Getting Started
Zazzle.com requires marketplace sellers to sign up for a free account. The process is fast, easy and simple. Within minutes, you’ll be ready to upload your digital files and begin customizing products. Once your account is created, you will need to first upload your digital artwork files that will populate your images portfolio. Once uploaded, you must create a store that you will sell your custom products through. The store creation process allows you to choose from 20 pre-configured templates or you can customize your own. The basic customization process allows you to change colors and header images for the pages of your store — not only are you provided a basic product page template, but you are also given an “About” page to place information about yourself and your artwork. You will even have a “Fan Club” page for your customer raves and testimonials! One useful feature of the Zazzle.com store model is that you can make the store private, meaning that it will not show up in general searches through the Zazzle.com search engine. This will allow you to customize the store to your liking before you make it available to the public or even build up some excitement around your “launch” date in advance of your store’s public opening.

Costs

Getting started with Zazzle.com costs nothing. There are no upfront setup costs or membership fees. Your store is free to operate and run, furthermore you will pay nothing to host your product images on Zazzle.com. The cost model on Zazzle.com is very simple. Every product has a Zazzle-determined base price and royalty percentage. For example, a 16×20″ poster has a base price of $19.95 and the standard royalty is 10%. That means you will make $1.95 for every sale of that 16×20″ poster. However, Zazzle.com extends the royalty model further by allowing you to “Name Your Royalty”. If you want to make more than the standard 10%, Zazzle.com adds the percentage over 10% to the cost of the item and you take that home. In the case of the $19.95 poster, say you want to make a 30% royalty, the final product price will be $25.65 and your royalty will be $7.69. Zazzle.com will handle the math for you — the key is to price your items fairly.

Getting Paid
Once you have established your public store and Zazzle.com has taken your custom artwork from digital file to final product and collected the customer’s money, it is time for you to collect yours. Once your earnings reach $25, Zazzle.com will begin sending your money on a monthly basis. You can specify whether you want to have your money sent via check or electronically through Paypal.

Is Zazzle For You?
Zazzle.com has many benefits : a free, mature and easy to use system for uploading your artwork and creating a custom turnkey storefront, a large number of products to customize and a generous royalty system that is fair and easy to understand. The Zazzle.com marketplace is huge, with thousands of stores and millions of products, so getting a competitive edge will take some creativity, ingenuity and commitment. A successfully start, will undoubtedly begin with a marketing campaign to bring awareness to your artwork, and once you have a few customers, building from that base will make it easier to sell more by introducing new products and new artwork. If you are an artist looking to get more out of your digital works by selling customized products into the Internet marketplace, Zazzle.com should be on your list as a serious tool to get serious results.

We have a few new courses you should consider and we are soon to be rolling out personalize/one-on-one instruction for folks who want hands-on lessons.

Finally, there will be a new series of small one-off workshops coming in the late winter / early spring, so stay tuned!

The editor , Dave Seeram, is always looking for new material, so if you have some great photos or an article you’d like to share, release your fears and take the first step!

There is a little something for everyone here!

Colorado Free University Courses

Note : All CFU classes will be held at the 1st & Quebec Campus
Registration information can obtained by calling (303) 399-0093 or directly at CFU’s website.

Migrating to Digital Photography

ONE offering of our “Migrating” class :

1. Meets Three Thursdays, 6:30-9 pm : 5/28

Beyond the Snapshot : The Digital Journey from Workflow to Masterpiece

ONE offering of our “Beyond” class :

1. Meets Two Tuesdays, 6-9 pm : 5/19; Skips 5/26

NEW! Digital Camera Quick Start: Learn to Use Your Point and Shoot

ONE offering of our New “Point and Shoot Quick Start” class :

1. Meets One Tuesday, 6-9 pm :5/12

NEW! Digital SLR Quick Start Essentials: Hands On DSLR Workshop

TWO offerings of our New “Digital SLR Quick Start” class :

1. Meets One Tuesday, 6-9 pm :5/5
2. Meets One Wednesday, 6-9 pm :6/3

From basic to advanced, quick camera start to organizing and editing software, you’ve got many shots to take advantage of in the coming months. Here is complete listing of course offerings through May 2009.

