Dribbble

Dribbble
Available in English
Owner Dribbble Holdings Ltd. (direct owner)
Tiny
Created by

Founders: Dan Cederholm and Rich Thornett

CEO: Zack Onisko
Website www.dribbble.com
Alexa rank Decrease 1165 (November 2017)[1]
Commercial Yes
Current status Up

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[2] competing directly with Adobe-owned Behance — the latter being the largest.[3] The company is fully remote with no central headquarters.[4]

Dribbble became a part of Tiny, a family of internet startup companies, in January 2017.[5][6]

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.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9][10][11]

Features

In October 2014, Dribbble announced a feature which allows users sharing work that is also for sale to link to sites for purchase.[12]

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.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "dribbble.com Site Overview". Alexa. Alexa Internet. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "2016 Year in Review". Dribbble. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  3. ↑ Kosner, Anthony Wing. "Adobe's Behance: The Creative Graph Lets Your Work Do The Networking". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  4. ↑ "How Dribbble's 23 Remote Employees Keep Half a Million Designers…". Flow. 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  5. ↑ "Transition Game". Dribbble. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  6. ↑ Wilkinson, Andrew (2017-01-17). "Dribbble 2.0". Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  7. ↑ "Dribbble - Show and tell for designers". dribbble.com.
  8. ↑ "Interview with Dribbble's co-founder Dan Cederholm". Webdesigner Depot. 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  9. ↑ "The ultimate guide to everything Dribbble". Webdesigner Depot.
  10. ↑ Gamache, Dave (2011-03-29). "Dribbble, one year on: does it live up to the hype?". The Next Web. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  11. ↑ Dominguez, Nicole (2013-08-26). "Design, Dribbble and Greatness". Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  12. ↑ "Good News". Dribbble. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  13. ↑ "Introducing Playbook". Dribbble. May 17, 2016.
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