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So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

mgdesigns — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:40:48 GMT

I was not expecting to get any sales. I still think no one knows about Benable but I think I might be wrong and this is one of the biggest opportunities for us Zazzle creators to make extra income and promote our stores!

Pics and more info below

I just learned about the page here 10 days ago. Opened an account and created 2 lists on April 2nd. My gifts one was optimized in a few hours (which I guess is what they always do if you follow the first instructions), then the mermaid one was optimized when it had about 30 items but once I added more my "list optimized" badge was removed and I have not been able to bring it back. The tune-up page says everything is correct. The thing is, I forgot about it until today and when I checked I got 2 affiliate sales from this not optimized list! Once 4 days and one 6 days after creating the list. Woah!!

So yes, it works!!! If you were doubting about using it, I say do it. People actually check them out and see your products, even if they end up buying something else you also add to the list. Just wanted to share because I'm still in shock and it can help all of us.

If you don't have an account, you can skip the waiting list with my invitation here: https://benable.com/i/MHB53
or here: https://benable.com/i/5K7C1

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

mgdesigns — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:45:18 GMT

Forgot to add that you can follow me here https://benable.com/itsmarina and I'll follow back 😊
Or on my weddings account: https://benable.com/wedding

If anyone has any tips please feel free to share so we can help each other!

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

PenguinPower — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:49:06 GMT

You might want to go into all of your zazzle items and switch the Benable links off.. if you don’t you’ll get 3rd party sales at Z and Benable will only give you a small percentage of the referral… you are much better off getting your promoter referral from Z… By all means leave the Benable links for non-zazzle items, but don’t give away your z profits…

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

tiffjamaica — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:49:45 GMT

I've also made several sales on non-zazzle items there! As you said, I didn't expect it. There aren't many good surprises these days, so this was a nice one!! Just followed you! https://benable.com/designsbytiffanyduffy

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

mgdesigns — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:02:23 GMT

Thanks! Thankfully, I do that already so I'm good 😄

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

mgdesigns — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:04:24 GMT

Followed back! I really don't get how we are found as there's barely any info about the website out there but I won't complain 😄 Maybe it's a big thing going around in social media on how to get extra income? and these people wanting to earn end up spending too

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

mgdesigns — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:09:50 GMT

Some extra tips I can share:

- I can't remember the youtube channel it was but one woman said to add "affiliate link" (or similar) in all of the products you create that are not from your own shop. This is regular practice on social media and I think it can save all of us. Since benabe is already an affiliate page and it's them that earn the referral but then give us a share, I'm not sure of the legalities but it won't hurt to start adding it from the start.

- I write the notes myself but for list names and the description, chatgpt helps a lot.

- Hide the list if you don't plan on adding at least 15 items at once

- After the first 15, don't add too many products as I did or you won't know when the "optimized list" badge will disappear and you don't want to have to delete items at random and start adding them again one by one leaving some time in between

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

Cat — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:22:05 GMT

Can somebody give me the kindergarten level explanation of what Benable is? I get that it's a place you can share links, but I don't understand how their system works. They pay you for posting links, but somehow you don't get a Zazzle referral? I'm confused.

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

Connie — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:38:44 GMT

I don't understand how it works either.

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

ColsCreations — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:06:37 GMT

Just think of it as another platform to share things on. In my head, Benable is like a cross between Pinterest and a blog. You can create different boards ("Lists") and write up posts/pins ("list items") to go in each. The twist is it's product centric, it's expected that you're writing about & recommending something others can buy. If they buy, you get a small affiliate commission from Benable without having to sign-up independently on a bunch of other sites to be an affiliate for them. In the case of Zazzle items, you can use your own Ambassador link instead of Benable's auto link, so that you get the full referral direct from Zazzle, instead of just a small percent of it through Benable.

Even if you don't get any sales from it, you can use it as another way to create "link juice" for your Z items, as adding them to Benable is creating more links for the searchbots to find & crawl.

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

mgdesigns — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 21:47:52 GMT

I see it as a way for influencers to get more affiliate referrals. They create a list and share it with their followers. If you see it like that it makes more sense than thinking about it as the new Pinterest. It's completely different. I think people like to see what others actually use so maybe they find the page through an influencer and then start using it to search for things to buy. For us creators, we can create lists that include our products but not exclusively so it feels more natural to promote.

They don't pay you for posting links. Not exactly. You post a link and if it sells you get a referral just as you do if you promote another Zazzle shop with your referral number on social media. To promote Zazzle products now that Zazzle has the new ambassador program, you just click the share button of your product or another shop's product and for your shop is a clean link you paste on Banable and just make sure to unclick the referral button, and for other's shops, Zazzle now gives you the link with your code so you just pase that and also make sure to unclick the referral button.

When you promote a product from let's say sephora, etsy, or target, you just copy the URL, paste it in the list page, and leave the referral button on so you get the Benable referral. It's less than if you apply for each page's affiliate program but it's easier to use and you have thousands of shops to use. Hope it helps!

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

Cat — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 23:01:38 GMT

OK I think I get it now! So essentially, Benable is an affiliate on a variety of platforms, so they get paid by Amazon or Etsy or Zazzle, or whatever the platform is when a referral coming from them results in a sale. Then they pass on a portion of the referral to whomever it was that posted the link on Benable. But if you're signed up as an affiliate with Zazzle (or whatever platform) you can bypass their referral system and use your own link so that you get paid directly (by Zazzle or Amazon or whatever). Is that it?

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

ColsCreations — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 23:15:52 GMT

Yes.

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

PenguinPower — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 03:03:38 GMT

Very basically they are an affiliate aggregator... they have thousands of companies that are contracted with them to pay referral fees. They then have people like us make lists that look a lot like Pinterest pins with links to products in them and give us part of the referral fee if someone clicks through and buys. They make money, you make money and you don't have find and sign up for thousand upon thousands of affiliate programs, keep track of them and make enough from them to actually collect... They do allow you to switch off their affiliate link whenever you'd like - they get it that some people may already belong to affiliate programs elsewhere and wouldn't care to give up a portion of their fee - so all you have to do to not have them skimming of part of your Z referral is turn off their automatic affiliate link.

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

Anne-Marie — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 07:07:56 GMT

And how do we switch off the Benable links?

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

mgdesigns — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:06:27 GMT

If you have created your products already just click on it, then the 3 dots on top of the image > edit and click the button I show you here

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

mgdesigns — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:09:16 GMT

Yes, exactly that!

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

Anne-Marie — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:56:40 GMT

Ok. I did that but wasn't sure if that was enough. Thanks!

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

mgdesigns — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:22:17 GMT

yes, that it! So simple we think we're missing something 😄 Hope you get a lot of referrals now!

Re: So.. I sold 2 things on Benable in less than a week

Anne-Marie — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:24:32 GMT

Right back at you! 🙂