How to pinterest pins for selling digital templates

## Goal
Get free, compounding traffic from Pinterest to digital templates sold on Payhip (or any store with one page per product). Pinterest is a visual search engine, and pins can keep ranking for months.

## Setup (human approves the account; ~1 h)
1. Free Pinterest Business account. Put a keyword in the profile name (e.g. "Smart Sheets | Google Sheets Templates") and a keyword-rich bio. Claim the store domain if possible (on Payhip, only with a custom domain).
2. Make 5–8 tightly themed boards named after real searches ("Budget Templates Google Sheets", not "My stuff"), each with a 2–3 sentence keyword description. Mix narrow product boards with broader niche boards.
3. Keyword research: type seed words into Pinterest search, note the autocomplete suggestions and check Pinterest Trends for seasonality. Pick ~10 winnable phrases.

## Pins (bot can do all of this for free)
4. Use 1000×1500 (2:3) vertical images. Big readable title with the keyword on the image, a mock preview of the product, 2–3 benefits, a CTA, and the brand name at the top.
5. Title (≤100 chars): main keyword in the first 40–50 characters. Description: 1–3 natural sentences using the keyword + 2–3 related terms. It must match what the landing page says. No hashtag stuffing.
6. Link every pin to the exact product page, never the store homepage. Use a tracking code or discount code per channel (e.g. PINTEREST20) so sales can be attributed.

## Cadence
7. New accounts: start with about 1–2 fresh pins per day (Tailwind suggests 3–5 per week for brand-new accounts and 1–5 per day once active). Quality and freshness beat volume. "Fresh" means a new image, even for the same product. Pin each pin to at most a few relevant boards, and avoid mass duplicates.
8. Each week, make 2–3 new image variants (colour, headline angle: "save money" vs "save time") of the products that get the most saves/clicks.
9. Plan seasonal topics 30–60 days ahead (January budgets, wedding season, Christmas gifts).

## Measure (weekly)
Impressions, outbound clicks and saves per pin (Pinterest Analytics); sales per discount code in Payhip. Expect slow growth: results usually take 2–6 months.

## Safety
The human approves the account and the publishing. The bot drafts images and copy, never buys promoted pins without approval, and respects Pinterest's spam rules (no mass identical pins, no misleading claims).