Hi,
I apologize if this has been raised before.
I have noticed when clicking Pinterest links there is an extra step required now to edit a design. This extra step required is clicking "view product details". Once you click this link you will see the typical product page. I know the issue has been raised before about our product page containing a lot of other designers' products now. Although this is not ideal when promoting our products in the promotor program, this is not the particular issue I'm Rasing.
The issue I'm raising is... would it not make more sense to go straight to the 2nd image below where the design is ready for the person clicking the link to access the design. I am no expert, but it seems like there is an extra added step which does not add value.... unless that value for zazzle is simply showing all the other designers' products?
Hope this makes sense. I've included images below for reference.
Thanks
Chris
This is the landing page once clicking a pinterest link
Once you click view product details it goes to this page
I have noticed that too but since I’m new I assumed it has always been like that. When I realized it I almost stopped promoting my listings. I know, it’s just one more click but it does seem unfair to the ones promoting their listings a lot so I couldn’t agree with you more.
Really? I have to test this out tonight once the sun goes down. I already have figured out that it depends on several factors (as an example if you are logged in or not etc.) and it’s not only happening with Pinterest (of course). I actually started a table (just for my self) to figure out the pattern but than I thought what good does it actually do to know since I can’t change it anyhow. Guess I thought wrong because you have figured out a solution, smile. Back to the drawing board (table) for me and huge kudos to you!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 It’s no secret all takes me a tiny bit longer to get, lol. 🙄
Have a look at this thread where it is all laid out. We thoroughly tested this all out Nov 2023 so you can save yourself the trouble of charting it to figure out the pattern. 😉
Bottom line was that a product link from a social media site always resulted in the "landing page" regardless of type of link or if the person had visited Zazzle before.
Links out from a website/blog only produced the landing page if was the clicker's first visit to the Zazzle domain. Subsequent visits didn't produce the "landing page" unless they have cleared their cookies making it a first-visit again.
If you use the short PID format url on your blog/website, no landing page even on first visit.
(The short PID format URL is just https://www.zazzle.com/productIDnumber)
Oh, thank you so much @ColsCreations !! This thread happened just a week before I joined Zazzle. And it took me some time too before I started visiting the boards. I have learned so much from you all since. I still have questions left of course, sigh. Maybe I post one tonight on the "Ask a Question" board, lol.
Oh thank you!! I did not think of that option. And it’s actually a double whammy if you look at it from every angle. Now I have to see if you can make the collection link to show the latest product first. Hmm. 🤔
I would point out that at SnuggleHamster.com we currently have the ability to bypass this intermediate page when clicking the "Shop at Zazzle" link:
We do this by using a different URL structure than most people are using. For Basic (free) agencies we add our own referral code. We let Premium agencies use their own referral codes. In the special case of Premium agencies that are part of the PP2.0 program, we have to use "clean" URLs to Zazzle with no referral codes. That mechanism doesn't let us route around those "landing pages" unfortunately.
@JimCarnicelli Oh, just seeing this now. I better grab a coffee and read all postings in this thread. Thanks Jim!!
