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Can you really make money on Pinterest?

The pay here comes from the affiliate programs you link to. Pinterest’s own business community explains how to add those links, and says you must disclose them.

✓ Checked 5 Nov 2026 against Pinterest’s own guidelines · Next check 5 Feb 2027
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This is affiliate marketing with Pinterest as the place your readers find you. You add an affiliate link as a Pin’s destination, and the program you joined pays you when someone buys. So the sum depends on that program’s rate, not on anything Pinterest publishes.

What do you need for Pinterest?

  1. An affiliate programOne whose terms allow links from Pinterest.
  2. Pins with a clear destinationPinterest’s team says to add your affiliate link in place of a regular product address.
  3. A clear disclosurePinterest says it requires you to disclose affiliate links.

What Pinterest really pays

ItemFigureWhat it means
Your paySet by the programPinterest’s pages set no rate
Amazon Associates, as an example0% to 10%By category, with 4% on many items
Affiliate links in PinsAllowedPinterest’s business community explains how
MerchantsNo affiliatesPinterest’s merchant guidelines say merchants must not be affiliate marketers
RedirectsNot to dodge rulesPinterest asks for a ‘no surprises’ principle

Our example sum: at 4%, a $50 sale pays you $2.

What it adds up to

Sales through your PinsAt 4%
10 sales of $50$20
100 sales of $50$200
500 sales of $50$1,000

4% is Amazon’s All Other Categories rate, used as an example: your pay is whatever the program you join sets. Our sums: an example, not a promise.

When does Pinterest pay you?

QuestionAnswer
Paid out atSet by the program you join
First moneyNo published figure

What is the catch with Pinterest?

  • Some link shorteners are not supported on Pinterest, says its business community.
  • Pinterest says not to link to sites that are unsafe, deceptive, untrustworthy or unoriginal.
  • Pinterest has changed course before: it banned affiliate links in the past and later allowed them again.
  • Your program can be stricter than Pinterest, so read its terms too.

How to start with Pinterest

  1. Join one programRead its rules on social traffic.
  2. Link straight to the pageCheck your links still work.
  3. Say it is an affiliate linkPut the disclosure where people see it.

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