Zazzle, the leading innovator in product customization and co-creator of the world’s first 100% customizable shoe is changing the shoe game again. Coming in 2012, we’re launching the next generation of completely custom shoe styles with new silhouettes, features, and styles. In the short-term, we’ve hidden all shoes from the site to make way for the exciting new shoe products to come! Get ready!
December 21, 2011 at 6:16 pm |
Uh, my shoe designs from the old Keds styles are still up as of 12-21-2011….
Did you mean you were removing the option of CREATING a new design with the old Ked’s styles?
December 21, 2011 at 6:34 pm |
Get rid of all the shoes I have created? All that work? Did I read that right?
December 22, 2011 at 10:12 am |
Jo-Ann, yup, that’s how I feel. It was a lot of work creating the sections for all those shoes. Starting over again with new templates will be a ton of work.
I don’t know about other Zazzlers, but I do more than create and post products to my stores….I also run 2 websites, 4 blogs, market my products on social media, write books, AND my “day” job is being a graphic designer!! Right now I’m in the process of redesigning my primary zazzle store for better marketability and sales.
When I think of all the extra work to create new shoes in all my designs part of my brain goes a little wonky!
December 21, 2011 at 6:45 pm |
So, are the shoes we already have available going to be available again? Or will we have to start over completely?
December 21, 2011 at 7:00 pm |
so our shoes that we have in the marketplace have been removed???
December 21, 2011 at 7:19 pm |
awesome!
December 21, 2011 at 8:50 pm |
It’s a shame that we have to see the old shoes go.
they where pretty popular on my site.
I hope the new once will be available in more sizes for the designs as that was always the most asked question from my visitors
December 21, 2011 at 10:08 pm |
All that work I had put into the Keds shoes…gone! Too bad you can’t have both. I am sure many people feel the same way.
December 22, 2011 at 2:34 am |
I’m going to look on this as good news, because I know … just *know* that you aren’t doing a major Keds shoe burning site-wide. (Think of the smell alone!) Unless, of course, you have a much more desirable and salable product. One SK mentioned that in the crowd he runs with nobody would buy the type of shoes we’ve been offering. I wouldn’t, either, because I have foot problems that require very sensible shoes, clogs being the best.
There are definitely more cool types of shoes we can do. And I’m going to assume that the new ones headed our way are of that variety.
December 22, 2011 at 6:57 am |
wOoT! good times
December 22, 2011 at 7:19 am |
all the work is not gone, zazzle is trying to fully incorporate your existing designs into new shoes, they are hidden for now
December 22, 2011 at 7:38 am |
How about those stores that were entirely based on shoe designs?… Why using the real data, could you use a copy of it and test all the new features?
December 22, 2011 at 9:11 am |
It’s always hard to see something I put so much effort into go, but Zazzle hasn’t disappointed me yet so I put my trust in them once again that the new shoes will be as awesome as everything else!
My shoes have been removed from all four of my stores already so I imagine everyone’s will be before long.
Thanks for all the great new products Z!
December 22, 2011 at 9:24 am |
It’s fun to see new products, but… is that correct that all of the previously created shoes will be gone?
December 22, 2011 at 3:03 pm |
I do hope you are not removing shoes we have already made. Excited to see the new product coming!
December 22, 2011 at 9:18 pm |
even if they are trying to switch our designs to the new brand… what about ALL the blogs & squidoo lenses!… I see now if I click on a shoe listing on a squidoo lens… it goes to a “coming soon… 2012 blah…blah…blah”. So not only all the designing work we did but all the promotional work as well… I sorta wanna cry.
January 5, 2012 at 4:22 pm |
I feel ya…..I’m not willing to give up all my hard work. I wish there was more information on this. And what the hell happened to the forums? I can’t get in….I’ve been trying for days, it’s been almost a week now.
December 23, 2011 at 4:48 am |
i think all the old shoes will still be there..dont panic.. just new options, new styles maybe..the old stuff will be migrated or something like that, i read somewhere
January 5, 2012 at 4:18 pm |
I hope so……that was my addiction for a while and I have pages and pages of shoes.
December 23, 2011 at 12:48 pm |
Wow! I’m glad about the new shoes but taking away the old ones we work so hard on and sold. looking forward to the new style. Happy Holidays everyone.
December 24, 2011 at 3:07 pm |
I’m pretty pissed off. They could have given a heads up, about this. Whats next? Are they going to pull the skate decks too?
December 26, 2011 at 11:34 pm |
I can’t wait to see the new shoes!
