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My recent Zazzle Sales: August 2014

August 2014 was a pretty ok month on Zazzle. I had 34 successful (green) sales with some huge sums, e.g. the silver necklace or a bunch of invitation cards. It was also the month were I switched to a royalty of 30% for ALL products on the 20th and I have not regretted it since then. I can only recommend increasing your royalty to what feels fair to you. According to Zazzle you might see a decrease of an average 5% in the number of sales. But you will earn a lot more with every sale so it does more than just even out.

Anyway, let’s see the products I was able to see during August 2014 🙂

AIDAluna Cruise Ship in Road Town on Tortola Poster by stineshop
Browse Aidaluna Posters online at Zazzle.com

Awe-inspiring Pyramid in Egypt Post Card by stineshop
View other Postcrossing Postcards at Zazzle.com

Santa Monica Pier – Sparkling Pink Photo Edit Postcard by stineshop
Design Full color postcards at zazzle.com

Golden Gate Bridge Photo Edit – Rainy Night Laptop Decals by stineshop
Look at more Golden gate bridge Skins at zazzle

Crow Post Card by stineshop
color postcard printing by zazzle.com

Hot Teacher – HOT TEA-cher funny pun Mug by stineshop
Check out other Funny Mugs at zazzle.com

Five Shades of Sunset Painting License Plate by stineshop
Look at another License Plate

Vintage Gypsy Girl – old Black and White Photo by stineshop
Check out Vintage Photography online at zazzle

Route 66 Photo Edit – Orange Glow Poster by stineshop
See other Route 66 Posters at zazzle

Santa Monica Pier Sunrise Pillows by stineshop
Browse more Santa monica pier sunrise Pillows at Zazzle

Santa Monica Beach – Green Purple Photo Edit Throw Pillow by stineshop
See other pillows.

Santa Monica Beach – Sparkling Pink Photo Edit Jewelry by stineshop
View more Santa monica beach Necklaces at zazzle.com

Panoramic View over Lake Constance Post Cards by stineshop
Full Color postcard printing on zazzle

Red German Train Post Card by stineshop
Look at Postcrossing Postcards online at Zazzle.com

Fluffy Dog – Men’s Best Friend! Ceramic Tile by stineshop
Find more Fluffy Tiles at Zazzle

AIDAluna Cruise Ship in Road Town on Tortola Postcard by stineshop
Create a postcard at Zazzle

Winter Garden Photo Collage Makeup Bag by stineshop
Browse more Winter Bagettes Bags at Zazzle

Santa Monica Pier – Colorful Photo Edits Room Decal by stineshop
Look at other Santa monica pier Wall Decals at zazzle.com

Weiß-Blaue bayerische Flagge Sticker by stineshop
View more Bayern Stickers

Postal Service Employees Thank you Postcards by stineshop
View Postcrossing Postcards online at zazzle

Classic Car Post Cards by stineshop
Make postcards from photos online at zazzle.com

Santa Monica Pier – Bursting Colors Photo Edit Postcards by stineshop
Make postcard designs on zazzle.com

Winter Love – Heart in Snow Postcard by stineshop
Check out more Postcrossing Postcards at Zazzle

Swirly Blue Neon Rose Custom Announcement by stineshop
Design a personalized invitation at Zazzle

Pfahlbauten – Stilt House Museum Unteruhldingen Magnets by stineshop
View more flexible magnet designs from Zazzle.

Iglesia del Valle Rosary Window Post Cards by stineshop
View other Postcrossing Postcards

Santa Monica Pier – Shabby Chic Photo Edit Postcards by stineshop
Check out other Postcrossing Postcards at zazzle.com

Sacramento: Tower Bridge from Capitol Mall Jigsaw Puzzle by stineshop
Find another Zazzle Puzzle

Computer Circuits Square Stickers by stineshop
View more Pcb Stickers

Neuschwanstein Castle – Fairy Dust Photo Edit Poster by stineshop
Make a poster from a picture online at Zazzle.

Phew, that was a lot!

Zazzle Shop Showcase: MehrFarbeImLeben

“Mehr Farbe im Leben” (“more color in life”) is Claudia’s motto. Her beautiful designs are anything but boring. They are all very colorful.

~~I have created a Polyvore board with some of her products so that you can see some of her work:~~

Polyvore board removed due to Polyvore having been shut down.

You can find Claudia’s designs in many shops on different print-on-demand websites. Here is a list for you to check out:

http://www.zazzle.com/mehrfarbeimleben

http://www.zazzle.com/austriaoesterreich

http://www.zazzle.com/crazycrazyshop

http://www.zazzle.com/impressivemoments

http://www.zazzle.com/impressivenapkins

http://www.zazzle.com/specialfractal

http://www.cafepress.com/mehrfarbeimleben

http://www.cafepress.com/specialfractal

http://www.cafepress.com/impressivemoments

http://www.cafepress.com/crazyhome

http://society6.com/mehrfarbeimleben

http://www.thekase.com/EN/designers/mehrfarbeimleben/index.html

Cowcow is a disappointment so far… any objections?

