All agreements are between you and the Designer. All agreements are generated on the platform, accepted and signed by both you and the Designer. Agreements can be negotiated with the Designer at any point via chat and messaging. 

You can pre-load your standard T&Cs inside your studio terms tab. So you can create a library of your standard agreements, so you can reuse them each time or edit them. This saves time.

Each time you attach an agreement to a product and the agreement is signed, the agreement will always remain attached to that transaction for your future reference. You can always create new T&C when creating a new Brief, Open Call or purchasing a product from the marketplace. You can select and edit ones from a previous agreement and save them with a new name.

Any design your purchase will be visible in your studio space. If purchased from the marketplace the product will appear in your Product tab. Briefs appear in the Brief tab, Pitches in Pitches and Open Call proposals in the Open Call tab. From there, you can download them directly, and access them whenever you like.

An Open Call is a brief to all the Designers registered on the platform. An Open Call is usually used by Buyers when they are requesting product ideas for a general theme, not too specific. This allows the Buyers to reach out to the Designers to propose ideas based on a loose idea; not all Designers will reply.

Create the Open Call by completing the form Submit your Open Call Your Open Call will appear on your profile Designers will be notified.

Once a designer has accepted your Brief or Purchase Request, you can message them directly, allowing you to collaborate and develop the product together. You may wish to exchange numbers and call via an online meeting platform or arrange a visit if possible. Even if the project is complete, you can always return to that project and discuss any further details within the chat specifically for that project.

Yes absolutely, with the first tier you can have a single user, with the next, three – five, and with the top tier it’s six plus.

Yes. Within your studio, you can invite a Designer personally to join your studio. They will receive an email from you to register on BuyDesign

When viewing a Designer’s profile, you can simply add that Designer to your studio by clicking the favourite button. You can add as many Designers as you wish and you can filter the designers in your studio by name, category, location, experience, products and briefs.

You can select a single Designer to brief directly
You can select multiple Designers to brief directly with the same brief.

A mood board is a very good way to create a collection of products from the marketplace on BuyDesign. It can be based on a subject, such as a seasonal collection, material or category.

Create a mood board and add a name and description.
Add products directly from the market or the Designer’s profile.
Share mood board. Invite your colleagues who are registered as Buyers on BuyDesign to view, edit and collaborate on your mood board.

Pitches are a very popular feature for Buyers on BuyDesign. Pitches allow Designers to pitch directly to your business an idea they believe you would be interested in, securely and privately. Many companies receive hundreds of unsolicited emails from Designers, which need to be replied to for courtesy and legal reasons. 

The direct Pitch feature allows you to.
View all pitches within your studio Pitch tab. Filter by name, categories and more. Reject or accept the Pitch with an automated email (you can always add a personal note)

You can discover products and collaborate with designers in several ways.

Discover Designers by viewing products
You can view original product ideas Designers have uploaded to the marketplace. You can add to your moldboard and view later. Viewing a product will allow you to also view the designer’s profile.

Discover Designers by viewing profiles
View all Designers in the Designers tab. You can view and filter Designers by Categories, Location and Experience and more…

Add Designers to your studio and brief them.
When viewing a Designer’s profile, you can simply add that Designer to your studio by clicking the favourite button. You can add as many Designers as you wish and you can filter the designers in your studio by name, category, location, experience, products and briefs.

You can select a single Designer to brief directly
You can select multiple Designers to brief directly with the same brief. Invite a designer to join BuyDesign

Invite a Designer to join your studio
Within your studio, you can invite a Designer personally to join your studio. They will receive an email from you to register on BuyDesign.

No, BuyDesign is free to use for now. We just take a commission, and for a one-time fee we calculate 15% on top of the asking price. For any products licensed to a company and receive royalties, we deduct 15%. We may introduce a subscription fee in the future with access to premium features but for now, it’s completely free to access for buyers and designers.

For buying designs from the marketplace, as a One Off purchase, you can pay by card, direct debit, or BACS.
For any Designs which are licensed to you from a Designer through the Platform on a royalty basis, we shall take payment from the Designer for our commission. You shall provide us with a royalty report on a periodic basis agreed in the relevant contract. We will invoice you the royalty payable. Upon receipt of full cleared payment from you, we will notify the Designer of such receipt and then pay the Designer.

Absolutely. We can generate an invoice for you to process and pay via bank transfer.

Yes, you can add as many team members as you wish. The first user from your business who signs up will be the main account holder who can then invite other team members to join.