hand-crafted logos are a premium service that hold higher price points and turnaround times, but the style is unmistakable!
Adaptive Logo Design by sukiafat
sukiafat offers Adaptive Logo Design service in 3 days with 5 revisions for $60. This vendor has done this job 2558 times and has a 100% recommended rating.
Professional Express Logo Design by zlaws
zlaws offers Professional Express Logo Design service in 5 days with 5 revisions for $50. This vendor has done this job 1233 times and has a 100% recommended rating.
Simple and Creative Logo Design by GenesisDesign
GenesisDesigns offers Simple and Creative Logo Design service in 7 days with 4 revisions for $150. This vendor has done this job 589 times and has a 99% recommended rating.
Logo Customization
It's possible that you have a logo already, but it's showing its age and could use a fresh facelift. Or maybe it's so old that you don't actually have a clean vector version of it. Logo customization is another area where Envato Studio can be helpful. Service providers can customize or change an existing logo to match your modern needs, as well as create the vector version that modern-day printers and sign-makers require.
Logo Design Customization by HollyMolly
HollyMolly provides Logo Design Customization in 2 days with 4 revisions. This service provider has done 177 jobs and has a 99% recommended rating, and the service is available for $30.
Logo Vectorization, Customization & Improvements by CoffStudio
CoffStudio provides Logo Vectorization, Customization & Improvements in 1 day with 5 revisions. This service provider has done 269 jobs and has a 99% recommended rating, and the service is available for $20.
Express Logo Customization Service by Kapacyko
Kapacyko provides Express Logo Customization Service in 2 days with 2 revisions. This service provider has done 20 jobs and has a 100% recommended rating, and the service is available for $50.
Professional Logo Customization by Nasirktk
Nasirktk provides Professional Logo Customization in 1 day with 2 revisions. This service provider has done 35 jobs and has a 100% recommended rating, and the service is available for $25.
High Quality Logo Vectorization by CvLd_Design
CvLd_Design provides High Quality Logo Vectorization in 1 day with 5 revisions. This service provider has done 23 jobs and has a 100% recommended rating, and the service is available for $35.
Logotypes and Hand Lettering
Many approach the idea of a logo by using their own name as the mark. But if you are using a word for a logo, you probably want it to be more visually creative than just typing it out in your favorite font. Consider using Envato Studio to have an expert provide a logotype or a hand lettered version. Sharon Milne shared her experience with using such a service in this article: Premium Logotype Design Services on Envato Studio for Less Than $150
Custom and Hand Lettering Logo by yip87
yip87 offers a Custom and Hand Lettering Logo service in 4 days with 3 revisions for $90. This service provider has done this job 15 times and has a 100% recommended rating.
Custom Lettering/Type by mihai-moinar
mihai-molnar offers a Custom Lettering/Type service in 4 days with 2 revisions for $350. This service provider has done this job 5 times and has a 100% recommended rating.
Hand-Drawn Lettering & Type by DraStudio
DraStudio offers a Hand-Drawn Lettering & Type service in 1 day with 2 revisions for $50. This service provider has done this job 15 times and has an 88% recommended rating.
Custom Hand-Lettering by venimo
venimo offers Custom Hand-Lettering - Phrases and Words service in 2 days with 2 revisions for $150. This service provider has done this job 1 time and has a 100% recommended rating.
Hand Lettered Unique Design by lusikkolbaskin
lusikkolbaskin offers Hand Lettered Unique Design service in 2 days with 2 revisions for $100. This service provider has done this job 55 times and has a 100% recommended rating.
Headshot or Portrait Retouching
If you are planning on creating a user account on a site to promote your business, it's likely you will need to provide a profile image. As trendy (and tempting) as it is to just snap a selfie, a professional headshot will provide a higher level of respectability.
While photography isn't a service that is available through Envato Studio, Photo Editing is. It's quite affordable to have your portrait professionally retouched.
High End Photo Retouching by mudi
Mudi provides High End Photo Retouching Service in 2 days with 3 revisions. Mudi has provided this service 40 times and has a perfect 100% recommended rating. The cost for this service is $30.
Retouching of Faces and Bodies by dmitroza
dmitroza provides Retouching of Faces and Bodies in 2 days with 2 revisions. This provider has provided this service 57 times and has a perfect 100% recommended rating. The cost for this service is $35.
