LinkTrackr review: Web-based link cloaking, ad and conversion tracking for affiliate marketers

What LinkTrackr does

LinkTrackr is a hosted web application for people who promote affiliate offers and run paid campaigns. It shortens and cloaks links, then follows clicks through to sales and leads so you can see where conversions originate. Tracking links can be rotated or split tested across landing pages and offers, redirected by geo, click limits or expiration dates, and branded with your own domain through CNAME mapping.

For affiliate work, it uses Sub ID tracking with networks such as ClickBank, JVZoo, Commission Junction and Shareasale. You can import commission reports from CSV files, or set up pixel and postback tracking so sales appear automatically. For paid ads, it tracks campaigns and keywords, and reports cover cost, profitability and ROI. Cookie length, session settings and bot filtering can be adjusted.

There are four paid plans: Basic, Pro, Hyper and Extreme. They differ in tracking links and monthly clicks, from 100 links and 10,000 clicks on Basic to 5,000 links and 500,000 clicks on Extreme. Basic uses default domains, while the other plans allow your own. Split testing and the rotator are listed from Hyper upward. The pricing page shows each plan with two prices; yearly billing is the lower one. Basic is $17 per month billed monthly or $7 per month billed yearly. No free plan or free trial is shown. The vendor does state a 30-day risk-free guarantee with a full refund, and payment is by PayPal only.

• Split testing and URL rotator
• Redirects by geo, click limits and expiry
• Retargeting codes on cloaked links
• Pixel and postback tracking
• CSV import of affiliate commission reports
• PPC and keyword-level conversion tracking
• ROI and profitability reports
• Custom domain mapping via CNAME
• Adjustable cookie, session and bot filtering rules

Our take

LinkTrackr suits affiliate marketers and media buyers who want cloaked links, conversion tracking and ROI reports in a hosted tool, with no software to install. The plan ladder is clear: pick a tier by tracking links and monthly clicks, and move up or down later. It is a weaker fit if you want a free plan or free trial, since neither is shown, or if you cannot pay through PayPal, the only method stated. The 30-day refund guarantee lowers the risk of trying it, but you pay first. Basic also lacks custom domains, and split testing is not listed there. Traffic from autosurf, PPV or adult sources is not allowed. Teams needing an API or apps beyond the web are not covered by anything on the official pages reviewed.