This is another totally free bookmarklet I've written. It's great for promoting your own or other people's products on Pinterest with images that really show off the product and it's a doddle to use!
You use it when you're on a product page and it lets you choose which two views / in-situs to use for your pin. When you've chosen them it gives you a combined image to download ready for your pin.
It's so quick and easy and creates such great looking pins, I think you're about to start a new love affair!
Get the bookmarklet for your toolbar and see the tutorial here:
https://niftytoolz.com/other-nifty-tools/bookmarklet-for-2-image-pinterest-pins-using-zazzle-product...
Here's a couple of screenshots to give you an idea of how easy it is to use and how good a pin can look using it:
I hope you like it - and, remember, it always uses your referral id in affiliate links (Promoter Program links are always clean, ie without referral id / tracking code)
Nice. I like to build my own collage images for Pins but this is super handy for when you want more than the basic automatic share pin image but aren't up to the time it takes to build one from scratch. This is a great inbetween option. Thankyou. 👍
Oh, here's my pin example
pinterest.com/pin/421719952620012490/
and also, you can use this for posting, too:
community.zazzle.com/t5/show-me/show-your-wrapping-paper-here
Nice pin, @ColsCreations 😎
As you're so quick and creative with things like this, here's a suggestion (challenge?)
- Choose one of your collections
- Make a 2view for each of 5 products
- Make a carousel pin using them
- Link to the collection in the pin
Finally, let's see the result!
Challenge accepted. 😉
OK, here it is
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/421719952620021250/
And holy cow, that was a lot of work for one pin. Except it's really 5 pins in one. There was a learning curve here for me so next one will go quicker but what I learned about carousel pins is this:
1) You can use a max of 5 images. Each image needs to be the same proportions as determined by the first one you add. If they're not, you get the option to crop them. In this case, the first image I added was my own "cover" which I made last year and was much wider & shorter than your 2Views. So when I added those next, it wanted me to crop them to the proportions of my cover I added first. That obviously wasn't going to work so I re-made my cover in the same size as the 2Views.
2) Each image is treated as basically its own pin - you can use a different title, description and link for each one. You can check the box to use the same for all of them but I didn't. I used the same title to keep it consistent as a group, but added different descriptions and links for each one. For the first "cover" image I linked to my own website in hopes that that keeps the "credit" for the pin with me/my claimed domain and not Zazzle.com. Then for the rest I linked to the product pages on Zazzle. This was all a lot of copying & pasting, especially for making the links with proper referral ID & custom tracking code. I probably spent as much time on Pinterest building the pin as I did in Photoshop preparing the images to use. Hard to say as I didn't do this all in one sitting, it was a little bit here and there inbetween doing other things today.
I don't do much pinning because I generally don't have the time to do it well so all of these handy tools you come out with to speed up the process are much appreciated.
Added note: just checked the pin from the Pinterest app on my Android phone and it shows the description I used for the first image for all of them. 😞 Looks like you need to be viewing Pinterest from a browser and not the app to see the different descriptions.
ETA: going to Pinterest from my phone's browser (Firefox) instead of using the app, the carousel pin doesn't work. it's just the cover image and its description, not even a clue that there is supposed to be more to it. But I guess it would be rare for people to be using Pinterest from their phone and not be using the app.
Gorgeous pin! I'm sold!
Each image needs to be the same proportions as determined by the first one you add.
The proportions can be changed at any time (it will then apply to all of them) by clicking the pencil and choosing 2:3, 3:4 or 1:1
If the first one you placed isn't one of these proprtions, once you choose a different one, you can't go back and the first one will always be cropped.
...especially for making the links with proper referral ID & custom tracking code
You're given the link with referral id and tracking code to use for each product you generate a 2-View for - it's at the top of the page above the combined image. Did you miss it - or maybe I've misunderstood you?
I don't do much pinning because I generally don't have the time to do it well so all of these handy tools you come out with to speed up the process are much appreciated.
Thanks for that feedback 😊 - I'm really happy I've achieved my objective!
PS You raise an intriguing point about who gets the credit for the pin, Zazzle or, because your first link is to your claimed website , your website. Hmmm....
I must admit that when I do carousel pins for collections, I don't worry about it and just use the same ttle, description and link to the collection throughout. That way is so much quicker 🏎️
The proportions can be changed at any time (it will then apply to all of them) by clicking the pencil and choosing 2:3, 3:4 or 1:1
If the first one you placed isn't one of these proprtions, once you choose a different one, you can't go back and the first one will always be cropped.
