Okay here is the deal my friend… I am simply a wife and full-time mother residing in the northern UK region of Merseyside. I saw the potential that pinterest affiliate marketing and Online marketing in general could have on my income.
Plus, this very website and blog, I had been working on for just over a year with barely any traffic or action for that matter circa 2015.
It is easy for people to see what they see today and think I maybe have some advantage they don’t. Maybe I am a guru of some sort (I am not, I dislike that word).
Could I have access to some secret resources’ others may not? Nope…Honestly! 
I was and truly am an aspiring, ambitious stay at home mom. Looking for any way to make life better for my family without pulling my hair out in the process.
Did you know you can get paid with Pinterest? Yes, I am talking getting paid to pin on Pinterest, but NOT by Pinterest.
And by the way, you should read this episode in conjunction with our post on How to Profit from Affiliate Marketing…Then you will really take off faster than others…
You Too Can Rock Pinterest Affiliate Marketing With less than 500 Followers! Here is how!
Before we go any further, I would be so chuffed if you followed us on Pinterest here #TYVM 
Anyhoo, I smile a secret smile every time I hear someone say:
“I don’t understand Pinterest? And I don’t use it for my business…”
And I say, I don’t understand cars, but I drive one and I love driving from A to B.
In the same way you don’t have to understand the technology behind it, yet you can use it to get paid with Pinterest every blessed month.
Way back when Pinterest allowed affiliate links back on the platform, we did share how you can add affiliate links to your pins without getting flagged for spamming! A very important skill for this specific episode too, so dig in.
So now that you know how to do the good deed. Let’s get you paid by pinning your affiliate products or branded products on Pinterest.
Let’s get you paid by pinning your affiliate products or branded products on #Pinterest
How to Make Affiliate Money on Pinterest
Well, First things first, this is like a wine tasting kinda thing. And just like a tasting session, I won’t hit you with gallons of the stuff. Rather a very Clear And actionable Plan on How to get started making some money with Pinterest affiliate marketing!
If you like what you see here, you are ready to stop playing small and start making some money, you may then like to take a look at the Ultimate Pinterest Roadmap here.
Here is the Dealio
I don’t do fluff and I don’t have a magic wand for you, this course is real Applicable Stuff I have used to grow our Pinterest following to thousands across all our profiles!
My Training focuses on a sustainable system for busy entrepreneurs and marketers who don’t have eons of time to be stuck on Pinterest pinning for hours to get a pittance.
The lessons are Quick and Actionable, thus you will be in and out of your pinterest within 10 mins each day if that, If you Do the Upfront Work.
You definitely will get your first 100-1000 followers at least!
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Alrighty, I know, you aren’t different from many other people who say:
“I don’t want to do anything that requires me to market or sell to friends and family, and I definitely don’t want to recruit people. I want something more passive and subtler!”
Then you are in the right place. Trust me you can and for many eCommerce and affiliate product sellers, this is how they make that extra cash or even full-time income.
I mean if you made an extra $1k+/month, what would that do for you?
[RECOMMENDED: How to Use Pinterest Sections for more Business results.]
In every article on Juleskalpauli, we like to gift and empower you with a POWERFUL FREE resource that you can take, implement immediately and create desired results in your business.
This week, we’re talking about how to Create Pinterest assets that Convert Faster, increase your follower base and traffic to your online offers… So, we put a great resource together for you to help you do this on Pinterest for you and your business.
It’s called the “Pinterest Domination 101- 7 Steps to make 2-3 sales/week Daily with Pinterest”
This guide will help you know How to connect, Communicate, Collaborate and cross boundaries with pinners and turn followers into raving fans and buyers of your offers.
I love the Pinterest Domination 101 Resource simply because
- We have used it to build a focused fan and follower base on Pinterest.
- And I also use it to attract more customers to our business.
Therefore if you haven’t yet started to leverage Pinterest properly for your business then you will need to get started doing so today!
if you made over $1k/month, what would that do for you?
So, let’s get started… Fact, to make money on Pinterest like others do
#1. You gotta pin your content and affiliate links of those great products/offers that others are looking for. I am not talking about the “recruit others” type of affiliate income.
Nor am I talking about amazon affiliates trickle income. I am talking about multiple programs making you passive income…
You of course need an affiliate program and you can find a few via JVZoo or Click bank. Or you can head to my secret sauce called which I teach my private mastermind members.
In that particular program, you get paid per click, as opposed to waiting to get paid per sale! There is a very big difference!
Or you can join our very own Affiliate program where we pay out up to 25% commissions per sale right here.
Once you are approved for an affiliate program, you get started creating your Pin Images. I use Canva to edit my personal images. And I teach you how to use this amazing platform for even more swag.