High End Realistic Photo Retouching by johnsoko
johnsoko provides High End Realistic Photo Retouching in 2 days with 2 revisions. This provider has provided this service 47 times and has a perfect 100% recommended rating. The cost for this service is $30.
Cutout and Background Remove of 25 Photos / Images by moshiur008
moshiur008 provides Cutout and Background Remove of 25 Photos / Images in 1 day with 5 revisions. This provider has provided this service 37 times and has a perfect 100% recommended rating. The cost for this service is $25.
Hi-End Photography Retouching by dmitroza
dmitroza provides Hi-End Photography retouching in 2 days with 2 revisions. This provider has provided this service 4 times and has a perfect 100% recommended rating. The cost for this service is $50.
Business Cards
In such a digital world, and when you are providing a digital service, the classic business card can seem outdated, or even tacky. Yet they still prove to be useful in the right social situations. You can't pin your email signature line to the community bulletin board at your local coffee shop. Having a physical object that bears the name, service, and contact information of your design efforts can be invaluable. In essence, that tangible object has non-tangible benefits.
Use a Business Card Template From Envato Market
If you are a designer who knows their way around Photoshop or Illustrator, then it should be no problem for you to pick up a business card template from Envato Market and populate it with your own information.
Simple Professional Business Card by vglenngoh
Market author glenngoh has provided the Simple Professional Business Card template for $6. The purchase includes fully layered PSD & AI files that are Print Ready.
Prepped-4-Print: Translucent Plastic Business Card by Kilik
Market author Kilik has provided the Prepped-4-Print: Translucent Plastic Business Card template for $5. The purchase includes a detailed Help file to explain how to print the translucent material.
Blackish Business Card by vglenngoh
Market author vanel has provided the Blackish Business Card template for $5. The purchase includes two-sided blackish business cards as a fully layered .PSD file.
Vintage Playing Card - Business Card by cruzine
Market author cruzine has provided the Vintage Playing Card - Business Card template for $5. The purchase includes fully layered PSD file that is Print Ready.
Creative Business Card by FlowPixels
Market author FlowPixels has provided the Creative Business Card logo for $6. The purchase includes eight Photoshop files for four different color versions.
Have a Studio Expert Design Your Business Card
There are plenty of options on Envato Studio for Business Card Designs. This option takes the headache out of the task by letting an expert worry about getting the details of the product correct.
Creative Business Cards by astralgirl
astralgirl offers Creative Business Cards for $40 with a 6 day timeline and includes 1 revision. This provider has completed this job 11 times and has a perfect 100% recommended rating.
Professional Business Card Design by Brandbusters
Brandbusters offers Professional Business Card Design for $50 with a 5 day timeline and includes 3 revisions. This provider has completed this job 125 times and has a perfect 100% recommended rating.
Professional Business Card Design by RoyalArts
RoyalArts offers Professional Business Card Design for $35 with a 2 day timeline and includes 2 revisions. This provider has completed this job 14 times and has a 90% recommended rating.
High-End Business Card Designs by Chathurangack
Chathurangack offers High-End Business Card Designs for $20 with a 3 day timeline and includes 5 revisions. This provider has completed this job 27 times and has an 89% recommended rating.
Creative Concepts Business Cards by zlaws
zlaws offers Creative Concept Business Cards for $75 with a 7 day timeline and includes 3 revisions. This provider has completed this job 16 times and has a perfect 100% recommended rating.
Web Design and Development
The concept of having a "web presence" is still evolving, but it's still considered savvy business sense to have and maintain a good website. But if your days are spent developing screen printing designs for tee shirts, or finding the exact right kerning on a headline, then the idea of digging elbow deep into CSS and HTML5 might be downright terrifying to you! No need to fear, there's plenty of expert and affordable help available on both Envato Market and Envato Studio.
Wordpress Themes Available on Envato Market
WordPress is one of the leading products used to create websites that are easy to update and maintain right from your web browser. It's highly customizable and user friendly. There's an entire section of Envato Market dedicated to WordPress themes, and that's found on themeforest.net.
There are thousands of themes available, a veritable forest of them! They range from simple to highly sophisticated.
Avada | Responsive Multi-Purpose Theme
ThemeFusion's Avada | Responsive Multi-Purpose Theme is the #1 selling WordPress theme on Envato Market with nearly a quarter million units sold. It's highly customizable and is available for $59.
