Messenger bags are back in stock?

[MasterpieceCafe]

We were told that Zazzle was no longer going to carry the Rickshaw products so I deleted them all ... and I just got a message saying the messenger bags were back in stock!

Are they really back? Did I delete 100% of Rickshaw (messenger bags, device sleeves, etc.) for nothing?

[Marcia]

Yikes — I also just recently deleted most of mine!

[kashmier]

I hope they are not back because I deleted all mine. The ones that sold and those that didn't. Will be depressing if they are back.

[mydesignstudio]

I also deleted all of my designs. I just put a bag in my cart to see if I'd get any popup warnings, it appears to be available for immediate purchase. Shoot!

[LMGildersleeve]

Strange they are not found in the CYO options. 🤔

[KeegansCreation]

They are not. (Probably just set to hide.)  However they are in the Zazzle templates which don't seem to have a link anywhere on the site but the bookmark I made back in the day still works. Within a few days they will probably re-appear in CYO. Another avenue of approach is to choose one of the existing bags and then scroll down to where it says "create your own from scratch".  Never mind that the existing bag probably says "discontinued".  Some of the color/binding choices previously available have not returned but when you pick "create your own from scratch" it will give what is currently available.

https://www.zazzle.com/store/zazzle_templates 

https://www.zazzle.com/store/zazzle_templates

[applezz13]

YES all this...deleted mine last week!!!  Aaaaand i went to design one after the email that they are back and the dont come up 🙁

[heartlocked]

Same here, I deleted all my messenger bags except for the ones that sold at least once and now they're back???

[KeegansCreation]

The blanks are now available at the top of the messenger bag department page in the MP.

[shellifitz]

I deleted mine long ago because right after I designed a bunch of them they were OOS forever then discontinued.  If they are really back then I will never delete another thing. I don't have time to redesign a bunch of stuff that I already designed...  so this begs the question. Can we ever trust something that says discontinued?  or will it eventually come back like this? 

[MasterpieceCafe]

Exactly! I am so upset by this. I spent many hours working on these bags (not to mention all the other Rickshaw products!!) I had sales and views history and now all of that hard work is just GONE.

We were told to delete, they weren't coming back. Another reason why Zazzle really needs to be more proactive deleting product lines for us. There is no reason we should have to do this anyway. If something isn't coming back then Zazzle should delete it.

This is really upsetting.

[anura22]

Totally agree.  Very disconcerting that I deleted all of my messenger bags and it was such a waste of design time. Nice that they are back, but sure won't trust the discontinued message again.

[Emma]

Hi Creators, 

I just wanted to chime in here to provide some clarity on this. We had tried to reintroduce Rickshaw Messenger Bags to the Marketplace last week. Unfortunately, it hasn't worked out, and these are now discontinued for good. 

They have been removed from the Marketplace, and will not be returning. Apologies for any confusion caused here. 

- Emma 🌻

[applezz13]

Sigh…i just rebooted my whole collection.  😞   Ahh week cant be helped.  Maybe the product hunters can find a different messenger bag, I loved them.

[Westerngirl2]

I spent 3 days making really cool new ones.

Not a happy camper.

[MasterpieceCafe]

Thank you for the update. I assume that all of the Rickshaw products are discontinued?

I still see 14,540 messenger bags in the marketplace? I guess it will take time before they are permanently removed?

[shellifitz]

Thank you for letting us know Emma.  🌷

[MMAndersonArt]

It would be nice to have an alternative to the all-over print tote bags that is more like a purse. I have two of the small Rickshaw bags and use them often. They make a good conversation starter to talk about my artwork.

[ZBug]

I too deleted all mine after learning they were discontinued. They were a good seller, so it was disappointing. Now, frustrating. 😕

[MasterpieceCafe]

I don't see messenger bags in search results anymore so that is comforting. But I have to say it was horribly frustrating just trying to find a product category. It seems like the search categories are now all designed around themes vs product type?