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Pinterest Performance+ Campaigns Improve Ads By Over 10 %

Pinterest is making it easier for advertisers to stop spending hours on manual tweaks. In tests, campaigns using Performance+ saw over 10 % better CPCs and CPAs compared to traditional setups.

Katarína Šimčíková Katarína Šimčíková
E-commerce Content Writer & EU Market Partnerships, Ecommerce Bridge EU
Pinterest Performance+ Campaigns Improve Ads By Over 10 %
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What Pinterest Performance+ Actually Does

Running ads used to mean checking bids, swapping audiences, and refreshing creatives constantly. It’s time-consuming and often doesn’t even give better results. Pinterest Performance+ bundles automation and a simple setup so you can spend less time clicking around dashboards and more time on creative ideas that matter.

Internal tests showed that 78 % of A/B comparisons had Performance+ campaigns beating traditional ones, as the system automatically focuses on the combinations of creatives, audience segments, and placements that work best.

How It Helps People Decide

Pinterest isn’t a passive scrolling platform, people go there looking for inspiration. 58 % of users said ads help them make decisions faster by showing relevant options early.

Performance+ uses that insight to adjust which ads show to whom and where, so you don’t have to babysit every campaign. It learns what works, leaving you free to refine product images, creative messaging, and landing pages.

Practical Tips For E-commerce

  1. Start with a full Performance+ campaign
    Include bidding, budget, targeting, and creative signals all in one setup. This gives the system a clear starting point and lets it find improvements you might miss manually.
  2. Follow the built-in best practices
    Pinterest sets up ad groups, targeting, and full-funnel structures automatically. You spend less time rebuilding campaigns and more time making sure your catalogue and landing pages are ready to convert.
  3. Focus on learning, not daily tweaks
    The teams that succeed aren’t constantly adjusting bids, they’re testing, learning, and iterating. Give the system strong creative signals and clear experiments, then scale what works.

Why It Matters For Your Business

Every hour spent tweaking campaigns is an hour not spent improving products, content, or strategy. Performance+ turns your campaigns into a system that keeps learning and improving, so good results grow faster and more reliably.

E-commerce teams can start small – move one lower-funnel or catalogue campaign to Performance+, test it, and then expand once you see real improvements. Over time, it can become the default approach on Pinterest.

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Katarína Šimčíková
E-commerce Content Writer & EU Market Partnerships, Ecommerce Bridge EU

Partnership Manager & E-commerce Content Writer with 10+ years of international experience. Former Groupon Team Lead. Connects European companies with Slovak and Czech markets through partnerships and content marketing.

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