Zazzle Basic Questions Answered

Subject: Zazzle Basic Questions Answered Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:51 pm

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Zazzle Questions Answered

Subject: Re: Zazzle Basic Questions Answered Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:43 pm

Hi!

Hoping this is a pretty Basic Zazzle question. . .

In my Shops at CP, when I upload a New Design, I then set up a Section to display that New Design in my Shop.

When a customer clicks on that design, they are taken to the Products.

In my Zazzle Shops, I am finding that each new design I place on products piles on top of the previously designed products until it is a rather messy "closet" full of tee shirts with all different designs on them. . .

Can I separate my Designs into Sections on Zazzle? If so (hopefully) how do I accomplish that?

Thanks !!!!!
Ann K.

Subject: Re: Zazzle Basic Questions Answered Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:55 pm

If in "products" you click on "add new product line" to make a "section" then click on a main product line (section), and then on "add new product line" tocreate a sub-product line (section).

For "section thumbs" you have to make thumbs, host them offsite and add html on your frontpage in my zazzle=>gallery=>basic information (no limit to characters as far as I know)
For your subsections add the html for the buttons in your section description

Example: ma Whacky Whimsicals or my cardshop

We are waiting for changes to the ways you can customize your gallery - but this is the only way to do it so far.

clown

Hilly

Subject: Re: Zazzle Basic Questions Answered Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:23 pm

Yeah I did it as felidae52 suggested..... I posted it elsewhere on here but I just made a sticky for it

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Subject: Re: Zazzle Basic Questions Answered Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:50 pm

Just an "add on": thumbs at 150x150 will give you four in a row, 200x200 three.

clown

Hilly

Subject: Re: Zazzle Basic Questions Answered Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:59 pm

Thanks, Hilly & Crew!

I'm uploading designs to Zazzle just now, but will try that technique as soon as they're finished (Bulk Uploader).

Criminey! I've got over 500 Scottish Terrier designs, alone - - - now I'll have to upload them both to Zazzle for products and to Photobucket for Thumbnails? Does it EVER end?

I know, stop moaning and get on with it . . . Rolling Eyes

. . . Hilly, your shop is just great! Hope I can eventually have something equally well done.

Regards,
Ann K.

Subject: Re: Zazzle Basic Questions Answered Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:03 pm

The bulk uploader is great, much quicker than uploading from the site and way better than anything cafepress had. Also being able to print on both sides of black is also good....

Subject: Re: Zazzle Basic Questions Answered Fri May 01, 2009 1:18 am

Thank you, Ann! Takes a lot of time and work atm, maybe with the changes that Eric announced it´ll be easier.

I "defected" when the VB changes were announced, so I have a bit of a head start on you (went to Printfection first and found Zazzle last March). I´m really glad I did - I sell things on Zazzle that never sold on CP! And lots more as well.

I have always loved your shops at CP (I´m nothing but a lurker there Very Happy

) and would have been very surprised to see you jump on the "I thought about it, and I guess it won´t be too bad after all - just have to work more on my shop and anyway I have to many designs to be moved" bandwagon. I´m a painter myself, and I have my husbands airbrush work in my shop there - and I certainly won´t take only 10% for them! (that´s why I started with Z and openend )my first gallery

I haven´t had any luck with the bulk uploader - there´s some systems it just doesn´t work with, and mine is one of them Sad

.

Anyway, all Zazzlers are happy you´re all here - with all the quality we already had and which is setting up shop now I guess CP got some tough competition!

clown

Hilly

Subject: Re: Zazzle Basic Questions Answered Fri May 01, 2009 4:21 am

felidae52 - That is a nice zazzle shop, love the banner with the curled edge at the top.... very nice!!

I am also a painter (watercolours mainly) but I stopped paining years back after my house filled up. I did sell a fair few and had a waiting list when I had a stall in a market for a short time.

How do you get paintings onto Zazzle stuff - do you scan them or photograph them ?

Regarding the bulk uploader - I bet your files are over 2 meg that you try to upload

Very Happy

Subject: Re: Zazzle Basic Questions Answered Fri May 01, 2009 6:18 am

The Crew Designs wrote:: How do you get paintings onto Zazzle stuff - do you scan them or photograph them ?

Mostly photograph them - my husbands paintings are usually 28x20 inches, I can´t afford a scanner that big Laughing

And my paintings are pretty large, too.

The Crew Designs wrote:: Regarding the bulk uploader - I bet your files are over 2 meg that you try to upload

No - it isn´t that. it´s a known bug with some pc configurations. There´s lots of Zazzlers can´t use it. Plus I don´t upload tons of designs in one go, so I don´t really mind. I upload them and make products. Easier for me - else I get bored with writing descriptions and thinking of tags Smile

my most hated pasttime ... So it makes a break.

And glad you like my shop - I have the "Curled" banner on a few others. I did try to make them all look the same, but then decided I did like some of them as they are Very Happy

Hilly

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