New Zazzle Features - New! Zazzle Create-a-Product API
Introducing the newest marketing tool from Zazzle – the Create-a-Product API. Now you can enable visits to your web site or blog to automatically generate customized products from any image or text on your web site. And even better, all purchases made from your Create-a-Product API links will earn you 17% in commission.*
Features:
•Users on your site can turn ANY image or piece of text into a product with a simple click of a link and instantly they are within the Zazzle design tool.
•Want all products to have some of your brand on it? Add your logo or other text to each product created from your site or leave it blank – its up to you!
•Choose from any one of Zazzle’s products including Custom Apparel, Real U.S. Postage, Custom Mugs and Custom Cards!
•Earn 17% on each sale!
Implementing the Create-a-Product API is easy and takes roughly 20 minutes.
1. Set up your contributor and associates account on Zazzle
2. Create your product template to define how your products will be generated
3. Create the links and add them to your site!
Interested in learning more? Simply log into your Zazzle account and click on the link to Create-a-product API.
*Less face value on postage products
New Zazzle Features - the Pulse!
Have you ever wondered what’s happening on Zazzle right now? What are our contributors publishing? What products and topics are hot? What are people saying and doing?
We ask ourselves these types of questions everyday so we created a single page filled with delicious AJAX goodness that provides a real time summary of everything happening in the marketplace.
Get the scoop on the latest stuff. Feel the Zazzle Pulse now!
Features:
• Most recently published products
• Most viewed new products
• Blurbz from Zazzlers
• Running commentary (recent wall and product comments)
• Just shipped (my personal favorite!)
• Recently changed galleries
• Hot tags
• Busiest contributors
• Recent ZazzleMes (pictures of customer with their products; add your own by going to any product page!)
• Random special collection product
• Weekly bestsellers
Come back often because the page changes every couple of seconds.
New Zazzle Features - the Flash Zazzle Panel
The new Flash Zazzle Panel is the most interactive way to show off your own products or products created by our contributors on any website, blog or online profile. Some of the things you can do from the panel are:
• Zoom in to get a closer look at your product
• View all the comments users have written about your product
• Rate your product
• Share your product with friends and family
• And of course buy your product
The Flash Zazzle Panel is an easy way to merchandise products you’ve created such as custom t-shirts, uniquely express your personality and make money at the same time! Pretty good deal huh?
• Just specify a search term and/or contributor name and products that match your criteria will automatically be fed into your panel
• You can earn up to 17% on sales from your panel by joining the Zazzle Associates Program
• You can even customize your panel with skins. We’ll be adding new skins frequently so come back often.
Here are some examples of how others are using their Flash Panel:
• SLDogs.com: the creators of virtual pet dogs for the online world of Second Life incorporated the panel directly on their merchandise page.
• Raulie Barron’s MySpace profile: Raulie, an up and coming R&B artist, sells band shirts from his MySpace profile to support his music.
• Alandail’s Zazzle Gallery: Alan put the code for his panel inside his gallery description. The space skin fits perfectly with his Hubble Telescope products.
Send me an email (zNews@zazzle.com) letting me know how you’re using your panel.
New Zazzle Features - Launch of fan clubs!
Fan clubs have arrived at Zazzle! This means you can now show your support for your favorite contributors by joining their fan club and you will receive notifications whenever they make new products! Ever since Zazzle was started, we have always thought of contributors on Zazzle as stars. That’s one of the reasons we gave everyone their very own Zazzle Star link to share with their friends.
With today’s launch, every contributor on Zazzle will have their very own fan club!
On every gallery, you’ll now see three additional links:
(1) Join My Fan Club!
Join your favorite contributor’s fan clubs with just a few simple clicks. When you join someone’s fan club, you’ll be notified whenever that contributor creates new products.
Even better, anyone can join your fan club as well! If you don’t want to have a fan club, that’s ok, you can turn it off if you’d like.
When you are logged in and viewing your own gallery, click “Invite-a-fan” and send emails to all your friends and family to visit your galley and join your fan club!
(2) View My Fan Club
This page displays all the members of a contributor’s fan club. As additional users join the fan club, they will be listed here.