Plus, I have a list of 101 Royalty Free Images resources online inside of the Ultimate Pinterest Roadmap.
Now that you got your Pin Images, its time to get started pinning.
If you have a bit of a budget, you can also promote your pin/content whether organically or you put some skin in the game via Promoted Pins, the idea is…
When someone checks out your pin and clicks through to linked content and they purchase a product, YOU get paid a commission or if it’s your product, you get paid. ?
You may be wondering, WHY Affiliate Links on Pinterest?
Well my answer is why not? Its as good a gig part or full time as any and you don’t have to carry product or have a shed load in your home. You don’t have to chase friends or family to buy or recruit anyone either. You simply are “The online middle man.”
All you need is traffic, and Pinterest has a ton load of that and will send it your way if you Pin consistently, and also be a giver!
Understand that you can create pretty links, or Shorten those “ugly affiliate URLs” with URL shorteners!
You can create numerous Pin Images, use various URL Shorteners and Pin your product over and over…. As long as you also share other content in between and be a Giver rather than just posting own content! You will be just fine!
#2. Have fun with this. Secondly, share your interests, Hobbies, Skills and Create an atmosphere of value around your Pinterest real estate.
And you can Pin as much or as little as you wish!
Pro Tip: Like any platform worth leveraging, you have to be consistent with your Pinning efforts. At least get your content pinned/saved daily.
The beauty is you can spend as little as 10 mins per day doing your Pinterest stuff. And still see a lot of brand exposure, growth and traffic to your offers including affiliate links!
[RELATED: 7 Killer Tips to Use Pinterest to Drive Traffic to Your Offers!]
#3. Automate & Track Your efforts:
I tell you what is even better, you can automate your efforts and triple your Pinterest action by using a Scheduling resource called Tailwind.
With Tailwind, you can schedule your content in advance including other people’s content you wish to mix things up a bit. And you can ensure your Pinterest is active even if you were on vacation or on a business trip.
With automation you will definitely attract sales whether you are working, beaching or sleeping!
Pro Tip: with this tool, you can pin from anywhere in the world. And you can niche in with your target audience, including inbound marketing…Or Local Market targeting!
I guarantee you, our audience is global and varied. At some point we had an influx of German buyers, we are yet to determine what caused that spike and why it stopped.
All I can say is we are grateful for having access to such platforms like Pinterest where we can share our offers globally for FREE! At least the majority of Pinners, right?
[Recommended: Why Pinterest for Your Business TODAY.]
Let’s Look at the Numbers – Make affiliate sales with Pinterest
Those that know me, literally have watched my Pinterest journey right from our Social experiment, to launching fully loaded 8 module 25 Hours watch time Pinterest Course; The Ultimate Pinterest Roadmap! And not forgetting publishing a book on Amazon.
So, understand that what you don’t track you cannot scale…Because you don’t know what worked and what didn’t.
Imagine you get a pin go viral and this pin is not yours, but you pinned it and well one of your followers loved it and they sent it skyward… 
Picture a different scenario…Its your pin and it has a promotional link aka affiliate link and you start to see some moolah coming your way!
Well wouldn’t you love to pin that content a few more times to the relevant boards and beyond across the month? Of course you would. Well you can have this happen to you esp. if you followed my truly simple yet unknown techniques inside the Ultimate Pinterest Roadmap!
Then you gotta track your pinning efforts and you want detailed analytics. The only tool I know that will give you that and help you schedule out your pins for more viral juice and more of the good ole benjies is Tailwind.
Understand that…
In all this I have one aim; to share with you how to Make Money with Pinterest!
This then presupposes that you can make affiliate income with pinterest starting today!
How much do you want to make? An extra $100 – 1000 per month or A full time Life changing income?
Whatever your goal from using Pinterest you can achieve with less than 25 minutes effort per day!
NOTE: Like anything worth getting, you got to put in the upfront work, the elbow grease at the start to create the momentum.
The content you will need to share must be of value to a specific audience. And the affiliate products related to the value you share can then be solutions to problems, needs or desires.
Be sure to pin to at least 3-5 of your most popular Boards…you want that cash dontcha?
If you have no affiliate products, you may like to check out our Affiliate platform and you can start to make commission starting today!
Some other pinners are earning over £500+ per month. How about you?
Word to the wise: Like any other business worth doing, Pinterest affiliate marketing takes a lot of upfront unpaid and sometimes discouraging work and a little bit of lady Fortune to see the income you require…
Yet I see you still here reading this post…Meaning you want in.
You are tired of waiting for the free gravy train to park at your stop…
And the feast and famine game just doesn’t hit any spot!
