Bizarre sale notification?

Artellus
Contributor

Yesterday I got a very strange sale notification that I can't explain. Instead of having the product's name as usual, it says "Based on......".  Even with customized products I've never seen the name changed to "Based on.......".  And then the royalty rate, even for the smallest size print, and taking the sale into consideration, is insanely low. .07 cents? I have my rate set at 14.9%

Anyone have an idea of what 'based on' means or why the teeny tiny royalty?

Heres a screen shot.

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Windy
Honored Contributor II

I haven't seen that verbiage, but I bet the customer transferred the design to a postcard.

I also do Postcrossing!


Why would that generate a 'based on' addition to the artwork name?

 

Windy
Honored Contributor II

I haven't seen that verbiage. But I have sold postcards, and the royalty is sometimes 7 cents because the price of a postcard is not very high to begin with.

I also do Postcrossing!


Actually - pardon the brain fog - I had the 'transfer this design' option turned off years ago. However on going back and checking my settings/advanced settings now I can't even find where that option is any more. I tried looking while not logged in, and I don't see where a customer would have that option either. 

Windy
Honored Contributor II

Frustrating! I have looked at a few of your products (beautiful, by the way!) and neither can I find the transfer option, so that does not appear to be an answer here. Has it been a few days since this appeared? If it appeared just today I am wondering if it's some kind of a glitch that will straighten out on its own. Otherwise, maybe at-mentioning one of the mods would help you get an answer.

I also do Postcrossing!


Thank you! It happened a couple of days ago. I guess I'll just assume it was some weird glitch and let it go unless it happens again.

Spoke too soon - you were right about it being a design transfer! Today it showed up in my royalty earnings listing as:

Artellus
zazzle_print
Transferred to: zazzle_photoenlargement
 
I've started a thread over at the technical issues forum to see if one of the Zazzle team will chime in with an answer.