Link in Bio: How to Set Up One Page for All Your Links

Your profile gives you room for very few links. A link-in-bio page turns that small slot into a menu of everything you do.

MiniSnip Team6 min read
In this article
  1. What to put on your page
  2. Write buttons people want to tap
  3. Set up a link-in-bio page with MiniSnip
  4. See which buttons get tapped
  5. Add a WhatsApp button
  6. Keep it fresh
  7. Use your own domain

Social profiles give you very little room for links, and the one slot you have keeps needing to change: today's product, this week's video, the form for next month's event. A link-in-bio page solves this. You put one link in your profile, and it opens a simple page with buttons to everything you want people to find.

What to put on your page

Order matters. Most visitors tap one of the first few buttons, so rank them by what matters most to you right now.

  1. The current campaign. The sale, the launch, the new video.
  2. The evergreen essential. Your shop, booking page or WhatsApp chat.
  3. Proof. Reviews, a portfolio or a press feature.
  4. Ways to stay in touch. Newsletter sign-up and your other social profiles.

Keep it to five or six buttons. A long list makes every option harder to choose.

Write buttons people want to tap

Instead of Try
Website Shop the new collection
Link Book a free 15-minute call
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Contact Chat with us on WhatsApp

A button should say what happens when you tap it.

Link-in-bio is included in every MiniSnip plan, including Free.

  1. Create a free account and open Link-in-bio in the dashboard.
  2. Choose your handle. Your page lives at minisnip.com/u/yourname.
  3. Add a title, a short bio and an avatar image or emoji.
  4. Pick one of five themes: Midnight, Sunset, Forest, Paper or Ocean.
  5. Add your social profiles: Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube and your website appear as icons.
  6. Add your buttons, publish, and put the page link in your profiles.

The free plan holds up to 10 buttons; Pro holds 50.

See which buttons get tapped

A link-in-bio page that you can't measure is a guess. Every button on a MiniSnip page is tracked, so you can see which ones people actually use and reorder the page around them.

Two habits make the numbers more useful:

  • Use short links for the buttons themselves when they point to campaigns. Then the same link can live in your bio, your stories and your WhatsApp broadcasts, and each placement shows up separately with a ?src= tag.
  • Check after every campaign. If the top button gets fewer taps than the third one, swap them.

Social apps open links in their own in-app browsers and often hide where clicks came from. MiniSnip recognises those in-app browsers, so Instagram and TikTok traffic is labelled correctly instead of showing up as "direct". We explain how in how to track clicks from Instagram, WhatsApp and Telegram.

Add a WhatsApp button

For many small businesses, the most valuable button is a chat. Create a click-to-chat link with the free WhatsApp link generator, add a pre-filled message like "Hi, I saw your Instagram post", and put it near the top of your page.

Keep it fresh

  • Swap the first button when a campaign ends; old offers frustrate people.
  • Check the page on your phone after every change. That is where almost everyone sees it.
  • Remove buttons that nobody taps for a month.

Use your own domain

If you have your own domain, create a short link like go.yourbrand.com/links that points to your link-in-bio page and put that in your profiles. It looks more trustworthy, and if you ever move your page, you change one destination instead of every profile. Our guide to branded short links shows how.

Frequently asked questions

Is a link-in-bio page free?

Yes. MiniSnip includes a link-in-bio page on every plan. The free plan allows up to 10 buttons.

Can I see how many people tap each button?

Yes. Every button on a MiniSnip link-in-bio page is tracked, so you can compare buttons and reorder the page.

How many links should a bio page have?

Five or six is a good maximum. Put the most important one first, because most visitors tap one of the top buttons.

Can I add a WhatsApp chat button?

Yes. Make a wa.me link with a pre-filled message using the free WhatsApp link generator and add it as a button.