Mint - vCard WordPress Theme
Mint - vCard WordPress theme is clean, modern, very easy to customize, and of course is very flexible, giving you lots of ways to customize your template. This theme is available to purchase for $29.
Use Envato Studio to Install and Customize the Theme
Once you select and purchase a WordPress theme, you may find yourself staring at a long list of directions containing terms that are nearly foreign to you. Or you may be a wiz at setting up a theme, but find the entire process rather burdensome and quite the chore.
What options do you have? Well, you could always have an Envato Studio expert do the heavy work for you! Just check out the WordPress Installation services that are available.
WordPress All-In-One (Theme Demo Setup, Logo, Plugins, SEO, Security & More) by Besyar
Besyar offers WordPress All-In-One (Theme Demo Setup, Logo, Plugins, SEO, Security & More) for $50 with a 1 day timeline and includes 5 revisions. This provider has completed this job 562 times and has a 99% recommended rating.
WordPress Theme Installation (Incl. Demo Content, Logo, Plugins, Shop Set-up) by CXWebExperts
CSWebExperts offers WordPress Theme Installation (Incl. Demo Content, Logo, Plugins, Shop Set-up) for $50 with a 1 day timeline and includes 5 revisions. This provider has completed this job 1016 times and has a 100% recommended rating.
Themeforest Theme Installation / Wordpress Migration / Transfer / Cloning / Change Domain by superhero
superhero offers Themeforest Theme Installation / Wordpress Migration / Transfer / Cloning / Change Domain for $50 with a 1 day timeline and includes 1 revisions. This provider has completed this job 466 times and has a 100% recommended rating.
WordPress Theme Installation(SEO, Security, Performance) by itechnotion
itechnotion offers WordPress Theme Installation(SEO, Security, Performance) for $50 with a 1 day timeline and includes 3 revisions. This provider has completed this job 50 times and has a 100% recommended rating.
Installation of Wordpress Theme & Setup like Demo (+ Extra Features) by hasanet
hasanet offers Installation of Wordpress Theme & Setup like Demo (+ Extra Features) for $50 with a 1 day timeline and includes 5 revisions. This provider has completed this job 524 times and has a 98% recommended rating.
Use a Website Template
There's always the possibility that WordPress isn't right for your needs. It's possible you would prefer to have a traditional HTML style website. Just check out some of these web templates available on Envato Market.
Use a Studio Expert to Help with your Template
Then if you run into snags working with the purchased template, don't waste your own precious hours trying to get it to work. There are experts available on Envato Studio who provide Website Customization services and can assist with troubleshooting your site and make sure it's up and running smoothly in no time.
Customize Website / HTML / WordPress by superhero
The Envato Studio provider superhero offers a 1 day 1 revision service to Customize Website / HTML / WordPress for $300. This provider has completed 161 jobs like this and has a 99% recommended rating.
Professional Website Customization & Updates by xstreamthemes
xstreamthemes offers a 4 day, 2 revision service for Professional Website Customization & Updates for $480. This provider has completed 41 jobs like this and has a 100% recommended rating.
Website Customization by sodasi_web
sodasi_web offers a 5 day, 5 revision service for Website Customization for $250. This provider has completed 29 jobs like this and has a 100% recommended rating.
Website Customization by ThemeManiac
ThemeManaic offers a 4 day, 4 revision service for Website Customization for $150. This provider has completed 28 jobs like this and has a 92% recommended rating.
Website Customization (HTML, Wordpress) by glowform
glowform offers a 6 day, 3 revision service for Website Customization (HTML, Wordpress) for $350. This provider has completed 12 jobs like this and has a 100% recommended rating.
PSD to HTML Service
Perhaps you are quite good at digital designs in Photoshop. In fact, there's a good chance that you've been playing around with a website design of your own, but you are not quite sure how to change your Photoshop file into a real live website. Fortunately, you don't have to know how, because there are other experts who would be glad to do that for you! Envato Studio includes an entire section of service providers willing to turn your PSD files into HTML.
PSD to Responsive HTML5+CSS service by superhero
The service provider superhero also offers a PSD to Responsive HTML5+CSS3 service with a turnaround time of 1 day and 1 revision. This service costs $200 and the provider has done this job 347 times and has a recommended rating of 100%.
