While we are very excited about the level of response to Your Questions Answered in Video, it seems as though many of you are sending in technical questions. If you’re having difficulty or don’t understand a particular function on the Zlio site, please contact us directly at tech support using the contact form we’ve provided for you.

Questions regarding the business aspect of Zlio.com will be answered by Jeremie in video as planned (the clip is on it’s way!), but we ask you to please send your technical questions to tech support! You’ll note that you have the option to report a bug or suggest an idea if you feel there’s something we’re missing. 

Sending your complaints and questions directly to tech support allows us to get to them faster, and hopefully help you!

Summer is almost here and it’s just about time for the glitterati to load up their yachts and head out to France’s Cote d’Azure for the world renowned Cannes Film Festival.

From May 14 - 25, the city’s cobblestone streets will be packed with A-Listers - previous festival attendees include everyone from Brangelina to Al Pacino to Michael Moore and even Alfred Hitchcock. Even this year’s coveted Palme D’Or (Golden Palm) will be presented by the one and only Robert De Niro!

After preparing for Tribeca Time, it should be a snap to get your Zlioshop Frenchified for the Cannes Film Festival! Dedicate your shop to your favorite director or an actor you love - or maybe even someone you would like to win this year. Be sure to check the final selection list to see who’s screening, it’ll be up one week before the festival opens.

When you’ve finished cinemizing your Zlioshop, be sure to enter it into the Movies & DVD category in the Zlio directory!

Here’s an early reminder for the thousands of us ungrateful children who always forget: Mother’s Day is next Sunday!

Honor that most important woman who gave you life by sending something pretty to brighten up her day.

Stock your Zlioshop today with products like Dan’s Chocolate’s Mother’s Day Chocolate Tower or Flower Bouquet With Assorted Chocolates. For ultra-smart shopper status, order from your own Zlioshop and save some money by getting cash back. 

Looking for something out of the ordinary? Try the Carved Pink Flower Ring or Personalized Mother Jewlery from LimogesJewelry.com.

Whatever you send your mom, she’ll be happy you remembered!

We have deactivated the integrated statistics function of Zlio (currently in beta) due to several problems with results. 

We recommend that you try Google Analytics for free to obtain the most accurate stats about your Zlioshop. We hope to integrate Google Analytics into Zlio in the near future.

Once you’ve registered, copy your tracking code and insert it in the statistic tags module that is already available for your Zlioshop. 

You will be able to access your stats within a few hours. 

We’ve mentioned before that we’d like to see introductions to your Zlioshop - but it’s not just because we’re demanding people with high expectations of you. Search engines are more likely to pick up your Zlioshop if it contains relevant text. That’s why it’s time for and intro to introductions.

If you don’t know what to say, or have no idea how to write an introduction, just answer these questions about your Zlioshop and put them together in a paragraph:

1. What is the name of my Zlioshop? Make sure you include the title in your sentence. 
2. What do you sell? Do you focus on a particular product or another theme? Specify what you do.
3. What is special about your shop? It could be low prices, great selection, green products, or hard to find items… but you should point out why it’s different (and better!)
4. Give a brief rundown of your products: List some important brands or maybe some important products to give the visitor an idea about the contents of your Zlioshop.
5. Try to find a little extra information: Search the web for fun or unusual facts, or anything interesting and relevant to your shop.

Feel free to post ideas/questions/drafts of your intro in the comments if you need a little help!

NYC is warming up just in time for the infamous Tribeca Film Festival!

Founded by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal in 2001, the TriBeCa Film Festival aims to restore vitality and contribute to the long term recovery of the TriBeCa neighborhood after the Septermber 11 World Trade Center attacks.

With over 1,000 screenings in 2006 and 2007, The TriBeCa Film Festival has become on of the most prominent film festivals in the world. Over two million attendees have generated more than $425 million in economic acitivity in New York City since the festival’s founding.

If you’re going to be in town or can make the trip, tickets are still on sale! If not, you can still get in the mood by spicing up your Zlioshop with movie and New York themed products. When you’re finished, grab a couple of DVDs and some popcorn and host a film festival of your own!

You may have celebrated on Sunday, but Earth Day 2008 is actually today! Besides going green with your Zlioshop, here’s some other things you can do everday to save energy and help the planet:

• Recycle: It may seem annoying to separate the plastics from the glass, but if you take a look at how much we use everday you can see what a real difference recycling makes.
• Turn off the lights when you leave the room: If you’re not there, you won’t notice, so turn stuff off when you leave!
• Turn off the water when brushing your teeth: This small action can save GALLONS of water per week. Really.
• Use Energy Star appliances: Nobody’s saying you have to replace everything you own, but if you’re buying something new, why not help the environment at the same time? 
• Fix those leaks: Leaky faucets, refrigerators, pipes, AC units, and washing machines can be incredible wasteful - so get them fixed and save your self some money while saving the planet some water. 
• Plant a tree: There’s even organizations that will help you do it like ArborDay.org
• Walk Somewhere: Why not get some exercise and fresh air by walking somewhere instead of driving? Too far? Be European and ride a bike

Remember: Our merchants have tons of energy saving appliances, recycled and organic products, and other environmentally friendly items for your Zlioshops!

It’s about that time of year again… Prom. All over the country, teenagers everywhere will strap on their heels and cumberbuns for a night of limos, extended curfews, and probably some awkward hand holding.

Not in high school anymore? Don’t have teenagers? That doesn’t mean that you can’t take advantage of the blatant commercial opportunity that is prom. Why not add some prom preparations to your Zlioshop and fancy it up for that most important end of the year dance?

If you’re feeling particularly generous and happen to be a woman who keeps her clothes, think about donating your old prom dresses to one of the many charities that collects them for underprivileged girls who want to go to prom like DonateMyDress.org!

You can also donate all of the proceeds from your Zlioshop to a charity - it’s under “options” when you set up a new store. 

Here’s some product ideas to get you started:

• Dresses
• Shoes
• Make-Up
• Hair Products/Accessories
• Evening Bags
• Jewelry
• Cuff links
• Digital Cameras/Camcorders

 And finally, if you are way past prom age, don’t be sad about it! For many of us from the “web” generation, the number one song for prom was Chumbawumba’s Tub Thumping, which does not exactly need to be revisited. 

In case you didn’t get the memo, it’s cool to be a nerd now. What better excuse is there to geekify your Zlioshop than NASA’s 50th anniversary?

That’s half a century of life altering scientific advancements, discoveries, and dogs in space. Plus we can now all say the sentence, “When I was your age, Pluto was a planet…” and that counts for something, right?

Not sure what NASA has done for you? Check out the interactive NASA City, which shows how space exploration  impacts our daily lives. It’ll even show you how NASA has changed your bathroom with discoveries like ingestible toothpaste! 

Get your inner scientist on by adding fun (and educational) NASA inspired products to your Zlioshop, like books on Physics, Astrology, or the great scientists of history like Galileo and Copernicus.

Looking for something more interesting? Try the Galileo Gravitator Desktop lamp    or one of the many Galileo telescopes offered through Buy.com. Our merchants also stock chemistry sets, microscopes, digital camera binoculars, and much much more to quench your thirst for knowledge. So go get lost in space!

(For more information on NASA’s 50th anniversary and events, check out the homepage.)

Just when you thought it was safe:

 Get started on your spring cleaning by revamping that forgotten Zlioshop… or opening a new one! (After all, you are allowed up to 50 ) With 8 new templates to choose from, including coffee, toys, gaming, and music, there’s bound to be something up your alley.