In marketing, I have always run to the problem of quickly finding appropriate icons to plug into our collaterals. Having them under one umbrella is definitely something that is helpful. Best wishes for the future.
@ankur_mandal1, thatās exactly my aim!
From 2022 onwards I want to serve brands that when they think about top-notch icons, to think about Pixel Bazaar. And because of that, I need to raise the bar not only in quality, but in promises. And the key promise I make on the website is whenever icons comes out from my sweatshop, theyāll be sold only on www.pixelbazaar.com.
With this positioning and a promise I solve a particular problem agencies have: They canāt always afford custom iconography, but they also want to use unique icons. And by not selling the icons elswhere, they will rarely be seen in random corners of the universe, but will be seen mostly applied on company websites and apps.
Back in the days I was known as āthe icons guyā, and Pixel Bazaar was my brand.
I was designing icons from 2012 to about 2016. During that time, I mastered the icons craft and learned all the tricks on how to squeeze out maximum creativity on a minimum amount of pixels.
But I made the same mistake as 99% of the icons designers. I accepted many offers from many marketplaces to sell my icons under their brand, according to their rules. Over time, that damaged my brand, lowered my earnings, and eventually stole my customers. On top of it, the market was getting oversaturated and undervalued, so I decided itās high time to get back to my original career trackāproduct design.
Lately, I got a sudden urge to get back to the scene. Creativity has been piling up for too long. I just needed a spark, a sign. And lo and behold, while waiting at the cashier to pay my groceries, an email arrived:
āHey, Zlatko! Just to let you know that I tattooed your tesla coil icon because I named my daughter Tesla.ā
I was dumbstruck, seeing a tattoo of some random guy in the US having my icon permanently inked to his forearm.
At that moment I realised even though Iāve been helping clients in the UX field for more than 10 years, I havenāt left such an emotional imprint, as I left with my icons.
āThatās itā, I cheered. If this was not a sign, I donāt know what is.
So, Iām getting back. And while this is not the right time to do itāas my icons are already selling on third-party platforms with discounted pricesā to win over them, Iām offering everything for free as a Black Friday offer! Letās see if anyone can beat that.
If I gather enough interest from you, and the tens of thousands like you, Iāll revive PixelBazaar and will start crafting new top-quality icons. All of them will be sold directly on the website, and nowhere else. So, make sure you subscribe because you wonāt find the same future icons in some weird corner of the universe with a heavily discounted deal.
Omg..
- Is it free?
- Yes
- Ok, download.
- No, say something good in social.
- Ok. Can I download?
- No, say what is a fair price?
- 0, because you say it is free. Can I download?
- No, I need your email.
- Ok, here is my email. Can I download?
- Of course you can, it is free.
Alex, I get you. Sorry if there are too many steps.
I would gladly exclude the āfair priceā step, but Gumroadāthe service I use to implement my goodies has no other option for offering a freebie.
And to be honest, Iām contemplating whether to keep the social share. Itās an experiment. Iāll keep it today and tomorrow, and I might remove it during the weekend. Iām simply testing what brings better, and fairer engagement.
Hey, Alex. An update. I made the social share optional, and found a way how to auto-populate the price to 0. Your honest opinion was really valuable. š
Amazing! :D Very cool design, and it seems like a great collection of variety of icons suitable for many branches! Also, such a sweet story! ^_^ Congratulations for coming back with this great idea! ^_^
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