New Pinterest Product Alerts Tell Shoppers When the Price Has Dropped

After adding price tags and description to pins, Pinterest will now let its members bookmark an item they want to buy, but can't quite afford, and receive an email alert when the price goes down.

After adding price tags and description to pins, Pinterest will now let its members bookmark an item they want to buy, but can’t quite afford, and receive an email alert when the price goes down.

Pinterest can set up alerts for products like home goods, clothing, and electronics. From the sound of it, it’s similar to the price alerts that discount flight aggregators use to help people plan trips in advance.

Pinterest said that all of the discounts will be lumped into as few emails as possible.

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