Rico:
What's Your Name?
Simon Bratt
Rico:
List your shop(s) -
Simon Bratt :
MrEco Designs
Main store, anything and everything that i think looks great or unusual.
Kays Artwork
Secondary store for UK artist Kay Gale as the primary distribution outlet for her artwork on products.
Rico:
What type of product do you sell the most of?
Simon Bratt :
Probably business cards and iPhone cases. Rico:
How long have you been at Zazzle?
Simon Bratt :
About 2 yearsRico:
How did you find Zazzle?
Simon Bratt :
I found Zazzle while reading the usual forums at Microstock site Shutterstock where there was a dedicated forum of friendly people for Zazzle. Rico:
Are you a ProSeller?
If yes, how long from the time you open a shop until you made it to ProSeller?
Simon Bratt :
Yes, Took about a year to get pro seller status, as i wasn't concentrating on Zazzle as much as other sites. Rico:
What made you decide to open your own store?
Simon Bratt :
I had lots of images for microstock so decided to try and make use of them on Zazzle. Zazzle is a good diversion from microstock, its fun to do and create products. Rico:
What's the best advise you got when you were starting out?
Simon Bratt :
Ideally have a theme for your store and to do promotion, neither of which i did, i should have done. Rico:
What was your first sale (include link)?
Simon Bratt :
First sale was a business card back in Jan 2010 
Chrome globe with black background business cards by Mreco99
The best business card printing is on zazzle
Rico:
What medium/tools do you use to create your designs?
Simon Bratt :
Ive tried using a chisel and rubber hammer, once even tried a microscope and broken glass, but i ended up going back to the old favorite Photoshop and a humble laptop.Rico:
What is your favorite aspect about Zazzle?
Simon Bratt :
Zazzle doesn't stand still, it is always developing and coming up with other ideas, keeps it interesting. Designing your own store front and displays is something most people cant do for real, so a virtual store is the next best thing, and risk free of course. Rico:
Who or what inspires you?
Simon Bratt :
Ultimately creating images and photographs i love the look of from either every day objects or nature really spur me on. Probably incorrectly i create images i love first and hope they sell, rather than images that are needed. I hope this products designs and products that are more unique. Rico:
How much time a week to you spend on Zazzle?
Simon Bratt :
It varies as it depends what sites need more attention, but probably aboutRico:
What's the best advise you can give someone just starting out on Zazzle?
Simon Bratt :
It depends on what you want from Zazzle, if your primary goal is to earn money, study the best selling items and top sellers and see what the public wants. If your using Zazzle as an outlet to your creative side, go for it, and see if its popular, and hopefully create your own niche.
Rico:
What do you like to do when you are not creating art?
Simon Bratt :
If under "creating art" you mean, photographing, editing, looking for subjects, looking for locations, planning, uploading, key wording, etc etc then umm, playing guitar, computing, computer gaming, other games like scrabble etc, TV, films. Rico:
For most each product or design they create is special. What is your most favorite design and why (include link)?
Simon Bratt :
If you mean our own designs, then i have just started branching out with some funny creations and so are my mad animals range is my favorite. You know your favorites when you want to buy your own products.
Rico:
Tell me 5 random things everyone should know about you?
Simon Bratt :
1. Married, to my wife
2. Animal lover
3. No kids
4. Gadget lover
5. IT professional by trade.
Rico:
Include links to 3 of your favorite designs you want me to feature. Tell me something about each design.
Simon Bratt :
Beautiful autumn leaves need to be caught at just the right moment to get their spectacular color range.
Expression of love is great on a pillow / cushion, good for hugging when your loved one is away, er, for girls mostly.
Original art work by a published UK artist on all sorts of designs, as the only official outlet.
Rico:
If you could purchase ANY item (of someone else) what would it be? Why?
Simon Bratt :
I love the phone cases that look like something else, an old leather bag or rotary dial phone etc, but i don't use those sorts of cases, so i would probably buy any of the retro geek T Shirts as I'm 42 i grew up in the retro days of Spectrum, Atari, Acorn Electron, computers etc. Something that only older geeks understand, like an in joke, is particularly funny. Lots of people producing those, i cant single someone out.Rico:
Zazzle has helped many people meet goals that they otherwise wouldn’t have achieved. What has Zazzle helped you to achieve in your personal life?
Simon Bratt :
It helps me exploit my creativeness and gives me a reason to keep developing photographic skill, which is the heart of all my creativeness.Rico:
Where else can our readers find you online? (Facebook, Twitter, other blog or website)
Simon Bratt :
Istock
Shutterstock
Fotolia
Dreamstime
123RF
BigStock
DepositPhoto
Veer
Zazzle
CanStockPhoto
Rico:
Anything else you'd like to share?
Simon Bratt :
As alot of people are able to do online stock and product creation, its not an easy please to make a living unless you have something extra to add, standard snaps wont cut it anymore. 
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