How long does it take for me to sell my first product?

[Marycb]

Hi guys, I have been using Zazzle since the beginning of the year, and I do need help from people who have more experience. I have launched a shop called Starry Starry Sky where I sell my art (that I take weeks to make), but I don't get many views, even sharing on other social media such as Instagram and Pinterest, and no sales, which is really frustrating since i'm spending months on that, using the best of my knowledge for every detail. Last week I created another shop, but this time using my AI and design skills, i really take effort for every single print I make as well, take hours each time, but it's way faster than manually painting everything, and I'm able to post more often, got more views too (and this time, i'm only promoting on X), this time I picked a very specific niche after days studying it and I really hope it works (the shop is called Paw-sitive Crafts). Can you guys give me some tips about my shop? This time I'm focusing on shirts and sweatshirts, since selling plenty of products with the same print isn't working in the first shop. I would love to hear from you and your experience, and if I should have hope and keep going, even if I'm late to the POD thing.

[alissag]

You have some cute designs and artwork. What really sets Zazzle apart from other print-on-demand platforms is the customization options. Designing products with template fields that buyers an easily customize may help to generate some more sales. For example your ball of yarn design would work well on customizable business cards, stickers and gift tags.

[Marycb]

I'll try to publish my prints in mugs, buttons, stickers and magnets. Hope it works!!

[BevStuff]

      The main thing is to just keep going. It takes awhile. In a random search, lots of Zazzle stores use "Paw-sitive" 
     Do use some variety of designs on a variety of products for your niche.   
      Don't over-use the same identical product title.  Zazzle specifically emphasized to designers a few years ago they want a variety of unique product design titles. I usually limit identical title use to 6 products of same design. You can change things up by rearranging words in a title, adding a color descriptor, swapping out "cute" for "sweet" or other adjectives.
     Tags are important. Search pet products in your category (shirts or whatever) and observe what search terms Zazzle has grouped them under. "cute" "pets" "pawprints" etc. Those are the tags Zazzle's search engine will use in particular. Also many stores have Paw-sitive designs: you can check their products for what tags they use.
      Make Collections. Because your Collection of "Other Designs" will be featured by Zazzle some place below the product page for customers to view. You can make Collections a variety of ways: you can feature just all of one design in a Collection or you can make a "Gift Collection" of a mix of products of various designs. And it's not a bad idea to do a nice Collection banner for each collection.
    In your store settings, be sure to use good tags.  "pawprint shirts."   "paw-sitive shirts" "pet prints" "pawprint shirts" (whatever works for you.)