So, why not gift yourself an early Christmas present and get either my Book on amazon or go all out and gift yourself the Ultimate Pinterest Roadmap? And you will get the Book Free if you do so via the Button below
Because you are worth it…
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Pinterest is a great platform for bloggers and this is a great post for those want to leverage the platform,
Glad you agree Sania 🙂
I have to get started with this. I keep putting off doing these things to start making money with Pinterest. I have lots of followers so I guess I should do something about these numbers and monetize my reach!
Why are you building a following Annemarie? The idea is to serve them and information is in plenty so definitely go deeper and solve some of their burning problems, they show yo their appreciation by buying that solution 🙂 Monetize already!
Thank you for this post. I definitely need to up my game to use Pinterest and implement affiliate marketing strategy.
hey Pranshat,
We all start somewhere, today is as good a day as any. Go start with your Pinterest journey. Lots of awesome resources right on this website, start with the Home page!
I had no idea this was possible. I need to spend more time on Pinterest. It is one of those platforms I hardly use. Need to change that.
Ha Fashionpolice, focus where you are getting traffic juice. if you arent drawn to pinterest you may need to simply let it be 🙂
I’ll have to look into this! I use pinterest for growing blog traffic but haven’t considered it for affiliate marketing.
Hi Katie,
Can I ask, what is your end goal for the traffic you drive to your blog? The idea is meant to convert said traffic to avid fans, customers and brand ambassadors…If thats not happening, you need to tweak your strategy! Feel free to reach out if you need a breakthrough strategy! 🙂
I’ve been noticing that Pinterest is really important for bloggers lately and I know that I definitely need to up my game on there!
Heya Jojo,
You better up that game, all platforms are definitely changing and upping their commercial nature. so organic must be maximized when its available! 🙂
Sounds like you have some interesting strategies on here. I would say Pinterest is the thing I am most intrigued about. It is the thing where I get a good deal of growth with not the kind of effort I have to put on other social media. I would be curious about how to make an income from it aside from directing traffic to my blog.
Hey David,
The same traffic you drive to your blog is meant to be converting for whatever offers you have on blog. if its not, your strategy is off the mark. And needs tweaking. Once yo start converting the traffic, its time to diversify into Pinterest affiliate marketing 🙂
I don’t use Pinterest right now, but this article sure makes me tempted. I will definitely consider these tips if I take the plunge into Pinterest!
Thanks for stopping by Frank! 🙂
Wow wasn’t aware of this affiliate marketing strategy before! Thanks for sharing, will give this a go!
Give us some feedback Cato on what you get 🙂
I never tried earning from Pinterest. This information is really great and would like to use teh tips you shared.
Go give it a god old go Jiya, everything needs a gestation period and 60-90 days should have you see some results! 🙂
I know there’s a lot of ways to make huge money with affiliate marketing through Pinterest (especially), blog etc. But still I have no idea of how to make money through pinterest. I’ll try to do everything you’ve said and let’s see if this works or not!!
If I got stuck somewhere I’ll get in touch with you (if its ok).
Hey Prateek,
If you find ONE Affiliate Product and Focus on promoting that, Create various Pin Images, Give value in other content you share and give it at least 60-90 days, I promise you will Find Success in Pinterest Affiliate Marketing!
We have shared tons of resources to get you going, by all means do feel free to reach out if you get challenged 🙂
I think there is a lot of money to made with affiliate schemes. I dont understand them enough to do it, but this is so helpful!
Glad you got some more insight Laura! 🙂
I really don’t know that Pinterest will give an income too. I will check this out and will also share this with my friends.
Hey Rachael,
Read the post again, this is a resource to help you Use Pinterest as a Market place as opposed to an affiliate platform 🙂
This was so great, I really need to up my Pinterest game for sure!
Stuart,
What you focus on expands so whatever is working for you, give it 100% 🙂 For us that is Coaching and Pinterest is our fave tool!
Wow! This post is very informative. Will look into Pinterest,I didn’t know that it can give us an income too. Thank you for sharing!
You are welcome Karla
This is what I need. Thanks for the tips. Now, I need to upgrade my Pinterest profile!
Go right ahead Karla, The sooner the better 🙂
Wow, such a detailed post that would be so helpful for me using Pinterest, Glad I found this.
Happy to serve Preet 🙂
Passive income is always a great way to supplement! I didn’t realize I could do so much affiliate marketing on Pinterest!
Yes anything is possible Marcie 😉
I really need to take time to figure out a Pinterest strategy. There is so much helpful information here!
Glad you found helpful info Christa 🙂
Thanks for this. I didn’t know you could make money this way I haven’t been as active on Pinterest and now this is a whole new incentive.
