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How long to see traction

MPFG-sos — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:41:17 GMT

I know everyone is different but wanted to know (as I consider whether i stay working on Zazzle or not) how long it took people on here to see traction and regular sales

What do you earn now per month in profit and how long did it take to get to your level

Its so hard as there are no feedback from Zazzle yet on my prodcuts ...I am going regular for 2.5 months now

I have views on my products but no sales ...I am not sure how long it takes and if its worth it so decied to ask others their expereince. (my prodcust are niched down and personalizable with images)

Re: How long to see traction

MOM — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 01:56:04 GMT

@MPFG-sos

We have joined Zazzle on 11/11/2023.

We have sold our first item on 1/4/2024 at 3:02:59 PM and we took in a whopping $0.36.

This is now our third year on Zazzle, if we don’t make a major stride forward this year we will call it a day and simply fold. We have reached Pro status but we aren’t Bronze yet and maybe we will never reach this goal. And because it’s going so slow for us we have time to maintain yearly bestseller pages, lol.

https://sanfrancisco.zone/2024_bestsellers/

https://sanfrancisco.zone/2025_bestsellers/

https://sanfrancisco.zone/2026_bestsellers/

We wish you much success - don’t throw the towel to early!!

Re: How long to see traction

KarmaKay — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 03:07:10 GMT

I started way back in 2008. Or at least that's what it says for "member since".” It looks like my first payouts were back in 2011, so I don't think I started selling until then. I didn't start getting monthly payments until 2012, and it looks like those averaged around $150 per payout. The following years were even less, I see. All the way up until 2017 when I started focusing on it (I'd pretty much just let it sit back then). I have to shout out to Jen & Elke Clarke's free youtube videos and my own sheer desperation for that spike.

I don't know how it is starting out now because things have changed so much, but I can tell you that every time I've really started working on Zazzle more, it takes many months before I see results from that work. It can be a slow build.

Mine has covered my rent probably since around 2019 up until the royalty claw back (and me moving to a more expensive place). Long story short: It can definitely take time. Don't give up : ) If I could go back in time, I would have focused more heavily here years ago. Also don't read this and think it will take years to see anything. That was me barely creating anything because I needed to make money more quickly, so I had to focus on other platforms & my own site.

Re: How long to see traction

MPFG-sos — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:36:53 GMT

Thanks for your reply

I really likr your travle postcards and I think the tee shirts are also great

Re: How long to see traction

MPFG-sos — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:40:31 GMT

Thanks for replying

its seems like a long playbook but its good to know that it covered your rent for sometime

Harder to succeed now I would say. i don'tn mind the time too much but its the lack of signal that can be so difficult to take. Like who knows if I am doing the right things ?

Re: How long to see traction

KarmaKay — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:56:57 GMT

Yes, lol! Looking back, it has been a long time. Sure wish I would have focused more on it way back. It definitely doesn't have to take that long : )

Re: How long to see traction

KarmaKay — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:01:29 GMT

Do you have Google analytics hooked up to your store? That can help to get a better idea of what's going on.

Re: How long to see traction

MOM — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:07:42 GMT

@MPFG-sos Thank you so much!! 😊