Colorado Free University Courses

Note : All CFU classes will be held at the 1st & Quebec Campus
Registration information can obtained by calling (303) 399-0093 or directly at CFU’s website.

Migrating to Digital Photography

We have one offering of our popular “Migrating” class throughout the Winter :

1. Meets Three Tuesdays, 6:30-9 pm : 1/6
2. Meets Three Thursdays, 6:30-9 pm : 4/30
3. Meets Three Thursdays, 6:30-9 pm : 5/28

Beyond the Snapshot : The Digital Journey from Workflow to Masterpiece

Two offerings of our “Beyond” class :

1. Meets Two Thursdays, 6-9 pm : 1/22; Skips 1/29
2. Meets Two Wednesdays, 6-9 pm : 3/18; Skips 10/25
3. Meets Two Tuesdays, 6-9 pm : 5/19; Skips 5/26

NEW! Digital Camera Quick Start: Learn to Use Your Point and Shoot

Six offerings of our New “Digital Quick Start” class :

1. Meets One Wednesday, 6-9 pm : 1/21
2. Meets One Wednesday, 6-9 pm : 2/4
3. Meets One Thursday, 6-9 pm : 2/19
4. Meets One Tuesday, 6-9 pm : 3/3
5. Meets One Tuesday, 6-9 pm : 3/17
6. Meets One Thursday, 6-9 pm : 4/2

Front Range Community College Courses

Note : All classes will be held at the Westminster Campus
Call (303) 404-5465 to register.

Introduction to Photoshop Elements and the Digital Workflow

1. Meets Three Thursdays, 6:00-9:00pm : 1/8-1/29, skips 1/22 - Register Here
2. Meets Four Thursdays, 6:00-8:00pm : 3/5-3/26 - Register Here

UPDATED! Advanced Photoshop Elements for Digital Photography

1. Meets Four Tuesdays, 6:00-8:00pm : 2/3-2/24 - Register Here
2. Meets Four Tuesdays, 6:00-8:00pm : 4/7-4/28 - Register Here

Colorado Free University Courses

Note : All CFU classes will be held at the 1st & Quebec Campus
Registration information can be found directly at CFU’s website.

Migrating to Digital Photography

We have three offerings of our popular “Migrating” class throughout the Fall :

1. Meets Three Tuesdays, 6:30-9 pm : 8/5 - 8/19
2. Meets Three Thursdays, 6:30-9 pm : 9/25 - 10/9
3. Meets Three Tuesdays, 6.30-9pm : 11/4 - 11/18

Beyond the Snapshot : The Digital Journey from Workflow to Masterpiece

Two offerings of our “Beyond” class :

1. Meets Two Thursdays, 6-9 pm : 8/21; Skips 8/28
2. Meets Two Sundays, 1-4 pm :10/19; Skips 10/26

Front Range Community College Courses

Note : All classes will be held at the Westminster Campus
Call (303) 404-5465 to register.

Introduction to Photoshop Elements and the Digital Workflow

Meets Four Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm : 9/2-9/23

Advanced Photoshop Elements for Digital Photography

Meets Four Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm : 10/7-10/28

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We’ll be covering the digital workflow, the nitty gritty details of the Photoshop Organizer and dive into some of the advanced management features as well. We’ll wrap up with a survey of editing techniques and end just short of high dive into full editing. We save the details of hard-core editing for the second, follow-on class to be offered sometime in the fall.

This will be an exciting introduction to some of the core features of Elements 6. We’re going to have a lot of fun, and this course should suit the needs of many folks who currently struggle to take control of their images!

Come join the fun, there are a few slots left!

Register now :
FRCC Course Description and Enrollment information
Phone Registration : 303-404-5465