Create a tracking link that
logs visitor location.
Paste a destination URL, get a short link. Every click logs city, region, country, device, browser, OS, and timestamp — derived from the visitor's IP address. No device GPS. No "Allow location access" popup. Just honest, approximate, IP-level attribution.
Free forever · no credit card · for legitimate marketing & events, not surveillance
The honest part most location-tracker tools skip
What an IP-based tracking link can — and can't — see
What we DO capture on every click
- Country & region from IP (MaxMind GeoIP2 City DB) — ~99% accurate at country level
- City + approximate lat/long from IP — ~50 km accuracy, better in big cities
- Device type, browser, OS (mobile/desktop, Chrome/Safari, iOS/Android/Windows)
- Referrer + UTM parameters and exact timestamp of each click
What we DO NOT — and cannot — capture
- Device GPS — requires the user to tap "Allow" in their browser. We never ask. No popup, no precise coordinates.
- Name, phone, email — clicks are anonymous unless you wire up your own form on the destination page
- Exact home address — IP geo gives you a city centroid, not a street
- Cross-link identity — we don't expose individual click records to third parties or in any public-facing endpoint
If you came here looking for a tool that pinpoints someone's exact GPS location from a clicked link without their consent — that tool does not exist in any consumer-legal form, and we're not it.
What we've tracked so far
Real numbers from 80,412 clicks
80,412
tracked clicks
96
countries detected
1,407
users
80%
activation rate
Google Search CTR on this query category: 5.56% (vs ~3% industry average)
How it works
Three steps. No JavaScript, no consent popup.
1. Paste destination URL
Any HTTPS URL — your landing page, signup form, event page, blog post. Pick a slug or let us mint one.
2. Get your short link
Default: gtlk.link/your-slug. Or add your own verified domain like go.brand.com/x.
3. See clicks with city + device
Every click logged live: city, country, device, browser, OS, referrer. Sort, filter, export to CSV.
Legitimate use cases
IP-based location is a marketing-attribution and operations tool, not a surveillance tool. Here's where it shines.
Marketing attribution by city
Which cities does your newsletter convert in? Which countries does your Twitter post reach? IP geo answers both without a tracking pixel on the destination page.
Event check-in tracking
Print the link on event badges. Click = check-in. Get a timestamp + city log of arrivals, perfect for hybrid events where remote attendees scan from elsewhere.
Regional landing-page A/B tests
Send the same campaign to two cities, route through two tracking links, compare conversion by city. The link knows the city before the page even loads.
Conference QR codes
One QR per session, one tracking link per QR. See which session drove the most post-event traffic and from which city the attendees came back home to.
"If found, scan this" tags
Lost-document or lost-property return: a sticker that links to your contact page. When someone finds it and scans, you get a city-level ping — and the finder gets your contact info, no app needed.
Geo-fraud signals
Order confirmation links that flag "clicked from a country inconsistent with the billing address" for review. IP geo is a directional fraud signal, not a verdict.
Track Link vs other "location tracker" tools
Most search results for this query are sketchy. Honest comparison below.
| Feature | Track Link | IPLogger | Grabify | Bitly (free) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP-based city geolocation | Yes (MaxMind) | Yes | Yes | Country only |
| Full analytics dashboard | Yes | No (just a log) | No (just a log) | Limited |
| Custom branded domain | Yes (Cloudflare) | No | No | Paid only |
| Looks legit to recipients | Yes (custom domain) | No (flagged by AVs) | No (blocked by Gmail) | Yes |
| Honest about what IP geo can't do | Yes | Promises 'exact location' | Promises 'exact location' | — |
| No GPS / consent dance | Correct | Correct | Correct | Correct |
| CSV export | Yes | Limited | Limited | Paid only |
| Free tier | Yes (25 links, 4k clicks/mo) | Yes (ad-heavy) | Yes (ad-heavy) | Yes (no geo) |
IPLogger and Grabify are technically functional but their domains are on many email and antivirus blocklists because of how they're commonly abused. Self-hosted PHP scripts work but you need a server, a GeoIP DB, and to maintain both.
Honest limits of IP geolocation
- VPNs and Tor land users in the VPN exit-node country. If a US user is on a UK VPN, we'll show UK.
- Cellular CGNAT often resolves to a regional carrier hub city (Verizon traffic → Ashburn VA, T-Mobile traffic → Bellevue WA), regardless of where the user actually is.
