How To Promote Clickbank Products On Pinterest For Free 2021

Pinterest sends millions of visitors to affiliate offers every single day, and most of those visitors arrive through search, not paid ads. In this walkthrough, Alston lays out the exact five-step system he uses to earn ClickBank commissions using Pinterest video pins, no ad spend, and two free tools anyone can use right now.

If you have been spinning your wheels trying to figure out where to send affiliate traffic without burning money on Facebook ads or Google PPC, this approach is worth a serious look. Alston’s own Pinterest account has generated 812,000 monthly viewers from an account with just 1,200 followers. Pinterest behaves more like a search engine than a social network, and that one difference changes everything about how you build traffic without spending a cent.

What You’ll Walk Out With

A proven filter for finding ClickBank products affiliates are actually converting, not just guessing at
The specific niche and product Alston uses in this walkthrough: Custom Keto Diet in the Diets and Weight Loss category
Why a direct ClickBank affiliate link gets flagged on Pinterest and what to do instead
Step-by-step instructions for creating a video pin using Pexels and Canva, both free to use
The exact pin settings: title formula, description structure, hard-coded tags, and destination link
How Alston gets 812,000 monthly Pinterest views posting just five video pins per day
Where to pull keywords so your pins get found by people already searching for what you are promoting
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Step 1: Find a High-Converting Product on ClickBank

The first step is logging in or signing up to ClickBank. The account is completely free. Once you are inside, head straight to the Marketplace. This is where you browse products you can promote as an affiliate marketer. There are hundreds of products across dozens of categories, so the challenge is not finding products to promote. The challenge is finding products that already work.

On the left side of the Marketplace you will see a category list. For this method, Alston clicks on Health and Fitness, then opens the sub-menu by clicking the triangle to the left of that category, and selects Diets and Weight Loss. This is one of the most active niches on ClickBank and one of the strongest performers on Pinterest because the audience searching for diet and weight loss content is enormous and hungry for solutions.

The critical move at this stage is sorting by Gravity. Gravity is ClickBank’s own metric for showing you which products affiliates are actively selling right now. A high Gravity score does not mean a product is oversaturated. It means the product converts and other affiliates are making real money with it. When you sort by Gravity, the product list reorders completely and the top performers become easy to spot.

The product Alston focuses on in this walkthrough is the Custom Keto Diet. It has a high Gravity score and pays a relatively high commission per sale. The sales page uses a video sales letter format, which tends to convert better than a plain text page because the video builds context before asking for a purchase decision. After the video, visitors click a button that takes them into a quiz where they can build a personalized plan. When someone completes that quiz and purchases a program, you earn the commission on the sale.

Take a few minutes at this stage to actually review the sales page for any product before you commit to promoting it. You want to confirm the page is professional, the offer is clear, and the conversion path makes sense. A confusing sales page means your traffic will bounce without buying, no matter how many pins you create. The Custom Keto Diet sales page passes that test because the video does the selling and the quiz captures intent.

Step 2: Mine the Affiliate Page for Keywords

Every serious ClickBank product has an affiliate page, sometimes called the JV page or affiliate resources page. This is where the product owners put together tools and data to help affiliates succeed faster. Alston opens this page alongside the sales page so he can see both at once. Many affiliates skip the affiliate page entirely and miss some of the most useful free resources in the whole process.

The most valuable item on the Custom Keto Diet affiliate page is the keyword list. The product owners have already researched which search terms their buyers use when looking for diet and weight loss solutions. This is free market intelligence that would take you hours to compile on your own. Alston clicks Download on the keyword file and saves it to his computer before moving to the next step.

These keywords serve three separate purposes in the Pinterest system. First, you use them in your pin titles to match what real people are already searching for on Pinterest. Second, you paste them into your pin descriptions to give Pinterest’s algorithm more context about what your pin is about and who should see it. Third, you add them as tags when you upload each pin. All three placements work together to increase how many people see your content over time.

Alston points out a fourth way to use these keywords that most people overlook. Take any keyword from the list, type it into Google, and look for blog posts and articles where writers answer the exact question behind that keyword. You can read those answers, condense the most useful points, and turn them into the text overlay on your Pinterest pin. This approach gives you a constant supply of pin content ideas without having to invent anything from scratch. The affiliate page is doing the research for you before you even start.

Step 3: Set Up a Landing Page That Pinterest Will Accept

Here is a problem that stops a lot of people before they ever make their first pin: direct ClickBank affiliate links often get rejected by Pinterest, Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn. These platforms flag affiliate redirect URLs as suspicious or as spam, and your pin can get removed before anyone clicks it. This is a real friction point, but there is a clean solution that Alston walks through in detail.

