Pinterest Rich Pin Plugin Extension for Virtuemart

[widcater]

Make your Virtuemart ecommerce shop "Rich Pin enabled" by installing this plugin

What are Rich Pins ?
     When a user pins a product image from "Rich Pin" enabled shopping cart ; along with the image; Rich pin will also send actionable information to Pinterest. For Products actionable information will include Price, availability etc.. This info will be published along with the image on Pinterest Board.

More Info on rich pins is available Here

Here is how Rich Pin looks like:


Why Rich Pins?
    Rich pins are the first step toward solving the problem of actionable, targeted discovery on Pinterest.Here's how:Getting structured feeds from retailers enables Pinterest to build its database of products and things. Pinterest will now know the name, SKU, price, source, etc for millions of products.This sets the foundation for Pinterest to take on the current internet giants in Product and Image search.Pinterest is on the way to be the world's leading Image Search Engine.

How to make my product pages Rich pins enabled?
Here are Five steps:
1）   Install Pinterest Rich pin enabling plugin for Virtuemart . It is available for $39 Here. The plugin will embed OpenCart Tags (Open Graph standard developed by Facebook) in your site's Product detailed page . the following are Details on how to install the plugin;
    Step1: install the plugin package in the joomla backend – Entensions Manager

    Step2: enable the plugin and config the basic option, check the validate rich pin guide.


    Step3: Enable Joomla Plugin in the virtuemart backend

That's all, you can find out the rich pin button in the Virtuemart front-end now.

2）   Create an account or login to pinertest on http://www.pinterest.com
3)     On installing the plugin/extension Visit Pinterest Validation page here. And paste any of your product URL to apply.

4) You will receive a message that "Your Pin's been validated" Apply Now.
5) Proceed to apply .

Site approved or disapproved by Pinterest as Rich Pin enabled
-In about 4-5 working days you will receive an e-mail from Pinterest if your site is approved or disapproved
-Alternatively you may visit Rich Pin validator page and paste detailed page product URL. If your site is approved It will have following message:"Congratulations! Your rich pins are approved and on Pinterest Your Virtuemart e-commerce shop is rich pin enabled"
-We provide paid installation and customization support on: vm2xdotcom@gmail.com.


The demo website is here: http://joomlademo.vm2x.com/index.php/virtuemart-category/food-2013-10-08-/test001-detail
The plugin purchase link is here : http://www.vm2x.com/pinterest-rich-pin-plugin-extension-for-virtuemart-shops/
Author contact email: vm2xdotcom@gmail.com

[widcater]

Millions of people use Pinterest. Why? This sentence describes it well enough: "Pinterest is a tool for collecting and organizing things you love." So if you ask yourself why to use this extension, the answer is simple - let people collect products from your store on their boards so their friends could see them, like them and finally buy them!

[Prashant T]

Post by OP  is cut and paste from our OpenCart  Pinterest Rich Pin plug-in page available on http://www.transpacific-software.com/pinterest_rich_pin_extension.php
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