Another day, another card; its always time for more new products at my Zazzle store. Todays theme is vintage images. As usual they have a humerous twist, see if they make you smile:-
I am going to have to think seriously about how to take this blog forward. The easy bit is showing new products as I add them to my store but I guess that could become a little boring. I may slow up the number of posts to give a more interesting "story" of how I am doing with sales / referrals and just generally learning the ropes.
Monday, 20 June 2011
Sunday, 19 June 2011
Greeting Card on Zazzle: A bunch of purple and white flowers
OK I have posted lots of humerous cards for sale on my ZAzzle store but not everybody likes these sort of things. So of course I have posted one or two for the more serious buyers. THis one is a photograph of a bunch of purple and white flowers. Simple text and a simple message, of course all text can be personalised very easily even for those who may feel a little uneasy with computers. If you can use a keyboard - well, there's no problem. Even adding your own picture is a doddle but then you might as well design your own card so why am I saying this?
More cards to come in the days ( and weeks to come) why not browse over and see what I and other Zazzlers have to offer.
More cards to come in the days ( and weeks to come) why not browse over and see what I and other Zazzlers have to offer.
A Lazy Sunday Afternoon, button badges on Zazzle
Finding myself at a loose end tyhis weekend ( father's day and waiting for the lads to visit) I decided to post a set of button badges that I have on my Zazzle store. Taken from a set of four acrylic abstract canvasses, which were shown at my art groups yearly exhibition, they are:-
Lots more on my store if you want to pop across
Lots more on my store if you want to pop across
Saturday, 18 June 2011
A greeting card to throw a little light on a birthday
Still plodding away and learning as I go. Today I became concerned that although the photographic images I had been uploading to Zazzle are fine, the scans of my art works are a little "iffy" in terms of size. I may need to consider this issue very carefully. Luckily, I have got many more photos than scans.
The problem is that the scans are smaller than the photographic images even though they are a much higher resolution. This is something that has bothered me for sometime but I believe that I was mistaken in thinking that the scans were of a suitable size, because they were a higher resolution. I have discussed this fully on my Squidoo page, my first steps with Zazzle. I put some figures to the different sources of the images and compare them with the recommended values from Zazzle.
For now, I am posting another greeting card, possibly for a green-fingered gardener. Whatever, here it is:-
I think that I will use this to make a series of specific numbered birthday cards, i.e. put a large 30,40.....,70 etc. in a suitable location omn the card. I will probably do this with some of the others. The buyer can personalise a card but will they want to bother. OK, I will provide the effort and hope that someone appreciates it.
The problem is that the scans are smaller than the photographic images even though they are a much higher resolution. This is something that has bothered me for sometime but I believe that I was mistaken in thinking that the scans were of a suitable size, because they were a higher resolution. I have discussed this fully on my Squidoo page, my first steps with Zazzle. I put some figures to the different sources of the images and compare them with the recommended values from Zazzle.
For now, I am posting another greeting card, possibly for a green-fingered gardener. Whatever, here it is:-
I think that I will use this to make a series of specific numbered birthday cards, i.e. put a large 30,40.....,70 etc. in a suitable location omn the card. I will probably do this with some of the others. The buyer can personalise a card but will they want to bother. OK, I will provide the effort and hope that someone appreciates it.
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Another sale for me on Zazzle
YESSSSS!!!
It is only a postcard for which my royalty payment is hardly going to make me rich, however it is a sign of things to come. I have a new shop with about a dozen cards and one is sold. Is this good? Well Zazzle say on their homepage that they have 41 Billion, that is 41 000 000 000 products for sale. I guess to be seen and sell one is pretty good. At least I am very optimistic that I may be able to makae a few pounds as I start to populate my store(s). The card sold is:-
Very similar to the greeting card which I have already posted on here, but with a slightly different text.
Back again tomorrow.
It is only a postcard for which my royalty payment is hardly going to make me rich, however it is a sign of things to come. I have a new shop with about a dozen cards and one is sold. Is this good? Well Zazzle say on their homepage that they have 41 Billion, that is 41 000 000 000 products for sale. I guess to be seen and sell one is pretty good. At least I am very optimistic that I may be able to makae a few pounds as I start to populate my store(s). The card sold is:-
Very similar to the greeting card which I have already posted on here, but with a slightly different text.
Back again tomorrow.
Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Amusing greeting cards on Zazzle
Humerous or amusing cards can be fun and I think I have a sense of humour that most people can identify with. So as far as greeeting cards go my store has a number of amusing epithets on cards with a matching graphic. In the cards I show here, the graphics are all public domain or Creative Commons licensed images.
I have recently made a series of cards with the theme " a group of people" does it with ( or using) " something". If it doesn't make sense then take a peek at the following cards:
photographers do it thru a lens by artyfax
Shop for a different greeting card template online at zazzle
All of these and more can also be found on Tee-shirts, for example:-
All products can be customised:- design, colour and in many cases the text may all be customised to your choice. The quality of the products from Zazzle is top class and there should be no difficulties with receiving your order quickly.
