Partner Quickstart: Launch in 15 Minutes

This guide walks through everything between signing up and having a paying client. The work is DNS and configuration, not engineering; the only step whose duration you do not control is certificate issuance, which usually finishes within ten minutes.

Before you start

Have three things ready. A domain you can edit DNS for, since short links must live on your own name rather than a shared one. A logo file in SVG or PNG with a transparent background, plus your brand colour as a hex value. And, if you want clients to pay by card automatically, access to your own Stripe or PayPal Business account — client payments run through accounts that belong to you.

Step 1. Create your partner account

1. Open app.linkprofit.com and register with your work email address.
2. Confirm the address from the message we send, then sign in.
3. Choose a plan on the pricing page or start the fourteen-day trial, which runs without a card. Starter, Growth and Scale differ in how many domains and client workspaces you get and how many clicks are tracked each month — the platform takes 0% of your revenue on every plan. See Billing and Getting Paid for the full comparison.

The first screen you land on is an onboarding checklist with four items: brand, domain, client plan, team. It matches this guide and keeps your progress if you leave and come back.

Step 2. Set up your brand

Open Branding. Everything here changes what your clients see and nothing about how links resolve, so it is safe to revise later.

1. Enter the service name. It appears in the dashboard header, in page titles, in email subjects and on the payment page.
2. Upload the logo. It is shown in the dashboard header and on the branded pages the redirector serves, such as the password prompt.
3. Upload a favicon. Square, at least 64 by 64 pixels.
4. Set the primary colour. Buttons, links and highlights follow it in both light and dark themes.
5. Optionally add custom CSS for finer adjustments.

The panel renders a live preview of the client dashboard beside the form, so you can judge the result before saving. Full detail, including sending email from your own address, is in Branding and Email Sender.

Step 3. Connect a domain for short links

Open Domains and start the connection wizard.

1. Enter the hostname your links will use. A subdomain such as go.brand.com or link.brand.com is the simplest path and works with every DNS provider.
2. The panel returns three DNS records: a TXT record proving you own the name, a CNAME record pointing traffic at the platform, and a second CNAME that delegates certificate renewals so you never have to repeat this.
3. Add the records at your DNS provider. Step-by-step instructions for Cloudflare, GoDaddy, Namecheap and Route 53 are in Connect a Subdomain with CNAME.
4. Press Check in the panel. The status moves from Pending DNS to Pending certificate to Active, and we email you when it goes live.

If you want links on the bare domain, brand.com rather than go.brand.com, follow Connect an Apex Domain by IP instead: bare domains cannot use a CNAME and need address records.

Your clients reach their dashboard at {slug}.linkprofit.com on Starter, where the slug is the name you chose at registration. From Growth upwards you can point your own hostname, such as app.brand.com, at the dashboard as well.

Step 4. Create pricing plans for your clients

Open Plans. These are the products you sell; they are yours to name and price.

1. Select Create plan and give it a name your clients will recognise, such as Starter, Pro or Agency.
2. Set the monthly price. The platform enforces a floor of $5 per month, because below it card processing costs consume the payment. Optionally set a yearly price as well.
3. Set the limits: links, tracked clicks per month, custom domains, team seats, and how many days of click history the plan retains.
4. Switch capabilities on or off per plan: API access, custom QR styling, targeting rules, A/B splits, password-protected links and UTM templates.
5. Mark the plan public so it appears on your clients' upgrade screen, or keep it private for negotiated deals.

A workable starting grid is $9, $19 and $49 per month, which sits inside the range comparable products charge for their professional tiers. Three plans is usually enough; more choices slow the decision without raising revenue.

Step 5. Connect how you get paid

Open Settings → Payments. Client money goes directly to you, so this screen is about connecting methods that belong to you — any combination of three kinds:

1. Your own Stripe. Create a restricted API key in your Stripe account (the form links to instructions; the key needs Checkout, Subscriptions and Webhooks rights) and paste it. The platform builds your plan catalog inside your Stripe account and registers a webhook automatically — card checkout, renewals and client activation then run without your involvement.
2. Your own PayPal. Paste the Client ID and Secret of your PayPal Business app. Subscriptions are approved on PayPal and their events drive client statuses automatically.
3. A payment link. Any other way you accept money — bank transfer, crypto, an invoicing service — added as a name, instructions and a URL, up to five. Clients report payment with a button; you confirm and activate them yourself.

This step is optional: until a method is connected, the client plan catalog stays closed and you assign plans and activate clients manually — inviting clients works either way. Prices are in US dollars in the current release.

Step 6. Invite your first client

1. Open Clients and select Invite client.
2. Enter their email address and choose the plan they start on.
3. They receive an invitation from your brand, set a password on your dashboard domain, and land in an empty workspace.
4. When they choose a paid plan, they pay you directly: card checkout in your own Stripe, a PayPal subscription, or your payment-link instructions that you confirm by hand. The full amount lands in your account — the platform takes 0%.

After launch

Money arrives on the schedule of your own payment accounts — the platform never holds it, and there is no platform fee to reconcile. Payments made through your connected Stripe or PayPal are mirrored into your dashboard next to client statuses and revenue. Downgrading your own plan while you exceed its limits puts the account in a grace period rather than deleting anything, and existing clients keep working while you sort it out. Read Billing and Getting Paid for the details of each method.