Alston uses a ClickFunnels landing page that replicates the Custom Keto Diet sales page almost exactly. When a visitor lands on his page, they see the same video sales letter. When they click the button, they are taken to the exact same quiz. From the visitor’s perspective, the experience is functionally identical to going straight to the product page. From Pinterest’s perspective, the destination URL is a real website page and not a flagged affiliate redirect. The platform accepts it without issue.

Alston built this landing page and made it available as a one-click install for anyone watching the video. The link to download it was included in the video description. If you do not already have a ClickFunnels account, you get a two-week free trial when you sign up. The one-click install drops the page directly into your ClickFunnels account so you do not need to design or build anything from scratch. The page shows up ready to use.

There is one setting you absolutely must change before the page goes live. The button on the landing page connects to a destination URL that includes a ClickBank affiliate ID. In Alston’s version, that ID reads “godbolt52” because that is his personal ClickBank account identifier. If you use the template without changing this, any commissions generated by your traffic will be credited to Alston’s account, not yours. You need to replace “godbolt52” with your own ClickBank ID. Your ID is visible on the top left corner of the ClickBank homepage when you are logged in.

The visual differences between Alston’s landing page and the original Custom Keto Diet sales page are small. The button color differs: the original uses blue and light green while the ClickFunnels version uses purple and orange. Everything else, including the video sales letter and the quiz flow, is identical. Once that one URL change is made, the page is ready to receive traffic from Pinterest, or any other free platform you decide to use. Alston specifically mentions Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn as additional places where this landing page URL will pass the platform’s link filters.

Step 4: Create Video Pins Using Pexels and Canva

Video pins perform significantly better than static image pins on Pinterest. They stand out in the feed, autoplay without sound as users scroll, and earn more clicks than a flat image. The good news is you do not need to film any original video yourself. Pexels provides completely free stock video that you can download and use commercially with no attribution required.

Go to pexels.com and type “weight loss” into the search bar. At the time Alston filmed this, the search returned over 2,570 photos and 924 videos. Every single one of them is free to download and use. You are not limited to using each clip only once. You could theoretically use a different video every day for over two and a half years before exhausting what was available at the time of filming, and new content is added to Pexels constantly. Running out of source material is not a realistic concern.

Once you have downloaded a video clip from Pexels, open Canva. In the search bar inside Canva, type “Pinterest” and the tool will show you Pinterest-optimized templates already set to the correct pin dimensions. Click the plus sign to open a blank Pinterest pin canvas. Then drag and drop the Pexels video directly into the Canva workspace. The video becomes the visual background of your pin.

Now add a text overlay to the pin. The text needs two elements: a hook that speaks directly to the viewer’s problem, and a call to action that tells them what to do next. In Alston’s demonstration, the pin text reads “Tired of Your Diet? Get Your Custom Plan Today.” The hook connects with anyone who has tried diets that did not stick. The call to action points toward the next step without being vague. Keep the total text short enough to read in under two seconds, because that is roughly how long someone spends looking at any pin while scrolling through the feed.

When the pin looks the way you want it, click Download inside Canva and save the file as an MP4. The finished video pin is now on your computer and ready to upload to Pinterest. The entire creation process, from downloading the Pexels clip to having a finished MP4, takes less than fifteen minutes once you are comfortable with the workflow. Speed improves with repetition, and creating five pins per day becomes routine within the first week.

Step 5: Upload Five Pins Per Day to Pinterest

Five pins per day is the posting volume Alston uses. Not one, not twenty. Five. That number gives the Pinterest algorithm enough new content to work with without making the daily creation process unsustainable. At five pins per day, you build a library of 150 pins per month, and older pins can continue generating views for months or even years after they are first posted because Pinterest resurfaces relevant content in search results over time.

To upload, go to your Pinterest account and click Create on the left-hand side of the screen, then click Create Pin. Drag and drop the MP4 video pin you created into the upload area. Pinterest will process the video and show you a preview. From there you fill in all the pin details before publishing.

The title should pull directly from your keyword list. Alston uses “7 Day Keto Diet Plan” as an example. This is exactly the type of phrase someone on Pinterest is already searching for when they want to change their eating habits. A title built around a real search phrase gets your pin in front of people who are already looking for what you are offering, instead of hoping they happen to scroll past it.

The description field is another keyword opportunity. Write a sentence or two that includes additional terms from your affiliate keyword list and closes with a clear call to action. Something like “Click here to get a custom diet plan” tells the viewer exactly what happens when they click. Pinterest shows description text in search results, so this is not just metadata. It is part of what persuades someone to click through to your landing page.

