Brandstack is an online website for creating

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, business cards,

social media Social media are interactive media technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks. While challenges to the definition of ''social medi ...

posts, videos and other

graphic Graphics () are visual images or designs on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, screen, paper, or stone, to inform, illustrate, or entertain. In contemporary usage, it includes a pictorial representation of data, as in design and manufacture, ...

designs.

History

Brandstack was founded in March 2008 and had its beginnings under the name Incspring. Founded by

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Wes Wilson and based out of San Antonio, Texas, Incspring's branding solution began to gain recognition in the tech blogging community. In June 2009, Incspring changed its name and branding to Brandstack, with a logo acquired within its service. Brandstack has since been

trademark A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies products or services from a particular source and distinguishes them from others ...

ed as Brandstack, LLC. Brandstack temporarily closed in late 2011, prior to being acquired by

DesignCrowd DesignCrowd is an online crowdsourcing platform founded in 2007. Its main product appears to be online software called BrandCrowd which enables users to create design assets, such as logos and websites. History DesignCrowd was launched in ...

. On 20 December 2011, DesignCrowd, an

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crowdsourcing Crowdsourcing involves a large group of dispersed participants contributing or producing goods or services—including ideas, votes, micro-tasks, and finances—for payment or as volunteers. Contemporary crowdsourcing often involves digita ...

marketplace, announced the acquisition of Brandstack. Following the acquisition, DesignCrowd changed Brandstack's name and

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and launched BrandCrowd. In 2018, BrandCrowd launched its logo maker. The firm is headquartered in

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Products

Brandstack launched a sister site, Upstack.com, in February 2010 for custom design work to augment Brandstack.com's marketplace for logos. Included services on Upstack.com are logos, websites, print collateral,

illustration An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in print and digital published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, vid ...

s, and basic web graphics. Upstack's custom design service has been replaced by DesignCrowdRoss Dawson
"Australia is Becoming A Global Hub for Outsourcing Platforms: Freelancer.com, 99 Designs, DesignCrowd"
"Trends In The Living Networks" an Australian-based

crowdsourcing company.

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External links

Official websiteBrandCrowd websiteBrandCrowd logo maker
Online marketplaces of Australia