Does Tailwind work with Etsy?
Short answer: Partly
Tailwind pins any link, Etsy listings included, but it lists no Etsy integration. Alura reads your Etsy shop and sales: it promotes best sellers, re-pins top performers, pins new listings as you publish and sends each shop section to its own board. Tailwind goes deeper on Pinterest keywords and pin design.
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Tailwind or Alura for an Etsy shop?
Choose Tailwind if
Where each one is stronger
Where Tailwind is stronger
Pinterest keyword research
Tailwind shows Pinterest search volume, autocomplete terms, shopping intent and a Resonance score, sold alone as Pinterest SEO at $11.99 a month billed yearly.1,9
A new pin design every week
SmartPin builds a new pin design with fresh copy for each URL every 7 days, and Ghostwriter writes titles, descriptions and alt text. Alura makes pins from your own photos and designs no graphics.4,7
More control over timing
SmartSchedule picks slots from your audience, Pin Spacing stops pins to the same URL publishing back to back, and interval scheduling spreads a pin across boards. Turbo is a give-and-get community of creators.8,13
Any link, any number of accounts
Tailwind pins blog posts, Shopify products and Etsy listings alike, with a plan per Pinterest account. A second Alura shop needs Professional, which costs more for 2 shops paying monthly.1,6,11,23
Where Alura is stronger
It reads your Etsy shop
Connect Etsy and Pinterest once. Pin New Listings queues a pin when you publish, Smart Pins promotes best sellers and re-pins top performers daily, and Smart Board maps shop sections to boards.
A daily pin limit
Growth schedules up to 15 pins a day, about 450 a month. Tailwind's $29.99 scheduler includes 300 credits a month at 1 per scheduled pin, and each Premium SmartPin design uses 7.1,7,23
Part of your Etsy plan
Pins come with Growth, alongside Etsy research, AI listing edits, follow-ups, an Etsy Ads optimizer and A/B tests. Free and Basic have no Pinterest.23
Each Tailwind feature, mapped to an Etsy shop
| Job | Tailwind | Alura on Etsy |
|---|---|---|
| Best sellers to pins7 | SmartPin designs a new pin for each URL every 7 days. | Smart Pins re-pins best sellers and top performers daily. |
| Sections to boards8 | You pick boards; interval scheduling spreads a pin across them. | Smart Board sends each shop section to its own board. |
| New listings to pins1,12,15,21,22 | Paste a URL, use the extension, connect an RSS feed, or sync Shopify, WordPress or Squarespace. | Pin New Listings queues a pin when you publish on Etsy.Other options: SellerMarketingTool and Listadum also auto-pin Etsy listings. |
| Scheduling8,20 | SmartSchedule, interval scheduling and Pin Spacing. | A queue with priorities, posting days and time slots.Other options: Pinterest itself: business accounts can queue 10 pins, up to 30 days ahead. |
| Pin copy4 | Ghostwriter writes titles, descriptions and alt text, paid in credits. | AI copy or your Etsy listing text as written, with your own instructions. |
| Keyword research9 | Pinterest search volume, autocomplete terms and a Resonance score. | Etsy keyword research only; no Pinterest search data. |
| Boosting pins1,13 | Turbo, a give-and-get community; Pinterest Engagement earns Turbo Pins 2x faster. | Not covered. |
Tailwind for your blog, Alura for listings
Let Alura pin your Etsy listings, since it sees what you publish and what sells. Keep Tailwind for blog posts, designed pins for your own site, Pinterest keywords and Turbo. Remove Etsy listing URLs and any Etsy shop feed from SmartPin first, or a product gets pinned twice.
What Tailwind costs next to Alura Growth
For one Etsy shop the two cost about the same: Tailwind's scheduler is $29.99 a month or $17.99 billed yearly, Alura Growth $29.99 or $14.99. Only Tailwind sells Pinterest keyword research, from $11.99 billed yearly. For 2 shops paying monthly, Tailwind's scheduler ($59.98) costs less than Alura Professional ($69.99); paying yearly, Alura is cheaper ($29.99 vs $35.98).
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly |
|---|---|---|
| Tailwind Free1,4One-time trial actions, no card | $0 | $0 |
| Tailwind Pinterest SEO1,4Keyword research, 50 credits a month | $14.99/mo | $11.99/mo |
| Tailwind Pinterest Engagement1,4Turbo boosts, 50 credits a month | $14.99/mo | $11.99/mo |
| Tailwind Pin Scheduling & Creation1,4300 credits a month, 1 per scheduled pin | $29.99/mo | $17.99/mo |
| Tailwind Bundle1,4All three tools, 400 credits a month | $44.98/mo | $29.98/mo |
| Alura Free5 keyword searches a day, 1 shop | $0 | $0 |
| Alura Basic50 keyword searches a day, 1 shop | $11.99/mo | $7.99/mo |
| Alura Growth500 keyword searches a day, 1 shop | $29.99/mo | $14.99/mo |
| Alura ProfessionalUnlimited research, multiple shops | $69.99/mo | $29.99/mo |
Plans are per Pinterest account, and early cancellations are not refunded.1,5
At the same budget
| Budget | Tailwind | Alura |
|---|---|---|
| Around $15 a month | Billed yearly: Pin Scheduling & Creation at $17.99 (300 credits, 1 per pin) or Pinterest SEO at $11.99. | Growth billed yearly at $14.99: up to 15 pins a day plus Etsy research and listing tools. |
| Around $30 a month | Pin Scheduling & Creation at $29.99 monthly. | Growth at $29.99 monthly: 15 pins a day, follow-ups, Etsy Ads and A/B tests. |
Prices in USD, checked October 15, 2026. Alura's plans and limits are on our pricing page. Every Alura plan comes with a 7-day money-back guarantee: ask within 7 days of buying and we refund your last payment.
What users say
What Tailwind users like
- A July 2026 Chrome Web Store reviewer likes scheduling pins from any website without downloading images first.16
- Trustpilot reviewers in 2025 credit SmartPin and bulk scheduling with saving them hours.17
Common complaints
- Trustpilot reviewers from late 2025 to September 2026 describe annual renewals they did not expect and refunds Tailwind declined, though a July 2025 reviewer got one.17
- An October 2026 Trustpilot reviewer found cancelling needlessly hard.17
Store ratings cover only each brand's extension. No Trustpilot review we read came from an Etsy seller.
Sources and facts checked
Every fact about Tailwind on this page comes from a public page we read on the date shown. Reviews and forum posts are attributed, not stated as fact.
- Tailwind plans and pricing. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- Tailwind homepage. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- Tailwind MCP server. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- Help: what are Tailwind credits?. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- Help: refunds on early cancellation. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- Help: adding Pinterest accounts. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- Help: getting started with SmartPin. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- Help: Pinterest scheduling guide. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- Help: Tailwind keyword research. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- Help: website tracking in Tailwind. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- Help: changing a pin's source URL. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- Help: auto-generate SmartPins from an RSS feed. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- Help: Turbo troubleshooting and FAQ. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- Tailwind help center search for Etsy. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- Tailwind on the Chrome Web Store. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- Tailwind Chrome Web Store reviews. Third party, read October 15, 2026.
- Tailwind on Trustpilot. Third party, read October 15, 2026.
- Alura on the Chrome Web Store. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- Alura on Trustpilot. Third party, read October 15, 2026.
- Pinterest help: schedule Pins. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- SellerMarketingTool Pinterest automation. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- Listadum pricing. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
- Alura pricing. Official page, read October 15, 2026.
Page changes
- Oct 2026: Page written from Tailwind's current pricing, help center and store listing, against Alura's Pinterest automation.
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