Campaigns go live before the season does.
People use Pinterest to plan, so the buying starts well before the event. Pinterest's own guide to the 2026 holiday season says festive activity spikes as early as September, and it tells advertisers to go live as early as possible between September and November. A campaign that starts in the week of the sale misses the weeks when people were saving ideas and choosing what to buy.
We plan every season the same way. Pinterest Trends shows when searches for each idea start to rise, and each campaign launches while people are still saving and choosing, with Pins made for that moment. Catalog ads keep your products showing in between. Every result is judged over the full buying window, then checked against Shopify.
- Each season's campaign live while people are still planning
- Pinterest Trends checked for when searches start to rise
- Each campaign judged only after shoppers have had time to buy




