You just have to use your code when you create a pin. I'm doing this to try to earn some self referrals with my products.
Catherine Marie Narézi
I'm confused. I made my own pin (didn't click the link from my store) and entered a description. Yet when I look at the pin - none of what I entered is visible. My question: is what I entered floating around in the background somewhere to aid in searches? And if not - what is the point of making our own pins???
It seems to me that you didn't use Zazzle's pin button, but used your browser pin button.
When you use Zazzle's pin button, you'll be found by the title and description (copywrite) of your product and earn 15% of the sales made from this pin because it has your "cookie", your affiliate code (if your enrolled in the associates program). I guess if you pin with the browser pin button instead of Zazzle's one, you don't earn referrals, it will only add the link to the page without your cookie, even if the pin is automatic and looks the same.
If you feel the titles and description Zazzle provides are not enough, you have to create pins manually (people say manual pins perform better). I'm starting to recreate all mine manually following Pinterest best practices, but I'm honest that I never inserted a hashtag. Maybe someone here can tell me if it makes any difference. I try to focus on using the words I would use as hashtags in my title and my copywrite.
Catherine Marie Narézi
