Do you think Zazzle will be affected by AI in the long run, especially when it comes to invitations? AI is becoming increasingly good at both writing and creating designs with fewer mistakes, so I can see how it could become a competitor. However, my view is that Zazzle offers more than just design creation. It gives customers the ability to customize designs, provides inspiration and ideas, and, most importantly, handles the printing and delivery process. For formal milestone events like weddings, baby showers, and graduations, that convenience seems like a significant advantage. Another factor is that AI-generated designs can still feel somewhat generic unless the user knows how to write a very specific and creative prompt. Many people may prefer starting with a professionally designed template and customizing it rather than creating everything from scratch. Maybe I've already answered my own question, but I'm interested in hearing other perspectives. What do you think? ... View more

Many creators are seeing sales return after lowering royalties. With spring / summer spending shifting and customers becoming more price‑sensitive, adjusting royalties isn’t undervaluing your work; it’s smart seasonal strategy. This morning I saw a creator in “Your Sales” say she dropped her royalty from 25% to 14.9% and suddenly her sales took off again. That really lines up with what I’m seeing in my own store. It reminds me of when I owned my restaurant. Our busy season was October through Easter, and once the weather warmed up, everything shifted  people stayed home, grilled out, went to the lake. I didn’t just wait for things to improve. I adjusted prices, created value‑driven promotions, and focused on getting early‑evening customers in before they headed home. Those small changes kept us steady during the slow months. I’m using the same approach on Zazzle. When my tissue paper was at 20%, it didn’t move. I lowered it to 16.8% and sales came right back. My invitations used to be strong too, but at 20% they stalled. To me, that says customers are more price‑sensitive right now not because our designs aren’t premium, but because the marketplace has changed. Note: I used charm pricing for my invitations, dropping them from $3.03 to $2.97. Pricing just below a round number (“$2.97 instead of $3.03”) taps into charm‑pricing psychology. Customers mentally categorize it as “under $3,” which makes the listing feel more approachable without lowering the actual value of the design.  I updated this morning and will track for 30 days ( won't go into effect until the 20th of the month)  So yes, I think lowering royalties during the off‑season makes sense. You can always raise them again during the winter holidays when spending naturally increases. If your sales are in a slump, are you open to adjusting your royalty for summer, or planning to keep it high and ride it out. ... View more

If visibility is the key to sales, then the system should give every creator at least a moment in the spotlight. Lately there’s been a lot of discussion about saturation in the Marketplace and how hard it’s become for creators to get any visibility. Between mass‑upload strategies, repeated designs, and the same shops holding the top spots for months or even years, the site doesn’t feel as balanced or dynamic as it used to. Customers end up seeing the same listings over and over, and creators who are actually making fresh, original work often never get a chance to be seen at all. That’s what got me thinking about how other platforms handle this problem and why Zazzle might benefit from a similar approach. Rotation of products on the first four pages of every main category I actually got this idea from watching how other platforms deal with saturation and visibility. A lot of sites rotate their front pages or their featured sections on a schedule so new creators, smaller shops, and fresh designs all get a chance to be seen. It keeps things moving and prevents the same handful of listings from sitting in the top spots forever. When I saw how well that worked elsewhere, it made me think about how it could help Zazzle too, especially now that the marketplace is so crowded. What I’m imagining is a rotating marketplace where the first few pages the ones customers actually shop refresh every few days. Not in a way that hides bestsellers, but in a way that gives everyone a fair shot at visibility. New products, new creators, and different niches would all cycle through. It would make the marketplace feel more alive instead of stuck with the same listings month after month. And it would rotate across every main category like Stationery, Home Décor, Office Supplies, Clothing, Electronics, and so on. Not the subcategories, just the main ones where the traffic is. As a personal note, during COVID a few of my face masks became top sellers, and for a short time I was featured on the home page. It was the first and last time that happened, but it proved something important  when people see a product, they buy it. Visibility really does make all the difference. That’s why I believe every creator should have a fair chance at getting their products seen. A rotation system would be a good way to make that happen, giving everyone at least a small window of exposure instead of the same listings staying in front forever. Along with that, I think Zazzle could bring back a small Top 10 sellers feature on the home page. Just ten. Not a huge list. Ten is manageable, motivating, and gives recognition without overwhelming the page. It also gives creators something to strive for, and it acknowledges the people who have put in the work to create top‑producing products. I always liked seeing that years ago because it made the site feel more connected and inspiring. Then the rotation could happen on the category pages. So in those main categories, the featured creators at the top would rotate every few days. Customers would see fresh shops and fresh designs, and creators who normally never get visibility would finally have a chance to be seen. It keeps the marketplace moving instead of letting the same shops sit in the same positions forever. This kind of system works on other platforms, and that’s where the idea came from. Etsy rotates featured shops. Society6 rotates trending artists. Amazon rotates featured brands in every department. It keeps things fair and keeps the site feeling alive. Zazzle could benefit from the same approach, especially now that the marketplace is so saturated with repeated designs and mass‑upload strategies. A small Top 10 on the home page for recognition, and rotating creators on the category pages for visibility, feels like a balanced way to support both established shops and newer ones. It gives everyone a chance without taking anything away from the people who are already doing well. And it would make the marketplace feel more balanced, more dynamic, and more enjoyable for both creators and customers. That brief moment of visibility during COVID showed me what’s possible when the system gives everyone a turn. It wasn’t luck it was simply that people could finally see the products. I think every creator deserves that same chance, and a rotation system feels like a fair, realistic way to make it happen. . For anyone who wants background, here’s the earlier discussion that led me to think more deeply about visibility and fairness in the marketplace     ... View more

