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Has this ever happened to you? You’re on Pinterest and you spot one of your own images. You click on it because, hey, it’s fun to see your content in the wild. But then, horror! You’re shocked to find that the image goes to another site. Someone has stolen your Pin!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a “Stolen Pin” on Pinterest?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Generally, when people refer to stealing a Pin, they mean that someone has taken your image and changed the URL on a Pin to direct those clicking on the Pin to their own website. Not cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, when a person includes your image in a roundup post it can lead to what looks like a stolen Pin. So, for example, your article about Airbnb may be included in a “10 Best Ways to Save on Summer Travel” post and the image they included in the post may lead to your site. However, if someone pinning that article selects YOUR image for the Pin, they create a Pin which leads back to this roundup post rather than your original post on Airbnb. Annoying, but certainly not done with malice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then there are even entire accounts which use tools to wholesale scrape Pinterest images and create Pins that lead back to their own sites. This is the ultimate in NOT COOL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, there will always be those who try to capitalize on your hard work – no matter the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, Pinterest has made it relatively simple to report people who do this and they’re working hard to counteract the practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Find a Stolen Pin on Pinterest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are probably more productive things you can do than regularly scouring Pinterest for stolen Pins. BUT, if you are curious, you can find your Pins by a keyword search, or just by looking in your smartfeed. You won’t need to click through every Pin to find incorrect links. Just hover over the image and the linked URL will appear. In an encouraging sign, I couldn’t find ANY stolen Pins, but just so you can see what to look for, this Pin has the creator (House Beautiful) logo on it, and when I hover over the Pin, I see it links to that site. If it had been redirected elsewhere, that incorrect URL would show up where you see “housebeautiful.com.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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How to Report A Stolen Pin on Pinterest Without Hurting Your Pins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you find a single Pin that features your image with a link to someone else’s account, copy the Pin URL, go to this copyright infringement report page<\/span><\/a> and report it, but do NOT choose Remove All.<\/p>\n\n\n

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AGAIN:<\/strong> If you select the “Remove All”, Pinterest may remove every one of those Pins – even the ones leading to your site. Even the ones you Pinned. DO NOT DO THIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can choose to assign a Strike if you feel that this Pinner intentionally misused your content, which may contribute toward that Pinner being suspended. If you feel that this may have been done innocently, (for example, if the Pinner of this particular Pin is NOT the owner of the URL that shows up), simply leave both boxes unchecked. Most of us have likely unwittingly saved a stolen Pin at one time or another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Report an Entire Account of Stolen Pins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every once in a while these pop up, and they’re often shut down fast! But, if you find an account which seems to be stealing Pins in bulk, you can report an entire account for spammy behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n