How to use Linktree for your startup
TL;DR
Linktree gives you one short address, linktr.ee/yourname, that opens a page with all your important links: website, waitlist, app store, socials. The free plan covers unlimited links and email sign-ups, and paid plans start at €5.25 a month billed yearly (checked from Europe, October 2026). It suits founders who sell through Instagram, TikTok or YouTube, where a profile has room for very few links.
What is Linktree?
Linktree is a link-in-bio tool made by Linktree Pty Ltd in Melbourne, Australia. Its pricing page says it is trusted by 70 million+ creators and businesses. You build a small mobile page with a button per link, social icons and a short bio. The page also collects emails, sells digital products and counts clicks, so one stable link sits in every bio while the buttons behind it change with each launch.
Who should use Linktree?
- Consumer startups that win customers on Instagram, TikTok or YouTube.
- Founders building in public across several channels: newsletter, podcast, product, community.
- Skip it if you already have a fast landing page. Link to your own site and keep the visitors there.
- Skip it as an SEO tool: the page holds a few words and buttons.
How much does Linktree cost?
Prices from the Linktree pricing page, checked from Europe in October 2026. Linktree shows prices in local currency, so yours may differ:
- Free: unlimited links, email and phone sign-ups.
- Starter: €5.25 a month billed yearly or €6.75 monthly. Personalized design, unlimited featured links, analytics.
- Pro: €12 a month billed yearly or €15 monthly, with a 7-day free trial. Removes Linktree branding, custom designs, selling with 0% Linktree fees, mailing list integrations.
- Premium: €27.50 a month billed yearly or €32 monthly, with a 7-day free trial. Link rules and routing, AI integrations, all-time analytics, data export, social media scheduling, unlimited Instagram auto-replies.
Linktree's FAQ adds a payout fee of USD 0.25 per payout for money you earn through the page.
How do you share your startup on Linktree?
- Sign up at linktr.ee/register and claim a username that matches your startup and your social handles.
- Add your links in order of importance. Put the one action you want first: waitlist, product page or booking link.
- Add your logo or photo, a one-line bio that says what the startup does, and icons for your social profiles.
- Paste linktr.ee/yourname into the bio of Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X and any other profile you run.
- Check the click statistics every week, and move the strongest link to the top.
Tips to get more out of Linktree
- Keep 3 to 5 buttons, so the link that matters gets the clicks.
- Turn on the email sign-up form on the free plan, so followers you reach once stay reachable after the algorithm moves on.
- Name buttons as actions, such as "Join the beta waitlist".
- On the public pages we checked, outbound links carried utm_source=linktree, so look for that source in your web analytics.
- In our October 2026 check, links on a public Linktree page had no nofollow tag. The DA of 93 belongs to linktr.ee, though, and a thin page passes little value. Treat Linktree as a traffic tool.
Our verdict
Linktree is a cheap fix for the tight link space on social profiles, and the free plan covers most early-stage startups. It adds a step between your follower and your site, so link straight to your landing page when one link is enough.
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