Hello zazzle creators.
i was just wondering if anyone else’s number of pending sales are decreasing since the recent zazzle price increase?? My sales were going strong and have plummeted down almost 100 sales! In the past few months my sales have been rising or staying steady. I’m hoping they don’t continue to plummet! I personally thought that zazzles price increase was pretty high. A particular product example was priced $23.00 then rose all the way up to $29.00! That seems extreme to me and it seems like my sales customers are feeling the same way and turning away.
Anyone else experiencing this??
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Yes my sales nearly stopped. Had my first day with no sales in a long time since the increase.
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I lowered my markup a couple months ago in anticipation of rising costs, but so far still a trickle of orders.
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I haven’t noticed a significant decrease in sales, but my sales do fluctuate week to week, so I’ll have to monitor it for a few months.
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That’s too bad we are experiencing this, I depend on my store income and surely hope it doesn’t drop even more. Zazzle should be feeling the affects too so wondering what they are thinking. I don’t mind a price increase but seemed to be a HUGE one! 
I also think that the increase will affect my sales eventually, although I haven’t seen a noticeable drop yet. It seems that the discounts aren’t as good as they used to be. Is it my imagination?
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I just got a shock yesterday when I ordered some stickers and labels. Had 'em in my cart for a while just to make sure the designs were what I wanted, and found that everything shot up when I was asleep, darn it. Went ahead and ordered 'em in case the prices go up again, which I’m sure they will. I work retail p/t, and half the time is spent now on changing prices. Folks, this isn’t done yet. Hang onto your hats. You think it’s bad now, it will get worse. Peak (maybe) inflation coupled with the incoming typical slow summer season… not gonna be pretty for many.
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Not your imagination - I was thinking the same thing. Usually there are some 50% off sales, especially on cards. The card sale starting tomorrow is only 40% off. Considering my cards went from $3.50 to $4.02 - even the sale price is quite an increase (From $1.75 to $2.44 - that’s a 40% increase)
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If the price increase continues we’ll probably lose most of our business. And have much more intellectual theft. Just look at people stealing gas out of parked cars now. smh. And my sales were just starting to pick up after being very part time on here for 10 years, I retired and finally have time to do more – hoping I could start counting on some extra money … and now this. It’s very disheartening.
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Are you comparing to the sales pattern from last year at the same time, or just from a few weeks ago?
Historically, my sales dwindled badly in July and August, but I began seeing the drop at the beginning of this month. It’s not just a Zazzle thing. Just try to do any sort of renovation in your home and you’ll be knocked over by the prices on lumber alone. Inflation is hitting fast and hard, which makes people close their wallets. They’re spending a lot less on their wants, reserving their money for their needs. PODs don’t cater to people’s needs.
If Zazzle can hang in there long enough, and if we all have patience, things will get better. They always do. My memory spans a godawful number of decades, so I know this to be true.
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Yes a huge drop! Like you, I was really pleased to see my sales increasing month on month, and then bam 
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I think usually the sales are lower around this time of the year anyway, and Zazzle reserves the bigger discounts for the holidays (and peak wedding season). I know last year I was waiting all summer for some good sales on various items.
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I think what will have a bigger impact on Zazzle is not the price increases HERE, but the HUGE increase in gas prices! People HAVE to buy gas to get to work, and now the gas is taking a huge chunk of their paychecks, so they have less disposable income. We’ll probably not do too badly around the holidays, as people will probably rather shop online than in stores, but the summer is going to be slower than normal, I fear.
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That’s a great point.
That’s exactly what happend! I was doing better then ever before for about 5 months and then the day of price raise sales took a dive keep going down. 
I’m comparing it to the past 6 months.For example my Pending number of Sales were staying steady and even increasing little by little then right after price raise the number of sales have plummeted down almost 100 sales less. And it happened the day of price raise so I know this is the cause. The product type that I mostly sell went from $23.00 to $29.00 with no change on my part. I have reduced my percentage some but it doesn’t do much.
Keep an eye on your pending sales number. 
I don’t think it much to do with Zazzle’s price increase in particular, but price increases across the board on everything people regularly buy. Food, rent, power, water etc.
Less money to buy things you can live without.
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I was shocked as well with some of the pricing. For example, I’m still scratching my head over who would buy a clipboard that costs over $40. And that’s just with a 10% royalty! And the mini clipboards are way up there as well. No wonder I don’t sell any! I think Zazzle should have some serious discussions with their product manufacturers over pricing.
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