Hi Kiristi,

Do not think of this as a failure, or the pins you made were in vain.

Your ban should be considered a temporary setback. I know it is easy for me to say. I have been there too.

Pinterest should have some sort of a notification as to the amount of followers you are allowed.

They failed you. Please contact their support team. They can be slow to answer, at least they were for me.

Eventually I was back up and running again as you will be.

Unfortunately somethings are learned the hard way, in no way was it your fault. They have to recognize this.

Wishing you the best,

Michael

I had the same thing happen to me. I tried contacting them numerous times, pleading that I'd follow their TOU. Never heard back from them. But a week later my account was restored and I was free to pin to my heart's content, once again. Hopefully, that'll happen for you.
=) Laura

Sorry to hear that happened to you. I would contact them and try to sort it out. Hopefully, only a short ban or maybe they will lift it now. Once you explain. I wish you the best of luck.

If you want to get followers you should add the links to the bottom of your profile page.

Dave

Now I actually made a new business account! I think the ban was automatic. I won´t repeat the same mistakes. Also, my business account is linked to my private account, and my private account wasn't banned. So I just made a new business account via my private account.

I think Pinterest is automated and there´s no much of customer service. They ban you automatically if you exceed set limits, like follow too many people in a short period of time.

I wonder if I should add some pins without a link to my website too? Pins with a link to your website should be directly related to certain post.

I have made pins that are related to my posts, but I´d like to made some pins that are not. Like unicorn quotes. They could still bring followers and visitors to my website. After all, my website link is in my profile anyway.

Also the ban is usually a short term thing, your pins should be fine.

Following aggressively on Twitter or Pinterest or Instagram can end up problematic to your profile. You can follow people as much as you want but there are some etiquette to follow too. Follow people on weekly basis I'd prefer a max of 100-150 and do not exceed this mark and your will be fine with any social network.

Kirsti,

So sorry to hear that happened to you.

May I ask, what is your niche or products you market?

I may have a few ideas or platforms to suggest to you which may perhaps not be as widely disseminated as Pinterest but which do get a lot of experts' eyes on.

Blessings!

Oh Dear...I didn't know that could happen. I am not sure if it goes away in time...or how it works. Best of luck and thank you for the warning...wow. I would maybe try to open a different Pinterest account, maybe with a different email?

I am banned permanently from AdSense, for something I did not do, so I know the feeling, it hurts. Have you contacted them and explained? Ask them how long you will be banned. Hope you get it sorted and they let you back in 😃