July 2015 was a pretty good month on Cafepress for me, I have sold the following 7 products:
One product is not available anymore 😦
Christmas Season 2015 is a huge disappointment so far!
I have no idea what happened to this year’s Christmas gift shopping season online, but my sales on all print on demand websites are a huge disappointment so far – on all websites.
No matter whether it’s Zazzle, Cafepress, Society6 or all the others, sales are way behind 2014 and not at all typical for Christmas season. The sales are even lower than the average of all months before. What has happened?
Is it Google’s Panda update? Is it Zazzle’s new zRank feature and the fact that many older products do get removed from the marketplace (the 180 day rule)? Then why does it also affect Cafepress and Society6?
Cafepress has decreased their product variety as they are financially struggling and had sorted out less popular products. Society6 has changed the way customers get search results presented – showing less results than before.
But could these changes really be the only reasons?
I’d love to hear from you how you are doing. Yes, it’s only the middle of November but would this be a “normal” Christmas time, sales would be skyrocketing and now I am trying to get to the cash out limit on Zazzle??? Haven’t been struggling since March!
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August 2015 was pretty similar to July 2015, with 23 successful sales on Zazzle and products were again pretty expensive. It seems that people are already shopping for Christmas these days.
Santa Monica Pier Drawing in old Book Classic White Coffee Mug by stineshop
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Vintage Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre in Paris Photo Postcard by stineshop
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Chichen Itza Temple of Kukulcan south-west View Gold Finish Cufflinks by stineshop
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Chichen Itza Temple of Kukulcan south-west View Accent Pillow by stineshop
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Kaffee bringt alles in Lot – lustiger Spruch Tasse von stineshop
Stöbere Kaffee bringt alles ins lot Tassen
Blinky thing means turning! 3d text car bumper sticker by stineshop
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Santa Monica Pier – Sparkling Pink Photo Edit Postcard by stineshop
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Route 66 Photo Edit – Orange Glow Return Address Label by stineshop
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AIDAluna Cruise Ship in Road Town on Tortola Postcard by stineshop
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Lady Liberty red and yellow stars 3d curved text Snow Globes by stineshop
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Isla Saona – Caribbean Beach Throw Pillow by stineshop
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July 2015 has been another good month for me on Zazzle, I had 20 sales and only 2 cancellations. Twenty sales is not very much compared to other months but I sold a lot of higher-priced items like cases.
Sold 25 and 60 of these postcards for a few bucks, awesome!
Blinky thing means turning! 3d text car bumper sticker by stineshop
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Pitch Black Neon Santa Monica Pier Double-Sided Square Acrylic Keychain by stineshop
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Santa Monica Pier – Grey Sparkles Photo Edit Postage by stineshop
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Santa Monica Pier Photo Collage Throw Pillow by stineshop
Browse Santa monica pier Pillows online at Zazzle.com
Paris vintage Arc de Triomphe 1943 Cutting Board by stineshop
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Santa Monica Pier – Bursting Colors Photo Edit Postcard by stineshop
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Santa Monica Pier – Sparkling Pink Photo Edit Postcard by stineshop
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Cologne Cathedral Side Altar Leather Wallets by stineshop
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Route 66 Photo Edit – Orange Glow Return Address Label by stineshop
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Baltic Sea Sunset with Rays of Light Postcard by stineshop
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Blue Santa Monica Pier Perfect Poster by stineshop
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Neuschwanstein Castle – Fairy Dust Photo Edit 1 Inch Round Button by stineshop
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AIDAluna Cruise Ship in Road Town on Tortola Case For Galaxy S5 by stineshop
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Cafepress.com redirecting to Cafepress.co.uk
Today I have opened a thread in the official Cafepress forum about a technical issue I am experiencing. Since I am not the only one with this problem, I really do hope that Cafepress can do something about it. Please leave a reply in the support forum – whether you do have the same problem or not – or give it a heart. It will increase visibility for the support team. Thank you!
This is the topic I have been writing:
Hi,
As an European member (from Germany), I have a problem ever since the local Cafepress.de got removed.
Whenever I want to open Cafepress.com, I get redirected to Cafepress.co.uk.
This does not sound very bad, but Cafepress.co.uk does have LESS products available to design than Cafepress.com.
Since I am not the only one with this problem (many European Cafepress members seem to have it), I’d like to ask whether there is a workaround or what is the intention? It is sad that I cannot create all products anymore 😦
By the way, I was only able to open this topic in the .com forum at work. God knows why it does work here.
And here is the link to the forum thread.
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