Monday 20 January 2014

The official way to pay for my Zaps tool

EDIT Feb 15, 2014: This method of paying is now WITHDRAWN
Please see instead how to pay on the official Zaps page

I've been working on a new mechanism to accept payment for my Zaps tool that doesn't involve any manual intervention by me.
In one of my more inspired moments I realized that I could give it away free when someone buys something else from me - as long as there's enough profit margin.

So here's the end result, a very expensive postcard in my Zazzle store - see its reverse for more...

Buy this postcard, get 1 Zaps Pro License for free

I've now put this as my official way to pay on the official Zaps page

Here are some characteristics of this method:
  • People can use Zazzle coupons to get money off. Yaay!
  • Occasionally Zazzle does a 50%, 75% even 90% off. Boo!
  • If someone else promotes that postcard, they're not guaranteed to receive a referral commission because of the way Zazzle's cookie rules work. Boo!
  • Someone can self-refer, if they can manage it, and get 15% referral commission - like a cash-back in effect. Yaay!
So what I've done to deal with those 'boo's is
  • If a 50% or above coupon is used, they get minimal email support
  • If no coupon, or one below 50% is used, they're entitled to normal email support
  • Still working on how to properly reward someone who refers a sale but it needs to be with minimal manual intervention...
I still have to manually add each purchaser to the the Zaps tutorial slideshow and email them a link. Oh well, it's close to my ideal but not perfect while there's manual effort involved.

comments, likes, +1s, tweets are always welcome! :)

Dachshund puppy dog cute photo birthday card

Cute Alert!

How can you resist this cute puppy design? Maybe you'd like to see your name or initials on it? Click to customize and personalize...

after scouring the Zazzle market place for a while, I settled on this as my choice for today. By roughcollie,
another talented creative from the Zazzle community!


tagged with: dog, photo, greetings card, card, birthday card, happy birthday card, beautiful, dachshund, cute, puppy, dog lover, pet, long-haired

Beautiful photo of a cute long-haired dachshund puppy dog happy birthday greetings card. Change or delete text to suit requirements

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The Zazzle Promise: We promise 100% satisfaction. If you don't absolutely love it, we'll take it back!

Monogram Red Supergiant Star Monocerotis Ceiling Lamps

A gorgeous outer space lamp design. Fill your room with these amazing colours! Click to fill in and see it with your monogram initials.


tagged with: hubble images, monocerotis, red supergiant star, interstellar dust, supermassive red giant, swirling dust clouds, monoceros constellation, astronomy pictures, outer space, star galaxies

Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A gorgeous astronomy picture featuring a distant star, named V838 Monocerotis, in the direction of the constellation of Monoceros on the outer edge of our Milky Way. The image shows the swirls of dust spiralling across trillions of miles of interstellar space, lit mainly from within by a pulse of light from the red supergiant, two years into its journey.
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image code: monocerotis

Image credit: NASA, the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) and ESA

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Silver Sequins, Bow & Diamond Personalized Samsung Galaxy SIII Cases

Cute Alert!

How cute a Samsung phone case design is this? Maybe you'd like to see your name / initials / monogram on it? Click to personalize and see!

here's a design from one of the greats - AJ_Graphics,
another talented creative from the Zazzle community!


tagged with: silver diamonds jewels and bows, her elegant chic classy ribbons, glamorous funky girly sequins glitter, teenagers cute pretty bling, girls trendy fun sparkles, teens beautiful fun fashion patterns, womens funky fashionable trend setter, teenage girls hipster glamour

Elegant girly silver case with a beautiful silver digital sequins pattern, a cute silver digital bow and ribbon and pretty digital diamond bling jewel. A trendy, glamorous gift for her - women and girls will love this fashionable silvery case. Please note: All cases on the Zazzle website have flat printed images - not real jewels or ribbons.
 
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Strength and Dignity Proverbs Necklace

A gorgeous design. What would it look like with your initials? Click to personalize it and customize it with the different available styles.


tagged with: proverbs, christian, necklaces, gifts, bible, verses, worship, praise, faith, religious, she, clothed, strength, dignity, laughs, without, fear, future, encouragements, inspirational

The christian necklace is from bible verse of Proverbs 31:25 as it reads "She is clothed in strength and dignity and she laughs without fear of the future." Perfect for an encouragement and to share your faith in God. Would make a nice gift as well for any proverbs girl.

