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We’ve decided to expand our product line at a new Print-on-demand location, Zazzle. We currently have 12 designs available, and we will be adding more over time. We plan on having all our current designs on products at Zazzle within a few months.

You’re probably wondering why we would do this, and why you would want to look at our Zazzle store. Well, CafePress (where we currently have our designs) has a certain selection of products. Zazzle has different products. Both places have a wonderful selection, but they have different items that cannot be bought through the other. For instance, Our CafePress store carries tile coasters, calendars, posters, pet items and video cameras, which Zazzle does not. Zazzle carries postage, shoes, skateboards, and several styles and colors of mugs and shirts that CafePress doesn’t carry. So if you check both locations, you may find an item at one, that you won’t find at the other.

Also, we have a great feature at our Zazzle store. Any design, on almost every item, can be customized. You can add your own text to the design, to make it a more personal gift. As an example, you could add your name or the name of a relative to one of our Zodiac design shirts, to make it into a totally personal gift. You can either take the designs as they are, or make them into something even more unique. This is a feature that I think you will have a lot of fun with.

Please note, Zazzle works a bit different than CafePress. When you look at one of our items on Zazzle, remember that there’s a lot more than you initially see. Let’s say you look at a white mug. When you get to the product detail page, on the right hand side you will notice that there are various color options. There are also options to change the style. Use those options, and you can customize your perfect item. You can go from the small white mug, to a pink striped beer stein, if that’s what tickles your fancy. So don’t let the previews fool you, we really have a lot of options for each product type. The shirt selection alone is astounding. Click on a design that’s on a white T, and you will be presented with options for every light color shirt Zazzle offers, and all the different fits and styles. It will also clearly show you any additional cost of your selection. (Some styles or colors are more expensive, and you will clearly see the added cost before you make the choice.)

So go over to our Zazzle shop and have a look around. We would love to have you as a customer at either of our shops, and we feel that this new expansion will offer our customers with greater variety, and therefore greater shopping satisfaction.

…and help me at the same time!

I’ve mentioned before that I belong to several passive income programs. I’m writing this to let you know a little more about them. In today’s economy, most people could use some extra money, and if you can make it without an insane amount of work, that’s always a bonus.

• InBoxDollars – This is a paid email program. They send you emails, you click on the link and get paid. You earn more money by completing surveys. You can also earn more if you play ganes or sign up for services. Pays out at $30.
• ShareAPic Photo Sharing – Kinda like PhotoBucket, only you get paid. They host your images for free, with no size or storage limitations, and when people slick on an image you have placed in your blog or webpage or whatever, you will earn money. Pays out at $10.
• Squidoo – Write About Anything – Get paid a portion of Squidoo’s ad revenues by writing and posting articles about anything you like. Share your knowledge, your loves and hates, anything you can think of. Pays out at $15.
• SwagBucks – This is a paid-to-search site. You are randomly awarded points for searching with their page. You can convert the points into gift certificates, or a wide range of products and exclusive items. You can also win extra points by participating in Swag events, entering special codes, and making posts on Twitter. Pays out whenever you like.
• Hits4Pay -This is a website that pays you for reading email. They send you an email, you go to the site, view the ad, and they pay you a portion of the ad revenue. Pays out at $30 (I think).
• iRazoo – This is a paid-to-search site. You earn points for every search you do, and every site you review. You can convert the points into gift certificates and products. Pays out whenever you like.

Check these out and see what you think. They are ways to add more money to your bank account, and you can do any of them in your spare time.  Squidoo and Sharapic are especially good, because once you have your articles or photos out there in the public eye, they can keep earning more money without any effort from you at all.