What is the difference between a design contest and a 1 to 1 project?

In design contests, business owners can get many creative designs from multiple designers for a single project, whereas in a one-to-one project, clients search through our directory of designer portfolios, handpick the one they like and start a one to one project with them on their own terms. They can search through designers on the basis of their rankings, expertise and portfolio.

In a one-to-one project the customer and the designer finalize the details such as minimum number of designs, revisions, duration and money mutually on the website itself. Once agreed, a private project is held exclusive to the customer and designer. Whereas in a design contest, a customer pre-defines the prize money for their contest and there is no negotiations on it from designers.