Zazzle's Own Collections - are these a good guide to follow?

[CreativeLeahG]

Re the collections page 

I noticed Zazzle has recently added some of their own collections already ranking high in the collections pages (see photo mugs)

Are the collection themes Zazzle is currently in the process of curating the ones we should be aspiring to create?

A few samples:

• https://www.zazzle.com/collections/photo_mugs-119133388115962469
• https://www.zazzle.com/collections/health_fitness-119214133109965556
• https://www.zazzle.com/collections/hosting_a_party-119709326452350596
• https://www.zazzle.com/collections/kids_birthday_party_supplies-119862037972752777

Thanks

[KeegansCreation]

Yes! That shows what sorts of collections Zazzle intends to spotlight in the future. 😁 Good catch.

[Barbara]

They look like regular collections to me. They have a banner just as ours always do (if we made a banner), and if you click on one of the products, it goes to that product where there's no cover image, just one of the standard in situ images.

Colorwash's Home

[CreativeLeahG]

I think I will be able to use these for affiliating purposes! Yay!!

I might crack on with that today. 

[CreativeLeahG]

Are these new collections curated by Zazzle?

I'm wondering if these are collections curated by other sellers that they have now put under the 'zazzle store' ? Barbara picked up that some collections were last updated last year.

If so, these might not be an optimum guide re how they want collections to look .....  😕

Please confirm Zazzle, is this our bench mark? Thanks

[ColsCreations]

They've been promoting these Zazzle_Collections for some time in the marketing emails they send out. I've had the page bookmarked for some time after I found my way to it after clicking in a link in one of the emails for "home gifts you might like" or some such wording. I can't say for sure how long ago that was but at least months, long before they started hinting that something new was coming for Collections.

[Scott]

This account doesn't appear to be from Zazzle.

[ColsCreations]

Wow. It's using Z's logo and says from Redwood City, too. And I definitely found my way to it via a link in a marketing email from Zazzle. (It sounds like I am doubting you about it not being an official Zazzle account - I'm not, just shocked that an imposter account made it this far.)

[Scott]

What's the subject line of the email?

[ColsCreations]

I just went through all my emails (I haven't checked my email in a while so there was lots from Zazzle) and could not find an example. The first one I remember catching my eye enough to click the link for was the Barware collection and it said something like "curated just for you". After looking I remember thinking, well, that wasn't curated just for me LOL. But of course I clicked on the zazzle_collections name and thought 'aha, this is where Zazzle houses the products they are promoting in emails". I'm sorry I can't say how long ago this was (I even looked at my bookmark properties to see if there was a date I saved it recorded) but I know I got more than one such email and that it never occurred to me they weren't official Zazzle-curated collections.

[BevStuff]

Well, if they are counterfeiting themselves as being "Zazzle," ought you not do something about it?

[ColsCreations]

I believe they did. I had Followed that store as I honestly thought it was official Zazzle so wanted to be able to find it again. Anyways, I happened to look earlier today at the list of stores I am following (not many) and noticed  that store is devoid of content now.

[CreativeLeahG]

The collections remain, the links I posted still reach them, the content is hidden. So we don't know who this store belongs to?

[sm]

The fact that it's still there after almost two months, really says it all.

[CreativeLeahG]

I note the collections from this page have now been hidden but they still exist? was it ever determined if this is a Zazzle 'owned' store page?

[Scott]

I already answered the question. Not us.