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# How to get email addresses for email marketing for free?

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**Build a high-quality email marketing list from Pinterest — for free.** This 3-step method uses SortPin to extract active emails from Pinterest pinners in your target niche.
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## 🎯 What You'll Get

* 📧 **Active emails** of Pinterest users in your niche
* 🎯 **Niche-targeted leads** (filter by topic/keyword)
* 📊 **Exportable CSV file** ready for any email tool
* 💰 **100% free** — no scraping subscriptions

> ⚠️ **Use responsibly:** Always follow GDPR, CAN-SPAM, and your email platform's terms of service. Only send relevant content to opted-in audiences.

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## 🚀 3-Step Method

### Step 1 — Start Auto-Scroll Data Collection

Open SortPin on a Pinterest search results page or board. Click the **auto-scroll button** with a **12-second interval**.

* Each scroll waits **12 seconds** for SortPin to collect data
* You **don't need to do anything** — let it run in the background
* ☕ Go grab a coffee while SortPin works

<figure><img src="/files/IHgXgDkTw9UUv7WaHhsp" alt="Start SortPin auto-scroll data collection"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="/files/nHjrh5nbEPMxJ4qFUFoY" alt="12-second interval auto-scroll setting"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

### Step 2 — Open the SortPin Pinners Tab

Once collection is done, click the **SortPin icon** in the middle-left of your screen → click **🏠 home** → select **Pinners**.

<figure><img src="/files/oSqAfUErYrsHoTlCg074" alt="Navigate to Pinners tab in SortPin"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

### Step 3 — Export CSV with Emails

In the Pinners tab, find the **Lead** section → click **Export CSV**.

The downloaded file contains:

* 📧 Active Pinterest email addresses
* 👤 Pinner names
* 🔗 Profile links
* 🎯 All filtered to your **niche**

<figure><img src="/files/9Fq8PKhdOcsvdDshflQr" alt="Export CSV of Pinterest leads"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

✅ **Done!** Use this list for your email marketing campaigns.

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## ⚡ Adjusting Collection Speed

The speed depends on how fast Pinterest loads detailed pin info — which depends on **your internet connection**.

### Recommendations:

| Internet Speed          | Recommended Interval |
| ----------------------- | -------------------- |
| 🟢 Fast (50+ Mbps)      | **10 seconds**       |
| 🟡 Average (10-50 Mbps) | **12 seconds** ⭐     |
| 🔴 Slow (< 10 Mbps)     | **15-20 seconds**    |

> ⚠️ **Don't go below 10s** — Pinterest may rate-limit you or flag the activity.

<figure><img src="/files/RLhIcNYx18oexEh4Q6U4" alt="Adjust SortPin collection speed"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

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## 💡 Pro Tips

1. 🎯 **Target buyer-intent boards** — search niche keywords + "shop", "buy", "products"
2. 📊 **Quality over quantity** — 100 highly targeted emails beat 10,000 random ones
3. 📧 **Warm up your sending domain** — start with small batches to avoid spam filters
4. ✍️ **Personalize first sends** — reference Pinterest topic for higher open rates
5. 🛡️ **Always include unsubscribe** — comply with email marketing laws (CAN-SPAM, GDPR)

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## 👉 Related Guides

* 🥳 [All SortPin features](/getting-started/overview-of-key-features.md)
* 🎯 [Case study: 1000 visitors/day from Pinterest](/case-study/secret-free-traffic-methods-this-got-me-1000-visitors-day-visitors-fast.md)
* 💰 [How to make money on Pinterest](/case-study/how-do-you-make-money-on-pinterest.md)
* 🛡️ [Stay safe on Pinterest (avoid bans)](/faqs/how-to-grow-a-pinterest-account-without-getting-locked.md)

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