Switch from 99designs to Zinn Hub
99designs runs on contests: many designers submit, one is chosen. Zinn Hub runs on orders — you publish fixed-price design Zinns and a buyer purchases one at checkout, so every brief you take on is a paid engagement. Your first $500 in sales is commission-free.
Three ways to earn · 0% on your first $500 · Prices in USDSix things worth weighing up before you move
Every marketplace is a set of trade-offs. These are the questions worth asking of any platform, answered here for Zinn Hub only — we do not publish figures about anybody else that we cannot read at source.
You want every brief to be a paid brief
A Zinn is bought before the work starts: the buyer chooses a package, pays at checkout, and you deliver against the brief. Nothing is produced on the chance of being picked. Browse the Graphics & Design category.
You want a rate that falls as you grow
On Zinn Hub the seller rate is tied to your lifetime sales: 0% on the first $500, then a ladder that steps down to 8%, or a flat 8% or 7% on a paid membership. Your rate is not fixed for life on day one.
You want the money in your own account
Connect your own Stripe or PayPal and buyers pay you directly at checkout. Zinners on platform-protected payments are paid from the payout queue once the order completes.
You want more than one way to be found
A fixed-price listing is one route to a sale. Projects and the Freelancer Directory are two more, and all three run from the same account.
You want a low-risk way to test a new service
A Micro Zinn is a fixed-price service at $5, $10, $15 or $20 — cheap enough for a buyer to try you on, and a fast way to find out whether an idea sells.
You want buyers outside your own language
Zinn Hub renders in 45 site languages and you can be messaged in 12 more — 57 in total. Buyers can view prices in 59 display currencies, and everything is charged in USD.
What Zinn Hub gives a Zinner
Our own terms, in one place — and no column of guesses about anybody else.
| Feature | Zinn Hub |
|---|---|
| Commission on your first $500 | 0% — you keep 100% |
| Commission after that | Tiered on lifetime sales: 20% to $2,500, 15% to $10,000, 13% to $15,000, 10% to $20,000, then 8% |
| Flat-rate memberships | Pro Zinner $25 a month — flat 8%. Agency Zinner $50 a month — flat 7% |
| Buyer platform fee | None — the price a buyer sees is the price they pay |
| Ways to earn | Three: Zinns, Projects and the Freelancer Directory |
| Micro Zinns | Fixed-price services at $5, $10, $15 or $20, with their own categories and price pages |
| Cost to submit a proposal | Free — there are no bidding credits to buy |
| Cost to post a project | Free for buyers — they pay only when they accept a proposal |
| How you get paid | Your own Stripe or PayPal at checkout, or the payout queue after the order completes on platform-protected payments |
| Your pricing | You set your own prices, packages, revisions and delivery times |
| Currency | Priced, charged and paid in USD; viewable in 59 display currencies |
| Languages | 45 site languages, and 12 more you can be messaged in — 57 in total |
| Buyer payment methods | Cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, bank transfer or 200+ cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT |
| Seller verification | Government-issued photo ID and evidence of skills and past work |
| Reviews | Reviews require a confirmed purchase — a 4.9 average from 39,000+ verified-purchase reviews |
| Payment protection | On a Platform Protected Zinner the payment is held by Zinn Hub for the whole order until it completes |
| Refunds | Credited to the buyer’s Zinn Wallet in full, in USD |
Commission is charged on the seller side only. The full six-tier ladder and both memberships are on the Zinn Hub pricing page.
Work out what the tiers mean for your volume
Put in your average order value and monthly volume; the calculator applies the real Zinn Hub ladder, commission-free first $500 included.
How to move your 99designs listings across
No application to fill in and nobody to wait for: the Import My Services tool does the rebuilding, you check it and confirm.
Register as a Zinner
Registration is free and open. Create your account, then save your My Details preset in the AI Zinn Creator — a two-minute one-off that unlocks Import My Services in your dashboard.
Paste a listing into Import My Services
Copy your public 99designs listing or profile and paste it into the tool; if 99designs is not in the picker, choose Other Platforms. It rebuilds the title, description, every package with its price, delivery and revisions, the FAQs and the requirements. About two minutes per Zinn, and every Zinner gets 10 free imports.
Bring your reviews, then preview and confirm
Up to 10 reviews come across per Zinn, word for word, with the reviewer’s name, star rating and date — badged as imported and checked against the source URL you paste in. Images are generated free, or upload your own. You edit the full preview before anything is submitted.
Set up your store, payments and the other two channels
The Store Setup and Payment Setup wizards take a few minutes each; connect your own Stripe or PayPal to be paid at checkout. Then publish your directory profile and send free proposals on Projects.
What to expect, honestly. A star rating and a seller level belong to the platform that issued them; no marketplace can move those across. Imported reviews travel and are shown as imported, but your Zinn Hub rating itself starts again and builds from confirmed purchases here — reviews on Zinn Hub require one. Expect to run both accounts side by side for a while: nothing here asks you to close anything.
What you get on Zinn Hub
Included for every Zinner, from the day you register.
Three revenue streams from day one
Zinns for fixed-price sales, Projects for free proposals, and the Freelancer Directory for inbound hires — one account, three routes to a sale.
0% on your first $500, then a falling rate
0% commission on your first $500, then tiered rates that fall as you sell — as low as 7% on Agency Zinner. Buyers pay no platform fee.
Your own payment accounts
Connect Stripe or PayPal and buyers pay you directly at checkout. Zinners on platform-protected payments are paid from the payout queue once the order completes.
45 languages, 59 currencies
The site reads in 45 languages, you can be messaged in 12 more, and buyers can view prices in 59 display currencies. Everything is charged in USD.
Verified Zinners and protected payments
Zinners are verified with government-issued photo ID and evidence of their skills and past work. On a Platform Protected Zinner the payment is held by Zinn Hub for the whole order until it completes, and refunds are credited to the buyer’s Zinn Wallet in full, in USD.
Micro Zinns for small, fast work
Fixed-price services at $5, $10, $15 or $20, with their own categories and price pages. See how Micro Zinns work.
Bring your listings over free, in your own time
Import My Services is self-serve and free: paste, preview, confirm. Building a Zinn from scratch instead? Start from Graphics & Design or the Logo Design skill, see who else offers it in the Logo Design directory, read what buyers are asking for in Graphic Design projects, and pick up the selling guide for your category from the selling guides.
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