Hey Marcia You can always get re-started We all start at Zero 🙂
I’ve never focussed on affiliate income but I know people who’ve made a real success of it.
What you Focus on Expands Emily 🙂
I’ve never been too savvy with pinterest before, but I have heard that it is a great marketing platform. These are all really great tips, I’ll have to give it a try. Thanks for sharing!
You are welcome Nicole 🙂
This Sounds like something I need to try out. I mean I could certainly use some extra $$. Thanks for explaining it so well and offering so many resources!
You are welcome Amy
Pinterest affiliate marketing is something that I’ve been toying around with and researching for a little while now. I’m still on the fence, but this was super informative.
lol Jordan, there is no such thing as on the fence on any matter. One is either in or Not, the Fence is a mythical excuse 😉 Go all in or focus on whatever else fires you up!
Great information, I didn’t know you could get paid for pinning! This is something I will be looking into. Thank you for sharing.
You can make money by pinning Jesusa, open your mind to the possibilities 🙂
I am still thinking if I can make my Pinterest bring me money so your post is of a big use to me. Thank you, you made everything so clear!
You are most welcome Lyosha 🙂
This is super interesting – I’m totally bookmarking this & putting the strategies into action as I’ve just started out on Pinterest!
Good luck with Pinterest Lauren and DO Give us some feed back as to how you get on! 🙂 If you need help, lots of resources on this website. start with the Home page!
Oh wow! I need to test this out. Pinterest is one of my biggest traffic sources, and I need to start monetizing!
Thats the juice Jennifer, MONETIZING< get to it already, otherwise you are just posting...We want you to get paid on Purpose! 🙂
Holy moly, I didn’t realize that Pinterest had an affiliate marketing programme! I definitely have to look into this further. Thank you so much for bringing it to my attention!
Hi EMily,
read the post again. We clearly state that you can get paid With PInterest but NOT BY Pinterest!
I have favorited this post so that I can come back to thoroughly read through all of your linked sections as this is amazing! Pinterest is my strongest social media channels In terms of engagement so I love the fact that I can make money with it and I had no idea! Thank you and I will be back! Followed you on Pinterest too 🙂
You are most welcome Melissa, our job is to help other moms and dads, create the extra income to live more better. so feel free to bookmark, share and IMPLEMENT! If we can help in any way, do reach out! 🙂
I am using affiliate marketing on my website but never thought to expand it on Pinterest as well. I didn’t even know that it was allowed to do pins with affiliate links. This is a very insightful and helpful article, I will definitely look into Pinterest affiliate marketing soon.
hey Joanna,
As long as those links are not Amazon links I am sure Pinterest does allow commercial links, actively welcomes them. And of course NO SPAMMING! 🙂
Great and informative post. Pinterest is definitely gaining steam and is one of the best platforms for driving traffic. I enjoyed reading.
Glad you enjoyed reading 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing this, I’ve been so curious about this! Pinterest is such a great tool.
Pinterest is the bull’s eye Megan 😉
Automation is key. The income has to at least justify the work put into it. Great post
Exactly Scott,
Every tool/resource must pay for itself in Business. You could be cashing in but not profitable!
I”m starting to get back into pinterest, thanks for the inspo!
You are welcome Bianca
Great article out there! Good tips for all beginner blogger that wanted to earn extra income! Thanks for the information ~
We sure hope more marketers get paid indeed Blush
Hey Julie,
Thanks for sharing this useful information.
Hi Nimesh,
Its Julie 😉
Oh wow, I would love to make money from pinning, too. 🙂
You should Czjai,
Problem with Syndication groups is many post all kinds, thus confusing the pinterest Algorithm as to what you actually like. And if you have a VA who posts all over the show, you are Toast with Pinterest success. FOCUS is the name of the game!
Wow!! I had no idea that one can earn money on Pinterest. Very informative post. Thanks for sharing.
You are most welcome Moni Glad you know
I love Pinterest and had no idea you could make money while pinning things on Pinterest. I definitely will look into doing this. I am also a stay at home mom and like you would love to contribute and make a better life for my family.
Hey Jessica,
Glad you now have a new way to create that extra income. Yes we can contribute more
Wow! How did I ever not know about this? Thanks for the tips.
Because most people focus on blogging and sharing links via blogs as opposed to also direct linking Ann!
🙂 Wow! It is nice to know that one can make an income via the Pinterest affiliate marketing program!
As always, I am deeply appreciative of your expertise!
Heya Renard,
While Pinterest doesnt have an affiliate Platform that we know of, you can get paid With the Pinterest Affiliate Marketing Strategy we showed here!
Hope that clarifies things and We do appreciate your love <3 🙂
Jules
? Thank you for the clarification, Julie.