My cover I added first was 2:3. The 2Views are 1:2. (I used the Tall option in your tool.) When I added the first one, it showed it automatically cropped to 2:3. I tried the pencil option which gave me the option to crop it to 2:3, 3:4, or 1:1. None of those were workable for the 1:2 image, and you are correct in that changing it there changes it for all the images. I was incorrectly assuming last night that the 2View was cropped to match my first image added but it's just that my first image happened to be 2:3 which is one of the default ratios you can choose from. So note - if you want to make a carousel with both your own image(s) and Nifty View images, make sure yours match Nifty's first (either 1:2 if you choose Tall or 2:3 if you choose Standard.)
You're given the link with referral id and tracking code to use for each product you generate a 2-View for - it's at the top of the page above the combined image. Did you miss it - or maybe I've misunderstood you?
I did see that, but ... Once I downloaded a screenshot I closed all the tabs for it and moved on to the next one I wanted. My MO for things like this is to get all my ducks in a row first - meaning I first downloaded all the screenshots I wanted, then prepared them in Photoshop, then when everything was ready to upload, went to Pinterest to start building the pin. And I didn't do this all in one sitting so didn't want to keep all the tabs with the links on them open all day. When I was ready to actually build the pin, I copied the links from the product pages (which I had to open anyway to see the product specs and whatever descriptions I had given there) , pasted it in front of the rf & tc part I have saved, then copied & pasted the whole link into the pin. Not hard, just a lot of back & forth on top of copying/pasting bits of the descriptions & product specs, plus the title from one "slide" to the next.
You raise an intriguing point about who gets the credit for the pin, Zazzle or, because your first link is to your claimed website , your website. Hmmm....
I just checked behind-the-scenes on my Pinterest and it is showing this as my own claimed ColsCreations.com Pin. I'll try to remember to check again in a few days after it's been crawled? and see if that changes. I don't think it will though since on mobile, all you get is the first image and the link that goes with it, which is to my website not Zazzle. It seems like with carousel pins, its the first "slide" that counts the most.
I must admit that when I do carousel pins for collections, I don't worry about it and just use the same ttle, description and link to the collection throughout. That way is so much quicker
Definitely quicker. Just depends on your plan of attack. I chose a cover image with a link to the collection, and then additional "slides" for four individual products with links directly to those product pages. In my mind that quadruples the link-over potential and helps get the targeted products views (if anyone happens to click on the PIN to start with, LOL).
P.S. - I didn't mean to side-track your tool thread into one about how to make carousel pins, but if I learn something new I like to share it if it can help someone else also learning.
Thanks for the update 🙂 I'm not worried about the slight digression off-piste ⛷️ as I think it adds value to keep the closely related stuff in one thread 💐
That works really well - lovely design 😃
As the Two-view has proved so popular, I've now prepared a Three-view version. You get to choose which image goes on top and which at bottom left and right. Here's an image I created with it:
The image is 1000x1500, perfect aspect ratio for Pinterest pins.
I've still to write the tutorial and make the bookmarklet available. Donations to my coffee jar will speed up the process 😇
If you're so inclined, make your donation, however small, at the bottom of the page:
https://niftytoolz.com/other-nifty-tools/bookmarklet-for-2-image-pinterest-pins-using-zazzle-product...
Thank You! 🤗
You get to choose which image goes on top and which at bottom left and right.
Terrific! I was wishing I could choose which image went on top & bottom for the two-view one.
Also an FYI:
I answered my own question today - Mark's Bookmarklets (I'm calling them NiftyMarklets LOL) don't have to be directly on your bookmark toolbar to work. To save space on the bar, you can put them all in one folder with a short name and then just show that one folder on the bar. They still work and bonus, you can name them whatever you want to help remind yourself which one does what.
That's a great tip, @ColsCreations - thank you! 💐
When I've got the 3View bookmarklet tutorial done, I'll update the 2View bookmarklet to allow you to choose which view goes on top and which one on the bottom.
I've updated the bookmarklet in line with the request by @ColsCreations. There's now a checkbox so you can have the top and bottom images swapped. Here's a screenshot showing the new checkbox:
Delete your existing 2ViewZGen bookmarklet and get the new one here:
https://niftytoolz.com/other-nifty-tools/bookmarklet-for-2-image-pinterest-pins-using-zazzle-product...
Oh, wow. I was looking for the dotted lines indicating where to crop and then realized dang, you've eliminated the whole screenshot & manual crop process, it's a simple right-click & Save now. Exponentially more convenient now. And noticed on the Standard size you've equalized the white space to both sides of the image.
