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I just made another third-party sale. I want to know who is taking 50% of my royalties. Was it an affiliate sale? Another Ambassador listing my products on Pinterest? Was it a sale from a Zazzle email, promotion, or other marketing tactic? We designers need to know who or what is grabbing half of our royalties, so we can plan our next steps. We can’t develop a sales strategy without this data. We need transparency—not just a notation that a sale was a third-party sale.
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Is it possible to opt out of Ambassador Program and go back to getting royalties the old way? I do not need to be in the referral area at all. I will happily give up the volume bonus.
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Hi everyone, I want to share my experience after testing four of my own products and over 6,000 pins, including both my own and third-party designs. Despite following all the Ambassador Program rules, I have never received a single referral commission. During my tests, I found that Pinterest often modifies referral links. This happens even if I manually create the pins, use the correct referral ID or tracking code, or post my own product. Pinterest often replaces the links with elements like "epik=", "pin.it" is from Pinterest, or "zazzle.campaign" is from Zazzle, which turns Pinterest into the official referrer. In that case, they receive the referral credit – not the artist who shared the link. Even when I used a clean browser and created new Zazzle test accounts with separate email addresses and payment details, the result was always the same. I clicked on my own pins and made real purchases. Three of the products were mine, and one was from another designer. None of them generated a referral commission for me. Instead, all of them were listed under "3rd Party Referrer" in my reports. One of the items didn’t show up in the report at all. This issue does not seem to be directly Zazzle’s fault. If Pinterest rewrites or strips out referral data, Zazzle cannot track the sale correctly. Unfortunately, it makes Pinterest referrals unreliable and unpredictable. In my case, I have tried everything – using clean links, test purchases, different tracking formats, and over 6,000 pins. Still, I have never seen a single valid referral in my reports. Everything is marked as 3rd Party, no matter what I do. If anyone has had a different experience, I would love to hear it. I still love designing, even if I earn almost nothing. But I will now focus more on the creative side and less on chasing referral income. Stay smart and informed, Holmer
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Hello Zazzle Team, Since the transition to the new Ambassador Program, I’ve noticed that the referral rate for the zazzle_flatpapersheet product is calculating as either 15% or 18% + 5% royalty. This is noticeably lower than any of the products listed on the referral rate table provided with the program update. I submitted an issue request about this over three weeks ago with 4 follow ups but have only received confirmation that the matter is being looked into — with no further update since. Could you please clarify why this particular product is not aligning with the referral percentages outlined in the official table? Thank you,
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Delete. Sorry, went into wrong feed.
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What’s the best platform to run ads on for Zazzle products (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.)? Also, how long should I run the ads and what’s a good starting budget to actually see some profit? Would love to hear from anyone with experience!
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If Zazzle sponsors an ad for us on google and a customer clicks on it and makes a purchase from our shop is that considered a non-referral?
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I have asked similar question before, but no response…. Was the plan for the Ambassador program for Designers to generally take a 30-40% pay cut? There have been changes to the treatment of ‘none’ and third party sales and increases in marketing fees which reduced royalty income by 30-40% overnight. Was this Zazzle’s underlying plan? Was the plan to shift royalty income from designers back to zazzle? Can we expect our share to increase if things get better?
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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!
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If I do not join the ambassador program and do not post anything on Pinterest will that make it where I get just my 14.90 sales percent and no one can make money off my products.
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1. If a customer searches or browses the Zazzle marketplace and buys a product, it that purchase subject to the new marketing fee? (Say they typed zazzle.com into their browser, did NOT get to the website by following any link) 2. Also, items promoted/advertised/suggested etc. from the landing page for Zazzle.com, are they subject to the fee? For example the "new on zazzle" or "shop our top gifting ideas", if a customer clicks on , say "gifts under $50", orders a product from there, is there a fee? I see a good many designers commenting that since the changes 3rd party sales have greatly increased so I was wondering...So much info overall about these changes, I'm unsure if these questions have been asked.
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I used the product share button to share a product from my shop on Facebook. But Facebook ALWAYS adds all kinds of tracking info to 100% of the links posted on their platform so I was wondering since the Ambassador program pays out self-promotion rates only on “clean” links, how does using the Facebook share button EVER result in self-promotion royalty % being properly credited to the resulting sales?! example: Using the “share” arrow & selecting the Facebook option, turns my clean link to this mess once it posts on Facebook because Facebook dirties up ALL links posted on their platform .. So my question to @zazzle is .. Is THIS still considered a “clean link”? Does Facebook muddy CLEAN self promotion links?
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How discouraging and disappointing that with this new Ambassador Program I have gone back to my earned royalties being lower than when I first started with Zazzle years ago. I have always had my commission at 10% so that’s not the issue. It is unconscionable to me that with all the work with designing, listing and maintaining our stores we are down to earning pennies for our efforts. It is my opinion that a company (Zazzle) who used to care about its creators has moved on to just treating us as pawns in how their company can make the most profits with no consideration about the people who help them achieve that goal. Beladora Designs
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I’ve noticed a significant challenge that many Zazzlers—including myself—are facing when it comes to earning referral and from the Ambassador program: the issue of third-party sales overwriting our ambassador, referral and direct links. I spend an average of 6 hours each day sharing Zazzle products across social media, blogs, and emails, hoping to gain a potential customers to click and buy from my ambassador and referral links. Despite this effort, I consistently see my sales categorized as third-party, meaning I lose out on the expected royalty. From what I understand, the issue stems from how Zazzle tracks referral clicks—favoring the last-click attribution model. I appreciate the exposure Zazzle’s advertising brings, but this system makes it almost impossible for ambassadors to receive the full benefit of their promotional efforts. Since online shoppers frequently browse multiple sites before making a purchase, many of them unintentionally pick up other referral cookies—even though my link originally led them to Zazzle. Unfortunately, there’s no realistic way for me to ask customers to clear their browser cookies before clicking my links. I genuinely believe that Zazzle values its ambassadors, and I would like to see a fairer tracking system that gives us a stronger chance of earning from for the traffic we bring. Here are some possible solutions: Extending Cookie Duration – Ensuring the ambassador’s original referral holds weight, even if the customer clicks another link afterward. First-Click Attribution – Prioritizing the initial referral that brought a customer to Zazzle, rather than the last one they clicked. I think that with small improvements, ambassadors could continue driving valuable traffic to Zazzle while being fairly compensated for their efforts
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What is a linkover and do we make any money for it? I understand it is part of the Ambassador program but what is the purpose of it. Thank you.
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