Starting a Zazzle Shop

Searching through your photographs you find a photo of Aunt Harriet proudly holding her overgrown Zucchini. Her birthday is coming up. She already has everything and she is so hard to please. How can she refuse a custom print mug?

Online shopping has become a growing trend. Zazzle is a custom Print-on-demand company. This is where you can design and sell your own creative creations. Or you can find a unique gift for that hard to buy person.

Zazzle is one of the easiest websites to set up an account. Set up your own shop and start selling your product right away. There is no inventory to buy, no special equipment to use and nothing to pay out of your own pocket.

I started my Zazzle shop in Feb. 2009. What I love about Zazzle is all the helpful information that is offered from the staff and the website itself. If there is a question that you may not find, an email is answered quite efficiently. The support on Zazzle can’t be beat.

You can even start your own shop after viewing someone's gallery, like mine below.

Please be considerate and do not copy any of my pictures. They are all copyrighted and have a digital thumb print on file. They are protected at My Free Copyright

First set up your account, upload some images, choose a storefront template and start creating. No other site have I found the instructions so easy.

Zazzle offers so many different styles for your shop’s appearance. It allows you to choose a theme or create your own custom look. You can even upload your own header to give it that unique professional look.

Look for the tab button for “Products” and set up your Store Categories. You can create as many store categories for the Zazzle gallery as you would like. Maybe you would like one for your Holiday photos and another one just with products of Aunt Harriet photos.

Zazzle allows you to create the products individually or all at once with the “Quick Create” tab. So many different type of products to make: cards, Ked shoes, refrigerator magnets, stickers, mousepads, mugs, t-shirts, tote bags and much more.

Name your own royalty. You can even set it as high as 99%. But don’t expect to sell any products. Remember you are competing with other shopkeepers. As stated on Zazzle.com “Take a $19.95 shirt for example. If you price it with a 99% royalty, it will cost $1,795.50. But hey, if some rich person wants to buy your shirt, we'll be happy to make it and give you the 99% royalty.”

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