Incredible New Way to Make Money on Pinterest in 2026 (Full Tutorial)

[00:01] topic that I cover a lot on this channel and for good reason. Pinterest gets over 500 million monthly active users and over half of those users say they use Pinterest specifically as a place to shop. And in this video, I'm going to

[00:14] share with you what I believe to be one of the most effective ways for making money on Pinterest because right now there is a sudden huge spike in demand from online shoppers on Pinterest who are searching for and purchasing a very

[00:27] specific type of product. And I'm going to show you exactly how we can start driving sales to that product with highly enticing Pinterest pins just like this that we can place directly in front of those online shoppers to absolutely

[00:40] maximize the amount of sales that we can make and profit that we can earn. So to start making money on Pinterest, the first thing you want to do is to see exactly what customers are actually purchasing on the platform. And to do

[00:53] that, we're going to head straight over to Pinterest shopping trends. And once you're in shopping trends, you'll be able to see the top trending shopping categories. And as you can see, at the time of recording this video, backpacks

[01:06] are the number one most trending category. Now, if I click onto the backpacks category and if I scroll down, you'll not only be able to see the demographics of those online shoppers, but you'll also be able to see the exact

[01:20] search queries that they are typing into on Pinterest. And if I click onto any one of these search queries, let's say school essentials, you can see that specific search term is massively trending upwards. And you can see that

[01:33] happens every single year between the sort of months of July and August. As people start to go back to school, they naturally search for school essentials. And if I scroll down, we can see the top performing Pinterest pins for those

[01:47] specific search terms, which are of course directing them to different pages where they can purchase things like school bags, notebooks, different types of stationery. And there are more specific searches those online shoppers

[01:59] are searching for, such as backpacks for school. As you can see, searches every single year between July and August. A huge spike this year so far, indicating that huge increase in buyer demand. But it's not just school. Well, also college

[02:15] and university. As you can see, people are typing in college dorm room essentials massively trending upwards. Dorm shopping list as they get ready to move into their university or college dorm. Huge spike every single year. and

[02:31] more specific search terms like dorm room door ideas, dorm decor ideas. Now, these are being searched for on Pinterest by people who are not only ready to shop. And as mentioned, Pinterest gets over 600 million monthly

[02:46] active users. But what you may not know, of those 600 million monthly active of those 600 million monthly active users, 42% of those users are Gen Z. They are there to shop. In fact, Gen Z uses Pinterest primarily to find

[03:02] information about products or brands. And overwhelmingly, people who are moving into their dorm rooms, starting university are that Gen Z population. And you can see exactly what they are shopping for. Also, by going over to the

[03:17] Pinterest search bar and utilizing their autocomplete feature, things to buy for college dorm room. For example, if I go more specific, dorm room storage under more specific, dorm room storage under bed drawers, dorm room furniture, dorm

[03:31] room fridge ideas. And to meet that buyer demand, to start making money on Pinterest, we can easily head over to a platform like AutoDS, which I'll leave a link to down below to source any one of those products. Take a look at this for

[03:45] example. Here we have some dorm stackable drawers that under bed storage. Over here we can see we have a compact dorm fridge and you can simply go over to AutoDS. Simply type in the keyword dorm. You can filter down by

[04:00] best sellers. Let's click onto any one of these. Let's go with this one over here for example. Here we have a bedside shelf for dorm room bunk bed, otherwise known as a bedside caddy or a clip-on floating desk with huge demand. As we

[04:14] floating desk with huge demand. As we can see, over 8,000 reviews among those who have already purchased it. Let's see if that demand is also matched on Pinterest. If I go back over to Pinterest again, utilizing their

[04:26] autocomplete feature, I'll simply type in the word bedside. And what was it? A sort of bedside caddy. Yeah, as you can see, bedside caddy ideas. If I type in dorm at the end of it, dorm, bed storage, bedside caddy, and many other

[04:41] variations of that search term. I've even found a dorm room essentials set. exactly the type of product that those high purchase intent online shoppers on Pinterest would be highly likely interested in. And there are two ways

[04:55] that we can start driving traffic to these products that correspond perfectly with those high purchase intent searches from those online shoppers on Pinterest. One way is you can literally click onto where it says import on autods itself

[05:09] and manually import these products into your own online store. that will ensure that when your customers land onto that store, they'll be able to purchase that item and you'll earn a profit every single time that purchase is made. Now,

[05:24] it's important to note when that purchase is made because AutoDS sources all of these items from different suppliers. Everything is handled in the back end. The supplier ships that product out to the customer on your

[05:37] behalf, and it's at that point that you earn a profit. Now, the second way that we can start driving traffic to these items is by typing a single prompt into Claude, which will then search AutoDS for the best type of products that those

