A supplier’s first impression is usually a PDF and a logo. Buyers read both as evidence about the company, fairly or not, and in a cross-border deal, where nobody visits before ordering, presentation carries more weight than anyone admits.
These firms are vetted rather than licensed, because no authority licenses design. What is checked is the commercial registration and work that exists, and the page says that rather than implying a regulator that does not exist.
At a glance
- What is listed
- Branding, identity and packaging studios, with registration checked
- Vetted, not licensed
- No authority licenses design. What is verified is the registration and the work
- Typical work
- Identity, packaging, product photography, catalogues, company profiles
- What Sooqban does not do
- Commission the work, manage it, or take a share of the fee
How it works
- Know what you need madeA logo is not a catalogue and a catalogue is not a product photography set. The brief decides who fits.
- Look at the workA studio’s portfolio is the evidence a design directory can actually offer.
- Engage the studio directlyScope, fee and rights are between you and them.
- Own what you paid forAgree in writing that the finished work and its source files are yours. This is where most disputes start.
Who this is for
- A manufacturer whose product is good and whose catalogue undersells it.
- An exporter presenting to a market that will read their materials in another language.
- A company about to be listed here, who would rather look like itself than like a template.
Questions
Why are these firms not licensed?
Because no authority licenses design work. The check here is the commercial registration and work that can be seen, and saying so is more useful than implying a licence that does not exist.
Does Sooqban manage the project?
No. It lists studios; the engagement, the revisions and the fee are yours to agree with them.
Who owns the design at the end?
Whatever your contract says, which is why it should say it. A directory cannot settle ownership; a written scope can.
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