Design Elite vs Fiverr: what the fees and the seller levels actually cover

On Fiverr the listed price is not the price you pay. Fiverr's own help center puts the buyer service fee at 5.5% of the order, plus $3.50 on anything under $200, applied to every single payment. And seller levels are awarded automatically on volume thresholds, not on a review of the work. Here is what that changes, and where Fiverr is still the right call.

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The gig price is not the cost of the deliverable

A gig is quick to pay for. The briefing time, the back and forth, the fee added to every payment and the redo when the file is unusable never show up on the invoice.

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One point of contact

No new seller to brief for every visual, no message thread to reopen six months later.

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All-in pricing

€949.90 to €2,099.90 per month excluding VAT, with no service fee stacked on order by order.

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Source files you can use

Working files and brand guidelines kept current, not a flattened export delivered without layers.

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About Design Elite

Design Elite is a subscription design studio: Prestige at €949.90, Elite at €1,399.90 and Commando at €2,099.90 per month excluding VAT, no commitment, with lower rates on 3, 6 and 12-month terms. Motion design is on the Commando plan only.

Unlimited requests, a project manager who sequences them, one team across the whole brand.

We do not do development, email marketing, video production, paid media, CRM setup or moderated user research.

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Fiverr

Fiverr is a marketplace of packaged services. Fiverr's help center states that the buyer service fee is 5.5% of the purchase price plus $3.50 on orders under $200, and that it applies to every payment you make, extras and tips included.

Seller selection is fully automated, which is worth knowing before you order. An account reaches Level 1 at 5 orders, 3 unique clients and $400 earned, Level 2 at $2,000, and Top Rated at $10,000 plus a manual review. Those are volume and satisfaction thresholds, not an assessment of the creative work.

What Fiverr does better than us, plainly: speed and entry price on an isolated task. A cutout, a banner, a format resize can be ordered in minutes at a price neither an agency nor a subscription can approach, with the cost known before you pay and a dispute process behind it. For anything without brand stakes, that works.

Design Elite and Fiverr, line by line

€949.90 to €2,099.90 per month, excluding VAT

Hired and art-directed in-house

A project manager reframes and sequences it

Same team, guidelines kept current

Delivered and maintained

The brief enters a prioritized queue

Design only, motion design on Commando

Your brand has a steady design workload

Gig price plus 5.5%, and $3.50 under $200

Automatic levels based on volume thresholds

Yours to do, seller by seller

No continuity between two gigs

Often a paid gig add-on

Order it immediately, its genuine strength

Very broad catalog, very uneven quality

One task, no brand stakes

Billing model

How people are selected

Briefing

Brand consistency

Source files

Speed on a single task

Scope

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What you pay, both ways

Fiverr

Buyer service fee, on every payment

5.5% + $3.50

Design Elite

Elite plan, unlimited requests

€1,399.90 / month

Design Elite

Fees added to the invoice

None

When a gig stops being enough

Fiverr is hard to beat on an isolated task. The moment you have a brand to hold together over time, the real cost moves into briefing, redos and consistency. That is what the subscription covers.

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A versatile design team, expert in branding, acquisition and conversion.

Absolutely Perfect! I now use Design Elite for all my designs, I'm on the monthly plan and I can't live without it! Can't wait to continue with you on future projects!

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Design Elite's responsiveness is impressive. They quickly and efficiently met our needs, enabling us to launch impactful campaigns in record time.

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Excellent agency, Samy and the team are extremely responsive, and their attention to detail is crucial for the quality of their design. It's a pleasure working with them.

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Excellent agency that I recommend 1000%! The support and professionalism are consistently outstanding. They guided us through our project from start to finish, and the results are evident. You can trust them with your eyes closed!

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Very professional agency. Fast and responsive, they redesigned my bootcode.co website, which I had originally built myself using a template. As I'm not a designer, I then hired Design Elite, who, at a very affordable price, revamped my visual identity and my website. Thanks to the team for a successful job!

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Founder - Bootcode

We enlisted Design Elite for a complete overhaul of our graphic identity (logos, colors, fonts...), the creation of icons specific to our business, the development of presentation documents, elements for our catalog, and our future website. The team showed an excellent understanding of our needs and challenges. The deliverables were quick and of high quality. We will gradually implement them across all our materials. We definitely won't hesitate to work with them again in the future!

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CEO - Ergo Concept

A design agency that meets the creative needs of ambitious businesses. Whether for our creative advertisements or the design of our physical events, all announced deadlines and services (48-hour delivery) were met. Thank you, Design Elite! Special mention to our account manager Nicolas: this success is yours too!

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The team is very pleasant, always friendly and attentive, even with our many requests. They are open to discussion, proactive in suggesting and testing different avenues, and have successfully understood our style and our company's ethos. Their support for digital projects is particularly seamless.

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