Finally, I get to be an "expert" on Hacker News :). I have hired a number of great designers from dribbble some of which went on to work in places like Apple.

Finally, I get to be an "expert" on Hacker News :). I have hired a number of great designers from dribbble some of which went on to work in places like Apple. First step: Get Dribbble pro for $25. It'd worth it. Step 2: first search for designers based on a similar project. In my 1st case I used keywords like "music" "Spotify" "player" etc. In yours, you can use "classifieds", "Craigslist" "Job Board" etc. People would charge lower if they are doing similar stuff they've done before, or have sampled similar ideas. Step 3: Based on budget, filter for A. Designers from everywhere apart from US and UK. For. Skills, people have to charge based on their living expenses and based on what they can get in their vicinity. B. Solo Designers Available for work South Africa, Some of Western and Eastern Europe (Holland, Belgium, Poland, Romania etc) have an abundance of great affordable designers. Step 3: Open up a spreadsheet for up to 30 designers with style you like and put up their names and email addresses. Follow. Them so you know who you've contacted. Step 4: Sent out individual messages. Some have their emails listed. Some you need to contact via Dribbble. The email has to be brief an to the point. People. My email was like this. -- Subject : Are you available for Freelance Message: Hi Name. Great work on Dribbble. Are you available for freelance? What's your rate? I have a well detailed out project that would need design help. I hope to hear from you. (you can add, that you're a developer so working with you will be straightforward) -- Quotes are high because people budget for project creep. Being clear can reduce your budget by 30%. Step 5: Based on response rate (expect ~50%) filter out. Thank those who are beyond your budget. Sometimes they ask for the progect scope and their total may be lower. For me, I focused on people that charged max of $40/hour. I usually negotiate by showing all the wire framed pages to be designed and getting my quote. Step 6 : Rinse and Repeat until you get what you're looking for. Note: Your site looks very good especially as a v1. Focus on traction first. Like others have said you "maybe" need some UX work. I'm not a designer and do product for my startup and usually do the recruiting. Feel free to contact me. (email in profile) PS: Put your website on this thread so people can check it out.