Over 1 year ago I had signed up with Cowcow.com – one of many print-on-demand websites out there that let you open a shop, upload your designs and sell your products. Within this year, I have uploaded over 100 of my best photos and digital art and guess what? I had ONE sale. Yes, ONE.

Ok, creating products with your designs is pretty easy (once you understand how it is working). You upload your photo and add title, description and tags and are done within a minute. So I had thought this might be a really great site – not much time invested, not much money earned (the royalty is less than with other sites) BUT if products do sell regularly you could still earn a quick buck. But that is not the case with Cowcow and me.

My shop can be found here: http://www.cowcow.com/stineshop

As you can see it is pretty much a mess and I did not find out how to organize it better.

By the way this is my sales report:

Pretty depressing if you ask me. I an contemplating to not add any more designs to Cowcow. Do you have any experience with this POD website that you would like to share with us?

My recent Zazzle Sales: July 2014

To be honest, I had dreaded July 2014. I had increased my royalty to 30% to most of my products and feared I might sell less. Guess what? That was not the case! It was such a good month that I took a huge step forward and set the royalty to ALL products to 30% for July 20th and it was the best thing I could do 🙂 I am so looking forward to the Christmas season!

Anyway, these are the 32 sales (5 of them are still pending but I am optimistic that they will turn green very soon!) from July 2014 on Zazzle:

Scenic Autumn Forest Personalized Invite by stineshop
Look for more cheap invitations at zazzle.com

Downtown Seattle Blue Grey Collage Labels by stineshop
Design your own personalized address labels on zazzle

Winter Love – Heart in Snow Postcard by stineshop
Check out other Postcrossing Postcards at zazzle.com

This “winter heart” is my best selling design in France. I wonder why…

Vintage telephone booth yellow glow art photo by stineshop
Order a photo enlargement online at zazzle.com

Tropical Paradise Pier on Antigua Post Cards by stineshop
Check out Postcrossing Postcards online at zazzle

So the Caribbean cruise has payed off, I keep selling this postcard pretty regularly 🙂

Giant Mountains – Vintage Hiking 1937 Postcard by stineshop
Design your own custom picture postcards at zazzle.com

Food Tricolore Round Stickers by stineshop
Check out other Spring onion Stickers at zazzle.com

Santa Monica Pier Sparkling Pink Photo Edit Posters by stineshop
Find more matted prints

Jellyfish Postcards by stineshop
Make postcards from photos online at zazzle.com

AIDAluna Cruise Ship in Road Town on Tortola Postcard by stineshop
Browse Postcrossing Postcards

Santa Monica Pier Grey Sparkles Photo Edit Post Card by stineshop
Shop for Postcrossing Postcards online at Zazzle.com

Wuppertal Floating Train / Wuppertaler Schwebebahn Postcards by stineshop
Create a Full color postcard with zazzle.com

Santa Monica Pier – Sparkling Pink Photo Edit Postcard by stineshop
See other Postcrossing Postcards

Swirly Blue Neon Rose Custom Announcement by stineshop
Design printable invitations online at Zazzle.

This one is still pending and I am keeping my fingers crossed since it will earn me $20 🙂 The good news is though that two other customers bought them too – so I earned $40 to $60 with this announcement in July. Woohoo!

Hot Teacher – HOT TEA-cher funny pun Mug by stineshop
Personalize coffee mugs at Zazzle

Ever since I saw this mug on “New Girl” and decided to design it, I keep selling it. Was a good idea – I have sold a few of them this month.

White lined Paper Stationery Design by stineshop
Get the best custom stationery printing at zazzle.com

Swirly Blue Neon Rose Stamps by stineshop
Browse more Swirls Stamps at Zazzle

This is the matching stamp for the invitation – bought by the same customer on the next day.

Hamburg or Venice? Postcard by stineshop
Design your own picture postcards on zazzle.

Willemstad Curacao – Queen Juliana Bridge at Night Tee Shirt by stineshop
Check out other Queen juliana bridge T-Shirts at zazzle.com

Lush Green Forest Wine Glass Charms by stineshop
View Wedding Wine Charms online at zazzle

This was my first (and so far only) wine charm!

Baltic Sea Sunset with Rays of Light Cards by stineshop
Look at Sunset Cards online at Zazzle.com

Grazing Sheep by the Rhine Post Card by stineshop
Get the best in online post card printing from zazzle

Red German Train Mouse Pads by stineshop
View other Red Mousepads at Zazzle.com

Swirly Blue Neon Rose Custom Return Address Label by stineshop
Design unique custom address labels at Zazzle.

This blue neon rose photo edit has definitely been the design of the month!

Santa Monica Pier – Shabby Chic Photo Edit Postcards by stineshop
Try post card printing using zazzle

My recent Zazzle Sales: June 2014

June 2014 was the beginning of an awesome Zazzle summer. It’s August now and I have just received my third consecutive payment (>€50!) and will receive a fourth one in September. I am pretty excited about my sudden breakthrough success. Zazzle has always been my most successful POD website but this summer definitely tops everything. I had a total of 36 sales and none of them was cancelled! So, here we go – all sales from June 2014: