Dribbble Pro worth it — does it?
Are you a Dribbbler? If yes you maybe know about Dribbble Pro or Dribbble Pro Business. It is worth subscribing?
In this article, we are going to discuss one of the leading design community.
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What we are going to discuss about Dribbble?
- Freelance opportunity
- Design community
- Dribbble vs Behance myth
- Connections
- Inspiration platform
- Dribbble Pro features
✔ Dribbble VS Behance?
Which is better dribbble or Behance?
Dribbble more often compared with Behance but those who know these platforms closely understand the difference.
Behance is more about case studies & fully completed projects.
Dribbble is more focused on showcasing work in progress or shots of work.
- Both Dribbble & Behance platforms offer work opportunities & getting clients from these platforms.
- Dribbble & Behance platforms are great for inspiration.
- Platforms are great to find creatives
Enough talking about platforms.
let’s talk about Dribbble pro features & it’s really worth subscribing?
✔ Freelance opportunity
I have been on Dribbble since 2018 now & shared many shots in years.
I got many of my well-paying clients & many good connections via Dribbble.
Below you can check out the screenshot from the global design survey 2019.
Dribbble holding more shares then Instagram, Twitter & Linkedin.
This survey is based on the review from 17,000 design professional's responses.
As you can see most of these people got contacted via direct email. but here is a catch. In Dribbble shots creatives share their emails.
If I share my stats on my Pinterest or other stats. My Dribbble shots are getting more engagement & ranking prospective.
Almost every shot got ranked on google within 6–8 hours.
So I believe most of these people who got Emailed directly hold some percentage of Dribbble great SEO ranking.
It opens so many opportunities for being hired by clients!
Dribbble helps a number of the world’s best design-forward companies including Apple, Airbnb, IDEO, Facebook, Google, Dropbox, Slack, Shopify, Lyft get exposure for their design teams and to help them hire expert creatives.
The number of freelancers around the world is increasing. So being on platforms that get job opportunities is a great addition.
✔ Design community
Dribbble community has been around since 2010 and top platforms where designers can share work, or shots, and get feedback.
There is no doubt Dribbble has top industry designers active on this platform.
As a freelancer, I always find really helpful for being a part of a design community & its growing day-by-day.
Dribbble serves a great role in providing blog posts & articles by interviewing top designers.
In 2018 alone, Dribbble community size nearly doubled!
This has led to 40% more job postings and 80% more sent work inquiries that reached 50% more designers than in 2017.
Dribbble in Inc. 5,000 fastest growing companies.
✔ Connections
Dribbble helped me to connect with many clients as well as studios I work with, So as a connection platform Dribbble is great.
Dribbble Meetups are held around the world & can be held by anyone. I like to get those meetup notifications in my email that are going to held near me.
✔ Inspiration platform
Dribbble is the go-to resource for locating and connecting with designers and artistic talent round the globe.
In 2018, designers uploaded 1.2 million shots, that got 35 million likes and 1 million comments.
✔ Dribbble Pro Features
Let’s discuss pro features. 🙌
Dribbble costs around $60 for Dribbble pro and Pro Business costs around $180 for one year. That is quite affordable.
Upgraded shots
Forget about those static images or pixelated gifs.
Dribbble is now offers animated beautiful high-quality videos as shots.
Upload multishot at once.
Advance Stats
Monitor stats of every shot. that is the best feature from my perspective.
Explore Dribbble pro page to know all the features they are offering.
Conclusion
So fare we discussed almost everything about a great design platform as well as the community.
Dribbble pro worth it?
I will surely give it a try to Dribbble pro after considering all the above points of Dribbble.
I am Kanhaiya Sharma.
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