My experience with Pinterest is very limited. But I liked what @gameover said above, about designing a free campaign using AI.  Instagram was successful for me, but now I want to focus specifically on Pinterest, and see if that works for me as well.

All I have been doing at the moment, is updating my site and writing some more blog posts and promoting those on Pinterest as a start. Most of the blog posts are subjects that I have chosen myself, but I also asked AI what to write about - and chose one of those topics. Interestingly, it was the blog subject that AI suggested that is outperforming all the others on Pinterest. Its still early days, but that's the one that is getting the most views and click-throughs.

When you guys say you are using AI to help you with pinterest and blog/website, what sort of AI generator are you using for this?

Quote from: LizC on April 25, 2026, 23:43
When you guys say you are using AI to help you with pinterest and blog/website, what sort of AI generator are you using for this?

I just use CoPilot. But I am not a big user and don't know any other sites. Others here may have better recommendations.

CoPilot is free and its been very helpful so far. I used to sell Canva Pinterest Pin template bundles on Etsy a few years back (back in my design days), so I already had a lot of templates of my own. But AI can be helpful for feedback on creating pins if you need help. I asked it to review my store, and it made the suggestion to add another page, called Start Here, where to send traffic, where it takes the visitor on a journey through my products - free Lead Magnets, Bundles and books. I already had my freebies and bundles, but it can help you with that too, if you need it. My store was getting very messy and difficult to navigate, so I thought that was a good idea. I liked that its all linked together now and becomes a logical 'journey'.

https://payhip.com/MillefloreImages/shop-adez


I've been writing my own copy for my websites for some time now, but AI can give you some good tips and suggestions for improvement.


This morning I started designing pins - as per AI's suggestion - to promote my Lead Magnets and link them to the Start Here page. Its just a test for now, but it will be interesting to see how that goes.

Quote from: LizC on April 25, 2026, 23:43
When you guys say you are using AI to help you with pinterest and blog/website, what sort of AI generator are you using for this?

i've used chatgpt over the last 3 years for various tasks, so i'm comfortable. i wrote a 45 page ebook  travelogue over 2 afternoons - just need to add pictures that will be royalty free to buyers.  i've upgraded to the pro version (about $15 a month to get extended sessions & features)

still digesting its pinterest responses but currently working with it on a PowerPoint presentation for May 6 on lesser-known sites in Turkey. currently have 750 images selected that i have to reduce drastically. (and i also need to learn PP in next few days)

Quote from: AM24 on April 25, 2026, 18:23

Quote from: mike123 on April 25, 2026, 09:57
Just to add my 2 cents: last year I used to get around 100k impressions per month on my Pinterest content and daily clicks to website and I haven't made a single sale from a Pinterest lead, at least as far as I know. It might work for your niche (my Pinterest content is about art prints), but for me it was a waste of time, so I stopped posting to Pinterest a few months ago.

Thanks Mike for your feedback. That's really interesting. Wow. 100k impressions/month is a lot! Plus, daily traffic to your site. Your pins must have been very good. But you are saying, they were basically tire-kickers?

Did any other social media work for you?

I think people were mostly clicking on my Pinterest pins because they liked the images, not because they had any real intention to buy. So even though I was getting plenty of impressions and traffic, none of it was turning into anything meaningful.

At one point I even experimented with affiliate links on my pins, hoping to at least monetize the traffic somehow, but it didn't generate a single sale.

Social media is a bit different. Occasionally someone buys a print because they liked a photo, but it happens very rarely.

From my experience, you need to be visible where people are actively searching with buying intent. For art prints, that's usually platforms like Google or AI platforms like ChatGPT. People hardly go to social media looking to buy art, and in my case they weren't really using Pinterest for that either.

That said, I think in case of Pinterest this depends on the niche, so your experience could be completely different.

Quote from: mike123 on April 26, 2026, 08:18

Quote from: AM24 on April 25, 2026, 18:23

Quote from: mike123 on April 25, 2026, 09:57
Just to add my 2 cents: last year I used to get around 100k impressions per month on my Pinterest content and daily clicks to website and I haven't made a single sale from a Pinterest lead, at least as far as I know. It might work for your niche (my Pinterest content is about art prints), but for me it was a waste of time, so I stopped posting to Pinterest a few months ago.

