Free affiliate link tracker.
See which channel actually converts.
Your affiliate network tells you “you got 84 clicks today.” Track Link tells you 67 came from your Twitter bio, 17 from your blog footer — and which of those produced the sale. Cloak ugly affiliate URLs into branded short links, swap destinations without re-sharing, and get per-placement attribution for free. Up to 10 links and 2,500 clicks/mo free.
Free forever · no credit card · pass-through tags · custom short domains on PRO
What we've tracked so far
Real numbers from 80,412 lifetime clicks
80,412
lifetime tracked clicks
1,499
users on the platform
96
countries detected
5.44%
our own Google CTR
How per-placement tracking works
Three steps. About 60 seconds from signup to your first tracked affiliate click.
1. Paste your affiliate URL
Your full tagged URL — amazon.com/dp/B01?tag=you-20, an Impact tracking link, a ShareASale `afftrack` URL, anything. Tags ride through untouched.
2. Mint one slug per placement
Same product, five slugs: /skillet-blog, /skillet-yt, /skillet-tweet, /skillet-email, /skillet-bio. All point to the same affiliate URL.
3. Watch attribution land
Each placement's clicks land in its own row. Drop our t.js pixel on a thank-you page and you get conversion rate per channel — not just clicks.
Built for the way affiliates actually work
Networks give you a click count. Track Link gives you the attribution.
Amazon Associates
Cloak amazon.com/dp/B0123XYZ?tag=you-20 into gtlk.link/skillet. Readable, brandable, trackable. Tag forwards intact — Amazon credits the sale to you exactly as if the user clicked the raw URL.
Per-placement attribution
Same offer, different slugs per channel. Now you know your blog footer produced 67 clicks and 4 conversions while your Twitter bio link produced 17 clicks and 0 — actionable data the network will never give you.
Geographic breakdown
Critical for Amazon affiliates with international tags. “78% US, 22% UK, 0% other” tells you instantly whether routing UK clicks through amazon.co.uk via a geo-router is worth the effort — or whether you're leaving zero money on the table.
Dynamic destination swap
Product discontinued? Network paying less? Edit the destination once and every share of your short URL — across 50 blog posts and 200 tweets — updates instantly. No re-sharing, no link rot, no manual edits.
Conversion tracking via t.js
Drop our tiny pixel on a thank-you page, tripwire confirmation, or content locker callback. We tag the originating click as a conversion — you finally get conversion rate per channel instead of guessing.
Branded short domains
On PRO, point go.yourbrand.com at Track Link. Your affiliate links now look like go.yourbrand.com/skillet — higher CTR, less spam-flagging, way more trustworthy than a raw amazon.com URL with a tag.
Track Link vs ClickMagick vs Pretty Links vs Bitly vs network stats
Honest comparison. Each tool was built for a different audience.
| Feature | Track Link | ClickMagick | Pretty Links | Bitly | Network stats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | $69/mo | $99/yr | Free / $35/mo | Free |
| Free tier | 10 links, 2.5k clicks | 14-day trial only | No (paid plugin) | 5 links, 50/mo | Built-in |
| Per-placement attribution | Yes (per slug) | Yes | Yes | Limited | No |
| Geo / device per click | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Limited | Paywalled | Aggregate only |
| Conversion tracking | Yes (t.js pixel) | Yes (advanced) | No | No (free tier) | Network-only |
| Dynamic destination swap | Yes | Yes | Yes (single site) | Paid | — |
| Where it runs | Hosted (any site) | Hosted | WordPress plugin only | Hosted | Network dashboard |
| Custom short domain | PRO ($9.99/mo) | Included | Yes (your domain) | $8/mo+ | No |
| Tags stripped/modified? | Never (pass-through) | Never | Never | Never | — |
| Best for | Indie affiliates | Enterprise / paid media | WordPress affiliates | Generic short links | Network-level only |
ClickMagick is genuinely excellent for paid-media affiliates running $10k+/mo in ad spend. For the other 99% of affiliate marketers — bloggers, creators, niche site owners, list builders — Track Link covers the same per-placement attribution use case for free.
Honest limits when tracking affiliate links
- We can't auto-confirm a sale on the network side. Amazon and most affiliate networks don't expose a server-to-server conversion callback to third-party trackers. We can tag a conversion when your pixel fires (thank-you page, content-locker callback, email opt-in) — but matching that to the network's commission report is on you. ClickMagick has the same limitation for the same reason.
- No built-in geo-router or split rotator on the free tier. We can swap a destination URL globally, but we don't currently auto-route UK traffic to amazon.co.uk vs US traffic to amazon.com on a single slug. You can fake this with two slugs and a manual share decision, but if you need true geo-rotation under one URL, ClickMagick or Geniuslink is the right tool.
- Some social platforms wrap or warn on short URLs. Facebook occasionally interstitial-warns on unfamiliar short domains in posts (less so on a known domain like gtlk.link, almost never on a custom domain). LinkedIn strips some tracking params from posts before displaying. We can't fix what the platform does upstream of the click.
