May is the time for spring cleaning. And since we always want to be one step ahead, we’ve done our bit of cleaning already: The user area.
The user area has been increasingly difficult to navigate for new (and even experienced) partners.
That’s why we’ve been working on an update, and over the next two weeks, we’ll be implementing a few changes as far as the arrangement of sections is concerned. Next to receiving an updated structure, we’ll introduce a few new and informative terms. The changes should take a approximately two weeks to implement.
It will be easier to navigate through the updated structure, but you may need to get used to it first. You will find the important areas for running your shop highlighted. A marked improvement here is that new content can more easily be accessed. New functions, however, have not yet been installed.
You are going to receive an update on what exactly has been changed once it’s in place.
In case there should be any unforeseen problems in the process, you can get in touch with our service team on the forum.
Thanks so much for the update, Leila! It’s great to hear the phrase “near future” in connection with a solution to this problem! You said “both from a legal and technical perspective” and I’d like to point out that while legal measures and following up on theft reports are very good things, they only help AFTER thefts have occurred, and for thieves selling stolen designs on non-Spreadshirt platforms OUTSIDE of Spreadshirt’s direct control (e.g. on Amazon, Etsy, etc.), Spreadshirt will probably only have the time/resources available to go after the biggest-scale offenders, whereas technical measures (presumably resolution limitation, since watermarking’s already been ruled out) actually PREVENT most thefts (of non-trivial designs) before they ever start, by enormously raising the time/skill/effort level required, and it’s effective against ALL would-be thieves, not just the biggest-scale ones, and on all selling platforms! In summary, my main point is that resolution limitation is key! Thanks again!
hope things workout and look up to the changes.
Thanks for the reply, Leila! I just tested again, and seems to be back to normal. It must have just been a server hiccup.
What just happened – I can no longer navigate within my shop, to my designs page??? Also, all of the direct links I have posted on social media, as well as have used in advertisements have stopped working – they all direct the user to the home page of my shop now. Everything was still working correctly yesterday. PLEASE FIX ASAP!!!
PLEASE bring back the option to buy items using our credit! I’ll buy more if you do…
new changes huh? well its all useless in ffirefox !!
and loads of people use firefox browser !!!
so you people will need to update the code for that !!!
How about you increase the product previews for the online shops. A customer can’t see any details of the design with its current magnified settings when you hover over the design.
I have hundreds of other issues with your service, this is just my most recent bother.
Hopefully you add a way to save a design without sharing it an if I choose to share it, they can only change the product and not the design. What’s the point in designing something to sell if who you are selling it too can change what you designed? Letting them pick the product is fine (i.e. t-shirt, hoodie, etc), but don’t let them change the design.
All of the “improvements” that spreadshirt made in the last years ended up being disasters, from the new buggy tshirt designer to the new checkout with annoying spreadshirt branding. Oh and did i talk about the new clothes with spreadshirt branding ? The price increase ? Please just stop changing things if it just makes it worse 🙁
The changes sound like a good step forward but what I’d really like to see is a discount for purchasing your own designs/products or at least don’t charge us for our own designs rather than paying us for purchasing it.