topic Re: Sales down ? in General Zazzle Discussion

Sales down ?

Peter222 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 21:21:46 GMT

My sales have not been on par with what is the norm. They were down over Xmas for sure. Is anyone else seeing this ?

TY much Peter 222

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Westerngirl2 — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 22:24:17 GMT

Yes, it seems that many of us are experiencing dismal sales. I've been on Zazzle for 12 years, and my Jan & Febr sales are down drastically....back to 2015 sales levels, I believe. I've always experienced an annual growth in sales (and number of products I have available), but the dive started late 2023, and seems to be getting worse, unfortunately.

Best of luck to you! I'm trying to hang in there, but have to come to a point where I'm realistic about time spent in relation to revenue earned.

Ah, yes, the sales are down

Beautiful_Vibe — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 11:22:50 GMT

Another Zazzle slump that we all hear about every few months about sales being down? Or are they actually?

Mine are. I feel like I did better with 15 crappy designs as a noob 5 years ago than I do now actually trying with a few 1000 designs. I really do.

It'd be neat to start making a chart of sorts to see when sales are down for certain people.

Wow, though .. they are really bad

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Peter222 — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 19:01:04 GMT

TY, looks like we all are feeling it

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BN_Stationery — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 16:22:36 GMT

same, my sales for fall and this year are half what they were last year

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Boki — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 03:45:55 GMT

I feel invisible,... No sales from my stores for days,... 😞

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Susang6 — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:46:07 GMT

Honestly, I think it isn't easy to keep the customers that you generated from the link you shared on Facebook, blogs, and social media because as soon as they come to our landing page they see other designers' stuff including AdSense. They may get distracted and scroll down to see the other stuff. They do not click on "more details" and just like that the customer that you worked so hard to get is gone. (in my opinion) then there are other problems our products are missing from our categories, our new products are slow to be added to the marketplace and now no image is shown when you share to Facebook. All those things must hurt sales overall.

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Boki — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 21:47:06 GMT

I don't know what exactly is happening, my sales have dropped so much that I haven't sold anything from my stores for days. So much advertising and work, and I feel invisible,... As if there is not enough advertising for the link to my stores. I'm glad when someone sells something, but where am I with my work and effort and Sales?

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GwenDee — Sat, 09 Mar 2024 16:31:27 GMT

Same here. Nothing at all and I always sold a lot in Jan - March. I have not had one sale.

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RMorganSnapshot — Sat, 09 Mar 2024 16:56:01 GMT

If I get one sale about every 2-3 weeks now I'm doing good. Even views of products that HAD been getting daily views have basically stopped.

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KelliC — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 01:26:18 GMT

I just want to say that you are not alone, this is the case for me as well. Zazzle is my full time job and only income source. I usually receive around 30 orders a day but the last few weeks it has been tapering down and the past few days I haven’t received any orders at all which has never happened before. I hope whatever is going on with the algorithm is corrected for us soon! 🤞

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Joco — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:53:28 GMT

Same here. I have never gone this many days- nearly a month- with no sales at all. This has never happened to my store in the years I've been designing.

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Peter222 — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 19:19:02 GMT

There has to be a reason, I mean even in the Pandemic I still made sales, but I suppose some of that could be attributed to them being home more. The price of food and Gas has not changed "all that much", that I have seen. So since we all are experiencing it, something is not right. Even my 3rd party sales are all but gone . Z if your out there, can you look into this issue, I imagine you are feeling it too. If you have changed anything, reconsider it, and seriously consider lowering prices.

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Perelandrian — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 18:12:54 GMT

It's nothing we're doing, or Zazzle is doing, I think. Folks are spending a lot less nowadays in general, between inflation and the impending dollar collapse. I just read that Dollar Tree/Family Dollar just announced they will be closing over 1,000 of their locations due to customer spending being as low as it is. Here's some other retail stores that have been closing down over the past 4 years. Some of them had survived the Great Depression, too:

Kmart

Sears

PayLess

Circuit City

Bed, Bath, & Beyond

Pier 1 Imports

Mervyn’s

RadioShack

Fry’s Electronics

Borders Bookstore

Sports Authority

KB Toys

Toys R Us (now merged with Macy’s)

Walden Books

Sam Goody

Sun Coast

Blockbuster

Hollywood Video

Discovery Channel Store

Disney Store

Warner Bros Store

Club Libby Lou (it was a dress up and party center for girls)

Crazy Eddie (the founder Eddie Antar was a crook so there’s also that)

Zainy Brainy (it was an educational toy store)

Movie Gallery

Papyrus (it was a paper and greeting card company)

Stein Mart

Yellow and Surge

Tower Records

A&P (grocery store)

Lord & Taylor. The first ever retail company founded in 1824! It survived not only World War I and World War II, but also the Civil War, the Great Depression, and the Great Recession, but the “pandemic” was the straw that broke the camel’s back and they all shut down in 2020!

Stocking up on food is never a bad idea, either. You can't eat greeting cards and phone cases.

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Westerngirl2 — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:41:12 GMT

I agree. Food is only going to get more expensive, too. I'm not really a "prepper", but because we live in a very remote area where roads are sometimes closed for weeks at a time, my family calls me the "Queen of Stock-Up". These are times when it doesn't hurt to look into a bit of long term food storage....there are many internet sites that can help you with that. Remember, there are 4 things that destroy stored food....light, air, temperature and, of course, insects and rodents. But, IMO, it is wise for us to have a bit stored up in times like this to get our families through at least short times of disaster.

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Susang6 — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 21:14:14 GMT

have you updated your top sellers to cover photos and updated your collections. It is my understanding that Zazzle algorithms is to promote products with cover photos and collections...at least that is what i read. When you look at the marketplace the majority of products have cover photos and products without seem to be buried. maybe that could be hurting your sales, no exposure in marketplace? I know you work hard at promoting your products and you have many wonderful designs. I wish i had the answer, my sales are off also.

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blushroses — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 15:25:01 GMT

something happen with Zazzle ... after their upgrade and new functionality

same for me ... low sales, lack of views ...no visitors..i don't know ...

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MOM — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 22:59:32 GMT

I mostly agree with Perelandrian. Times are hard and will get even worse for most I’m afraid.

Nonetheless I’m wandering why Zazzle is displaying promotional ads for super cheap items (like Temu offers as an example) and when I look at the Fanny Pack section right now (and I love those, never had one in my life but I’m thinking now about it to get one for my self) I don’t understand why Zazzle would advertise customizable Fanny Packs for as cheap as $1.11. 😱🤯

Potential customers might follow our leads and then just jump on a super cheap item when they scroll down because yes, times are hard. 😐

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Perelandrian — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:53:48 GMT

@MOM fanny packs are truly life-changing! I have always despised carrying a purse, so if you only need to have a few items on your person, they are a far superior option. I bought a simple one on Amazon a few years ago for $20 or so but the ones on Zazzle have extra compartments, so might need to get one of theirs also.

I've heard mixed reviews about Temu products, they seem to be similar to WISH, though. So the quality could be sub par. You typically get what you pay for, especially with sites like those.

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MOM — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:13:14 GMT

I never bought anything from Temu or Wish so I wouldn’t really know but I’m sure you are spot on with your assumption.

Yes, I’m going to get me a fanny pack!! And I’m going to steal your first statement for my video I’m creating right now. Because I believe you!! 😄