10 ways to make money on Pinterest

1. Start a blog

There are a lot of things on this list that can help you make money on Pinterest, but blogging has the largest earning potential of them all (by a long shot).

Pinterest has grown into a major platform that allows bloggers to reach millions of people every year over the internet. There's a prevalent notion that Pinterest is just another social networking platform like Instagram, TikTok, and others, but this is simply not the case. It's far more effective in terms of assisting bloggers in monetizing their content.

The similar thing happens on Pinterest, as you probably found this post by searching for "how to make money on Pinterest" in Google. It's a search engine, except instead of text, it's based on photographs.

This is why bloggers in a variety of areas, from food bloggers to personal finance bloggers, have found great success with Pinterest marketing.

Here's how to make money with a blog on Pinterest in a quick and dirty way:

• Pick a blogging specialty (food, personal finance, fashion, etc.)

• Create content for your site and monetise it with advertisements, affiliate items, or even sponsored placements.

• Make a Pinterest profile.

• Make a Pin 

• Use Pinterest to share the image.

Of course, there's more to it than that, but that's how it works in general. When a Pinterest user searches for something related to your blog post, they'll find your Pin, click on it, and eventually see your advertisements or buy your products.

And the best part is that it's scalable: there are plenty of bloggers that make anywhere from a few thousand dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars every month!

2. Affiliate marketing on Pinterest

When you work with firms to advertise their products and/or services, this is known as affiliate marketing. The company provides you with a one-of-a-kind link (affiliate link) to use in your posts or pins. You'll get paid a commission if someone clicks on that link and buys something. This is known as a conversion.

Here are a few key points to remember when it comes to affiliate marketing on Pinterest:

• Some firms will not allow you to put their affiliate links on Pinterest, so check with the company's affiliate manager and read your contract's restrictions.

• Even if you are an affiliate, some firms will not allow you to use images from their site in your pins. One example is Amazon.

• Pinterest does not allow you to disguise or shorten affiliate links when publishing them. They want you to be completely transparent.

And, maybe most importantly, Pinterest's attitude on affiliate marketing has evolved multiple times already. They permitted it at first, then prohibited it in 2015, and now they're allowing it again. I bring this up because if you make money on another platform, your income is completely reliant on that platform. A change in Pinterest's policy may be disastrous for an affiliate marketer who relied only on the platform to make money.

So, what are your options? I'd start by diversifying your income streams, and launching a blog is a terrific way to do so if you currently have a significant Pinterest following. Other social media networks, such as Instagram and Facebook, could also be suitable fits.

For anyone interested, I still believe affiliate marketing is a terrific method to make money using Pinterest. By endorsing the items you enjoy, you may add a lot of value to the lives of your followers. Affiliate revenue accounts for a significant portion of my blogging income, and I am really pleased with the brands and items I recommend.

3. Use Pinterest to drive traffic to your ecommerce site

If you have an ecommerce site, whether through Shopify or Etsy, you can use Pinterest to increase traffic and make money. Again, you're not directly profiting from Pinterest; instead, you're taking advantage of the site's sophisticated search engine.

Here are some reasons why Pinterest is a valuable tool for your retail site:

• 90% of Pinterest users think it helps them pick what to buy.

• 78 percent of people believe seeing material from brands they follow on Pinterest is useful.

• Sixty-six percent of people purchase something after viewing it on Pinterest.

• Pinterest generates 33% more traffic for commerce sites than Facebook.

You may use Pinterest in the same way that bloggers do if you run an online store. This includes generating pins to promote new products, building boards for various styles or themes, conducting keyword research, and so on.

Promoted Pins is something I didn't mention before, but it's a tremendous help for ecommerce businesses who want to understand how to make money on Pinterest. These are Pinterest's equivalent of Facebook advertising. They appear to be regular pins, however they're actually advertisements.

You can tailor your Promoted Pins to achieve a variety of objectives (traffic, brand awareness, app installs, etc.) In browse mode, you have the option of placing adverts. But you can also do it in search mode, where you select the phrases that a user must search in order to see your advertising - this is a valuable position since you're getting ads in front of people who are particularly looking for your product, or similar products.

4. Gain a skill from Pinterest and monetize it

Pinterest can also be viewed as a massive learning resource. You may put anything in and find that someone has pinned anything about it somewhere. You can learn how to make origami stars, adorn cakes, build furniture, and so on. You can not only find but also collect and organize all of these different items.

But what if you did something with all that information you're gathering? There are a plethora of things you can learn on Pinterest, many of which are marketable abilities.

That's only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to what you can learn on Pinterest. Instead than concentrating on how to make money on Pinterest, consider what you can learn from it. And here's the best part: depending on what you do, you may use Pinterest to promote your products or services once more.

5. Help people shop your look

Shop the Look pins are a popular way for pinners to make money by marketing things that they are wearing or using.

You can create Shop the Look pins if your account is set up as a business account (which you should do if you want to make money on Pinterest). When someone clicks on the little blue dot next to an item you've tagged in a pin, they can see the item, buy it, and you get paid. It's comparable to affiliate marketing in some ways, except it's done with individual pins and items.