Block off An area on all Cards

[Windy]

I recommend that Zazzle remove all Zazzle Marketing attribution from All current cards. 

Create new templates for cards. Insert  a blocked area, so that Designers are not able to apply any design in the blocked area on any cards created from the new templates. 

Advise designers to use the new templates and not to create a new card from an existing card. Show a warning to remind. 

After that, Zazzle can change up Zazzle Marketing  attribution annually, or once a month , or every day, on all the cards created on the new templates, by placing the Attribution of the Hour in the reserved blocked area.

This will help Zazzle to put an end to the practice of destroying the hard work of Zazzle's valued designers.

[shellifitz]

I just found some with the QR codes and the previous methods of turning them off are not working... not from the product page edit dropdown menu and also not from the back end edit option.  

😠

[Saints_Aplenty]

I dunno.  Wouldn't reserving that space entirely mean that we'd be limited to white card backs or run the risk of having an ugly white stripe at the bottom of the card/postcard?  Just asking...

I do second the recommendation that Zazzle remove all Zazzle Marketing attribution from all current cards.  And that adding a Zazzle attribution be made opt-in with several logo configurations made available.  Designers' choice.  

(I find great irony in this situation.  Zazzle is a company founded on the very basis of making personalized/customized products available.  Zazzle is a company that has fostered the development of individual businesses by virtue of the services it provides.  Zazzle, for the most part, provides its customers with great latitude in dealing with designs.  But, for some time now, I've sensed a trend toward greater central control over designers.  Sure, some basic parameters are warranted.  But, one size does not fit all--not in availability for chat, not in willingness to make our names and faces public, not in the design and placement of a Zazzle attribution.  I think designers deserve options.  Just my 2-cents.  And, I'm often on the wrong side of issues it seems.)

[shellifitz]

Also look at this card. 

Oklahoma Sunset with Trees and Bible Verse Postcard
by Shellibean_on_zazzle

if a buyer checks the box to remove the zazzle/designer attribution the one on the left disappears but the one on the right stays.  

If I am paying 5 cents extra to remove attribution I want it all to be removed!  not half of it...  

[Saints_Aplenty]

@shellifitz 

That's a really, really old postcard back.  I doubt that any automated process currently in use is going to get rid of that big gray Zazzle on the left.  I manually replaced all of my lingering postcards with that back a looooong time ago.  (I still find a few greeting cards with the "Z' in the gray circle on the back too,  Remember those?)

At any rate, I think it's a separate issue.

[shellifitz]

@Saints_Aplenty 

Probably right.  I think Zazzle should address it though so I don't have to remake things, especially if they are sellers.  

[Fiorenzo]

It would practically only make sense on folded greeting cards. As we had before with the Z logo on the bottom, and what is acceptable due to common practice. Not doable on flat cards or postcards which may have regular content on the backside.

As I suggested a few times, let designers decide with a publishing option, if they want to have an attribution option or not on their cards. 

[Windy]

@Saints_Aplenty  I recently (3 days ago,)reviewed many new cards for my postcard blog and was surprised to see that "old" logo that @shellifitz ,  on nearly all the new cards I was looking at. So I think that old logo may have returned as part of this entire mess. 

[Saints_Aplenty]

@Windy 

Good grief!

[Pádraig]

Hey all,

Thanks for your thoughts on this. Taking note so I can pass this along to our team for review.

All the best,

Pádraig.

[KC]

Doing a full block for an area would also remove the ability to print a flood of color even if you turned attribution off. Personally, I think that's also an eye-sore. 

I would like all cards, including folded cards, to be fully designable, full flood, no attribution, unless a designer adds their own. 

Maybe there could be an optional attribution layer in each template, similar to the postcard stamp squares. That way each designer can choose for each product and design around it (or delete it) very intentionally.