User guide

Short links on your own domain, in eight steps. Questions rather than steps? See the FAQ.

1. 1

   Create an account

   Sign up with an email address and a password. Forgot it? Reset by email.

2. 2

   Create a link

   On Dashboard → Links, paste the destination URL. Choose your own slug or accept a generated one — the short link becomes https://go.sitelinks.app/<slug>. Optionally give it a name and a private note.

3. 3

   Set the guard rails

   Each link can carry an expiry date, a click cap, a fallback URL to send people to once it expires or hits the cap, and a password a visitor must enter before being redirected. You can also disable a link without deleting it.

4. 4

   Print the QR code

   Every link has a QR code at /qr/<slug>. It encodes the short URL, never the destination — so you can change where a link points after the code is on a poster or business card, and the print keeps working.

5. 5

   Change where a link points

   Open the link on the dashboard and edit its destination, expiry, cap, fallback or password. The slug and the QR code stay the same.

6. 6

   Read the analytics

   Each link shows clicks over time, and a breakdown by device and country. There are no tracking pixels and no IP addresses are stored, so the numbers are counts, not people.

7. 7

   Slots and billing

   Every account starts on the free plan: 1 page with up to 5 links. Paid slots are $1 per link per month or $5 per link per year, and both are marked Coming soon until checkout opens. Paid plans are on Dashboard → Billing. While they say Coming soon, the buttons do not start a payment. Creating a link past the free cap is refused by the server. Links you already have keep working.

8. 8

   Export or leave

   Dashboard → Account exports your data and can delete your account. Deleting an account deletes its links — printed QR codes pointing at them stop working.