FAQs for MycroBurst Designers

You have a much better chance of winning a design contest if you read the creative brief and all comments from the project holder. Use the brief as your roadmap to a successful design.

MycroBurst provides payment through both PayPal.com and Western Union, for winning designers. Before you participate in a project, please set up a Paypal account. If you are unable to do so, you may choose Western Union as a payment option. Anyone using Western Union will need to provide bank account information in order to receive payment.

All winning project are subject to a 10% processing fee which will be deducted from the project amount. The winning designer will get the project amount – 10% processing fees. (For example, if the project prize money is $299, the winning designer will get = $299 - $29.9 (10%) = $269.10 US Dollars)

Don’t wait - Make sure you submit your designs to contests right away. If the project is expedited, you will need to be quick - Winners will generally be picked within 1-3 business days.

Keep it simple, and communicate it clearly. If you have any questions or want clarification about a design brief, always communicate with the project holder. If you understand the project holder’s requirements and you will be able to submit better designs and have a better chance of winning.

…Congratulations! You are just one step away from claiming your prize money.

You will need to submit the finalized source files for the winning design – which may include small revisions that the project holder asks for. Make sure you submit your source files correctly, according to the winning project guidelines. Sending incorrect or unusable final design files may cause MycroBurst to charge you a fee for fixing your mistakes.

Once your designs are submitted to the project holder, your claim will be ready for transfer.

It is very easy to submit a design for any contest:

1. Sign up for a free account at MycroBurst.com
2. Go to the contest you want to enter and click the “Submit a Design” button
3. Enter a description of your entry
4. Choose the image you’d like to upload and enter into the project
5. Enter the details of any licensed images you may be using
6. Agree to the designer guidelines
7. Click “Submit My Entry!”

That’s it. Your design has now been submitted to the project.

We strongly urge designers NOT to use clipart. Project Holders are looking for custom designs that are totally unique and creative. Repeated use of the clip art will have a negative impact on your rating as a designer, and you will win fewer contests. Remember that project holders aren’t going to be happy if they are legally pursued and sanctioned over copyright issues/disputes arising from your work. And that’s an understatement you will be liable for any costs and damages they incur or suffer as a result!

We recommend that you DO NOT use stock photos or images from any other source other than:

1. ThinkStockPhotos: You can visit our stock photo partner URL at http://www.thinkstockphotos.com and use photos according to project holder requirements. The photos should only be used for landing page design. OR
2. Photos/images provided by Project Holder: If Project holder has provided images/photos in the brief section; then you need to use them only.

Important Note:
Please make sure if you do you use the image you use the image as per the terms and conditions listed by the source.

No, You don’t need to convert the template into HTML. The HTML conversion will be taken care by MycroBurst.com.

Please note that you don’t need to agree to convert the template into HTML if your template is selected as winner. You will not be paid over and above the template prize amount for any additional work including HTML

PSD Standards:

• PSD should be in 72 dpi
• For 1024 x 768 resolutions, take PSD size 1003px width there is no restriction in height
• Color Mode will be RGB
• Website layout is distributed into three sections i.e. header, body and footer
• For body part use system fonts such as Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Times New Roman
• Closely observe colors, fonts, style and design elements from reference websites
• PSD should have proper wireframe/guides of the design.
• Layers should be named properly.
• Layers should be managed in folders.

Image/Photo Source IDs: In case if you have used images from ThinkStockphotos.com, kindly provide the image source IDs.

It is common that a concept of the two designs can be similar to a certain extent and it should be probable between entries in the same project. However, if you think that your design has been unfairly copied by another designer, please report it to us at report@mycroburst.com with links to the designs and information about how they are similar.

Not if you don’t want to. Most designers will usually do some alterations or minimal revisions for free, but will charge for involved revisions at a reasonable price. But, this isn’t a requirement — it’s up to you.

They can, but you don’t have to agree. Don’t send any files to the project holder until the project has been won and you have received a finalization alert.

The prize money is paid to Mycroburst before the design project is launched. The prize money for guaranteed projects cannot be withdrawn, and Mycroburst will only refunds non-guaranteed projects if they receive less than 30 entries, which does not happen frequently.

When a project is refunded, your designs and any comments will be hidden from everyone — yourself, other users, and the project holder — and they will not be displayed again until Mycroburst unlocks the project. This is to protect designers from being plagiarized after a project holder has withdrawn the project.

If a winning designer is paid, and a refund is later issued back to the Project Holder, for any reason, MycroBurst reserves the right to either (a) ask the designer to refund the their winnings from that contest, or (b) withhold future awards until the refund amount is paid in full.

Once all the source files are submitted, the project holder will confirm the release of payment. The winning designer will be paid according to the MycroBurst payment schedule. Payment is made through Paypal.com or Western Union.

PayPal.com Payment – you will need to have a valid PayPal ID, set up with your personal email account.

Western Union Payment – You will need to submit the following information: Name, Address, phone number and email address Bank Name, Address, and information, Your bank account type, Routing number, Account number, and currency

There is an additional charge of 5.5% on top of 10% fee for processing with Western Union. This fee is comparable to the fees charges by PayPal. Payment with Western Union can take between 5 and 10 days, depending on your country and bank policies.

When you register at MycroBurst as a designer, we recommend that you also try to set up a PayPal account. If you cannot set up a PayPal account for any reason, then after you win your first desing project, please contact MycroBurst support at Support@MycroBurst.com and set up Western Union payment.

MycroBurst.com will pay the project prize to the winning designers on the following schedule:

Projects finalized between the 1st and 15th of the month	Payment sent on the 20th of the month
Project finalized between the 16th and the 30th/31st of the month	Project finalized between the 16th and the 30th/31st of the month Payment sent on the 5th of the next month

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ABOVE SCHEDULE IS ONLY APPLICABLE, IF THE CONTEST HOLDER DOES NOT INVOKE ANY DESIGN ISSUES/COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT/OR ANY APPLICABLE DISAGREEMENT WITHIN 48 HOURS AFTER THE FINALIZED SOURCE FILES ARE SENT TO THE CONTEST HOLDER. ALL PAYMENTS ARE MADE TO DESIGNER PAYPAL ID.

* The above schedule dates are only applicable to business days