- Apple Mail Privacy & Gmail image proxy can strip the original IP from email-pre-load fetches. Real clicks (taps from inbox) still reveal the user's real IP — only pre-fetches are obscured.
- Corporate networks route everyone through a single egress IP, so all clicks from a company show the HQ city.
- Aggregate signal stays useful: country distribution, city-level marketing attribution, regional A/B trends — all reliable in aggregate even with the noise above.
Every click also logs device, browser, and OS
IP geo is the headline feature, but the full click record gives you the visitor's device class (mobile/desktop/tablet), browser (Chrome 124, Safari 17, etc.), operating system (iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux), referrer URL, and any UTM parameters you appended.
- Device type breakdown per link
- Browser + OS version distribution
- Referrer + UTM source/medium/campaign
- Unique-vs-repeat click flag (fingerprinted)
{
"timestamp": "2026-05-11T14:23:08Z",
"country": "United Kingdom",
"region": "England",
"city": "London",
"lat": 51.5074,
"lng": -0.1278,
"device": "mobile",
"browser": "Safari 17.4",
"os": "iOS 17.5",
"referrer": "https://t.co/abc",
"utm_source":"twitter",
"isUnique": true
}Exported as CSV or queried via the analytics dashboard.
FAQ
The honest answers to what people actually search for.
How accurate is the city we log?
IP-based geolocation via MaxMind's GeoIP2 City database resolves to roughly 50 km accuracy on average. In dense metro areas (NYC, London, Tokyo) it usually pins the right city. On mobile carriers it often lands on a regional hub city, not the user's actual city — Verizon traffic in the eastern US frequently resolves to Ashburn, VA regardless of the user's real location. For country-level it's ~99% accurate. For city-level treat it as directional, not precise.
Does this work for stalking or tracking a specific person?
No, and we won't help you build a stalker setup. Two reasons it doesn't even work technically: (1) we never give you device GPS — only the IP-based approximate city, which is often a carrier hub city and useless for finding someone, and (2) we never expose individual click-records to third parties or via public links. The dashboard is for the link owner. If your goal is figuring out where a specific person physically is right now, this is the wrong tool and there is no legitimate consumer tool that does that without their explicit consent.
What's the difference between IP geolocation and GPS location?
IP geolocation infers an approximate city from the visitor's public IP address by looking it up against a database (MaxMind's, in our case). It's passive — the browser doesn't ask permission, the user doesn't see a popup, but the accuracy is ~50 km at best and can be totally wrong over VPN/CGNAT. GPS location comes from the device's actual hardware (GPS chip, Wi-Fi triangulation, cell towers) and requires the user to explicitly tap 'Allow location access' in their browser. GPS is meter-accurate; IP geo is city-accurate. Track Link uses ONLY IP geolocation — we never request GPS, never trigger a permission popup.
Will my recipient see that I'm tracking them?
Not directly — there's no popup, no permission request, no visible badge. The link looks like any other short URL (gtlk.link/xyz or your-brand.com/xyz). However: the URL is short and unbranded by default, which sophisticated recipients may treat as suspicious. If you're sending the link for legitimate business reasons (newsletter click attribution, event RSVP), use a custom domain that matches your brand — it both looks trustworthy and IS trustworthy. If you're trying to hide the fact that you're tracking, that itself is a red flag about your use case.
Is using a location tracking link legal?
In most jurisdictions, logging IP and approximate location from your own short link is legal for legitimate business purposes — marketing attribution, fraud prevention, regional content delivery. It's standard practice for every email marketing tool, every ad network, every CDN. What changes the legal picture: (1) sending it to deceive someone into revealing where they are (in some jurisdictions, harassment or stalking statutes apply), (2) operating in the EU/UK where GDPR requires a lawful basis for processing IPs (legitimate interest usually covers attribution; have a privacy policy disclosing it), (3) processing data of children. Use this for your own marketing or events. Don't use it to surveil specific people without their knowledge.
Can I export all the click data?
Yes. Every link has a CSV export of the full click log: timestamp, IP-derived country/region/city/lat/long, device type, browser, OS, referrer, UTM parameters, and uniqueness flag. PRO and BUSINESS plans get unlimited history; FREE keeps 7 days. We do not sell or share click data with third parties — your link's data is yours.
Build legitimate location attribution. In two minutes.
Free tier covers 25 links and 4,000 clicks per month. Custom domain on PRO. We never expose individual click records to third parties — your link's data is yours.