The best Linkly alternative for YouTube creators
Linkly is built for affiliate marketers tracking offers across many channels. GoloLink is built for YouTube creators who want to know exactly which video is driving their clicks.
Link tracking and cloaking for affiliate marketers
Linkly is a link tracking and cloaking tool popular in affiliate marketing, offering deep linking, split-path redirects, and retargeting pixel support.
GoloLink vs. Linkly, at a glance
The full breakdown is further down the page.
| Feature | Linkly | GoloLink |
|---|---|---|
| Per-video click attribution | ||
| Custom short domain | ||
| Retargeting pixels | ||
| Deep linking |
What Linkly does well
Linkly's strengths
- Deep linking into destination apps and sites
- Retargeting pixel support
- Link cloaking and branded domains, popular with affiliate marketers
- Conversion tracking features geared toward affiliate offers
Where GoloLink goes further
- No per-video attribution - clicks are tracked per link rather than tied to which YouTube upload sent them
- Built around general affiliate-offer tracking rather than a YouTube-specific workflow
GoloLink vs Linkly
| Feature | Linkly | GoloLink |
|---|---|---|
| Custom short domain | ||
| Retargeting pixels | ||
| Deep linking | ||
| API access | ||
| Per-video click attribution | ||
| Built for YouTube description links | ||
| Dead-link monitoring |
Who Linkly is still a good fit for
If you mainly need deep linking into destination apps and sites, Linkly may be the better fit. If you want to know exactly which video is driving clicks, GoloLink is purpose-built for that.
Who should choose GoloLink?
YouTubers
See which upload actually drives clicks, not just which one got the most views.
Affiliate marketers
Know which specific video sends affiliate clicks instead of one blended total.
Review channels
Compare click performance across every product review you've published.
Tech creators
Track gear and software links across dozens of videos without losing which one converts.
Finance creators
Attribute every tool or offer link back to the exact video that sent the click.
Course creators
See which lesson or promo video actually drives enrollments, not just watch time.
Agencies
Report per-video performance to clients instead of a single link's total click count.
Switching from Linkly
Most creators are fully moved over in under an hour.
Export your Linkly links
Pull your existing link list (and click totals, if you want a baseline) from Linkly's dashboard or API.
Recreate them in GoloLink
Add each link and tag it to the specific video it appears under.
Swap the URLs in your descriptions
Update live and upcoming videos to point at your new GoloLink URLs.
Run both side by side for 2 weeks
Compare per-video click data before fully retiring Linkly.
Frequently asked questions
No - Linkly's tracking is organized around the link and the offer it points to, not the video it was shared in. If the same affiliate link appears in several videos, Linkly won't split those clicks out by upload. GoloLink ties every link to its video from the start.
Feature details reviewed manually and kept current as best we can - check Linkly's own site for their current pricing.
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