TIP TO GET AROUND GOD AWFUL MOCKUPS

[Dzaz]

This is how to defeat grinning models and a multitude of mockery woes (without seeking/buying mock ups).

1. Make a blank hidden listing using one invisible letter in the same color as mock.

2. Download the mock up of choice, color/style.

3. Crop out grins and undesirables to 1481 px at least in vertical axis, crop sides in zazzle.

4. Overlay your image as desired. Save.

5. Upload custom mock as cover photo.

Hope this helps. Even the pros SELL bad mock ups that obscure the design. Jackets on top of a t-shirt mock? Anything to block out the design is just brilliant.

[CreativeLeahG]

I didn't fully understand these tips so I looked at your mockups for clarity and with one of the jackets, the mockup doesn't represent what the customer will receive (the image fills the whole space rather than the smaller space of the actual product) just something to be aware of. I didn't look further but we do need to create mockups properly representative of the end design. I hope this helps and thank you for sharing your tips.

[Susang6]

I knew there had to be a way to make the mockups myself that looked like the professional ones.  Thank you for the helpful tips. 

[Dzaz]

You're so welcome.

[chefcateringbiz]

Indeed, your denim jacket covers aren't the product Zazzle sells, and your images are different (larger) on the mocks than they are on the rest of Zazzle's denim images; as a consumer I would either call this a "trick", or I would register confusion over the product and just move on without pursuing a purchase. You can make your images larger if you put your logo on separately and fix it to the product using "lock" from the design tools and "always present" or whatever that option is where you select template options and so on.

[Dzaz]

What are you talking about. The cover image is in addition to the provided mock ups. Customer sees them all. Also people routinely use external mock up images from elsewhere which are never the identical product brand. Absurd. That's the whole point of adding our own additional product images. Further, some garments have almost intentionally terrible mock up images like the women's category. They don't represent the printing or the design accurately. For example compare the mock ups for the women's basic t-shirt and the women's pullover hoodie to see how jacked that mock up is. If we can't represent the design accurately whats the point of the listing?

[Connie]

The added cover images still need to show the exact product Zazzle offers, at least as close to it as humanly possible.

[chefcateringbiz]

What you have to do is meet the customer's expectations. You create confusion over what they will actually get when you use a different product and different size of the image you're actually promoting. My first thought as a customer is "what am I getting, the product in the first photo, or the second?" and I will likely move away from any product like that because it feels inauthentic. I wouldn't be the only one who thinks this way. You only hurt yourself by not showing the exact product. If you're Photoshopping, you could take a screen shot of the back of the Zazzle jacket, then blend it into the back of the photo you actually like. Wouldn't be too hard.

[Wildart]

completely confusing to me????

[Connie]

I don't have a clue what you are talking about! do you have some screenshots or something to explain better?

[PoshPatterns]

You have to be really careful which mockups you choose to represent the Zazzle product. The jacket you have shown has button loops on the bottom on each side whereas the Zazzle jacket does not. If you choose outside mockups be ever so cautious about continuity. If I am not sure about the product matching ie, extra details, scale, size etc I may use the mockups' background but replace the product with the zazzle product.
You are onto something with the crop though. If you don't want extra nuances in the product photo you can just zoom and crop. Provided you don't zoom too much as to distort your image.
I download the largest image and crop to my liking.