"You cannot post a product for sale if the design contains icons or content that you do not own"

[ZAZKAT]

Why am I getting this message?  It does not allow me to sell my product.  I tried adding a zazzle border earlier and the same happened.  When I removed it, the message cleared.  I looked at everything here.  If I use an outside app to work with a photograph, will that cause the message?  It has not in the past.

[PenguinPower · Accepted solution]

No - you get that message if you've used a Zazzle provided background other than a solid color or anything from the "icon" menu in the design tool. All of those are not licensed in a way that allows other designers to use them - only customers. 

[Cabana777]

Rofl really?  If you didn't tell me that I would have never figured this out.  I would ASSUME (and yea I know what happens when you assume) that if it was presented to ME that I could use it freely.  Wow nuts.  That's actually *ahem* stupid lol.  I am using a "rectangle" so that is kinda lame lol.  But, alrighty.  

[pixiwitch]

your right that is stupid,

[Windy]

I feel that the Zazzle message is rude, and should further explain why the message is generated.  That message could make a newbie feel like they have done something wrong.

[simfreak]

Would have been nice to know this was going to be a problem before wasting my time to create something really cute  All I put on it were some basic stars and borders  What is the point of even having them there if we can't use them.  Ridiculous.  Very annoying.

[ColsCreations]

If you open the icon panel and then click to "open full image browser" it says

Icons are for consumer use only. You cannot post a product for sale if the design contains an icon.

It would be helpful though if they put that on the main panel, too.

[TShirtfort]

I got that message once and never messed with those things again. I don't get the point of them at all.

[pixiwitch]

how the hell am I supposed to make christmas cards guess its off to the other places

[Cabana777]

I've honestly not had anything but bad luck on this site.  It's SO weird how the UI is built, the dumb rules put into place, etc.  I mainly joined because their digital download thing seemed cool but after getting answered on here, that's only for CERTAIN items.  And it's kind of a pain in the donkey.  Etsy has pay per listing but it's pretty easy to make listings and you don't have a crap ton of rules and a weird azz UI.  I stopped posting a while ago, I think Ill try Etsy *and others* for a few months and see what happens.

Also, my PROFIT on my account goes up and down every few cents every few days, and it's not like PROFIT from my stuff I posted recently, but payments I got paid for YEARS ago.  So broke.

[chefcateringbiz]

I've been on PODs for years and each one has a learning curve. You ask questions, you'll get answers, you learn, you get used to everything. Technology changes, then you get used to more stuff. That's about 1000 times easier than opening your own print shop, purchasing your own stock, marketing your business, paying off your debt...