Turning your Shopify products into shoppable pins is going to be a lot easier going forward. Pinterest released info on the new app on 7 May 2020 where it listed exciting features that will be great news for merchants. Shopify store owners and marketers will now be able to upload their complete catalog into Pinterest, as shoppable Pins. No more messing about with code or extra development. This app is the only connection you need between your Shopify Store and your Pinterest profile. This will help expose the products to a gigantic potential new audience.
The old version of the app allowed shop owners to create ads but the new app simplifies the integration and also includes organic listings. This is great news for the over 1 million merchants on Shopify as it provides an easier way to reach over 360 million Pinterest users.
The App also adds a Shop tab in the merchant's Pinterest profile, which increases the chances of customers discovering products when visiting their profile.
Pinterest Shopify App features
- Seamless Tag Installation
- Catalog Ingestion
- Daily Product Data Updates
- Ad Buying Dashboard
- Shop Tab In Pinterest Profile
- Advanced Reporting
“By uploading their catalog feed, merchants make it possible for people to discover and save their products and buy directly from their website. People come to Pinterest with an intent to plan and purchase. The number of Pinners who have engaged with shoppable Product Pins has increased by 44% year-over-year, and total traffic to retailers has increased by 2.3x year-over-year. And, due in part to early beta testing with Shopify, catalog feed uploads increased 144% in the first quarter of the year.” Full article: Pinterest launches Shopify partnership
Pinterest as an Online Mall
This new partnership continues to show the company's drive to become an online shopping destination of choice. This should also have a positive effect on their ad revenue long term as shop owners increase ad spend. Pinterest has seen a significant increase in traffic since the start of the pandemic and this partnership will help boost engagement with shoppable pins even further.
Pinterest launched its verified merchants in late March 2020 and added more features such as Shop from a Board, Shop From Search, and Shop from pins and Style guides which appears when a user searches generic terms.
The app itself is free and you will be able to get organic exposure but you'll have to pay per click for ads that drive users directly to your store. Setup is easy and once installed you'll be able to access the new dashboard where you can begin pushing your listings through to Pinterest.
Up to Date product data will be pushed through to Pinterest so any pricing or product updates you make in-store, will be live on your social media profile.
Installation Steps
- Install Pinterest App from the App store
- Add Tag to your Shopify store
- Upload Product Catalog incl Price, Availability & Product Description
- Publish In stock products to Pinterest
Shopify is continuing to innovate and this together with many new initiatives (such as the Shopify App) is welcome news for merchants as it provides an extra channel to reach new customers. The Pinterest App will help to drive more traffic to store owners, which needs all the help they can get in these trying times.
The app is currently available in the US & Canada. Other regions such as France, UK, Australia to follow shortly.
Merchants are adapting to new realities and looking ahead to the future of retail, which is why we're focused on making both our ads and organic features available and impactful to businesses of all sizes.
Jeremy King, SVP of Technology, Pinterest
More on Pinterest:
“Pinterest is an American image sharing and social media service designed to enable saving and discovery of information (specifically “ideas”) on the World Wide Web using images and, on a smaller scale, GIFs and videos, in the form of pinboards. The site was created by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp and had 300 million monthly active users as of August 2019. Pinterest, Inc. is based in San Francisco and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Development of Pinterest began in December 2009, and the site launched the prototype as a closed beta in March 2010. Nine months after the launch the website had 10,000 users. Silbermann said he personally wrote to the site's first 5,000 users offering his personal phone number and even meeting with some of its users. The launch of an iPhone app in early March 2011, brought in more downloads than expected. This was followed by an iPad app and Pinterest Mobile, a version of the website for non-iPhone users. Silbermann and a few programmers operated the site out of a small apartment until the summer of 2011.” Source: Wikipedia
This is certainly good news for my store. Love how Shopify and its partners are finding more ways to help us merchants. Being exposed to Pinterest’s users could be a great exposure.