Thanks Mike for your feedback. That's really interesting. Wow. 100k impressions/month is a lot! Plus, daily traffic to your site. Your pins must have been very good. But you are saying, they were basically tire-kickers?

Did any other social media work for you?

I think people were mostly clicking on my Pinterest pins because they liked the images, not because they had any real intention to buy. So even though I was getting plenty of impressions and traffic, none of it was turning into anything meaningful.

At one point I even experimented with affiliate links on my pins, hoping to at least monetize the traffic somehow, but it didn't generate a single sale.

Social media is a bit different. Occasionally someone buys a print because they liked a photo, but it happens very rarely.

From my experience, you need to be visible where people are actively searching with buying intent. For art prints, that's usually platforms like Google or AI platforms like ChatGPT. People hardly go to social media looking to buy art, and in my case they weren't really using Pinterest for that either.

That said, I think in case of Pinterest this depends on the niche, so your experience could be completely different.

Hi Mike,
thanks for sharing your two cents 
I think you point out where the problem lies, not only to get more visits to the website, but mainly to get the "right" ones, the people interested to buy.
I have begun to use GPT to coordinate my efforts in this context, and I think I'm learning a lot. If nothing else it's a quite interesting (and entertaining) experience.

Hey AM24, just want to say your payhip shop looks fantastic!! I signed up with payhip a while back to sell clipart bunndles and possibly downloadable art prints but haven't done much with it.

Quote from: LizC on April 27, 2026, 15:58
Hey AM24, just want to say your payhip shop looks fantastic!! I signed up with payhip a while back to sell clipart bunndles and possibly downloadable art prints but haven't done much with it.

Thanks Liz 

The trick is to just let it develop gradually - or at least that's what I did. I have been playing around with it for over a year now.

At first I only used Payhip purely to list my products, which I linked my main website to.  It was a much cheaper (ie FREE!) and easier solution to paying a lot more to upgrade my website to include a store. But gradually I started looking at all the Payhip features and started turning it all into a comprehensive website on its own. I also found that it was much easier to design than my official website.

Here's their help page if you need it: https://help.payhip.com/category/44-customization

And please ask me any questions if you need more help.

cheers,
Annie

@LizC

Here's some design tips:

1. On every page that you add, add a Header to make it look more professional and to add some tag lines and promotion. I used 'Image with Text' with the text over 2 photos. But you can use any one of the others if you like. Use this consistently throughout the site. I found it makes a big difference to the look and feel of the whole site.

2. The second section of each page should further promote the products on that page. I added either a 'Slider List' or an 'Image with Text' section.

3. The third section should be your product list or more promotion that you want visitors to know before they get to the products.

4. To break up the look of the blank pages of each section, find or create a suitable background photo to add to that section (go to 'Advanced' at the bottom of the section and add the background there). I've done that twice on my home page - to add more interest and to improve the overall aesthetics.

https://payhip.com/MillefloreImages


5. Don't forget to add sections to link and promote other products throughout the site using the Featured Products, Collections and Blogs sections. 

6. Use the 'Testimonials' and 'About Me' sections throughout the site to add more credibility to your products.

7. If you add a new page, you then need to go to 'Navigation Links' to add it there as well - so that it appears at the top.


Its kind of like when you buy a new Smart TV with a remote with 1,000 buttons. Once you know what button to press, the rest is easy. All the sections are well designed, well formatted and easy to use.


Hope that helps :-)

Quote from: AM24 on April 27, 2026, 18:57
@LizC

Here's some design tips:

1. On every page that you add, add a Header to make it look more professional and to add some tag lines and promotion. I used 'Image with Text' with the text over 2 photos. But you can use any one of the others if you like. Use this consistently throughout the site. I found it makes a big difference to the look and feel of the whole site.

2. The second section of each page should further promote the products on that page. I added either a 'Slider List' or an 'Image with Text' section.

3. The third section should be your product list or more promotion that you want visitors to know before they get to the products.

