Forum seems so quiet these days ?

[Wesha]

Hello dear Community, why does Forums seem so quiet these days .... I mean no new or engaging topic, mostly old threads are revived or new launches to read ...

Is everyone busy for Holidays as Christmas is approaching ?

I think its first time in last 5-6 years that I haven't sold any Holiday themed item or gift yet, cause this is usually the high time when people are shopping for Christmas .... 

How is your sales scenario going ? Please chime in with whats new happening ... on and off the Zazzle .... 

[KeegansCreation]

I am starting to sell gift wrap so I think the holiday shopping has started.

[Wesha]

This sounds hopeful 🙂

[Mariholly]

Slow, but with more movement than in previous months. Sales of single units—hoping the goal is to check quality or something similar, rather than to photocopy or scan and share online.

[ColsCreations]

Nothing exciting happening here. My last sale was a lapel pin on the 9th. Cool because it's the first sale for that product, but no big buck$ and not to one of the four states I am still waiting to fill-in.

If the forums seem quieter than usual maybe that's a good thing meaning there aren't many technical hiccups to post about. 😉

[Jadendreamer13]

I began selling a variety of Christmas/holiday items starting in mid October. And it’s been a slow but steady stream of holiday-related sales since then. I put a lot of effort into adding new holiday items to my shop, creating cover photos for each product, and optimizing holiday products that didn’t sell last year. 

[SJoy]

Christmas sales started popping up for me at the end of October.  Since then I have sold Christmas shirts, a tree skirt, mugs, an apron, some ornaments, throw pillows, gift tags, and a few other non Christmas related items. I hope it keeps up, especially after the slow May to September that seemed to want to linger a bit too long. For now, I am working on a few more Christmas related items and planning my ideas, designs, and inventory for 2025.

[PenguinPower]

I don’t have a ton of explicitly holiday items, but I think I started to see a dribble of items that are likely going to be gifts start last week. 

[Barbara]

I'm like you, @PenguinPower , in that I don't have that many designs dedicated to Christmas, or any other holiday for that matter. However, I'm seeing sales such as calendars that are most likely Christmas gifts.

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[MadjackGG]

Sold three baseballs today. Hope this is the start of the holiday season, cause it's been pretty poor this month so far.

[Cat]

I mostly do weddings, so this time of year is always slow for me. That being said, I've sold more Christmas stuff than usual - mostly cards, stickers, address labels etc. I don't design much general-purpose merchandise (think Christmas gifts) but I have had a few random sales of that sort of thing. Every year when my holiday lull happens, I kick myself for not diversifying and making more things to shore up sales during this time of year, but I just never seem to find the time! 

[Wesha]

What  interesting happened is that, I just got my first Christmas item sold ... its a Holiday dinner menu! 

I have added a lot of new gift items and wrappings ... just hope the Holiday sales to pick up now ... 

[Wesha]

I notice a considerable increase in daily views as compared to earlier months .... but sales are still low !

I miss last year's November so much

[GoodEarthPhotos]

Well..if you want to know-- the less than exciting sales by Zazzle seem off this year. There are no 50 percent off posts--the holiday card sales are very much down. There is nothing to write about because not much is happening in my store. It seems every other on-line store is giving 50% on many items. Not sure what Zazzle personal is thinking.  Maybe they are waiting for the real Black Friday day.  At that point it's a bit late for holiday cards, especially if local stores want to sell them. Anyway, that's my 2-cents.