Linko

What Linko is

Linko is a link-in-bio and link shortening tool, not a platform that pays creators for content. It sells to creators, agencies and affiliate marketers who want branded short links, a bio page and click data, and its free plan costs nothing to join. Its own terms page carries the headline "Free OnlyFans URL Shortener Shorten OnlyFans links", and its blog says Linko "is used by many NSFW creators and OF managers". It also runs an affiliate program that pays PayPal commissions to anyone who refers paying customers. The pages are in English.

How earning works here

Linko does not pay you for anything you post. What an earner gets is a set of tools that sit between social traffic and the places where the money is made, plus a referral program of its own.

The free plan, as its about page describes it, includes "essential features": short links, basic QR codes, and a bio page with click tracking. The bio page gets the same detailed analytics as the short links. A separate FAQ on the blog says you can shorten up to 50 links on the free plan with full access to the bio page, analytics and QR tools. Paid plans add custom domains, advanced analytics, team collaboration and higher limits. A custom domain such as links.yourbrand.com connects through a DNS setup, and paid plans include multiple custom domains for different brands or campaigns.

For affiliates, the solutions page lists the working tools. Link cloaking hides affiliate IDs and referrers to protect commissions from link hijackers. A/B testing splits traffic between landing pages. Retargeting pixels from Facebook, Google and TikTok can be added to links, and UTM parameters are appended automatically so attribution reaches Google Analytics. Campaign channels organize links by source, with email, social and paid given as examples. The analytics show which links convert, from which sources and in which countries. The page contrasts branded links such as yourbrand.link/deal with long tracking URLs that it says readers distrust.

For adult creators, the blog is where the audience shows. It publishes guides on custom domains for OnlyFans, on what an OnlyFans landing page should contain, and on comparing Linko with Linktree, Foxly and BL.INK. One post states that Linko supports content-friendly domains like onlylinks.cc. Another says Linko will try to redirect visitors out of the Instagram in-app browser but that no tool can fully bypass it, and that Linko provides a smart prompt as a workaround. Bulk shortening is available from the dashboard or through the API.

The plan comparison on the pricing page lists bio-page options that matter to adult creators: a Sensitive Content setting, an Age Restriction setting, a Subscriber Gate, a verified badge, geo and language targeting, scheduling and expiration, and 48+ bio widgets, along with link-level tools such as password protection, hide referrer, deep linking and shield protection. The table does not make clear which of these each plan includes, so a creator who needs the age setting should check the plan card before paying. The GetAllMyLinks comparison post names the built-in short domains Linko offers, ln-k.me, onlylinks.cc (which it labels adult content-friendly), pq.is and allmylink.me, and says a CSV upload can bulk shorten up to 15,000 links at once.

The second route is the referral program. Anyone can join: you create a Linko account and receive a unique affiliate link. The commission is recurring, so you keep earning on a referred customer's payments for as long as they stay subscribed, throughout the program's commission period. In October 2026 the program page advertises "Earn 50% Recurring Commission" and says that rate applies to every payment made by customers who subscribe to any Linko plan through the link, with all referrals and commissions subject to Linko's approval and discretion. It also says no approval is needed to join, and that referrals and payouts are tracked in real time in a dashboard under Profile, Affiliate.

Money and rules

Linko pays out only through its referral program, as a recurring commission sent by PayPal. For everything else the creator or agency pays Linko a subscription. Referral terms, as the affiliate page gave them in October 2026:

• The FAQ says commissions are paid via PayPal once approved earnings reach $50.
• Qualifying balances are transferred before the 10th of the following month, and Linko asks for your PayPal email once a commission is approved.
• The cookie figure is given twice: the summary panel shows a 30 Days cookie duration, while the FAQ says referral cookies are stored for 60 days.
• The FAQ says affiliate earnings can be used to pay a Linko subscription on request, with the same minimum.
• PPC is allowed with limits: no bidding on the Linko brand terms, variations or misspellings without prior approval, and "Linko" goes in the negative keywords.
• Linko says it is not responsible for untracked sales, and claims for referrals not shown in the panel are not accepted.
• A commission is approved once the referred customer upgrades to a paid plan, provides valid billing details, and stays subscribed for at least one month.
• Referrals that remain on the free plan are rejected, and an empty balance means the referred person has signed up but not yet upgraded.

Customer-side terms, from the pricing page: the Free plan gives 50 short links, 1K link clicks, 2 QR codes, 1 bio page and 1 month of data retention. In October 2026 the pricing page lists 4 paid plans, from Starter at $12 a month (3 bio pages, 2 branded domains, developer API) up to Agency at $149 (250 bio pages, 50 branded domains, 50 team members), with Pro and Business in between. Payment goes through PayPal, which the FAQ says supports all major credit and debit cards, with SSL encryption, and a plan can be upgraded or downgraded at any time. On a downgrade you keep your current plan until the end of the billing period. Linko offers a 14-day money-back guarantee on all paid plans. The annual-billing discount is given two ways, one figure on the toggle and a lower one in the FAQ. Cancellation is possible from account settings. If you reach plan limits, Linko notifies you as you approach them, existing links keep working, and you cannot create new ones until you upgrade or the next billing cycle begins. The pricing page says it never deletes your data.

On security and data, the about page says all data is encrypted in transit with SSL/TLS and at rest, that Linko is GDPR compliant and never sells your data, that you can export or delete your data at any time, and that two-factor authentication is offered.

No payout split applies, because Linko does not pay creators for content. Its terms also carry an earnings disclaimer: income figures it mentions are anecdotal, it has done no independent verification of them, and it says "There are NO average earnings."

Who it suits and who it does not

Linko fits a creator or agency that already has traffic from Instagram, X, TikTok or Reddit and wants to know which link, source and country produce subscribers. It also fits an affiliate promoting adult offers who needs cloaked links, UTM tagging and split tests, and an agency that wants bulk shortening through the dashboard or API. Someone who wants a free bio page with QR codes and click counts will find that on the free plan.

The referral program suits a creator or blogger who already writes about link tools for an audience of earners, since it pays only when a referral upgrades to a paid plan and stays a month. Free signups earn nothing.

There are limits. Linko is a tool, so it brings you no fans and offers no discovery or marketplace. It is a link tool, so the money is still collected on the platform where the creator sells. The free plan caps short links at 50 and clicks at 1K, and branded domains, team seats and longer data retention start at the Starter plan or above. A brand-new account with no audience will have little to analyze. The referral payout is PayPal only, which may not suit an affiliate who relies on another wallet.