4. To break up the look of the blank pages of each section, find or create a suitable background photo to add to that section (go to 'Advanced' at the bottom of the section and add the background there). I've done that twice on my home page - to add more interest and to improve the overall aesthetics.

https://payhip.com/MillefloreImages


5. Don't forget to add sections to link and promote other products throughout the site using the Featured Products, Collections and Blogs sections. 

6. Use the 'Testimonials' and 'About Me' sections throughout the site to add more credibility to your products.

7. If you add a new page, you then need to go to 'Navigation Links' to add it there as well - so that it appears at the top.


Its kind of like when you buy a new Smart TV with a remote with 1,000 buttons. Once you know what button to press, the rest is easy. All the sections are well designed, well formatted and easy to use.


Hope that helps :-)

That is really a nice way to break things down.

Quote from: Uncle Pete on April 28, 2026, 19:10

Quote from: AM24 on April 27, 2026, 18:57
@LizC

Here's some design tips:

1. On every page that you add, add a Header to make it look more professional and to add some tag lines and promotion. I used 'Image with Text' with the text over 2 photos. But you can use any one of the others if you like. Use this consistently throughout the site. I found it makes a big difference to the look and feel of the whole site.

2. The second section of each page should further promote the products on that page. I added either a 'Slider List' or an 'Image with Text' section.

3. The third section should be your product list or more promotion that you want visitors to know before they get to the products.

4. To break up the look of the blank pages of each section, find or create a suitable background photo to add to that section (go to 'Advanced' at the bottom of the section and add the background there). I've done that twice on my home page - to add more interest and to improve the overall aesthetics.

https://payhip.com/MillefloreImages


5. Don't forget to add sections to link and promote other products throughout the site using the Featured Products, Collections and Blogs sections. 

6. Use the 'Testimonials' and 'About Me' sections throughout the site to add more credibility to your products.

7. If you add a new page, you then need to go to 'Navigation Links' to add it there as well - so that it appears at the top.


Its kind of like when you buy a new Smart TV with a remote with 1,000 buttons. Once you know what button to press, the rest is easy. All the sections are well designed, well formatted and easy to use.


Hope that helps :-)

That is really a nice way to break things down.

Thanks Pete!

I forgot to say above, to add lots of photos and less text. People remember visuals long after they have forgotten the text, if they read it at all. Use short but punchy tag lines with a little bit of sub-text throughout the site on headers and section headings. People tend to only read longer text when they are almost committed to buy. So just put that on the actual listing.

Tag line examples (for vintage illustrations, for example): "Where history becomes art", "Authentic Vintage Prints, Restored With Care", "Vintage Graphics for Your Modern Projects", "Timeless Illustrations for Modern Creators."

Thanks for the tips. I have a question about connecting Paypal, does Payhip get access to your Paypal account in that it can withdraw money from it?

Quote from: LizC on April 28, 2026, 23:52
Thanks for the tips. I have a question about connecting Paypal, does Payhip get access to your Paypal account in that it can withdraw money from it?

When you make a sale, your payment (sale$$ less 5%) will be instantly credited to your PayPal account - no waiting period.  I am not sure what you mean, Liz, about Payhip withdrawing money from it? The 5% that they take out of sales is all the fees they make. Nothing else - no upfront fees like Etsy, eBay, Shopify, etc.

"No Monthly Fees: Only charges transaction fees, making it cost-effective for high-volume sellers.
Payhip also handles VAT compliance automatically, ensuring that all transactions are compliant with local regulations."

When I wanted to link my paypal account I was asked for my paypal login details, so that made me wary, other places like microstock or POD sites just need your paypal email address to pay you.

Quote from: LizC on April 29, 2026, 05:09
When I wanted to link my paypal account I was asked for my paypal login details, so that made me wary, other places like microstock or POD sites just need your paypal email address to pay you.

Mmmm thats interesting.

This is what Payhip says:

https://help.payhip.com/article/64-connecting-your-paypal-account#4


Liz, I only had to give my email address and nothing else, so I am not sure what's going on?? I did check them out before I started and they are a British firm with a high rating on TrustPilot.

This may be your problem:
"You only provide your PayPal email, not your password
The actual login and authorization happen on PayPal's secure site, not on Payhip."

Liz, I don't want to take @gameover's thread onto another tangent, so I suggest you should write to Payhip if you cannot solve it.

Okay, thanks