- Everything else: tags pass through untouched, slugs are yours forever (or until you delete them), destinations are editable any time, and unique-visitor fingerprinting works across mobile and desktop affiliate traffic.
FAQ
Everything you might wonder about tracking affiliate links.
Does Amazon actually allow link shortening for affiliate links?
Yes — Amazon's Associates Operating Agreement permits URL shortening on third-party sites as long as the destination resolves to the correct amazon.com tag URL and you continue to disclose the affiliate relationship per FTC guidelines. The exception is on Amazon-owned surfaces (e.g. you can't post a shortened Amazon affiliate link inside an Amazon review). Track Link does a clean server-side 302 to the full amazon.com/dp/... URL with your tag intact, so Amazon sees the tagged URL on arrival exactly as if the user clicked it directly. We don't strip, modify, or rewrite your `tag=` parameter.
Will the affiliate network see my Track Link short URL or the real destination?
The real destination. We're a redirect, not a referrer rewriter. When someone clicks gtlk.link/skillet, we record the click on our end and immediately 302 the browser to the full affiliate URL (e.g. `amazon.com/dp/B0123XYZ?tag=yourtag-20`). The affiliate network sees the user arrive at the tagged destination URL — they don't see our short URL anywhere in the click chain that matters for commission attribution. Your tag, sub-IDs, and any tracking parameters you set on the destination URL are forwarded untouched.
Can I swap the destination URL later without re-sharing the short link?
Yes — this is one of the highest-value features for affiliates. Edit the destination on the link in your Track Link dashboard and every existing share of that short URL now points to the new destination. So if Amazon discontinues a product, the network changes, or you switch from a $50/sale offer to a $80/sale competitor, your blog footer / YouTube descriptions / pinned tweets all update instantly without you editing 100 places. The slug stays the same; the destination is dynamic.
Does Track Link strip or modify my affiliate tags?
No. We are a pass-through. Whatever query parameters you put on the destination URL (`tag`, `subid`, `aff_sub`, `ref`, `irclickid`, `utm_*`) ride through the 302 redirect to the affiliate network exactly as written. We add nothing to the outbound URL. This matters: some link shorteners (including a few free ones) have been caught rewriting affiliate tags to their own. We don't. If you set `?tag=yourbrand-20` on Track Link, the user lands on `?tag=yourbrand-20` on Amazon. Period.
Can I track conversions, not just clicks?
Yes, with a small caveat. Drop our `t.js` pixel on a page you control — typically a `/thanks` page on your own site, a tripwire confirmation, or a content-locker callback. When the pixel fires, we tag the originating click as a conversion. The caveat: most affiliate networks (Amazon especially) don't expose a server-to-server conversion callback to third parties, so we can't auto-mark a sale on the network side. What we can do is tell you which click and which placement produced the conversion event you fire — meaning if you have any conversion proxy (newsletter signup before the affiliate redirect, your own product upsell, a clicked-then-emailed sequence), you get real per-channel conversion-rate data.
Is this FTC-compliant? Does shortening change my disclosure obligations?
Shortening the URL does not change your disclosure obligations either way. The FTC's Endorsement Guides require clear and conspicuous disclosure of a material connection (i.e. that you earn a commission), and that obligation attaches to the placement of the link — the blog post, the tweet, the video description — not to the URL format. You still need to disclose, e.g. "#ad" or "As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases" near the link, exactly as you would with a raw amazon.com link. Track Link doesn't make you more or less compliant; we just make your link prettier and trackable.
Can I use this with TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube link-in-bio for affiliate?
Yes. The short URL works as a single bio link (TikTok, Instagram, X/Twitter) and you can mint separate slugs per platform — `/r/skillet-tt`, `/r/skillet-ig`, `/r/skillet-yt` — all pointing at the same affiliate destination. You then see directly which platform produced the clicks and (with the conversion pixel) which produced the sales. For Instagram bio specifically, you can also use this in place of Linktree if you only have one or two affiliate offers — direct redirect is faster, doesn't show a directory landing page, and historically gets ~15-25% higher click-through to destination because there's no intermediate page.
How is this different from Linktree for affiliate marketers?
Linktree (and Beacons, Stan, etc.) puts a directory page between your bio click and the affiliate destination. The user clicks your bio, lands on a Linktree page, then clicks one of N options, then lands on Amazon. That's two clicks and an intermediate page — and Linktree's free tier shows you basic click counts on each row but no geo, no device, no conversion attribution. Track Link does a direct 302 from your short URL to the affiliate destination: one click, no intermediate page, faster perceived experience, and full per-link analytics for free. If you genuinely need a directory (10+ links, multiple offers), use Linktree. If you have 1-5 main affiliate offers, direct redirects convert better.
Stop guessing which channel makes the sale
Free tier covers 10 links and 2,500 clicks per month. Pass-through tags, per-placement attribution, dynamic destinations, conversion pixel. Two minutes from signup to your first cloaked affiliate link.