Tags on Pinterest work differently than tags on most other platforms. Pinterest uses a hard-coded tag system, meaning you cannot type in any arbitrary keyword. Instead, you start typing a relevant phrase and Pinterest shows you a dropdown of suggested tags it already recognizes. Start with “weight loss” and up to ten suggestions will appear. Work through the relevant ones: weight loss, weight loss tips, keto diet, healthy eating, and similar phrases all appear in suggestions. Alston notes this is a platform limitation and mentions it may improve in future versions of Pinterest, but for now you select from what the platform offers.

The destination link field is where you paste the URL of your ClickFunnels landing page. This is the link visitors will follow when they click your pin. Before publishing, confirm that the URL is correct and that the button on your landing page already has your ClickBank ID inserted in the right place. Add the pin to a relevant board on your Pinterest account, then publish it. Do that five times and you have completed the day’s work. Repeat daily.

Why Follower Count Does Not Predict Pinterest Traffic

One of the most striking details Alston shares in this walkthrough is the disconnect between followers and monthly viewers on his Pinterest account. He has 812,000 monthly viewers from an account with only 1,200 followers. That is approximately 677 viewers for every one follower. On most social platforms, that ratio would be impossible. On Pinterest, it is normal.

This happens because Pinterest distributes content based on relevance and search intent, not based on how many people follow your account. When someone types “7 day keto diet plan” into Pinterest’s search bar, the platform shows them the most relevant pins from across the entire network, regardless of whether they follow the creator who made them. Your pin competes in that search result based on its keyword optimization, its visual quality, and its engagement rate. Follower count plays almost no role in that competition.

This makes Pinterest fundamentally different from Instagram or TikTok, where follower counts heavily influence content distribution. On those platforms, a new account typically needs months of consistent posting before the algorithm starts pushing content to a wider audience. On Pinterest, a brand new account posting well-optimized video pins can appear in search results from the very first day. You can build traffic before you build followers. For affiliate marketers who want results without waiting six months for an audience to grow, that is a meaningful practical advantage.

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Honest Drawbacks to Know Before You Start

The method Alston walks through is genuinely low-cost to start, but there are a few details worth being clear about before you commit your time to building it out.

ClickFunnels is not free after the trial period. The two-week free trial gets you started and lets you test the landing page, but running this approach long-term requires a paid ClickFunnels subscription. If you want a completely free setup after the trial, you would need to replace ClickFunnels with a free landing page builder such as Google Sites or Carrd. Those alternatives require more manual setup and do not support the one-click install template Alston shares, but they can work as substitutes once you understand how the page needs to function.

Pinterest’s tag system limits your keyword control. Because tags are hard-coded, you cannot target any keyword you want. You are selecting from a list of options Pinterest already recognizes. Your tag strategy is partly controlled by the platform’s own categorization, not solely by the research you do with your affiliate keyword list. This is a real constraint, though the suggested tags Pinterest provides still cover most of the high-traffic terms relevant to popular niches.

Product Gravity scores change over time. The Custom Keto Diet had a strong Gravity score when Alston filmed this walkthrough in 2021. Gravity shifts as more affiliates enter a niche, as consumer trends change, and as products update their offers or pricing. Before promoting any product you find through this method, check the current Gravity score yourself so you know whether the product is still actively converting for affiliates today. Do not assume a product recommended in an older video still has the same performance profile.

Income is not guaranteed by posting alone. Uploading five pins per day creates the conditions for traffic, but whether that traffic converts depends on your keyword targeting, the quality of your pins, the relevance of your audience, and how well the product’s sales page closes visitors. Alston’s specific numbers reflect his own account history and his familiarity with the process. A new account starting from zero will build more slowly. The results are real, but they are not automatic.

Consistency is the actual requirement. Creating five video pins per day sounds manageable. Doing it every day for sixty or ninety consecutive days is where most people stop. Pinterest rewards accounts that post regularly. The algorithm distributes content from consistent creators more broadly than content from accounts that post in bursts and then go quiet. If you approach the five-per-day target as a casual goal rather than a firm daily commitment, your results will reflect that inconsistency.

The Full Five-Step Process at a Glance

Sign up for a free ClickBank account, go to the Marketplace, open Health and Fitness, select Diets and Weight Loss, sort by Gravity, and choose a product with high commission and strong Gravity. Open both the sales page and the affiliate page before moving forward.
On the affiliate page, download the keyword list the product owners have provided. Save it somewhere you can access quickly because you will use it every day when writing pin titles, descriptions, and tags.
Set up a landing page using ClickFunnels’ two-week free trial. Use Alston’s shared template if available, or build your own page that mirrors the product’s sales page experience. Before going live, update the button destination URL with your own ClickBank affiliate ID so commissions are credited to your account.
Go to pexels.com, search your niche keyword, download a free video clip. Open Canva, start a new Pinterest pin at the correct dimensions, drag the video into the canvas, add a hook headline and a call to action as text overlays, then download the finished pin as an MP4 file.
Upload five video pins to Pinterest each day. For every pin: write a keyword-rich title, add a keyword-rich description with a call to action, select relevant hard-coded tags from Pinterest’s dropdown suggestions, and paste your landing page URL into the destination link field. Assign each pin to a relevant board and publish.

