As I have made a meager few referral sales on Zazzle  since all these years that I have been on Zazzle, I request Zazzle to make some educational videos on affiliate marketing and referral sale generation exclusively for Zazzle algorithm. This will help us to grow along with the changes in Zazzle policy. We will feel happier working with the company as all of will grow together. Now, however much I use Pinterest, facebook pages, twitter, I never seem to be able to earn a referral for myself. Zazzle please help and guide designers like me who will appreciate it a lot and do a better job at promoting Zazzle products. Videos specifically designed for Zazzle and works when we implement them. Thanks ... View more

So here I am again—in the exact same unfair scenario that I complained about last week. Once again, today I sold 50 pens at a sale price of $245.00. Once again, it was a third-party sale (that’s all I get now). So, instead of receiving my 10% royalty of $24.00, I received $13.00 and some change. That’s nearly 50% of my royalty given to a third-party, leaving me with a ridiculous 5% royalty. This has got to stop. 🛑 Something is drastically wrong and out of balance with this scenario. If I set my royalty at 10%, I want 10%, not 5%. So, in order to receive a 10% royalty, do I have to raise my royalty to 15%? And will the third-party receive half of that, leaving me with 7% instead of 10%? What will it take for me to earn the 10% royalty that I want and deserve?   ... View more

4/27/25 @Scott  this is a repost of a NONANSWERED post of mine on 4/27.  My post was ignored even tho I pointed it at 3 different mods.. I would very much appreciate your response,since I just now checked and you are online. Thanks in advance. Here it is: While we are working on our shops, logged in, and gathering our links in order to also promote our own work on our external websites/blogs/etc., does this mean we are getting cookies attached and thus being charged third party commission which of course Z gets,for our sales? In theory: if we shopkeepers log in to: read or post in forums, check our earnings, work with a customer on a problem product, reply to a customer in chat, gather our product links to post elsewhere to promote our shops,  are we in essence giving most of our earnings to Z? If so, Zazzle, where our shop monies are concerned, and if this is the case, very unfair practice. Please! Attention Moderators take the time to explain and reply quickly and clearly about this issue, to clarify for all of us. Thank you in advance for your consideration. ... View more

Hello, all.  I’m attempting to understand  the logic: if the idea is to reward creators for advertising their creations, why am I being charged a marketing fee? I do the work, but I’m charged a fee? But if no one does the work (“none”), there is no fee? I will submit a question via the form as well. I do not understand why there’s a marketing fee when I market my own products. I already pay for quite a few tools for this purpose, and I know some people pay for ads. ... View more

Earnings are drastically reduced by the new changes by Zazzle , but our efforts as designers are the same if not more. Shouldn't more efforts result in better results?? How does this work? I put in greater effort but make way less ??? Inspite of promoting my products on social media I never make any referral sale. I just don't understand how this can be....Are the management at Zazzle listening to our pain. How are they justifying taking away almost 50% of our royalties. If affiliates are working hard to promote Zazzle products, we designers are also working equally hard to make quality unique designs. Why are we designers being penalized ? Here's an example of how my Zazzle earnings look nowadays 😞    ... View more

I want to globally change my royalty amount so that I will actually receive a 10% royalty after third party sellers and Zazzle take their share of my profit. Math was never my best subject. So what should I set my royalty at to achieve my goal? Thanks so much! ... View more

Hi Everyone, We’ve published an updated set of FAQs reflecting the latest questions about the Ambassador Program.  If you’re looking for answers or want to be sure you’re up‑to‑date, please take a moment to read the updated FAQ document HERE.  By way of additional updates, we are taking action on requests for further clarity within the backend. Specifically, we’re working on updates to the backend earnings section of your account to make it easier to understand how Royalty and Referral Commissions are calculated. More to come on that end once it’s ready, so stay tuned.  As always, we appreciate your feedback and will keep refining these resources. Feel free to post a follow‑up question HERE. Thank you for being a part of the community and for sharing your feedback.  The Zazzle Team ... View more

I just want to know from Zazzle if we can please get some sort of response as to what is the plan/end game is with royalty changes / ambassador program for designers? ... What was the reasoning for the change? .... Was the plan for designers to generally earn less (30-40%) with the ambassador program (if they continue to operate as normal and not change to a more aggressive advertising strategy) in order to increase Zazzle's underlying net profit and/or make Zazzle a more sustainable business? Alternatively, is Zazzle expecting gross sales volumes to dramatically increase from Zazzle's increased advertising spend... and a therefore designers' sales volumes will increase (to make up for the loss of royalties)? What are the internal projections? I understand we do not have an ownership stake in Zazzle, but as others have mentioned we are essentially partners. If Zazzle needs designers to take a pay cut to ensure it survives long term it would be better to know this so we can work together. The reason I ask is designers also need to plan their finances. If what we are experiencing since April 1 is the new norm it would be handy to know... Some need to take on additional work etc. from external sources, restructure finances etc etc. Zazzle has been amazing to work with. It just would be nice to have a more transparent relationship moving forward.  ... View more

It used to be that some of my sales were third-party sales. Now nearly every sale I make is listed as a third-party sale. For example, on Saturday I sold 50 pens for a total of $249.00. I have set my royalty at 10% (I always have and it’s a reasonable amount). So, instead of earning $24.00, I earned $13.00. Now that third-party sales seem to be attributed to nearly all of my sales, I am earning about 5% in royalties. When I set my royalty at 10%, I mean 10%, not 5%. Otherwise, what’s the purpose of setting my royalty? If Zazzle allows third-party sales (especially to this extent), then the third-party sellers’ and affiliate sellers’ 5% royalty needs to come out of Zazzle’s profit, not mine. When I set my royalty at 10%, I mean 10%—not 5% or some other random number.   ... View more

So an invitation that I normally would receive between $8-$10.01 royalty and between $1.60-$1.80 on 15% self referral (depending on the discount on the day ) .... now gets $5.08 on royalty and $0.43 on %4 SELF REFERRAL ????  This does not make sense at all !!!! what is the point of self promotion then ? So discouraging and disheartening! to say the least.... ... View more

Just wondering why the top designers in Zazzle are silent on the changes since April 1st? Is it not affecting them? As per my understanding if you are making a few dollars on Zazzle you are loosing less, but if you are a top earner, your losses are greater. Right? If I previously made $50 on Zazzle, I will be making around $ 25 now , with all the changes and fees levied on us. But if I were making $1000 per month on Zazzle, I will be now making only around $500 or less. Isn't that a significant loss? ... View more

Apologies as I have seen this somewhere but I can't find it. I have a domain name that I want to redirect to my Zazzle store. However, I want to make sure that any sales from the domain redirect I actually get as "Self". I can't find a link in the back end for my store. Am i just stupid??? Or do I just put in my Zazzle store address and by some magic Zazzle will know the visitor was self referred?🤔 Given the new Ambassador programme and the abundance of "Third Party" referrals, I would rather like to get this right. Cheers folks. ... View more

I decided to crunch some numbers, and here’s what the hard data says about how the new measures affect my income. I’d love to hear from other sellers—how do you see the Ambassador Program affecting your income? Feel free to share your own calculations in the comments! ... View more