The site will now email you when a retailer reduces the price of a product you've pinned. August 1, 2013 7:43 AM PDT (Credit: Pinterest) Pinterest rolled out a new feature Thursday that sends notifications to users the when the price of a product they've pinned goes down. The site offers the feature for any of the enabled product pins, a detailed pin that includes the price of products. When the listed price drops, Pinterset will send the user an e-mail. The company said it'll try to aggregate the notifications into as few e-mails as possible to avoid spamming your inbox. Related stories Pinterest promises richer content, more recommendations Pinterest adds animated pinning shortcut to iOS app Pinterest introduces support for Do Not Track privacy feature Since the site rolled out product pins in May, businesses have created "tens of millions" of these types of pins, according to Pinterest. It's just another step in Pinterest's plan to make pins more useful for their pinners, and bring in more shopping dollars for businesses. It's a good move for Pinterest if the company is keen on building up a sustainable revenue stream while continuing to service its users, who probably find shopping for products, and deals, an ideal past time. Donna Tam Donna Tam is a staff writer for CNET News and a native of San Francisco. She enjoys feasting, merrymaking, checking her Gmail, and reading on her Kindle. Before landing at CNET, she wrote for daily newspapers, including the Oakland Tribune, The Spokesman-Review, and the Eureka Times-Standard.
The site will now email you when a retailer reduces the price of a product you've pinned.
(Credit: Pinterest)
Pinterest rolled out a new feature Thursday that sends notifications to users the when the price of a product they've pinned goes down.
The site offers the feature for any of the enabled product pins, a detailed pin that includes the price of products. When the listed price drops, Pinterset will send the user an e-mail. The company said it'll try to aggregate the notifications into as few e-mails as possible to avoid spamming your inbox.
Related stories
- Pinterest promises richer content, more recommendations
- Pinterest adds animated pinning shortcut to iOS app
- Pinterest introduces support for Do Not Track privacy feature
Since the site rolled out product pins in May, businesses have created "tens of millions" of these types of pins, according to Pinterest.
It's just another step in Pinterest's plan to make pins more useful for their pinners, and bring in more shopping dollars for businesses. It's a good move for Pinterest if the company is keen on building up a sustainable revenue stream while continuing to service its users, who probably find shopping for products, and deals, an ideal past time.
Donna Tam is a staff writer for CNET News and a native of San Francisco. She enjoys feasting, merrymaking, checking her Gmail, and reading on her Kindle. Before landing at CNET, she wrote for daily newspapers, including the Oakland Tribune, The Spokesman-Review, and the Eureka Times-Standard.
