Instagram gives you one website field. TikTok gives you one. An email signature, business card, and printed poster each have room for one address. Meanwhile, you have a store, a booking page, three social accounts, a newsletter, and this month's promotion. The usual fix is to keep changing that one link, which means last month's post now points to the wrong place. A better solution is to make the link open a page that holds all the others.
Two ways to do it, and why you need both
A bio link page is a small mobile page with buttons. One address, such as digily.bio/yourname, opens a list for the visitor to choose from. It works well for profiles, signatures, and anywhere someone is browsing.
A short link is one address for one destination, such as digily.bio/summer. It works well on a poster, in an ad, or in a story when you want people to go to exactly one place. You can change its destination later without reprinting anything. Most accounts end up with one page and a handful of short links pointing to whatever matters that week.
Build the page
- Create a free account. No card is required, and the free plan includes five pages.
- Choose an address. Pick one of the 15 branded domains listed on the domains page, then choose a username. The Slug generator turns a business name with spaces and accents into a clean address if you are not sure what to use.
- Add blocks. On the free plan, you get link buttons, a big link button, headings, paragraphs, an avatar, images, social icons, business hours, a divider, and embedded YouTube, Spotify, TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, Vimeo, and SoundCloud media, with up to 15 blocks on a page. Forms, a PayPal button, a vCard, and an FAQ come with Starter, while the appointment calendar, review, PDF, and image slider blocks come with Pro.
- Choose a theme and upload a logo or photo as the avatar. Run the image through the Image optimizer first so the page loads quickly on mobile data.
- Complete the SEO settings with a title and description, then paste the address into every profile and signature.
Order and labels determine whether links get tapped
- Put one primary action at the top. The thing you most want people to do this week should come first as a big link button. Everything else should be smaller.
- Use verbs, not nouns. "Book a table" and "Watch the new episode" get tapped. "Website" and "Link" get skipped.
- Use four to eight buttons. More than that starts to look like a directory. If you need more, organize them under headings so visitors can still scan the page at a glance.
- Put social icons at the bottom. People looking for your Instagram will find it. People who want to buy something should not have to scroll past it.
- Match the profile. Use the same colors, photo, and name so visitors know they are in the right place.
Several destinations behind one short link
A short link can also hold more than one destination, selected when someone taps it. Targeting rules send visitors to different pages based on country, device, language, or operating system, while rotation splits them for an A/B test. This is covered in advanced link redirection. Short links can be created in bulk, ten at a time, and grouped into projects on the paid plans to keep each client or campaign organized.
Change the content without changing the address
The advantage of a single address is that it never has to change. Replace the top button before a launch, add a sign-up form for a giveaway, or remove the seasonal offer in January, and every profile, signature, and printed QR code updates instantly. You can edit a short link's destination the same way, so a code printed on a menu can point to the menu one day and a special the next without a reprint. The QR code generator creates the code from the short link for exactly that reason.
See which links people actually tap
Every button on the page counts its own clicks, and the statistics show referrers, countries, cities, devices, and browsers, collected without a tracking cookie. After two weeks, you will know which three buttons deserve their place and which ones nobody uses. If a button points to your own website, add UTM parameters with the UTM link generator so those visits appear under the correct source in Google Analytics instead of as direct traffic.
Example layouts for three types of accounts
A creator
Put the latest video first as a big link button that opens the YouTube app, followed by the podcast, newsletter sign-up, merch link, and social icons. Change the top button on upload day.
A store
Put the product from the latest post first, followed by "Shop all," new arrivals in an image grid, a discount code, shipping and returns in a paragraph, and contact information. The guide to building a simple online catalog takes this further.
A freelancer
Put "Book a call" first, followed by a portfolio link, two or three recent projects as images, a short paragraph explaining what you do and who you work with, a vCard so a potential client can save your number, and then LinkedIn and one other network. With five to seven blocks, the page reads like a business card that visitors can tap.
Frequently asked questions
How many links can I add?
The free plan allows five bio link pages with up to 15 blocks each and 50 short links. Starter raises that to 25 pages with unlimited blocks and 500 short links, and Pro raises it to 50 pages and 1,000 short links. Current limits are listed on the plans page.
Can I use my own domain for the page?
Yes, on the Starter and Pro plans. Point a domain or subdomain to Digily Link, and the page will load at links.yourbrand.com.
Is one page enough for a business with multiple services?
Usually. Use headings to group buttons by service. If you serve two completely different audiences, such as wholesale and retail customers, create two pages. The free plan includes five.
Can I temporarily take down a link?
Yes. Remove or edit the button, and the change goes live immediately. On the paid plans, an entire page can also be redirected somewhere else temporarily with a leap link, and short links can be scheduled to start and stop on set dates.
What is the difference between Digily Link and digily.bio?
There is no difference in functionality. digily.bio is one of the 15 branded domains you can choose for the page's address. The guide to digily.bio explains how to choose a domain.
Final checks
- The page opens with one tap from every profile and signature.
- The top button is the action that matters this week.
- Every button uses a verb in its label.
- Printed materials use a short link or a QR code created from one, so they never need to be reprinted.
- You have checked the statistics at least once and know which buttons get tapped.
