As others have said, you have some lovely designs. And I agree with both adding personalization and updating descriptions and tags. I checked out your baby & kids store and saw this - which has happened to me and means that the vast majority of the items in these collections are probably sitting in hidden/needs optimization status.
Hi,
At just Bronze myself I am certainly no expert but looking at your stores, what stands out to me is that you, like me, seem to favor all-over pattern type designs. So while what others have said about templates is true (Zazzle is known for and heavily focuses on personalization) I think what's more important is putting one's style of design on the product type it's most suited for and in the case of all-over designs with no templates, I think that's home decor. It's a market I don't think Zazzle gives near enough attention to. I think one has to ask themselves 1) is this design well-suited to this product and 2) does this product + design call for templates?
As example, this gift tag. Gift tags by very nature almost demand text you can customize for To, From, occasion, date, whatever.... So this product type would really benefit by having some editable text templates especially since the all-over pattern used on it isn't specific to any particular theme or event or occasion. But, this pattern (which I personally love) is very well-suited for other products with no templates necessary. I think it would work great on tissue paper plus many home decor items such as blankets and pillows. Here it is on a pillow I transferred it to (and added an image filter to in the Design Tool just for fun):
That's lovely as is! Text or a personal photo added would just ruin it. The gift tag with same pattern on the other hand cries out for some template fields. Your office supplies store is filled with beautiful all-over patterns, but they're all trapped on file folders and binders (where templates might help) when they'd be stunning on pillows and blankets and towels and def fabric etc instead... with no templates needed. Your pastel watercolor rainbow flowers folder set really appealed to me. I liked the "left" folder pattern best and tried to transfer it to a pillow but couldn't, it would only transfer the "center" folder image, and if you look at the "other products from this Collection" scroll, its all more file folder sets.
Please believe I'm not "bashing" you, just trying to provide an alternative viewpoint that might help. I think there are two approaches to PODs. You can design first and then second, pick the most appropriate product to put it on, or you can pick a product first, perhaps because it's a popular seller like say invites or mugs, and then second intentionally design specifically for that product. Either way I think the key is a design that is right for the product type, and sometimes this calls for templates and sometimes it doesn't.
