How did I hire a budget freelance designer? Spoiler: I would NEVER do it again!

I am creating the free Google Chrome extension — Medium Stats, which helps Medium Writers see some extended stats for their profile. I needed the logo for it.

*If you are not part of the Medium Partner Program with this link.

Logo options for the Medium Stats extension

How the extension could help you currently:

- you’re earning daily and understand which article EARNS THE MOST TODAY.

- see how much did your view/reads grow over time.

* The installation took less than 1min with NO registration

Medium Stats Chrome extension

Let's return to our designer.

So for the first release of the extension, I added a simple logo with MS letters. It was enough for that time. But, as soon as I add new functionality in order to promote it, I want that logo would be recognized so people to remember it.

Budget

So as this project is more like a volunteering one with no monetization, I decided to hire a…