[05:53] online shoppers are most likely to purchase. Once it's found those products, you can then rapidly import them into your own online store just like this. All we need to do to make that happen is to select a free store

[06:07] that happen is to select a free store theme and connect Claude to AutoDS to rapidly create that store so that we can focus on driving sales to our online store to start earning those profits, which we can do by bulk creating an

[06:21] endless amount of highly enticing Pinterest pins just like these, which literally only takes a couple of minutes. And the first step in setting up this now streamlined, highly effective way to make money online with

[06:36] Pinterest is to get access to those AutoDS products and connect AutoDS to my link in the video description for AutoDS. And you simply want to sign up and register. You can either sign up with Google or enter in your email

[06:51] says join now. You then want to select your selling channel or the online store platform which is where our products from AutoDS are going to be imported into using Claude. Now, by far the best platform to use for this method is

[07:05] completely for free. And to connect our Shopify store to AutoDS, so Claude can start importing products into it. Since we don't yet have a Shopify store, to very easily set that up, you simply want to click onto where it says create a

[07:19] enter in your email address to start your free Shopify trial, which you can cancel at any time. And by signing up to Shopify via my link for AutoDS in the video description, even once your free trial is over, it's then literally $1 a

[07:36] month for the next 3 months. I'll simply click onto where it says continue with store, you simply want to click onto where it says online store on the lefth hand side and select a free theme by going to view theme store. I'll then

[07:48] filter down by the free store themes and I'll select one of my favorite themes which is Dawn. I can then simply click onto where it says try theme right here and that will be added to our Shopify account so that we can start importing

[08:00] those products onto our online store to start driving sales to them via that is connecting AutoDS to our now existing Shopify store. I'll select it, You'll then be prompted to install the AutoDS app. You'll then be taken

[08:15] directly over to the AutoDS marketplace, which will now be connected with your Shopify store, and you'll get instant access to literally thousands of products that we can start driving sales to from online shoppers on Pinterest.

[08:29] So, what I've done in this example is I've typed in dorm in the search bar right here. I've set my price range at $100 plus. We can see some of the initial results right here are mattress toppers for dorm beds, for example. And

[08:43] that is just one of the many products those online shoppers are searching for on Pinterest. As you can see, best dorm mattress topper, college dorm mattress topper, mattress topper, dorm twin extra large. There is an unprecedented amount

[08:58] of demand on Pinterest for products just like those. So, what we could do is we could simply go over to Pinterest, identify exactly what people are searching for, then go back over to AutoDS and simply import them into our

[09:12] AutoDS and simply import them into our store. Or what we can now do is simply head directly over to Claude and simply ask it to identify the best type of those products those online shoppers are likely to purchase that correspond with

[09:27] these trending search terms including for example dorm mattress topper dorm bedding dorm mini fridge ideas and so on. Now before I hit enter what you you've signed up to Claude if you haven't already. is completely free and

[09:42] you simply want to connect Claude to your AutoDS account. To very easily do that, I can simply click onto this menu icon on the top leftand side. Then click onto where it says customize. Click onto connectors on the left hand side and

[09:55] where it says add right here. I'll click onto that dropdown. Then click onto where it says browse connectors. Search for AutoDS. Click onto it and simply hit connect. And by signing in with my AutoDS login details, you'll then see

[10:09] that AutoDS is now connected with Claude. If I close this window, I can then easily start importing the best type of product those online shoppers are likely to be interested in by typing in a prompt just like this. I'll leave a

[10:22] copy of this prompt in the YouTube video description. And if I hit enter, Thorda will then scour the AutoDS marketplace and give me four of the best items that it recommends that would sell for those who are searching for those

[10:36] corresponding buyer intent searches on Pinterest. So the first of those items Pinterest. So the first of those items is a dorm room essentials kit. This is the one that we looked at earlier. Let's just confirm it. If I click onto this

[10:48] link where it says view on AutoDS, it is that exact dorm room essentials kit. What I love about this specific product is this is the exact type of product that pretty much catches all of those searches on Pinterest for those

[11:01] searching for different dorm room items. It sort of contains a little bit of everything. So, I'll definitely import that onto our store. If I take a look at the second one, it is a dorm mattress topper. We can view that on AutoDS. If I

[11:14] click onto this one over here, it is a dorm bedding kit. I'll definitely be importing this one into our store. contains everything from a sort of laundry hamper to a blanket and so much more. And what I love about this guy is

[11:28] if you look at the bottom of each one of these recommendations, not only does it tell you why this specific product is a sort of good fit for your store to correspond with those different trending searches, but it also tells you how much