Find Your X

Pinterest plus ClickBank works well for people who can commit to a daily posting routine and who are comfortable working within a specific niche consistently. But this is not the only affiliate method that produces results. The right approach depends heavily on what you already know, what platforms feel natural to you, and what kind of content you can create without burning out inside the first month.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does Pinterest allow affiliate marketing?

Pinterest does allow affiliate marketing. However, direct affiliate links from certain networks, including ClickBank, can be flagged or rejected at the platform level. The workaround Alston uses is sending traffic through a landing page first rather than linking directly to the affiliate offer. Because the landing page is a real website URL, Pinterest accepts it without flagging it. Visitors land on your page, watch the video or read the content, then click through to the affiliate offer from there.

How much does it cost to get started with this method?

ClickBank is free to join. Canva is free to use at the level needed for creating Pinterest pins. Pexels is free with no subscription required. Pinterest is free to use. The only tool with an associated cost is ClickFunnels, which offers a two-week free trial. After the trial ends, ClickFunnels charges a monthly subscription. If you want a fully free long-term setup, you would need to replace ClickFunnels with a free landing page builder, though the one-click install template Alston provides only works inside ClickFunnels.

What is ClickBank Gravity and why does it matter?

Gravity is ClickBank’s scoring system for showing you which products affiliates are successfully promoting right now. A higher Gravity score means more affiliates have made sales with that product in the recent scoring period. Sorting by Gravity helps you skip products that look appealing but do not convert in practice, and focus your energy on products that have already proven they can close real buyers. It is the fastest way to filter the ClickBank marketplace without spending weeks testing products yourself.

Why does Alston post five pins per day instead of more?

Five pins per day is the volume Alston uses to stay consistent without the process becoming overwhelming. Higher volume could produce more traffic in theory, but it also increases the time and effort required each day, which makes it harder to sustain over weeks and months. At five pins per day, you create 150 pins per month. Because Pinterest content compounds over time, those older pins continue generating views long after they are first posted. The daily target is designed to be something you can actually maintain, not just something you can do for a week before burning out.

Do I need a large Pinterest following to get traffic?

No. Alston’s account has 812,000 monthly viewers and only 1,200 followers. Pinterest distributes content based on relevance to what people are searching for, not on how many people follow your account. A new account with zero followers can appear in Pinterest search results from the first day if the pins are optimized with the right keywords, titles, and tags. Building followers helps over the long run, but it is not a prerequisite for getting traffic. The keyword optimization does the heavy lifting.

What should I do if Pinterest keeps rejecting my destination link?

This is exactly why Alston uses a landing page instead of linking directly to ClickBank. If Pinterest rejects your destination URL, the fix is to replace the direct affiliate link with the URL of a landing page you control. A real website URL passes Pinterest’s link filters where a raw affiliate redirect often does not. Build your landing page first, copy its URL, paste it into the Pinterest pin’s destination link field, and test whether Pinterest accepts it before publishing a batch of pins. Once you confirm the URL works, use it consistently across every pin you create.

Can this method work for products other than the Custom Keto Diet?

Yes. The Custom Keto Diet is the specific product Alston demonstrates in this walkthrough, but the five-step process applies to any ClickBank product you choose. The requirements are that the product has a meaningful Gravity score, pays a commission worth your time, and operates in a niche with real search volume on Pinterest. Health and fitness, personal development, cooking, personal finance, and home improvement are all active categories on Pinterest where relevant ClickBank products exist. You would adjust your Pexels video searches and keyword targeting to match whatever niche you choose.

How long before this method produces real results?

Alston does not give a specific timeline in this video because results vary depending on niche selection, pin quality, keyword targeting, and how consistently you post each day. Pinterest is a platform where content compounds over time. A pin published today can generate traffic weeks or months from now as it gets indexed and surfaces in search results for people looking for related content. Most people who commit to the five-per-day posting target and stick with it for sixty to ninety days start to see measurable traffic to their landing page. Actual sales depend on that traffic converting through the landing page and into the product’s quiz and purchase flow, which depends on the product’s own conversion rate and how well your pins match the audience’s intent.

Sources

ClickBank Marketplace: clickbank.com
Custom Keto Diet affiliate resource page (accessible from the ClickBank marketplace listing)
Pexels free stock video and photos: pexels.com
Canva design tool: canva.com
ClickFunnels landing page builder: clickfunnels.com
Pinterest creator account: pinterest.com