December 28, 2011 at 1:27 pm |
Not liking the change already……I’m disappointed to see the shoes gone…..I hope we don’t have to start completely over again! I have hundreds of shoes I’ve designed and to see them gone will make me not a happy person.
January 3, 2012 at 2:26 pm |
I would like to see the shoe line in Hannay plaid.
January 3, 2012 at 6:38 pm |
I’ll be bummed if the old shoes aren’t still available – I never even got a chance to buy any of them and I loved several of my designs. (Only just got a full time job so I can finally afford to!) Fingers crossed! On the other hand more styles would certainly be fun and would reach a wider range of people!
Please be kind Zazzle!
January 5, 2012 at 4:24 pm |
Ya….please be kind zazzle. Don’t break our hearts.
January 4, 2012 at 7:29 am |
by Patrick Briggs, Zazzle Maniac :
” we’ve hidden all shoes from the site to make way for the exciting new shoe products to come! Get ready!”
By dumb luck… I never got into their shoe thingy… and now I am so glad
January 4, 2012 at 4:43 pm |
If they r still using Keds I see Ked’s raised their basic prices.
January 6, 2012 at 4:23 am |
When in 2012 will shoes be back in the Zazzle product range … anyone???
January 6, 2012 at 4:26 am |
Same reply as above … but with correct website link this time …
When in 2012 will shoes be back in the Zazzle product range … anyone???
January 8, 2012 at 6:03 am |
Please let us know when theyll be back in 2012
January 8, 2012 at 5:55 pm |
Happy New Year to all !! But please tell me that I will be able to see the old designs back – hours of work down the drain !!
January 10, 2012 at 7:13 pm |
When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When? When?
January 23, 2012 at 7:37 pm |
ME TOO!
January 12, 2012 at 6:12 pm |
My shoe designs also have been deleted. Will the accounts with deleted designs be notified by email when the shoes are coming back?
January 14, 2012 at 4:54 am |
I just got a message from zazzle after emailing them, they said “in the next few months”
January 16, 2012 at 11:37 am |
I was about to order a pair of my own hi-tops when they disappeared from my store. I love shoes and am glad they will be offering new shoes to design in the next couple of months. I guess I will be hand painting a pair of white Converse hi-tops now.
January 23, 2012 at 10:28 am |
When clicking on an old link for shoes, instead of a blank screen, it would be very helpful for customers to see a message about the discontinued shoes and upcoming launch.
January 23, 2012 at 11:41 am |
WHEN ARE THE NEW SHOES COMING IN 2012???? I’VE LOST SALES FROM MY SHOE STORE
January 23, 2012 at 5:36 pm
Quote: “I just got a message from zazzle after emailing them, they said “in the next few months” “
January 23, 2012 at 7:35 pm
Thanks Nicole, a few months is like a year to me, but I’ll just have to wait! will we still have our other shoes? I have put a lot of hard work in for my shoe store.
January 23, 2012 at 11:44 am |
@ Alice Lam: Totally agree!
January 25, 2012 at 4:43 pm |
Zazzle Gods…. we hope yiour listening! Hopefully the wholsesale prices for the shoes are better, so a better profit could be made on the sellers end! I have to say the pro keds hi-tops were my popular seller. I just hope these new shoe designs are sellable to the public, a smaller manufacturer logo or no logo, which is much better for my own personal branding. Well I am sticking with Zazzle either way! So when are the new shoe styles coming out!
February 8, 2012 at 2:05 pm |
It would have been nice if Zazzle had been able to keep selling the Keds shoes while implementing the new shoe design/manufacture structure. Like many others here, I had some popular shoe styles that sold well and had a fairly good profit margin compared to a lot of items. I’m guessing there was some contractual issues that prevented this but if not, it doesn’t sound like the best way to go about making the change.
March 10, 2012 at 5:31 am |
March 8 2012….I’m re-doing my zazzle store for 2012…..any word on the shoes yet?
March 10, 2012 at 9:03 am |
WHEN?WHEN?WHEN?
May 4, 2012 at 6:58 pm |
Really wish those shoes would come out now. :/
May 7, 2012 at 2:07 am |
Zazzle = SLOW … also on this field … BTW, I’ve been waiting for years now for scrubs to become part of the Zazzle product range !!!
http://www.zazzle.com/henrik1966*
May 8, 2012 at 12:35 pm
From what i read on other articles there were shoes once on zazzle.
May 8, 2012 at 10:46 pm |
Looking forward o this & so are our customers!!!