I (Elke) started my Zazzle business in 2007. At first, I treated my Zazzle store like a hobby rather than a business. I expected it to be much easier than it was. I assumed it was simply a matter of putting up some products, and from those products, I’d make lots of money. 

I quickly learned that wasn’t the case. In the first year, I only made $90. If you make less than $100 on Zazzle in one year, they don’t pay you out. I worked for an entire year on Zazzle and didn’t get paid. I was extremely frustrated. I couldn’t understand why this wasn’t working. I wanted so badly for something to stick and to finally make the sales I wanted.

 

I had to step back from my own ego and look closely at what I was doing. I needed to admit that my methods weren’t working and I needed to find a better way. Unfortunately, there weren’t many experts giving advice about Zazzle at the time. There was some information available about using e-commerce platforms like Redbubble and Amazon, but these are very different from Zazzle. 

While there were some people giving recommendations about using Zazzle, they were typically people with designer badges around the bronze level, meaning that they had made around $1,000 on Zazzle. I wanted to follow the advice of the top experts, people who had made more than $100,000, but they seemed to be guarding their knowledge. 

I had to work through trial and error, but I eventually figured out how Zazzle works. I called them The 5 Strategies™ which I developed for success on Zazzle. While I don’t regret it, I wish I had a mentor that could have helped me get to where I am today faster. 

 

If you are struggling to make money on Zazzle, we definitely understand because in the past we struggled too. However, now Jen is a Gold Zazzle ProDesigner and Elke is a Diamond Zazzle ProDesigner. with combined take-home pay of $1.5 million. We can assure you that success is possible on Zazzle. 

We have seen it for ourselves and our students. We want to help you make it happen too.