Many are saying it’s almost not worth selling here anymore, and I’ll admit I’ve had those thoughts too. But I hang on because I love creating. I enjoy promoting. And after 15 years, my Zazzle store is part of who I am. It’s what I do when I wake up, before I go to bed, and in between I’m brainstorming the next product idea.  Like many creators, I’ve raised my royalty, lowered it, tried charm pricing, created mockups, promoted everywhere  even email boosts  and still my sales are nowhere close to what they were before April 1, 2025. What I’ve learned is this: you can do everything “right,” have high conversions, and still only hit payout. It’s discouraging. But then something wonderful happens  a few referrals come in, a few more sales trickle through just enough to remind you that people are finding your products and liking them. For me POD, sales are rarely immediate. When I promote heavily one week, the views show up quickly, but the sales often come weeks later. Online shoppers browse, save, compare, and return later to buy. That’s just how the cycle works. (in my experience) And honestly, summer is always slow. People are outside, traveling, and doing offline things. But soon it will be Halloween, then Thanksgiving, then Christmas and sales always pick up again. So if it feels like sales are off, know you are not alone, sales are off for all of us. But it’s also the summer season. Hang in there. Better months are coming and our sales will be great again. ... View more

with the way things are now I dont list new art anymore as a matter of fact I removed alot of it because I'm not gonna let Zazzle make a huge profit off my art when I make pennies its Rediculous! NOw that they take more the least they could do is at least let us buy our own stuff at a discount! Ive been printing out my own designs and selling them and making more money than i make here. The earnings here are an insult!!! After I get my next payout Im probably going to remove everything and just do it all myself. I only used Zazzle cause I liked the convenience of not having to print my own stuff and ship it out but now its just not worth it for a few cents!  ... View more

to add these two fonts to the Zazzle font library: Homemade Apple (Google Fonts, Apache License 2.0) Beth Ellen (Google Fonts, SIL Open Font License 1.1) Both fonts are completely free for commercial use and have been available for years. They are hugely popular on both Etsy and Canva, and I personally use them in many of my own designs. Given that whimsical handwritten styles are still very much on trend, adding them would be a big win for Zazzle. Right now, customers who want to personalize a product using one of these fonts will simply go to Etsy and buy a $5 template instead, just because they can type a name in the font they want. That is business Zazzle is losing for no reason. Since both fonts are already on Google Fonts under open licenses, there are no legal barriers to adding them. It is a small change with a big impact. I would also be happy to share more font suggestions whenever time allows. I have noticed there is quite a lot of catching up to do in this area, and if Zazzle wants to stay on trend, a serious update to the font library is worth considering. It would make our work as designers significantly easier and, I believe, would also better meet the expectations of many customers. ... View more

Suddenly Zazzle is opening tons of new tabs, please make it stop.  It's happening on both normal edits and transfers.  It's making my browser chaos. And maybe this has something to do with why the replace tool is missing all of a sudden. For a normal product, if I click in to one of my products, hit 'edit this design', it opens an entirely new tab for the design tool, while leaving the duplicate product tab I just hit the button on. If you hit 'transfer design' (either from on the product page or from the backend product feed dropdown), choose the item you want to make, it opens one new tab (like it always has). Then when you hit 'edit this design', it opens the design tool in a second new tab. It happens whether you are logged in or not.  Both Chrome and Safari. ... View more

I just got a digital download sale for one of product with self referal. My referal comission is ZERO for this product.     ... View more

Not sure how long these have been offered. But they are free to customers. https://www.zazzle.com/templates/birthday+invitations  ... View more

When I see views and sales in the Insights section but no keywords, what does that tell me? Anything or is there something missing. ... View more

No sales for days. Disappointing,... Your sales? 🙄 ... View more

Been with ZAZZLE since 2022. I have been receiving payments monthly since October 2023. First Time CANCELLED PAYMENT in June 2026. W8 ok and no changes in PayPal. How about YOU? ... View more

  The marketplace is getting flooded with near‑identical listings  same titles, same descriptions, same tag clusters, same artwork  sometimes “new” only because something was moved a fraction of an inch or the background changed from white to ivory. It makes search results feel repetitive and pushes down genuinely creative work. Using the same artwork on a pillow or mug? Totally fine  that’s cross‑merchandising. But uploading the same invitation twenty different times with the same title, same description, same tags, and the same artwork… just because the paper color changed, the age changed, one more candle was added, or the card size or shape is slightly different? That’s not a new product template it’s a duplicate with tiny cosmetic tweaks. And this is exactly why so many creative products aren’t getting visibility or ranking. The marketplace is clogged with near‑duplicate listings in almost every category, and it makes it harder for customers to discover actual variety. So, here’s the question I keep coming back to: Wouldn’t a simple algorithm update help clean this up? Something like: Limit each design to one listing per category, and let editable templates handle size, card stock, and background changes and age. Customers still get full customization, but the marketplace isn’t buried under twenty versions of the same design. Right now, the algorithm allows duplicates so of course people use the system as it exists. But is that really helping the marketplace?  But allowing something and it being good for the marketplace are two very different things. Are you seeing the same thing? Do you think an update would help? ... View more