Editing Existing Zazzle Product Keeping the Link

My name is Sandy Mertens and I am a Silver Zazzle ProDesigner. Zazzle is a custom print-on-demand online shop where creators have their own stores. The Zazzle website evolved over the years from when I first joined. The designer tools were simple and basic. The customer could only edit the image and text if you (the creator) checked the box when posting the new product. There was no "Personalize this template" pulldown. To get an idea of simple and basic, look at Fabrics on Zazzle of how the design tool is. This was how it had been for other products. Fabrics editing has not changed.

Teddy Bears, Moon and Stars Pattern Fabric

by Sandyspider

More Fabric is available within these two collection pages. 

Expressive Art Fabric

Fabric by Sandy M Designs & Giftsyoucreate

Anyone not familiar with Zazzle and reading this, the online shopping store has over 300 different product types. Cards, clothing, home decor, office, school products, electronics, and more.

The Question

Question From a Funny Tote Bag
by Funny Jokes Shop

Recently, I was asked a question by another Zazzle creator. Her question was if she made an improvement on a design and made that change in Edit, if she should delete the older product, losing any likes, views, and purchase stats. My answer to any storekeeper (Zazzle creator) is if your product listing has any positive stats, never delete it. You shouldn't delete it if you have promoted it on various social media outlets. For a spelling error, a slight design defect, an image that needs an adjustment, or something that will not make too much of a change, make those changes and click on the "Replace Product" button. As the creator, you then click on "Submit Revision." Approval may take less than 24 hours to weeks. Therefore, I would not recommend doing this on a Valentine's Day card when Valentine's Day is only weeks away.

From my own experience, it has to be a slight change to be approved by Zazzle when clicking on the "Submit Revision" button.

(Now, if it is a grammar error and Zazzle does not approve the change, you have no other option than to make a new corrected product and delete the old one.)

Before the "Replace Product" button existed, I republished many products, deleting the older products. Doing this affected my ZRank by decreasing my stats.

The pencil/pen holder shown above is one product I have republished twice now, using the "Replace Product" button. Easier for the customer to add their photos with the Personalize this template pulldown. Valentine's gift for an office.

Cupid and Heart Frame Add Photo Desk Organizer
by You Photo It Designs

Replace Product for Zazzle Approval Video

When I started my Youphotoit store, I wanted my custom photo store to be different than the other shopkeepers. I wanted to include unique graphics so the customer could add their photo to that design. 

I can make my older products easier for the customer without a subtle visual change. This video will show how simple it is. 

Watch Video on Youtube for the Largest View

That is it. Has this helped?

Comments on this blog and on the Youtube video are appreciated.

Create a Zazzle Account and Online Store

How to Create a Zazzle Account

How do you create a Zazzle account and where is the sign in page? This online shopping print on demand (POD) store is a community of artists, designers, photographers who are professional and non-professional people. Who share their designs on greeting cards, office products, home decorations, kitchenware and many more products! Anyone can sign up on Zazzle to make money online as a shopkeeper or an associate. As a customer you need to be signed in by creating an account.

(Sandyspider Gifts is one many stores on Zazzle that is shown in the photo.)

This may seem like a silly question to some of you. But not everyone online knows how to sign in. Sometimes a website just doesn't seem that easy to find the right page to set up an account on.

Here is the link to start an account. (This does have my referral ID linked in.)

https://www.zazzle.com/lgn/signin

This is the same page that you would sign in afterwards. To create an account for the first time, click on the Register Now link (You can go off this link shown here too).

Once again you can register with your Facebook account to tie it in. Otherwise, fill in the form with your email and a password. Check that you are 13 or older and hit the "Continue" button.

Zazzle will give a "Congratulations" for setting up an account. If you are signing up as a customer or an associate only, then you are done and continue on with your order or promoting products.

How to Create a Store on Zazzle

Once you are in your account, click on the "Stores" tab.

Your link on top will look similar to this but with your shop ID after you click on the "Stores" tab. https://www.zazzle.com/mbr/238857335784557366/stores

The next step would be to click on the "Open New Store" button that is in the upper right.

Then you would write in the store name with no spaces. If it is not available, just keep writing in your other choices until you find a name that is. The link on top for creating a store name is (my ID included) https://www.zazzle.com/my/store/create

Provided that you are already signed in to Zazzle, you can go directly to the store with the "create link" above to add a new store to you members page.

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