topic Re: Sales down ? in General Zazzle Discussion

Sales down ?

Peter222 — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 20:04:04 GMT

Just curious if anyone else has slow sales lately ?

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randysgrandma — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 21:31:41 GMT

Mine were down for awhile. Very few sales on some days. But the last few days they have really taken off. With a couple of sales for multiple items with the same design. I can't explain it but it is not unusual for me.

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TerriArtDesign — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 08:21:35 GMT

Yes, the number of sales are lower/slower... but I'm noticing the sales are more higher in royalty lately. So people buying higher priced items than I'm used to selling of people buying higher QTYs of an item.

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carulcards — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 11:30:27 GMT

I have noticed the same. Has there been a change in how customers can find our designs?

When I look for one of my own designs on Google and then click on it (not being logged in), I'm first presented with what could be called 'the page before the page' (the product page). On this pre-page I find a lower resolution image of my design and the suggestion to view the Product details. Below is a row of mostly my own designs (called Other designs you might like) and then 15(!) rows of other designs (called Popular from this Department) until I finally can see my own collection and description.

I have also tried to look for the designs of other creators, and exactly the same thing happens. Has there been a discussion about this?

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Boki — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 19:58:16 GMT

It should be much better, ... 😞 🙂

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WHS_Designs — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 17:52:29 GMT

It does seem to be that way lately, but in particular, Fridays/Saturdays/Sundays are almost always much quieter for me than the other days of the week.

W.H.

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BKMuir — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 19:19:21 GMT

I just registered my first 2 sales for April on the 9th.

@WHS_DesignsI find the opposite, most of my sales are on Saturday/Sunday.

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WHS_Designs — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 19:44:43 GMT

wow, that is strange indeed!

W.H.

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Peter222 — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 19:54:26 GMT

Thank you to all for your feedback, I suppose folks don't have a whole lot of extra cash right now. Lets hope it picks up for summer. 😊In the mean time as always its good to know I am not alone.

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WHS_Designs — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 22:03:15 GMT

@BKMuir we must be on different servers. 😉

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Caprice — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 01:49:21 GMT

It's pretty discouraging, to be honest. I've really enjoyed my time designing on Z - but it might be time to give it up....

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CatsEyeViewGift — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 13:13:39 GMT

I find my sales are also lower on weekends, I just assume people are out having fun. On weeknights they come home from work tired and just cruise the net and watch tv?

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CatsEyeViewGift — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 13:19:23 GMT

I've made about 1/2 the royalties April 1-14 this year versus April 1-14 last year. Sold a couple more products - so making less money and less money per product. Hoping it will get better. March this year was slow early on but ended up having a decent month. I was hoping for more Easter sales but only sold 4 cards this year.

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WBartworks — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 20:38:59 GMT

I am fairly new to Zazzle and have been told it takes years before receiving steady sales. Well, what will be a lot of sales for some, might be nothing to others. Let's hope that when sales increase, they will also include big ticket items.

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KayCordingly — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:58:01 GMT

I’ve made about half the sales that I did this time last year. So yeah... pretty slow!

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BKMuir — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 19:29:13 GMT

I just checked this month's sales vs April 2021. I have made nearly double the # of sales, yet they have been small items so I've only earned 1/2 the $.

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clmyers — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 15:35:57 GMT

YES! Mine have been way slower compared to this time frame of years past...

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Caprice — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 18:41:40 GMT

I've just had a flurry of sales, yet my Z ranking is down a point. 🤔 Not sure what to make of it. Anyone else ever had that happen? Do we have any info on the frequency with which Z rank is calculated? Is it daily? Weekly? Monthly?

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KayCordingly — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 02:03:08 GMT

That’s so weird; the exact same thing happened to me! Okay, so what happened on tuesday that caused a surge in sales on wednesday and thursday? Because that is to much of a coincidence to just be a coincidence.

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Caprice — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 02:06:13 GMT

The same thing meaning just a flurry of sales, or sales combined with a drop in Z rank?