How To Make Money On Pinterest Without a Blog

Last Updated on 6th February 2024

If you want to know how to make money on Pinterest without a blog then I have good news for you. Not only is it possible but it’s actually very easy to do.

Pinterest is set up in such a way that allows a few easy options for you to monetize your account, and I’m not talking about using paid ads.

While you can use Pinterest to send people directly to a product you own, many people don’t have their own product.

Fortunately, there’s a super simple way for you to monetize through affiliate marketing.

What Is Affiliate Marketing?

Affiliate marketing is when a business pays a referral commission to website owners and content creators (publishers) for sales made by people who have been directed from content created and owned by the publishers.

Many companies have beginner-friendly affiliate programs including big brands such as Amazon and Etsy.

However, there are also even affiliate programs that are especially good to promote on a platform like Pinterest.

If you want the list then you can read our article here on the 18 best affiliate programs for Pinterest.

When you sign up for an affiliate program you will receive your unique affiliate ID and affiliate link to send people to a product or company website.

When you share this special link online and someone clicks on it and then buys a product, your affiliate ID will be tracked by the company and you will receive a commission.

Unfortunately, most affiliate programs offer little or zero tracking analytics to you as an affiliate. However, this info is crucial if you want to be able to scale up your income.

The best solution, therefore, is to use a 3rd party link tracker like ClickMagick. In my opinion, this tool is the best choice for affiliate marketers.

The amount of commission you receive for a single sale varies massively. This depends on things like what niche you’re in, what products you are promoting, your experience level, etc.

A single sale can earn you anything from a few dollars to thousands of dollars.

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Two Simple Ways To Make Money On Pinterest With Affiliate Products

Here are 2 simple ways to make money on Pinterest with affiliate marketing:

Pinterest Affiliate Marketing Method 1

Pinterest is one of the very few social media platforms that allow you to use affiliate links and link directly to a product.

Most other platforms like Instagram and Facebook don’t allow this.

All you need to do to make this work is create Pins, add your affiliate link in the URL section of your pin, and publish them on Pinterest.

A person will then click your pin and be taken to the affiliate offer. If they buy, you get paid.

While it is certainly easier to just link directly to the affiliate product from Pinterest, this method also has drawbacks.

Pros & Cons of Linking Directly

Pros

• Quick
• Easy

Cons

• Pinterest can stop allowing this at any time
• You do not have any way to collect leads
• You will not build as much trust with your audience
• If Pinterest decides they don’t like the affiliate programs you are promoting they may close your account

Here is a safer and more effective way to make money on Pinterest without a blog.

Pinterest Affiliate Marketing Method 2

If you’re looking to build a solid business online rather than just making a few affiliate commissions here and there, but you don’t want to use a blog then the best way is to use a simple funnel.

How This Works

Step 1

You publish your Pins on Pinterest with a link to a landing page offering a free gift, known as a lead magnet. This can be a simple eBook, a checklist, a cheat sheet, a case study, a free course, etc. The visitor needs to enter their email address to receive the free gift, and so, they join your mailing list.

If you don’t know how to create a lead magnet, then here is a great guide on how to create an ebook quickly in 7 simple steps.

Step 2

The moment the visitor clicks the ‘submit’ button on your landing page to receive your free gift, a number of things happen:

• They are added to your email list
• They receive an automatic email with a link to the free gift
• They will receive an automated series of emails over time (your newsletter)
• They are instantly diverted to a second page, known as a bridge page

Step 3

Your bridge page will usually have a simple headline, a short 1-2 minute video of you introducing an affiliate offer, and your affiliate link to buy the product.

Now, most people will not buy from you via the bridge page, but some will. However, I’m sure you’ve heard the expression:

“The money’s in the list”

Since you now have the visitor’s email address, you can continue to sell to them on the back end via your automated email follow-up sequence.

When I first collect the email in step two above, I like to offer them a free gift for subscribing. Something like a free eBook or a mini video course on something they will be interested in.