[11:42] profit that you will earn for every sale that you drive for those products. So, for example, for this dorm bedding kit, that is at a 28% profit margin where we'll earn over $30 for every sale that we make. And as you can see, the fourth

[11:58] item that it has recommended is this dorm mini fridge. So, what I'm going to do once you've reviewed all of these different items and you're happy with them, if you're not, you can simply type in another prompt to ask it to give you

[12:11] some more suggestions, is to, as easy as this, ask it to import these four live to my store with short, clean titles that read like real storefront product

[12:24] that read like real storefront product names. Price at the AutoDS suggested sale price. I'll hit enter. And if I go back over to Shopify and now view that online store, we can now see this incredible simple yet highly aesthetic

[12:37] incredible simple yet highly aesthetic online store featuring those exact four products. And as you can see at the top of the page here, what I've actually done, I'll show you exactly how I did it, is I featured this sort of product

[12:49] it, is I featured this sort of product as a hero product. As mentioned guys, I do believe this sort of essentials set does have mass appeal since it does contain a bit of everything. Suitable for pretty much anyone who is moving

[13:02] into their dorm, right? Everything from shower caddies, wall hooks, LED clip on desk lamps and so on. So, in order to add that as a hero product for whichever product that you want to add onto your store, what I can do is if I click onto

[13:17] you'll see that your online store is super easy to edit. Anything you want to change, simply click onto it and change it. But what I did to add this sort of hero product item right here is if you hover over any of these elements, for

[13:32] example, this featured product element right here, what you can do is you'll see these small plus symbols. If I hover over the plus symbol, it will say something like add section. If I click onto add section, what you can do is

[13:47] product. You'll then get a blank placeholder featured product element inserted into your store. If you make sure that it's selected on the right hand side, you can replace this sort of blank placeholder with an actual product

[14:01] that you imported using Claude from AutoDS by clicking onto where it says select right here. You will then see the different products that you imported. Let's say, for example, that we want to make the mini fridge a featured product.

[14:13] I'll simply click onto it. And there you go. Now, this is a good segue into delete any of the elements on your store. So, I'm actually going to delete see this trash icon right here. I'll simply click onto it to remove it. And

[14:29] depending on how many items that you import into your store, you'll see those click onto featured collection right here to make sure they're all sort of evenly spaced and present. Well, what I can do on the right hand side is scroll

[14:45] down and where it says product card, I typically like to make them a square. well as you can see if that's something that you prefer. And you can also select the amount of columns that will display

[14:59] in that section as well. So, since there are four different items that we are says collection layout, I've specified the number of columns as four. Once you're happy with your store, what you

[15:12] can do is simply save it and publish it, which mine already is, and to start driving sales to your online store. What we can now do is rapidly bulk create Pinterest pins just like these which correspond exactly with not only the

[15:27] items that we are selling on our store but with those highly trending Pinterest search terms those online shoppers are searching for on mass. So the very first over to Claude and type in a single prompt which I've left a copy of in the

[15:42] YouTube video description. The only thing that you need to change in this prompt is to insert the link to your online store. I've crafted this prompt extremely carefully, guys. This is a highly versatile, dynamic prompt,

[15:57] allowing you to use this for any type of store, any type of niche, regardless of what type of product that you've imported onto your store from AutoDS. Now, in this particular example, this prompt will create 20 pins for us. You

[16:12] can change that number. There is no real upper limit. And with one click, I'll go to where it says send. Claude will then give us the exact data that we can now use to rapidly bulk create those Pinterest pins. You simply want to copy

[16:25] over that table, paste it somewhere into a spreadsheet like a Google sheet like I've done for example. And what I could now do is simply head over to Canva over at canva.com. I'll leave a link down below. And if I simply click onto where

[16:39] it says create, go to where it says social media, then click onto where it says Pinterest and then Pinterest pin, you'll then be taken to this Pinterest pin canvas. And to rapidly bulk create those pins, all we need to do is first

[16:52] insert an image for our first pin, which that clawed data gave us via an image prompt. If I go back over to that table, you'll see in this last column, this image prompt column. If I copy over the data in that first field, then go over

[17:06] to Google Gemini. Simply paste it in, hit enter, and then simply download this first highly realistic dorm room image by clicking onto where it says download full size right here. Simply drag it in to upload it onto this blank Pinterest

[17:21] template. I'll increase the size. And all we need to do is add in some bottom. Then we can bulk create. Now to rapidly do that, I'll click onto elements on the left hand side here. And I'll first of all drag a button on top

[17:36] of this Pinterest pin. I'll simply resize it to something like this. And what I'll probably also do is change the color, which you can do at the top here. And I'll also give it an outline. That's been done. Now on the left hand side, I

