Another Reason Why Designers Need to Know Who Third Parties Are

[Jadendreamer13]

When Zazzle is the third party, they are taking up to three chunks out of designer’s royalties:

• A 5% third-party royalty fee
• An excess royalty fee
• A 30-50% marketing fee

When Zazzle is the third party, then either the marketing fee or the third-party cut out of designers’ royalties needs to be eliminated on that sale.

This is why Zazzle needs to be fully transparent when they are one of the ambiguous third-parties listed on designers’ royalty reports. I don’t care if other third parties remain anonymous, I want to know if/when Zazzle is the third party, and if they are receiving three fees from one sale. Designers need to know the total amount of money that Zazzle is taking out of their royalties.

If I’m incorrect that Zazzle can also be a third party, please correct me. 

[ievajen]

Invites and collection is for South Indian Tamil function , yet white person, usually girl , likes invite or welcome sign and follows the store, and its often. Never of those ppl bought anything. It could be that this bot farm based in South Asia and those designs appeal  to them or either they got link only to that collection. 

[CrazyMermaid]

I don't understand a word you are saying or your claims. 

[Barbara]

I very seriously doubt some bot farm somewhere has focused in on a specific product here on Zazzle, if that's what you're trying to say. If, instead, you're saying Zazzle is actually using bot farms, I find this unimaginable.

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[CrazyMermaid]

What is a bot farm and how do you know this is how Zazzle spends its money?

[ievajen]

I said above why it’s bot farm

zazzle doesn’t know - they get numbers on statistics - Likes and follows; they need to investigate 

[CrazyMermaid]

So you think you are more knowledgeable of  the online marketing landscape than the people who started and have grown Zazzle into a multi-billion dollar company? I am pretty sure they know their stuff and where to spend money wisely.

[AirTwin]

Bots that are targeting companies for example gdp sabotage can eat up any ad spend placed in google or other places. They use cell phones with a i on them in "farms" to act like real traffic. It's better to pay influencers because they have real reach to humans. The question is where is the Zazzle traffic being placed/paid for with the marketing fee or is it a marketplace/hosting fee? What is it?

[OakAndPine]

It's like paying taxes when the government cuts around 30 to 40 % from your salary as taxes and gives you 60 to 70 % of your salary as per the payment bracket you fall in . Here , Zazzle has reversed it and is keeping 50 to 60 % of our royalties as one or the other fee levied on us, and giving us the remaining 40 to 50% of our royalties. I mean, even the government is not doing this!!! How can Zazzle retain the majority of my earnings?? 

50 items sold

Gross royalty: $24.67

Received by me:  $11.10

Taken by Zazzle : $13.57

This is not fair😭