(3) Fan Clubs I’ve Joined
This page shows all of the fan clubs that this particular user has joined on Zazzle.
It’s important to note that you will have the option to turn off these public fan club pages so that if you choose, no one can see the members of your fan club or the fan clubs that you have joined. Of course, we recommend everyone keep these pages active because they show the support and community of users who care about the products you are making.
We are very excited by this feature because it’s something that many of us (and many of you!) have wanted for a long time. By joining the fan clubs of your favorite contributors, you can now stay updated on the newest products they are creating. We will be adding additional features over time to make it easier to connect with your favorite users and products on Zazzle so stay tuned!
If you are a contributor, we recommend you start sharing your gallery with the people you know. Go to MyZazzle and click the "Invite others to join your fan club" link in the upper right corner of the page. The greater audience you can build for your products, the more visibility, activity and sales you will have. It’s not too hard and takes less than a minute so why don’t you give it a try and send some invitations.
You are an integral part of our development efforts and all feedback and suggestions are much appreciated. Send us your thoughts.
New Zazzle Features - Introducing new contributor galleries at Zazzle!
WooHoo!! We're bursting with excitement to announce the launch of our new and improved contributor galleries! Complete with a new design and a host of robust tools, the new galleries make it much easier for you to promote and sell your products, while also enabling you to connect with your customers, fans and fellow contributors.
With the new galleries you get much more flexibility and customization ... plus, it’s much easier to manage. All of the main customization of your gallery is now located in a simple bar at the top of your gallery homepage, which appears when you’re logged in. Everything else can be modified directly inline on the page ... magical little floating popups enable you to edit anything easily. Seriously, create your own gallery and see for yourself! Need more convincing? Ok, then read more ...
There’s tons of new stuff, but here are the TOP 5 FEATURES that you absolutely, unquestionably, and utterly must know about:
(1) Customizable Homepage:
With expanded product showcase functionality. You now can easily select which products to showcase on your homepage. There’s a new “Top Picks” slideshow, Featured Products gallery, and more. Learn more!
(2) One-Click Theming:
You can create your own gallery theme by easily picking colors and uploading images or choose from one of the many default templates that already have a color palette and matching background image. Just click the “Customize Your Look” button at the top of the page to theme your gallery. Learn more!
(3) Simplified Gallery Navigation & Streamlined Management Process:
When you are logged in and viewing your gallery, a grey bar (see screenshot below) will appear at the top of your homepage. You can use these buttons to manage the various modules and pages in your gallery. When you want to view it as a visitor would, simply click the “Public View” button and the bar will minimize.
The “Manage Gallery Settings” button in the upper left of the manage bar brings up the following menu selections. This is where you can add/remove the modules and pages in your gallery.
In addition, a navigation pod is located in the upper right corner of every gallery page so that your visitors can easily browse through the different pages in your gallery.
(4) New Gallery Pages:
“Promote Me”, “About Me”, and more. We’ve simplified the overall gallery browsing to focus on the most important pages. Visitors can now visit your “Promote Me” page and get links to share your gallery and products with their friends. The “About Me” page has also been simplified.
(5) Improved Community Tools:
New tools include a comment wall so that visitors can share their thoughts, leave testimonials, request new products, and praise you for your genius. Let the discussions begin!
There are many additional small changes and improvements that we hope you’ll also try out. The effort to support contributors with powerful tools and functionality is a perpetual effort ... many new updates are planned for the future.
Big thanks to all of the members of the Zazzle community who contributed tons of feedback, ideas, and suggestions to make these changes possible. Please continue to send us your feedback and ideas so we can incorporate your suggestions into future releases and site updates.
Quick note:
If you are an existing contributor on Zazzle, please read the bottom half of the gallery announcement page which details how the galleries are being ported. As a quick highlight, rest assured that all of your products and preferences will be saved.
So, if you’re not a contributor yet and have read this far, what are you waiting for? Create your own gallery and make money from your creative genius!
Enjoy!
P.S. Here are some community galleries to browse for inspiration:
And many more!