Ambassador Referral Commissions & Creator Royalties
Effective April 1, 2025
Referral Commissions Table (by Department):
| Product Marketplace Department |
Self-Promotion Link Earnings
|
Cross-Promotion Link Referral Commission Percent of Net Referral Sales (Referral Commission) |
| Accessories | 40% | 15% |
| Baby & Kids | 40% | 15% |
| Clothing & Shoes | 35% | 15% |
| Crafts & Party Supplies | 40% | 15% |
| Electronics & Tech Accessories | 40% | 15% |
| Home & Living | 40% | 15% |
| Invitations & Stationery | 50% | 15% |
| Office & School | 45% | 15% |
| Sports, Toys & Games | 45% | 15% |
| Wall Art & Décor | 40% | 15% |
| Weddings | 50% | 15% |
* Excess Royalty Fees will be deducted, as applicable.
* If your Royalties earned on a digital Product exceed the Self-Promotion Link Earnings goal for a Product in that relevant Product Marketplace Department (i.e., 35-50% of Net Referral Sales), you will not earn a Referral Commission for that Referred Sale.
Name Your Royalty Table (for Primary Content):
| Primary Content | Standard Royalty Rate | Maximum Royalty Rate |
| Physical Products | 5% | 50% |
| Zazzle Heart Products & Value Phone Cases | 5% | 5% |
| Digital Products (i.e., Instant Downloads) | 5% | 99% |
Marketing Royalty Fee Table (by Department):
| Marketplace Department | Marketing Royalty Fee* |
| Accessories | 40% |
| Baby & Kids | 40% |
| Clothing & Shoes | 35% |
| Crafts & Party Supplies | 40% |
| Electronics & Tech Accessories | 40% |
| Home & Living | 40% |
| Invitations & Stationery | 50% |
| Office & School | 45% |
| Sports, Toys & Games | 45% |
| Wall Art & Décor | 40% |
| Weddings | 50% |
* % of Gross Royalty
NOTE: As of August 7th, 2025, Secondary Content, part of Zazzle’s design tools, has been retired to make space for a new and improved design experience.
Secondary Content Royalty Share Calculation: When Customers incorporate Secondary Content into Products, the Secondary Content Creators can earn a Secondary Content Royalty Share as follows:
- Primary Content + Images: The Primary Content Creator receives seventy-five percent (75%) of the Royalty, while the Secondary Content Creator(s) of the Images equally share the remaining twenty-five percent (25%).
- Primary Content + Elements: The Primary Content Creator receives fifty (50) times more of the Royalty than the Secondary Content Element Creators, with the Element Creators collectively capped at receiving ten percent (10%) of the Royalty.
- Primary Content + Images + Elements: The Primary Content Creator will receive no less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the Royalty. The remaining twenty-five percent (25%) of the Royalty will be split between the Secondary Content Image and Element Creators at a ratio of twenty-five to one (25:1), until the Element Creators reach their ten percent (10%) cap.
Example Calculation (for Secondary Content):
| Purchased Product scenarios | Primary Content Creator receives | Secondary Content Image Creator(s) receives | Secondary Content Element Creator(s) receives |
| Primary Content + 1 Image | 75% of the Royalty | 25% of the Royalty | |
| Primary Content + 3 Images | 75% of the Royalty | An equal share of a 25% Royalty pool (i.e., 8.33%) | |
| Primary Content + 1 Element | 98.04% of the Royalty | 1.96% of the Royalty | |
| Primary Content + 2 Elements | 96.15% of the Royalty | 1.92% of the Royalty | |
| Primary Content + 6 Elements | 90% of the Royalty | An equal share of a 10% Royalty pool (i.e., 1.67%) | |
| Primary Content + 3 Images + 6 Elements | 75% of the Royalty | An equal share of a 23.15% Royalty pool (i.e., 7.72%) | An equal share of a 1.85% Royalty pool (i.e., 0.31%) |
Zazzle Royalty-Free content:
Zazzle provides Royalty-Free, public domain content in the Design Tools to help support Creators’ creativity and design process. Creators can use this content in designs without it affecting Royalties. Even if a Customer adds this content to a design that includes a Creator's original work, the Creator’s Royalty will remain the same.
Zazzle content Not Labeled as Royalty-Free:
Zazzle also offers content in the design tools that isn’t marked as “Royalty Free.” This content is available for Customers to use in their own designs, but Creators cannot use it to create and post Public Products (i.e., Products for sale). Currently, if a Customer adds this content to a design that includes a Creator's original work, Royalties will not be affected. However, this may change in the future as we continue to evaluate how this content is used.