I have recently made a series of cards with the theme " a group of people" does it with ( or using) " something". If it doesn't make sense then take a peek at the following cards:
photographers do it thru a lens by artyfax
Shop for a different greeting card template online at zazzle
All of these and more can also be found on Tee-shirts, for example:-
All products can be customised:- design, colour and in many cases the text may all be customised to your choice. The quality of the products from Zazzle is top class and there should be no difficulties with receiving your order quickly.
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
Tote bags by Artyfax on Zazzle
Just another quick post to show off some of the products on my main Zazzle store; in this post, Tote bags:-
Tiptoe, thru the tulips by artyfax
Join Zazzle.com's artist affiliate program
Tiptoe, thru the tulips by artyfax
Join Zazzle.com's artist affiliate program
Watercolour painting, pastelling and photography, all are grist to the mill for Zazzle products. I will be adding more on a daily basis to try to establish this blog. Once a week I will be posting a more in-depth article about the site and my experiences. You can read more about mu Zazzle experiences in the meantime on Squidoo, My first steps with Zazzle.
Monday, 13 June 2011
More greeting cards for my new Zazzle store
I am still adding new products to this new store trying to build up a large and interesting stock. Here is one of thte latest:-
And how about a floral card:-
If you need a card why not pop over to my Zazzle card store and see if there is one you could use. I guarantee that you won't find any of these anywhere else. I have a very individual sense of humour.
And how about a floral card:-
If you need a card why not pop over to my Zazzle card store and see if there is one you could use. I guarantee that you won't find any of these anywhere else. I have a very individual sense of humour.
Sunday, 12 June 2011
A Humorous card for father
OK, just to get this new blog up and running I am going to see how long I can keep posting one-a-day.
I really do find the navigation on Zazzle a real pain. Wether it is simpy that I am not using it enough but I keep finding thjat I have to think really hard about how to get to a particular page. I do not find it intuitive. Foe example, I noticed this morning that I had made a typo on one of the cards which I had just posted yesterday. How on earth could I edit it. I soon found out how to edit the information but not how to edit the card itself. In the end I tried something and ended up re-posting it as a new product, so I had to delete the original. That can't be right, there must be a way of editing something.
Anyway, another card from ARTYFAXCards.
I really do find the navigation on Zazzle a real pain. Wether it is simpy that I am not using it enough but I keep finding thjat I have to think really hard about how to get to a particular page. I do not find it intuitive. Foe example, I noticed this morning that I had made a typo on one of the cards which I had just posted yesterday. How on earth could I edit it. I soon found out how to edit the information but not how to edit the card itself. In the end I tried something and ended up re-posting it as a new product, so I had to delete the original. That can't be right, there must be a way of editing something.
Anyway, another card from ARTYFAXCards.
Saturday, 11 June 2011
My first post
I have been telling myself for some time that I need to start a blog to comment on tmy experience with using Zazzle, a print on demand facility, to sell my art and digital designs. I started by writing a page on Squidoo, titled, My First Steps With Zazzle. However it soon became clear that I would need an on-going blog to write about and promote the Zazzle store. So here it is.
So far I have two separate stores on Zazzle, The first was started before I really knew what I was doing ( in feet first as usual) and I developed a range of products which included many different types and image sources. As I got to klnow a little more I decided that I needed to hace more than one store with a range of products from a particular niche. A card shop, A clothes shop and a gift shop. Why? Hopefully it will be easier for potential customers to find something that they will want to buy. If you are looking for a t-shirt then you expect to be able to look through a shop which sells t-shirts. At least that's my way of thinking. I will be opening 3 or 4 shops over the next few months as I race toward my retirement. Hopefully by the time I am cut adrift from work, my earnings from Zazzle will enable me to have jam with my bread and butter.
My very first product in the first new store. I hope to add many more soon anad I will try to let you know what I am learning about being on Zazzle. Back soon....
So far I have two separate stores on Zazzle, The first was started before I really knew what I was doing ( in feet first as usual) and I developed a range of products which included many different types and image sources. As I got to klnow a little more I decided that I needed to hace more than one store with a range of products from a particular niche. A card shop, A clothes shop and a gift shop. Why? Hopefully it will be easier for potential customers to find something that they will want to buy. If you are looking for a t-shirt then you expect to be able to look through a shop which sells t-shirts. At least that's my way of thinking. I will be opening 3 or 4 shops over the next few months as I race toward my retirement. Hopefully by the time I am cut adrift from work, my earnings from Zazzle will enable me to have jam with my bread and butter.
My very first product in the first new store. I hope to add many more soon anad I will try to let you know what I am learning about being on Zazzle. Back soon....
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)