A link-in-bio page you own, with a sign-up form and visits by source
A link-in-bio page is the address you put in a social profile that only allows one link. It's read on a phone, for a few seconds, by someone who came from a post. It works when it's short, loads at once, sits on a domain you own, and gives people a way to hear from you when the platform doesn't show them your posts.
Why own the address
Shared link-in-bio services give you a profile at their address, such as their domain followed by your handle. That's quick, but every printed card, podcast mention and old post now points at a company's domain. If you leave, change plans or the service changes its terms, those links break or advertise someone else.
A page at links.yourname.com or yourname.com keeps every mention pointing at something you control. You can change what's on it without touching a single profile, and search engines credit your domain rather than the service's.
What goes on the page
- Your name and one line. "Ceramicist in Leeds. New pieces every first Friday." Visitors arrive from a post and need a second to confirm they're in the right place.
- Three to six links, most important first. The thing you're promoting this week goes at the top. Everything below the fourth link gets far fewer taps.
- An email sign-up. The one link that doesn't depend on an algorithm. Say what people get and how often.
- A way to get in touch. For collaborations or bookings, a short contact form or a clear note about who to write to.
- Nothing else. No feed, no pop-up, no autoplaying video.
Label links by what people get, not where they go. "Shop the spring glazes" beats "Shop"; "Hear the interview on Field Notes" beats "Podcast".
Speed on a phone
Most taps come from inside a social app's own browser, often on mobile data. Every script, tracker and font file adds a wait before anything appears. Pages from Anticode's design engine ship as plain HTML and CSS with no scripts at all, which suits this format: there's nothing to download before the links show, and nothing that tracks visitors on behalf of another company.
Building it with Anticode
Using Anticode as a link in bio page builder starts with a sentence: "a link-in-bio page for Mae Okafor, a ceramicist, with links to the shop, the studio newsletter, the spring open day and Instagram". The Architect turns that into a short plan of a single landing page and asks a question or two, such as which link should lead and whether you want a newsletter sign-up. Pick a design system that matches the rest of your presence; Organic (Figtree) or Playful (Fredoka) often fit makers, Technical (IBM Plex Sans) fits developers.
- Sign-ups
- The newsletter form saves each address in your dashboard and can email you. Connect Kit or Mailchimp and new sign-ups are added there as subscribers; Mailchimp uses double opt-in.
- Links that go out
- The design gate blocks empty links and Sentinel's security checks cover links in the exact HTML that ships, but neither checks that outside addresses still work, so tap each one before you share the page.
- Changing the top link
- Edit the text in place, drag a link into a new position with the layout editor, or ask in a sentence: "move the open day to the top and remove the old interview".
- Your domain
- Publish on a free anticode.dev address, then connect your own domain or a subdomain on a paid plan.
Seeing where visits come from
The dashboard shows page views per day by source, counted without cookies, so you can tell whether this week's traffic came from one platform or another, or from AI assistants' referrals. Search and AI crawlers are counted separately, so they don't inflate your numbers. What you won't get is a click count per link: Anticode counts visits to the page, not taps on each button. If you need per-link numbers, add UTM tags to the destination URLs and read them in the destination's own analytics; see UTM parameters explained.
Where it falls short
- No per-link click stats. Page visits by source only, as above.
- No embedded posts or players. With no scripts on the page, social embeds and music players don't run. Link to them.
- No built-in shop. A "buy" link should point to a payment link from your own provider, such as Stripe Payment Links or Gumroad.
- Free sites show a badge. A small "Made with Anticode" mark appears until you're on a paid plan.
Questions people ask
Can I move from a shared link-in-bio service?
Yes. List your current links in the request, publish the new page, then replace the link in each profile. Keep the old profile up for a while with a pointer to the new address. The guide to moving from Linktree covers the order of steps.
Can the page be part of a bigger site?
Yes. It can live on a subdomain beside your main site, or be one page of a multi-page site. Many people start with the bio page and grow it into a personal website.
Does it work in Instagram's and TikTok's in-app browsers?
It's a plain HTML page with no scripts, so it renders the same in in-app browsers as anywhere else.