Zazzle Puts My T-shirt to "Weddings > Décor & Party Supplies" Department

[1234Shine]

Classic LOVE Motif with a Modern Twist
by 1234Shine

On Tuesday, I noticed Zazzle (by Zazzle, I mean Zazzle alrigothm) has put some of my listings under the “Wedding” department. For example, this shirt was in: Weddings > Décor & Party Supplies > Party & Shower Supplies > Bridal & Wedding Shower Supplies. That was a big mistake by itself because there’s no clothing within the Wedding department, so I moved it to “Clothing & Shoes” where it belongs.

Last night, after reading a post from @MasterpieceCafe  , I checked this listing and Zazzle has once again put it back to Weddings > Décor & Party Supplies > Party & Shower Supplies > Bridal & Wedding Shower Supplies, so I switched it back to Clothing & Shoes.

I checked my listing around 7am this morning: Zazzle has so efficiently  thrown it back to “Wedding” again.  I changed it back to Clothing & Shoes for the 3rd time, but at this point, I know most likely I’m just wasting my time…

This shirt is an “Evergreen” design. People could buy it for anyone they “LOVE”, for any occasion to show “LOVE”: Valentines, Mother’s Day, friends, teachers, birthday, bridal showers, colleague retirement etc. But when someone purchases this for grandma birthday, friends, or just for themselves, they are actually buying a “Wedding” product, according to Zazzle. Isn’t it weird?

I know this happened probably because I had “bridal shower” in the tag.  Zazzle has been emphasising and reminding us creators over and over again how important it is to optimize   our listings. Well, while I optimizing my listing with “bridal shower” to reach more potential customers, I was also, unknowingly, optimizing my royalty deduction to 50% in 3rd party sales.  My “Search Engine Optimization” has turned into “Royalty Deduction Optimization.”  Wow, did not really see that coming…

[jadendreamer13]

So, I mentioned this yesterday. You’ll either have to remove the tags “bridal shower” or “wedding” from your listing, as well as any such reference in your title or description - or stop creating wedding-related items or designs to avoid the seriously excessive Zazzle 50% marketing fee. For me, the choice is easy - I will not be creating any wedding-related designs.

[BKMuir]

@1234Shine   With your example of where everyone is seeing the WEDDING category, I went back to my two items under the Weddings list at the left and found that they both were changed.

I do not promote weddings in any fashion and would prefer that my products NOT be co-mingled with such items.

What does this have to do with a wedding?

Coaster - Fireworks Greetings
by bkmuir

[OrchardBerry]

Lately I’ve been noticing lots of my products are ending up in categories that I’m pretty darn sure I didn’t put them in.

[Windy]

Hilarious. And on an even less serious note, if that’s not right for some weddings, maybe my goblins ghosts and ghouls coasters will suit. LOL!

Seems most likely a case of Zazzle AI gone wild, all this re-categorizing to nonsensical places.

Goblins, Ghouls and Ghosts Halloween Party
by WINDYDESIGN

[Nigel_Sutherland]

I also have items categorised under “weddings” that are not supposed to be there, as I mentioned yesterday. Could be tags. If I have a gag which is a cartoon situation between a husband and his wife for example. Yes they’d be a married couple, but nothing to do with weddings as such.

[Sara_H]

I just found 3 kitchen towels that were in the Wedding Department in the back end - no wedding tags/no bridal shower tags - no mr & mrs tags no tags relating to love or anything. I know I didn’t put them there

To move them out - I bulk edited (changed nothing - press done) and they disappeared

They’re still showing in the weddings dept on the store front but I’ll give it a few days for that to catch up and check again

Very strange.

[Nigel_Sutherland]

I’ve just found that I have many items categorised under “weddings” because I have used the word “best” in the title, description, and tags! Items such as these… Zazzles “artificial intelligence” is assuming there’s a connection with a best-man, I assume.

[Mark]

Hey @1234Shine ,

Thank you for flagging this. I reported it to the team. I will let you know when I hear back.

[Windy]

Good sleuthing. I think you may be correct!

[MasterpieceCafe]

I have a bunch of “coffee” images that Zazzle put into wedding. No clue why.

[MasterpieceCafe]

And everything I’ve edited has been changed back to “wedding” … this is nuts.

[BKMuir]

Just checked my 4th of July coaster (see previous post). and the category I set has stayed. However … “RELATED SEARCHES” still shows wedding coasters, wedding coasters

[Sara_H]

@BKMuir   Same with my kitchen towels - so I reckon there is nothing we can edit to remove those tags. Woe betide getting dinged for a 50% wedding department MRF the next time they sell.

[Heather_B]

Hi @1234Shine  - I’m going to try and replicate the issue you’re seeing. I changed your product to Clothing and Shoes, so if you notice a change, that was me. Thank you. 

[LauraLee]

I also noticed this on several of my products.  The event/occasion category has also been modified too, which might pull these back into that wedding category.  I don’t know why, but several of my photo albums, wrapping paper rolls and sheets were doing this.

[1234Shine]

@Heather FYI - it’s “moved” back to the Wedding Department again: Weddings > Décor & Party Supplies > Party & Shower Supplies > Bridal & Wedding Shower Supplies

[Heather_B]

Thank you @1234Shine  - The team is investigating.