• Cafepress shop setup alongside Zazzle

    Years ago I set up a Cafepress shop for the Dutch Mars Society. Cafepress was the place to go for print-on-demand t-shirts. I always found the user interface unfriendly and difficult. Soon after I discovered Zazzle and was impressed how Zazzle implemented their user interface. I left the Cafepress shop for what it was and…

  • Illustrations sell better than patterns

    Recently I’ve come to a surprising conclusion that illustrations sell better than patterns. It’s been a while since I posted a blog, October and November were rather busy. But I didn’t sit on my hands. I did some research on my sales to see what actually sells best. I made a lot of patterns, but…

  • Martian Colonists art on Pinterest

    Martian Colonists art on Pinterest

    Martian colonists are a hot topic with Elon Musk wanting to start a new civilization on Mars. Manned Space and Mars are a bit of a hobby of my On Pinterest I created a new board with Martian Colonists art. Well, not real Martian colonizers, but I like the sound of it. I do get…

  • Japanese lozenges and starting with Pinterest

    First, I created some Japanese patterns, Japanese lozenges, Japanese fish scales and a hemp leaves pattern. By the way, Zazzle doesn’t like the word “hemp”, so on Zazzle I replaced that with “herb”. At the moment I have well over 1700 products. In the last two months I created three times as many products as…

  • Barcelona and vintage retro space art posters

    A page is added with some great posters in a vintage retro space art theme. I try to find at least 50 good ones, because Zazzle is a numbers game. You probably heard that often. It is all about getting found. Either by having a lot of products designed by yourself. Or promoting a big…

  • Cool iPhone cases from Zazzle – retro space

    One way to make a buck is to market cool iPhone cases from other Zazzle stores. This is done by means of the affiliate program of Zazzle. In your Zazzle account you’ll find a unique number which you add to the link of the product on your website. Or better. Log on to Zazzle, find…