[17:51] can then simply click onto where it says text, click onto where it says add a heading, and drag it on top of that call to action. And I'll simply call it something super generic like call to action or CTA. And I'll also add some

[18:04] text at the top, which is also done. I've added some very subtle effects as well, guys. I've simply added a black outline to make it pop a little bit more. And what I can now do is bulk create those pins simply by clicking

[18:18] onto where it says apps on the left hand side here. And where it says search Canva apps, I'll type in the word bulk. Hit enter. And you'll see an app at the top here called Bulk Create. I can simply click onto it and underneath

[18:32] where it says select data source right here. What you can do is click onto Google Sheets for example. If like me you did paste that data that Claude gave us into a Google sheet. Otherwise, what you can also do is you can simply click

[18:45] onto where it says enter data manually and making sure that you click onto the very top left hand side column. I can simply paste it in. Click on to where it says done on the bottom right and you'll then see the different fields on the

[18:59] left hand side here. Now what you want to do is first of all click on to where it says CTA or call to action and then click onto where it says connect data click onto where it says connect data right here and link it to the CTA column

[19:12] contained in that data. I'll click onto it. You'll see it will now be linked. headline. This time clicking onto where it says connect data and instead And what I can now do is simply click onto where it says continue at the

[19:26] bottom here. And what you'll see on the left hand side underneath where it says apply data is you'll see what each of the headlines for those bulk created pins will be replaced with. So for example, pin number one will be dorm

[19:40] bedding ideas which corresponds perfectly with this exact pin image. And for the CTA right here, you'll see that will say shop now. For the second pin, that will say stock up. Third pin, gear up. The prompt behind this bulk

[19:55] creation, which again I've left in the video description, ensures that each of the pins aren't too repetitive, which is important when it comes to having a credible set of Pinterest pins, the online shoppers are actually likely to

[20:08] click onto and follow through with those online sales. So, with one click, what I can do is simply click onto where it says create 20 designs right here. And what you'll see after it says preparing is very quickly it will say one design

[20:20] created and saved to your project. So I can click onto where it says view design and you will now have 20 or however many pins that you amended that prompt to have bulk created for you already. As you can see the first one dorm bedding

[20:33] ideas shop. Now you can toggle at the bottom here between each one of those pins. Dorm topper dreams stock up dorm fridge vibes gear up dorm caddy ideas and so on. Now, what you may notice is the image is constant across all of

[20:49] these. The only thing that we weren't able to automate completely is by adding in those images, which is super easy to do. So, what you want to do is simply go back over to Gemini and generate each one of those images. Four prompts will

[21:05] be in that column for the data in the image prompt column. So, that your pins will look more like this. If I toggle between each of them now, dorm topper dreams, there is that mattress topper, dorm fridge vibes, gear up, and so on.

[21:19] And to start driving traffic from those online shoppers on Pinterest, we're now ready. All we need to do is click onto where it says file right here. Download all of those pins as a PNG. Click on to where it says download again. You can

[21:31] then create a free Pinterest business account by going to business.pinterest.com. Click onto where it says create content. How to make pins. Click on to create pin. drag in the first of your highly

[21:43] aesthetic, highly enticing bulk created pins. And to maximize the amount of visibility that your pin can get, what you want to do is to insert the SEO optimized Pinterest pin title and description by going back over to the

[21:57] data that Claude gave us. First of all, copying over the Pinterest pin title and description, pasting them in along with the link to your online store, and making sure that you've toggled markers AI modified to the right since we did

[22:11] create this Pinterest pin image using Google Gemini looks absolutely incredible. And with one click, I'll simply hit publish. And the more pins that you create, the more of that buyer traffic that you can drive to your

[22:24] online store. And I want to say guys, there are literally thousands of people making money online with Pinterest. Most don't get started or most give up simply due to the perceived effort involved when it comes to creating an online

[22:38] store, sourcing products, creating those pins. What I showed you in this video is how we can streamline end to end that entire process using the latest and greatest AI tools including AutoDS and that connector with Claude and Canvas.

[22:54] simple yet genius bulk creation tool which saves us a ton of time. To access that bulk creation app, you do need to sign up to the Canva Pro version. They do have a free trial. You can cancel that free trial at any time and retain

[23:08] access to those pro features for the next 30 days. Shopify, again guys, I've got a link in the video description. If you sign up to Shopify via AutoDS, you will get a free trial. So you can start an online store with Shopify completely

[23:23] for free and even when your free trial is up. As mentioned, it's literally a dollar a month for the next 3 months and for AutoDS itself. So you can get access to thousands of those products that you can start driving sales to via

[23:37] Pinterest. I've also got a trial for you guys via my link in the video description where you can get signed up for literally only $1. And if you got that you smash that like button, subscribe to the channel, and hit that

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