Dribbble

Dribbble
Available in English
Website www.dribbble.com
Alexa rank Decrease 1114 (January 2017)[1]
Commercial Yes
Registration Optional
Users 460,000

Dribbble is an online community for showcasing user-made artwork. It functions as a self-promotion and networking platform for graphic design, web design, illustration, photography, and other creative areas. It was founded in 2009 by Dan Cederholm and Rich Thornett, becoming publicly available in 2010. It is one of the largest platforms for designers to share their work online, with an estimated 460,000 users,[2] competing directly with Adobe-owned Behance — the latter being the largest.[3] The company is located in Salem, Massachusetts.[4]

Membership and Controversy

Dribbble has an invite-only membership system, where a number of invitations are handed out to artists and designers to freely distribute them amongst their peers. There is also a Pro subscription service with added features.[5]

There have been discussions around their invite-only membership system, which has caused some controversy. The system has been used as a way to control the growth of the platform. Upon joining the website the user is first listed as a Prospect, only being able to effectively post work once they get an invitation from another user. This has provoked debate amongst the design community, often describing it as a form of elitism.[6][7][8]

Features

In October 2014, Dribbble announced a feature which allows users sharing work that is also for sale to link to sites for purchase.[9]

On 17 May 2016, Playbook was released. Playbook is an instant portfolio with simple and light customization, powered by Dribbble, at your own domain or on dribbble.com. The Playbook feature is a paid service, that is charged annually.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "dribbble.com Site Overview". Alexa. Alexa Internet. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Yearly Replay 2013 – Dribbble Blog". dribbble.com.
  3. ↑ Anthony Wing Kosner (7 May 2013). "Adobe's Behance: The Creative Graph Lets Your Work Do The Networking". Forbes.
  4. ↑ Tsotsis, Alexia (August 9, 2010). "Dribbble, Share Your Designs And Get Feedback In Realtime". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Dribbble - Show and tell for designers". dribbble.com.
  6. ↑ "The ultimate guide to everything Dribbble". Webdesigner Depot.
  7. ↑ Dave Gamache (29 March 2011). "Dribbble, one year on: does it live up to the hype?". The Next Web.
  8. ↑ Nicole Dominguez. "Design, Dribbble and Greatness". Medium.
  9. ↑ http://blog.dribbble.com/2014/10/24/goods.html
  10. ↑ "Introducing Playbook". Dribbble. May 17, 2016.
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