An eBook is a great lead magnet to offer as a free gift to incentivize a Pinterest visitor to join your email list. You can learn how to make an ebook quickly in this guide.

Below, is a video I made to show you how you can quickly create a high-quality eBook using a free AI tool called ChatGPT, and 2 other free software tools.

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How To Make Money on Pinterest Without a Blog – Affiliate Marketing

Choose a Niche

In order to have success with affiliate marketing on Pinterest without a blog, the first thing to do is to choose a niche you want to work in.

There are many schools of thought on how to choose a niche. However, we first recommend you familiarize yourself with the Pinterest categories that are available to get an idea of what might work best for you.

Some people will say to choose something you’re passionate about, while others will say to choose something that has the potential to make money. After all, some affiliate niches pay far better than others.

Either way, I also recommend you to choose an evergreen niche, that way your business will always be relevant.

It is also very important to consider the platform you’re using, in this case, of course, it’s Pinterest. The reason is that each platform can attract a different demographic of people.

According to InfluencerMarketingHub, the top 10 most popular niches on Pinterest are:

1.    Home Décor
2.    Art
3.    Travel
4.    Photography
5.    DIY and Crafts
6.    Design
7.    Technology
8.    Quotes
9.    Food and Drink
10.   Humor

If you’re interested in one of these niches then great, you’ll have a big audience, but you’ll also have a lot more competition.

Don’t think Pinterest is only about these niches, though. There are loads of other niches on the platform that you can also have a lot of success with. Some more examples are:

1. Health & Fitness
2. Work At Home
3. Personal Development
4. Parenting & Children
5. Beauty
6. Fashion
7. Gardening
8. Hiking

And more…

The key is to get a balance between:

a). Something you’re interested in
b). Something that’s reasonably popular on Pinterest
c). Something you can make money in

Related Article: 9 most lucrative niches that make money

Look for Affiliate Programs In Your Niche

There are loads of places to look for affiliate programs that you can promote online.

If you’re looking for a physical product in your niche then a good place to start is to check out the following affiliate networks:

• FlexOffers
• ShareASale
• Etsy
• Amazon

If you’re looking to promote digital products then here are a few places you can look:

• ClickBank.com
• JVZoo.com
• CJ.com (CommissionJunction)
• FlexOffers

If there’s a specific product or company you want to promote but you don’t see them on any network, then go to their website and see if they have an affiliates section. In most cases, you’ll find it in the footer of their site.

Alternatively, you can Google the company name + “affiliate program”.

See also: Morevago review – can it really improve your conversion rate?

Branding on Pinterest

You will want to stand out from the crowd so branding is really important.

The most important things for branding on Pinterest are choosing your brand colors and your fonts.

If you want to go the extra mile and really look professional then I’d recommend also creating a logo.

You can find your brand colors here for free.

You can use this free too to choose your font pairs.

You can design your own logo here very cheaply.

Alternatively, if you want a more professional logo designed for you then you can use a great free tool called designerhire.com to find the best designer for your project.

Just make sure to be consistent with your branding when you create your Pins to stand out and build your presence.

Create Your Pinterest Boards

Once you’ve signed up for Pinterest you will then want to create a free business account. Then, different boards that relate to your niche. I recommend creating at least 10 if you can, but preferably more.

A big part of affiliate marketing is offering value, so you want to offer a lot of good content from your business profile.

To do this, start to add other people’s relevant pins to your boards. This will also help to flesh out your profile so it doesn’t look like a barren wasteland.

Then, as you start to create your own pins you can also add them to the relevant boards.

Create Graphics to Pin

If you’re familiar with Pinterest then you will know it’s a very visual platform. So, creating great-looking pins is a must if you want to stand out from the crowd.

I recommend using Canva.com or getstencil.com if you want to create them yourself or fiverr.com if you would prefer to pay someone to make them for you.

Get Images For Pinterest

While you may have some of your own images you would like to use for your pins, you will also likely want some good-looking stock images as well.

It is illegal to take images from other people’s websites or to take them from Google images to use. If you do this then you run the risk of getting a hefty copyright fine.

