How long does it take to make a sale?

[TheDesignerVib1]

Hello! I have started my zazzle store in may of 2022 and I only made one sale of I have only gotten 44 cents, and I haven't gotten more then 6 views on each product, I use Pinterest to promote my products but have very little traffic, I do use tags in everything, is there anything I can do to boost views and sales? I'd really appreciate it, and also I'd love if you can check out my store!

[CreativeLeahG]

This article I wrote should help you

https://www.giftbuyingtips.com/2022/07/zazzle-pod-sellers-lots-of-views-but-no.html

I took a look at your store, lovely background images, but be useful for the customer if they had text templates ready to personalize. This is generally what they expect from Zazzle. 1 sale in 3 months when you've just started is pretty normal! I used to do a happy dance every time I got a few pennies once in a blue moon when I started. Zazzle is the long game, no quick fix. An investment in time as I call it!

I'm not doing features presently but I'll let you know when I do.

[raihanali]

I have not got any sales from my store. Could you please tell me what is the reason?

[Windy]

It could take a long time. I  created my account in June of 2005, and made my first two sales in October of the following year.  This was followed with one sale in 2007 and two sales in 2008. 

[WHS_Designs]

I opened my first Zazzle store in June 2015 and had my first two sales (a postcard and then two days later, a watch) in late August 2015. I did just about zero self-promotion, and knew nothing about using long-tailed keywords or even how to describe my designs properly in the title and product description sections.

I took home a whopping $174 in my first year (somehow I managed to eke out 44 sales that year) and $527 in 2016 (with 132 sales that year). Oh those were the days! 😉 

I did a lot of designs (and redesigns -- I look back on some of my earliest creations and think "I can't believe people actually bought that!") in my first store over the next 2 years and launched stores #2 and #3 in 2016. I've sat in on Elke Clarke's webinars and read her articles to look for ways to improve both my design and promotional efforts. 

Despite improving sales numbers and earnings, it really wasn't until the end of 2017 that I felt comfortable that my Zazzle stores could provide me with a steady flow of income. It requires dedication to creativity and brand building, the ability to pivot when circumstances call for it (e.g. the COVID-19 pandemic), and the mindset to treat your stores like a business, not a hobby.

As @CreativeLeahG said, it is a long game, not a get rich quick scheme. 

W.H.

[WHS_Designs]

wow. my memory is taking a vacation.

my first two sales actually happened on Jul 22 and Jul 24,
so a little under two months since I opened my first Zazzle store.

W.H.

[VivianD117]

Homework, homework, homework -- for each product that you are creating -- see what the "competition" both inside and outside of Zazzle is doing -- what is selling; what features do they have in common, etc etc.   Check out the top selling products on Zazzle for the line that you are interested in and decide if you had to make a choice -- whose product would you buy?  The more you learn, the better you will do.  And, I'd look also at how the other stores are set up -- there is a lot to learn and you'll start seeing the difference.

[InkConvenient]

Everyone is right, its a long game, it takes time! I did notice in your store you aren't making use of the template fields so its harder for people to customise your work as the design area can be confusing for people. When you first start, in my opinion you have two options to gain some traction, 1 is to learn how to promote your work effectively, the other is to find niche areas that aren't really that saturated yet, this takes time and research. 

[Barbara]

InkConvenient mentioned finding niche areas, which is what finally got my own sales going. What I did, and still do, is follow my own interests, my biggest one being music, and then digging down just a bit within that interest. It was music theory, and so I created a series of designs within that realm. I've done well there. Then I branched out a bit into other interests, asking myself what people with similar interests might like to buy.

One day, I dragged out the old yellow pages that we'd never bothered to throw out, scanning all the businesses and picking out those I might be able to design for. That's where I got my ideas for business cards. You might try to do something similar, even simply looking at the businesses all around you. The one thing I personally would stay away from focusing on is beauty salons because Zazzle is packed with them.

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[InkConvenient]

Small business is where I first started doing well also, the great thing about business is that a lot of people love to have matching items so its not always just the business cards but also phone cases and file holders, name tags, all sorts of complementary products that can be grouped together. 
I agree that staying well away from beauty and weddings until your store gets up and running, there are so many listings in those categories that you just won't get views on them unless you're good at drawing your own traffic to your store. 

[Carthage_Kitten]

Hi. How has your progress been since this post?

[chuamishael]

My first sale is after 6 months, competition on zazzle is high, you can only hope that some veteran referral marketer can help promote your products.  Other than that is to stop new designers coming to zazzle to spam more designs.  American economy really has effect on sales. some of my customers are under budget, so they didn't buy anything from zazzle even tho they really love too. let's hope this year would be better than last year.

[Delaris]

please have a look to my Products and give me your comments

[chefcateringbiz]

Lots of info in the forums already, but here's a link to most common advice

https://community.zazzle.com/t5/general-zazzle-discussion/no-sales-store-feedback-help-i-m-new-links... 

[DesignbyGlo]

Greetings! I'm a new designer on Zazzle and found this tread. There are many good suggestions posted in 2022 and I wonder if they remain valid in 2024. The link to the article written by @CreativeLeahG no longer works, unfortunately. My products are mostly motivational and empowering gift items for runners and women. It's a niche. I have 250 items so far and I'm adding more daily. Any additional suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 

Glo
@DesignbyGlo

[CreativeLeahG]

Lots of free resources and guides are available via my site grafixdeals.com

This is a great place to begin as a lot of the work is done for you.

[DesignbyGlo]

Great resources! Thank you for sharing!