Hi Mariholly,
I wanted to follow your advice but I don't know which option should I activate on each creation ?
Thank you
Kind regards
Make this a template object.
Hi,
It's not even been quite three days yet since you published your first product. Even though you can share a direct link to it immediately after publishing it, it takes time for it to be "indexed" to where it appears in the Markeplace (often abbreviated here as MP) and can thus be found by browsing or searching. I think when you publish it says something about 24 hrs but sometimes it can take days if the "indexing" is behind. Indexing must be on hyper-speed today as I was already able to find your most recently made product published this morning by searching the MP for it. 👍
Once visible in the MP, there are literally millions of products already there and this is where good tags come in, to hopefully get your product seen in a very saturated market. [teddy bear baby blanket] returns 1,608 results. A customer can only scroll through 900 of them (15 pages of 60 results each). So unless you've somehow earned a spot on the first page or two of such a "generic" search, views & sales are really dependent on shoppers being more specific about what they are looking for, and you having the tags to match. I looked at the tags for your teddy bear blanket and of the 15 words you used, only four of them apply to the design. The others are describing the product (soft, warm, comfortable ...) That's actually a hard design to describe, I couldn't think of a good way to describe the 3D-like effect or the mosaic sort of geometric background pattern that also looks 3D. But a few tags I would do would be like
cute pastel teddy bear design,
baby blue,
soft yellow,
pale pink bowtie,
calm muted colors,
multi-color mosaic pattern,
teddy bear baby blanket,
and you still have three more tags left ... (for tags we get 10 text fields and each one can be a max of five words totaling 40 characters including spaces.)
I know that it goes against what everyone recommends, but I always work in the product type with a main keyword such as [teddy bear baby blanket] or [tie-dye pillow] or [pastel duvet cover]. I know Zazzle knows the product type so it's there invisibly but I don't know how the search algorithm applies it so I feel better knowing I have a tag that is an exact match for such exact-phrases that are likely to be typed in. Also I don't know how our tags come into play outside of Zazzle so another reason I play it safe by working in such a tag. If you look around, there are plenty of products on the first pages of results that include the product type and/or suggested use (like say "kids room decor") in their tags. Even saw some from Disney like that.
I think the oft-cited advice not to include product type in tags stems from the belief that it's wasting a tag that could be used for something else. Maybe true in some cases but in others, it's a real struggle to come up with ten 5-word tags without verging on tag spam. Using 2-3 of your allotted 50 words to include the product type isn't a big loss in my opinion. The other thing is that Zazzle did at some point specifically ask not to include product type (such as Samsung Galaxy S10 or whatever) on phone cases since there are so many model devices and case type a customer can choose from and it messes with Zazzle's own sorting & marketing.
Anyways, your art is fantastic. I would think you will do very well, you just need to be patient, and work on those tags. But nowhere in your About sections or product descriptions do you say if it's your originally created art or not. Your Abouts kind of suggest though that you are actually the manufacturer of the product
... Our products are carefully curated, ensuring that each piece is not only beautiful but also functional ...
... Every item is crafted with love and attention to detail ...
I don't know how many people actually read the Abouts but many of the more successful designers here have reported that customers often mistakenly think they are involved in the making & shipping of products when we're not, we just provide the art. As beautifully written as your Abouts are, you may consider re-wording them so as not to give that impression.
Oh, one more thing - go browse the General Discussion and Ask a Question forum for topics related to Cover Images. They are pretty important now and as a new store, you'll be doing yourself a favor by providing them as you go.