»visit the LPFedorchak store for more designs and products like this

Colorful Soft Sand Waves iPhone 5 Cover

An amazing iPhone Case design featuring a beautiful fractal. Click to personalize / customize.


tagged with: backgrounds, background, patterns, pattern, abstracts, modern, elegance, waves, simplicity, stylish, fractals, fractal, art, arts, artistic, digital art arts, computer arts art, modern art arts, abstract art arts, decorative, customizable, customise, customisable, layer, layering

colourful and multicolored multicoloured fractal with pink, orange, blue, yellow, gold, and green colors colours in soft whispy wave like streaks, very elegant and tasteful design with a modern abstract art look and would make a good background for your own text or words, and looks like layers of colored coloured sand

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Medical Business Cards

An impressive metallic-effect business card design. How will it look with your name and business details? Click to personalize and find out!


tagged with: medical, doctor, nurse, practitioners, home health, healthcare, hospital, clinic, supplies, equipment, home health nurse, nursing, health, insurance, medical industry, bigcowdesigns, big cow designs, luckyturtle, lucky turtle, lucky turtle designs

Medical business Cards with modern design and gold metallic look medical symbol, along with text you can customize the way you want. Designed for a doctor, medical office, nurse or healthcare industry business. Two side design allows you to add your own appointment card on the back or leave the back blank.

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Cute Puppy Pajamas Neckties

Cute Alert!

How can you resist this cute puppy design? Maybe you'd like to see your name or initials on it? Click to customize and personalize...

after scouring the Zazzle market place for a while, I settled on this as my choice for today. By mariabellimages,
another talented creative from the Zazzle community!


tagged with: adorable,animal,brown,comical,cuddly,cute,dog,domestic,funny,isolated,little,pet,puppy,young,pajamas,collar,tag,bone,tail,heart

A cute, sleepy puppy still wearing its collar, is ready for bedtime dressed in pajamas and with a teddy bear in hand.

»visit the mariabellimages store for more designs and products like this
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Cross Country CC Tie

A fantastic tie design. Maybe you'd like to see your initials / monogram on it? Click to personalize and see what it looks like.


tagged with: cross country, x country, runner, run, running, sports, athlete, runners, black and white, c c arrow symbol, jogger, jog, c-c, c c, arrow

A Cool Cross Country Runner running and a CC Arrow Symbol!

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Gray and Pink Modern Trellis Custom Monogram Galaxy S3 Case

Cute Alert!

How cute a Samsung phone case design is this? Maybe you'd like to see your name / initials / monogram on it? Click to personalize and see!

look at this great design from jenniferstuartdesign,
another talented creative from the Zazzle community!


tagged with: monogram, name, modern, pattern, trellis, lattice, geometric, abstract, links, trendy, girly, preppy, lines, cute, stylish, pretty, feminine

Cute Girly Trendy Chic Stylish Preppy Geometric Modern Trellis Pattern

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Monogram Red Supergiant Star Monocerotis Table Lamps

A gorgeous outer space lamp design. Fill your room with these amazing colours! Click to fill in and see it with your monogram initials.


tagged with: hubble images, monocerotis, red supergiant star, supermassive red giant, swirling dust clouds, monoceros constellation, astronomy pictures, outer space, star galaxies, monogram initials, interstellar dust

Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A gorgeous astronomy picture featuring a distant star, named V838 Monocerotis, in the direction of the constellation of Monoceros on the outer edge of our Milky Way. The image shows the swirls of dust spiralling across trillions of miles of interstellar space, lit mainly from within by a pulse of light from the red supergiant, two years into its journey.
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image code: monocerotis

Image credit: NASA, the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) and ESA

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Orion Nebula gallery-style poster

A gorgeous best-selling design. Click to personalize. How would it look with your name or monogram?


tagged with: star nurseries, star clusters, galaxies, starfields, astronomy, nebulae, orionneb, heavens, orions belt, hrbstslr wallart, artistic, arty, wall art, gallery prints, gallery poster prints, eso, european southern observatory, vista

Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A fantastic gallery-style poster showing a wide-field view of the Orion Nebula (Messier 42), lying about 1350 light-years from Earth and taken with the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile.

The new telescope’s huge field of view allows the whole nebula and its surroundings to be imaged in a single picture and its infrared vision also means that it can peer deep into the normally hidden dusty regions and reveal the curious antics of the very active young stars buried there.

This image was created from images taken through Z, J and Ks filters in the near-infrared part of the spectrum. The exposure times were ten minutes per filter. The image covers a region of sky about one degree by 1.5 degrees.
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image code: orionneb

Acknowledgement: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit ESO/José Francisco http://ift.tt/Ond5NO
Reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

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