I currently have four Zazzle stores. If I recall correctly, the first three stores obtained rankings of at least 4 very soon after I completed most of the store completion steps (to a minimum of 95% completion). My newest store is still at -1 and I believe it’s been 5 days since hitting that milestone. Any thoughts? (New store is https://www.zazzle.com/store/aicomputerart/)
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I have no theories on the holdup so hopefully a mod can answer. I just wanted to say I love how you went all in with AI. Many fun designs. The dinosaur businessman is especially delightful.
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aww, thanks 🙂. I thought I’d give it a shot. Sometimes it took quite a bit of trial-and-error using DALL-E to get something useful. The dinosaur businessman is pretty funny!
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Maybe it has something to do with all the stats not updating too. Idk. I have a store stuck at 3 with several sales and a few hundred items, and 100% of the list done, and its been weeks.
I have another store with less than 100 items, maybe 65% of the list done, occasional sales, and its at a 7.
SO WHO KNOWS!? lol
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Lol. I like the tango cat and dog design. It kind of validates, a little, that it’s not just me who pondered creating the cat and dog cutesy products. Although my cats and dogs are lazy - lounging on the lawn sunning themselves instead of dancing energetically.
Definitely takes a lot of patience getting things looking good with the AI models. I’ve tried out a few on my new store (https://www.zazzle.com/store/ArtyCyborg) and found myself here on Jennifer’s thread because of exactly the same problem, being stuck at zRank -1. (Bit of a slow-burner project for me, as I’m frantically creating Christmas products over on my other account!)
Really nice to see what other designers are doing with the AI tools though; pretty creative stuff!!
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I especially love your animal ones! I like the squirrel with a pearl earring, the kitten and puppy, and the bear eating ice cream 😍
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Same here : zRank: -1 STORE COMPLETION 100%
Additionally: My banner is not updating. There is a banner there now that doesn’t belong to me. I tried to add mine several times but nothing changes.
Same here, profile 100%, store completion 100% zrank -1
Contacted Zazzle unhelpful centre, who have replied to ask which store does this question relate to
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Hi all,
Our team have confirmed that this is a technical issue. We do not have an ETA on a fix but if I hear anything I will update as soon as possible.
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Another day, another Zazzle technical issue.
Tell me the old, old story
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My banner finally updated but the zRank is still at -1.
Zazzle help centre have advised me to read the article on zRank in the help centre
Hey @kennethwfd ,
The team are aware of the issue but we do not have an estimate on a fix. Sorry about that. Myself or one of the other moderators will update the thread when possible.
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My concern is that with Christmas just around the corner, only a couple of weeks left.
In addition, there is a delay of up to a week for products posted directly to the marketplace, not sure with QC, but took advice from someone else not to use it
QC is taking even longer than individual products, so I wouldn’t use that if you are trying to get some holiday stuff in queue. A lot of us are going to miss out on a new holiday sales this year because of indexing and getting a late start (really should be getting xmas items up in the middle of the year, like July, I tell myself every year lol) if we are just starting on them now, but you can still maybe capture some, if you do individual products and they get in with the indexing pushes every week or so. Not the most encouraging but its where it’s at right now.
I’d say to also start thinking ahead to holidays and seasons in the coming months now in addition and start getting those items in ASAP so they will definitely be indexed and ready to go come the new year. Best of luck!
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The -1 rank is killing me softly…sigh. I hope they’ll get this figured out in the next few days in order to have some chance this holiday season.
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I sympathise and have the same opinion that there is only a week left to get new products on the marketplace to have a chance of being sold during what is usually the most profitable time for retailers. I am surprised that for the past 2 years, I have made a sale on the 9th of December
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QC and templates were two reasons why I gave up on Zazzle, persuaded to try again by being introduced to the “Transfer your design” option under “actions” in the product page as detailed at this site - [https://www.lyfepyle.com › make-money-with-zazzle](https://www.lyfepyle.com › make-money-with-zazzle “https://www.lyfepyle.com › make-money-with-zazzle”) - For a PC user, keep the Ctrl key depressed, every time you click on a product, a new tab will open. Then go through each tab, make the necessary adjustments, and post for sale. If things are running smoothly, I reckon I will achieve my goal of 100 new listings a day in under 2 hours - well under
I also stop posting for an event two months before the date, so Christmas at the end of the month, November concentrate on Valentine’s. January for Easter, and St Patrick’s, for example
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I think especially this year everyone is trying to shop sooner considering what is going on with inflation and all. I just don’t understand how they can’t find a fix for this. Seems like it has been a problem for a few weeks now. What did they do before zrank? Maybe it needs to be disabled until the problem is fixed…?!
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I also have a recently created store which is stuck on -1.
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