how  does pinterest make money…

and 

why  doesnt   pinterest  let  facebook pictures  on  their  boards.?

just wondering

i had been wondering the same thing about Pinterest and found this response from josh yang on quora –  thought it had some really good insights as to potential revenue opportunities for them in the future (and a great website monetization primer as well).  http://www.quora.com/Pinterest/How-does-Pinterest-generate-revenue

@annfurnivall Money – I read the same thing that  @pegsousa referenced. They plus in affiliate links on any post that comes from a place that offers an affiliate plan AND the Pinner is not using an affiliate link.

FB – You can post FB images, it is just not very easy. I just opened an account there (http://pinterest.com/richardmcl/) and my first post is a FB image, just to show it can be done.
I have a Mac, with the Mac I control click an image on FB and ese the option to “inspect element” which brings up a lot of html code. Copy JUST the image code which will look like this (I added a space after https and before the .net so the link will not actually work):

https: //fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd .net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/425112_3016767731187_1022422542_3048087_1886508368_n.jpg
That posts the image, but it does not link back to my FB page in any obvious way. If you want to link to FB I suppose you will have to leave  a comment linked to the pin.
My PC is being used by someone else so I didn’t check how to do it using windows. You probably just right click and view source.
If you do this, remember to remove all other code before the https and after the .jpg.

Hello Folks.

Just jumpin’ in here. Perhaps the idea behind not posting from FB is that FB has privacy issues that would keep Pinterest from wanting to use that content. 

This makes sense to me as many of the FB accounts are personal and not business.

.02

Crapola – one more time – I also would stop trying to go around the fact that Facebook and Pinterest are not or should not be compatible. One or the other may find your deception and decide to block you out.

Going around the rules is never a smart option.

Another .02

;D

Hi Kelli

Thanks for the support.

I write what I think, then go back later and it sometimes looks rude or impolite. Or someone has taken offense. I was actually worried about these posts, just a tad. I would really hate to start out here on the wrong dang foot, you know? Yeesh. 

Eileen

I know one way they make money for the people who use it.  I have a client that is selling bracelets like Pandora,  I was looking around at other jewelry sites to see what they were doing.  I clicked on a link and it took me to Pinterest and there was a whole gallery of the jewelry.   There were no prices but there was link to the original website.  For some reason Pinterest gets a lot of traffic.  I have a lot of followers in a very short time.  All I have up is a few photos for a video book trailer I am working on for a client.  I am going to put my other clients bracelets up and maybe she will get traffic to her new website.  I think that site is a gold mine because people love it.

@annfurnivalPinterest actually loves businesses being there. The articles posts discuss how they’re making money with affiliate links. But, they also currently have a very cool model (for now, at least) that allows users to browse to their hearts content without feeling like they’re being promoted to. plus, so much of the content truly is inspirational for certain types of markets, hence the traffic. I do wonder, over time, though if the content will get watered down…

re: your photos – Facebook ultimately isn’t a great platform for organizing all those photos – have you considered setting up a flickr or similar photo site account on which to store them, and then keep on linking to and fro between facebook and pinterest? that way you still have one source for photos, easily sharible. plus, it’s just yet another social media account where you will have some business info. 

@supereb – i also mostly agree with you about Facebook being part of the strategy – not the whole enchilada – but i’m not sure that applies to every kind of business. i think some smaller businesses (ie restaurants, some retails) could use a few social media platforms with an email collector and do just as well – before adding a website into the mix. all depends on their ultimate strategy, of course. i just see so many small biz owners SWAMPED with no time. this could probably make for an interesting topic in the “small business” area.

i dont  get  twitter or have time to try it….but  facebook  has  been  great  for our  business and  takes  up  most of my media  time……  and  there are no  games on our page, thats  more on the personal pages……  my  customers  really  like  and  use our page…. but  we are the   perfect  kind of  business for it…

@pegsousa i know  pinterest is  allowing all kinds of  buisness  on there…i just wish  their  rules  were  more  clear….  i have  between  5 and  600  followers on  most   of my  boards so far   and  that has to help  in  some way  …im  not  pushing  the store on there too much tho… but lots of  links  back to it….i want t o stay within  the  neat  feel of ppinterest and not  get too  commercial…. its  really  fun  hope  you post  your  boards if  you  get going on it…

right  now i   have  file  folders on my  computer  for pictures…so thats  ok….not as  good as pinterest  tho…i dont  want to add  flicker…all this is  so hard  for me…