I just checked out your website. Really cool! I also noticed you already have silver status and this after just starting in 2019. Quite impressive! I started late 2020 and still haven’t even achieved pronze status. Any tips you can give us on how to become more successful?
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I have always assumed that all the changes that Z is making are to improve sales, but is anyone really selling more? Is someone who used to have low sales now experiencing higher sales? I only read comments talking about low sales, increasingly low, including myself… If we have all noticed a significant drop in sales and no one has noticed an increase, it is really worrying…
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This is my thinking as well.
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I have read several articles saying couples are spending less on their wedding. It made me wonder if wedding designers have notice if couples are order less products across the wedding suite choices or if they are ordering a lesser quantity of each item.
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It seems like something’s up across all platforms, and Zazzle isn’t at fault. Sales and views are dropping on Etsy, Creativemarket, and even Pinterest (go and read forums). It’d be understandable if it happened gradually, but it’s all happened really fast and the same way everywhere.
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agree…i think the Canva is the reason…all is Free there …
The way I understand it - PAPER products can be created there - but not other products?
Maybe “personalization” of products was a fad-type idea whose time is…over? (gulp)
Each of these platforms has had different problems and challenges for sellers. Etsy has seen millions of new sellers so the competition is much greater. Recently I saw sellers were angry about allowing Chinese sellers on to the platform. Creative Market made their license completely unfriendly to POD designers. I was buying a lot there and then stopped completely. I think here evites and other types of invitation making sites are hurting busienss as well as Canva and Kittl.
Contacted Z via email. Gave me absolute nothing in responce. Just a link to a announcement made a long tome ago about Collections and the hard times. I just want to know WHAT changes they made ? I kinda feel so kicked in the gut , last 15 years of work gone for the most part. 1 sale in March.
Whatever, moving on to p’s and sad
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I must have missed the message about ‘collections and hard times’. What did it say?
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I read some of these posts and started to worry a bit. So, I looked at my earnings from March of 2022, 2023 and 2024. Mine has substantially decreased, but, not being great at math I asked ChatGPT to tell me what percentage my income had gone down from March of 2022 to 2024. It said 63.09%. If it keeps falling at this rate, I’ll be paying people to buy my creations. LOL
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Anyone else down on sales today from their normal? I usually do okay on Mondays but so far -Mon Apr 8 - just had one sale this morning. Anyone else?
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Americans which make up the bulk of Zazzle’s customer base were busy will the Total Eclipse and March Madness.
"US consumers are purchasing fewer items across categories, reflecting subtle shifts in shopping behavior with meaningful consequences for consumer-packaged-goods players.
The volume decline is pervasive across categories, from grocery to personal care and household products. US CPG volume declined 2 to 4 percent on average, with larger subcategories such as vitamins and supplements suffering 5 percent declines compared with 2022 figures.1 Even the holiday season wasn’t enough to open a proverbial parachute: grocery volume declined 2 percent in November and December 2023, compared with the same period the year before.
This is happening even as consumers increase their shopping frequency across most channels and categories, creating a confusing set of circumstances for CPG brands to navigate".
(McKinsey & Co.)
“A recent CNBC and Morning Consult survey has unveiled a notable trend in American consumer behavior, revealing that a staggering 92% of respondents are actively reducing their spending in response to concerns about inflation. This shift aligns with caution expressed by major retailers like Walmart, Target, Home Depot, and Best Buy during the first quarter.” (January 1, 2024)
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I see ty
I also seem to have missed getting a payment last month. I don’t think I have ever gone below the threshold needed for a PayPal payment here. I get a lot of international orders as well as domestic ones. Maybe the political situation is on peoples’ minds but it’s never been like this for me. We get natural disasters every year and when that happens, I figure it’ll affect sales but that doesn’t normally happen. I sure hope things change soon. I just haven’t felt much like adding products since the discard of creating with the Quick Create feature. And CP just doesn’t pay like Zazzle does but lately my sales there have been making up a little of the deficit.
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No sale since May 17. It’s getting worse!
If I didn’t have so much free time on hand, I would have ditched Zazzle by now. Instead, I challenged myself a little and created my first cross-sell/event suit collections. One for kids and another for adults birthdays. Although I doubt that my extra efforts will generate any more sales.
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Sales are awful and getting worse by the day! Not sure what to do at this point. Nothing seems to be working.
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What is CP ?
CafePress.
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