You can get some great stock images for free from pixabay.com. However, the free images on Pixabay are somewhat limited. So if they don’t have what you’re looking for then I recommend using depositphotos.com.

Create Your Bridge Page Funnel

One of the quickest and simplest ways to get your funnel set up is to use a drag-and-drop funnel builder.

There are lots of options on the market you can for this, and it can become quite overwhelming to choose the one that’s best suited to your needs.

Personally, my top choice when it comes to sales funnels is ClickFunnels. It’s easy to use and their funnels convert really well.

If you’re on a tight budget, then Systeme is another good choice. Systeme has a free-for-life plan, so you can use this to get started with no money.

To make things even easier, once you’ve signed up, you can get free funnel templates that you can pull into your account, customize and start using straight away.

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Once you’ve selected the funnel template you want to use, you will need to customize it and also add your sales copy.

Setting up a funnel is not as straightforward as it might seem.

You need to know what type of funnel to build for your specific product, how to hook up your autoresponder (next section below), how to drive traffic to your funnel, how to get your funnel to make sales, etc.

If you don’t have experience building and launching a successful funnel then you can get step-by-step help to set up and launch a funnel that makes money here.

The Challenge is a very affordable training course run over 30 days. It shows you exactly what you need to do to launch a funnel and make money on Google, Pinterest, Facebook, and basically anywhere else on the internet.

Hook Up Your Email Autoresponder

Once you have your funnel, you just need to hook up your email autoresponder so you can collect leads and email them with future offers.

There are many autoresponder companies you can choose from. However, popular choices like MailChimp and ActiveCampaign are not affiliate-friendly.

I was once using MailChimp for affiliate marketing and they shut my account down. You don’t want this to happen to you, it’s a real pain!

While ActiveCampaign is a little more affiliate friendly, they don’t generally like you emailing out affiliate links. So to make it work for affiliates, you will need to rely on only using links that lead to your bridge page.

That’s why my favorite autoresponder for affiliate marketing is Aweber. They are very affiliate friendly, have great open rates, are easy to use, have great support, and are also very reasonably priced.

Aweber also offers a free trial, which is super helpful for people just getting started with affiliate marketing.

Bring The Traffic – Publish Your Pins on Pinterest

Once you have this setup, all you need to do is start publishing your pins and adding the link to your funnel in the URL field on your Pinterest pin.

It is important not to keep reusing the same pins over and over. Pinterest doesn’t like duplicate content.

It’s wise to create several different pins that lead to your funnel with different images and change up the headlines and descriptions.

Also, avoid repinning the same pins over and over again. Waiting a few months and then starting to repin them occasionally is much safer.

Automate Your Pins

If you’re serious about making money on Pinterest then you will want to automate your pinning process and save you hours of work then it is worth getting a TailWind account.

You can pin 100 pins for free, but after that, you’ll need to sign up for a paid account. Fortunately, it’s a very low-cost service.

If you need more detailed instructions on how to post on Pinterest, here’s a great video below.

If you want more detailed info on generating traffic on this platform then see my article here on how to use Pinterest to drive traffic to your blog.

Even though this article is about making money on Pinterest if you do not have a blog, the traffic strategy in this article is pretty much the same because you will still need to send that traffic to your landing page or funnel so it is highly worth checking out.

If you want to learn more ways to bring people to your landing pages then you can read this article I wrote here all about free traffic.

How To Make Money On Pinterest Without a Blog – Final Thoughts

So, that’s my quick guide on how to make money on Pinterest without a blog.

While you can just follow the steps above to create your Pinterest business account and link your pins directly to your affiliate offers, you will have much more success building a funnel, collecting leads, and building an audience.

Through building an email list for affiliate marketing, you are actually building a solid asset for your business. If you look after the people on your list and treat them well, you will be able to grow a long-term, reliable source of income.

If you want to learn affiliate marketing from one of the most successful affiliates in the world, then I highly recommend you take this fast-track 3-day affiliate marketing course here.

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