Hand Coded PSD to Responsive HTML5/CSS3 by Vaza
The service provider vaza also offers a Hand Coded PSD to Responsive HTML5/CSS3 service with a turnaround time of 2 days and 5 revisions. This service costs $200 and the provider has done this job 15 times and has a recommended rating of 100%.
PSD to HTML, Responsive by Samirkaila
The service provider samirkaila offers a PSD to HTML, Responsive service with a turnaround time of 1 day and 5 revisions. This service costs $150 and the provider has done this job 9 times and has a recommended rating of 100%.
PSD 2 HTML - Responsive HTML Layout - Basic Package by sniro
The service provider sniro offers a PSD 2 HTML - Responsive HTML Layout - Basic Package service with a turnaround time of 2 days and 3 revisions. This service costs $100 and the provider has done this job 1 time and has a recommended rating of 100%.
PSD to Responsive HTML5/CSS3 with Bootstrap by rohanG
The service provider rohanG offers a PSD to Responsive HTML5/CSS3 with Bootstrap service with a turnaround time of 4 days and 3 revisions. This service costs $100 and the provider has done this job 4 times and has a recommended rating of 100%.
Have an Expert Develop Your Content
Writing website content is one of those tasks that frequently gets passed around a web design project because nobody really wants to do it. That was the driving principle behind the development of lorem ipsum. As a designer, you rarely need to write content—your job is to make content look good! But what about when it's your own website? Don't you have to write your own content? Not necessarily...
Envato Studio offers several options for Website Content Services with providers offering services with a range of prices and turn around times.
Professional Writing Content in English & Spanish (translations available) by madridnyc
The service provider madridnyc offers a Professional Writing Content in English & Spanish (translations available) service with a turnaround time of 1 day and 2 revisions. This service costs $45 and the provider has done this job 4 times and has a recommended rating of 100%.
High Quality Website Content - Five Pages by ashleigh_julia
The service provider ashleigh_julia offers a High Quality Website Content - Five Pages service with a turnaround time of 5 days and 5 revisions. This service costs $400 and the provider has done this job 16 times and has a recommended rating of 100%.
High Quality Website Content by celikn
The service provider celikn offers a High Quality Website Content service with a turnaround time of 4 days and 1 revision. This service costs $90 and the provider has done this job 3 times and has a recommended rating of 67%.
Website Content Writing by emilyshore
The service provider emilyshore offers a Website Content Writing service with a turnaround time of 5 days and 2 revisions. This service costs $300 and the provider has done this job 13 times and has a recommended rating of 100%.
Original, Action-Ready Website Content and Blog Articles by Prowritersden
The service provider Prowritersden offers an Original, Action-Ready Website Content and Blog Articles service with a turnaround time of 5 days and 2 revisions. This service costs $100 and the provider has done this job 1 time.
Get Help Opening an Online Store
So with a website up, your next logical thought may be to start selling your product online. If you design tee shirts, you want a place where customers can buy your product directly from you online. But perhaps you don't have any clue how to approach an eCommerce shop. Not surprisingly, you can get expert help for that on Envato Studio too. In fact another whole section of Envato Studio is dedicated to eCommerce services.
WooCommerce All-in-One by hasanet
Envato Studio provider hasanet offers a WooCommerce All-in-One (Demo Setup / Adding Product / Speed Optimization) service to be done in 1 day with 5 revisions for $50. Hasanet has performed this job 26 times and has a 95% recommended rating.
WooCommerce Customization / Product Addition / Payment Setup by AslamHasib
Envato Studio provider AslamHasib offers a WooCommerce Customization / Product Addition / Payment Setup service to be done in 2 days with 5 revisions for $150. This provider has performed this job 66 times and has a 100% recommended rating.
Themeforest Professional Opencart Theme Installation by 1webtutor
Envato Studio provider 1webtutor offers a Themeforest Professional Opencart Theme Installation service to be done in 1 days with 2 revisions for $50. This provider has performed this job 7 times and has a 100% recommended rating.
WooCommerce Customization / Product Addition / Payment Setup / SEO by childtheme
Envato Studio provider childtheme offers a WooCommerce Customization / Product Addition / Payment Setup / SEO service to be done in 1 days with 5 revisions for $50. This provider has performed this job 6 times and has a 100% recommended rating.
OpenCart Theme Installation & Demo Setup (Free Logo Set-up) by AslamHasib
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