No support! Pinterest Bans All Affiliate Marketing Links Pinterest, the online board for ideas and inspiration, is not a fan of affiliate marketing! The site had taken direct actions against affiliate marketing in general and it does not tolerate this practice on its platform. The rule is a general one, it includes everything that is related to this marketing niche and it affects anyone working in the business, from a brand new affiliate, to the well-established best affiliate marketing sites. Why is this happening? What is Pinterest? Pinterest is a social media platform that that allows its users to save their visual ideas on virtual boards. Basically, if you like a photo on a site, you don’t need to go through the classis process of downloading the photo and then forgetting that you have it in your computer. By having an account on Pinterest and adding the “Pin It” button to your browser, you can “Pin” the photos you like in a matter of seconds! This idea was very appealing and useful to the general public, that’s why Pinterest boasts now on 70 million users! Pinterest and affiliate marketing …show more content…
The affiliate posts reviews on its blog and that post contains affiliate links that his viewers can click through to make the purchase of the product or service. This is the basic recipe that the best affiliate marketing sites built their success on. With the rise of social media, the affiliate can now post the same affiliate links on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other social media outlets. This also is a common practice of the best affiliate sites. It’s a method that helps the affiliate communicate its recommendations across multiple