LinkMax User Documentation & Operations Guide
Complete reference for configuring sub-30ms global edge short links, multi-creator attribution analytics, custom brand CNAME domains, and prepaid click quotas.
Quick Start & Mandatory Email Verification Gate
LinkMax is a zero-maintenance edge redirect and marketing attribution SaaS built on a high-concurrency global edge network and real-time streaming analytics warehouse. Every new merchant account begins with the permanent Free Developer Tier (1,000 tracked redirects per 30-day cycle and up to 5 active monitored short links, with no credit card required).
To protect global domain reputation and prevent automated bot abuse, LinkMax enforces a strict Email Verification Gate. When registering with an email and password at /register, an activation link is dispatched immediately and unverified sessions are blocked until verification is complete.
- Google OAuth Instant Activation: Signing up via Google OAuth automatically satisfies email verification and provisions your workspace immediately.
- Email Verification Cooldown: Verification emails have a 60-second cooldown and a limit of 3 resend attempts per 15-minute window. Check your spam folder if the message does not arrive within 1 minute.
- Multi-Tenant Workspace Isolation: Your unique merchant account UID serves as your dedicated tenant identifier, strictly isolating all links, custom domains, and real-time telemetry logs.
Creating Edge Short Links & Vector QR Codes
Navigate to Dashboard -> Short Links (/dashboard/links) and click "Create Short Link". You can point dozens or hundreds of distinct short links to the exact same destination URL (e.g., a Shopify product page, Amazon listing, or SaaS signup page) to measure each creator, social post, or newsletter placement independently.
Upon creation, LinkMax validates the destination URL through our dual-layer security scanner, writes the metadata to encrypted cloud database clusters, generates a high-resolution vector SVG/PNG QR code, and synchronizes the routing rule to 300+ edge nodes worldwide.
- Custom or Auto-Generated Slugs: Specify a memorable campaign slug (e.g., /s/creator-alex) or let the system generate a collision-free short code.
- Instant Status Toggle (Active / Paused): Switching a link to Paused immediately updates Cloudflare KV at the edge. Subsequent clicks return a clean 403 paused notice without billing your click quota.
- Offline-to-Online QR Codes: Download vector SVG or high-DPI PNG QR codes for trade show booths, product packaging, and pop-up retail displays.
Real-Time Streaming Attribution & Single-Link Telemetry
Whenever a visitor clicks your short link, the nearest edge node issues an instant HTTP 302 redirect (<30ms) while asynchronously streaming anonymized click telemetry into our real-time partitioned analytics data warehouse.
The Overview Dashboard (/dashboard) aggregates total clicks (PV), unique visitors (UV), active link counts, 7-day engagement trends, top countries/cities, referrer channels, and device/OS breakdowns. Clicking any individual link opens the 14-day granular single-link telemetry view (/dashboard/links/[id]).
- 100% Cookieless UV Calculation: Unique visitors are calculated using a non-reversible daily salted SHA-256 hash of the visitor IP and User-Agent—no cookies or tracking pixels are ever placed on buyer devices.
- Instant Snapshot Caching & Manual Refresh: To deliver 0ms page transitions across dashboard tabs, the UI caches analytics snapshots for 15 minutes in local storage. Press F5 or click the Refresh button in the top-right corner to bypass the 60-second server micro-cache (?force=true) and pull live streaming analytics records.
Binding Custom Brand Subdomains & Automated SSL
Paid tier merchants can bind custom branded subdomains (such as link.yourbrand.com or go.yourstore.io) under Dashboard -> Custom Domains (/dashboard/domains) to maximize click-through trust on social platforms.
- Step 1: Add your subdomain in the Custom Domains console.
- Step 2: In your DNS provider (Cloudflare, Route53, Namecheap, GoDaddy), create a CNAME record pointing your subdomain to our edge redirect gateway.
- Step 3: Click "Verify Domain" in the console. Once DNS propagation completes, SSL/TLS certificates are provisioned automatically.
Type: CNAME
Host: link.yourbrand.com
Value: linkmax-edge-redirect.linkmax-edge.workers.dev
TTL: Auto / 300s (DNS Only / Grey Cloud recommended during verification)Subscription Tiers, Prepaid Click Packs & Quota Circuit Breaker
LinkMax uses a transparent "Monthly Fixed Quota + Non-Expiring Prepaid Click Packs" billing model powered by Dodo Payments (our official Merchant of Record). Full interactive pricing tables and a prepaid pack calculator are available on our dedicated Pricing Page (/pricing). We never charge surprise post-paid overage bills.
Quarterly and Annual subscriptions receive 20% and 30% discounts respectively, while their included monthly fixed click allowance resets automatically every 30 days.
- Free Developer Tier ($0): 1,000 fixed redirects / 30 days, up to 5 active short links.
- Lite Tier ($5/mo, $12/quarter, $42/year): 10,000 fixed redirects / 30 days, 50–100 active short links. Prepaid Click Packs at $1.00/10k (monthly/quarterly, min 5 units = $5.00) or $0.90/10k (annual, min 6 units = $5.40).
- Plus Tier ($10/mo, $24/quarter, $84/year): 24,000 fixed redirects / 30 days, 100–200 active short links. Prepaid Click Packs at $0.70/10k (monthly/quarterly, min 8 units = $5.60) or $0.60/10k (annual, min 9 units = $5.40).
- Deduction Priority: Clicks always consume your 30-day fixed plan quota first. Once the fixed quota is reached, clicks seamlessly deduct from your Prepaid Click Pack balance (which never expires across billing cycles).
- Quota Exhaustion & Instant Recovery: If both your monthly fixed quota and prepaid balance reach 0, edge links enter a 403 Quota Exceeded pause state. Purchasing a Prepaid Click Pack or upgrading your plan restores global edge redirection within seconds.
Because LinkMax halts redirects automatically when both fixed and prepaid balances reach zero, you will never incur unexpected post-paid usage debt from bot traffic spikes.
Developer Settings & Support Channels
In Dashboard -> Settings (/dashboard/settings), developers can inspect service health across edge routing, database clusters, and streaming analytics pipelines, or copy cURL commands for authorized telemetry testing.
For technical assistance, custom enterprise volume inquiries, or account support, contact us anytime at douglasdouglasskikcn@outlook.com.
Compliance & Merchant Support
Need help with billing, GDPR/CCPA requests, or reporting link abuse? Reach our compliance team directly.