Your name
How to claim linkz.io/yourname, what names are allowed, and how to change it later.
Every plan (Pro)
Changing your name costs £5. Pro includes one free change a year.
Your name is the part after linkz.io/. It’s what people type, and what your codes point to.
- On the linkz.io home page, type the name you’d like in the box at the top and choose Claim your name.
- We check it as you type. If it’s free, carry on. If not, try another.
- Fill in Business or page name. This is the name shown at the top of your page, and it can be anything.
What’s allowed: lower-case letters, numbers and hyphens, from 3 to 30 characters, not starting or ending with a hyphen. Some names are kept back, such as names that sound like parts of linkz.io itself. Well-known names, such as big brands, can be claimed, but we check them by hand before the page goes live.
Pages don’t have to be for a business. Clubs, bands, makers or just you are all welcome.
Changing your name
- Open Settings and find Change your name.
- Type the new name under New name and choose Check name.
- If it’s free, we show what happens next. Choose Change to linkz.io/yourname, or Pay £5 and change if there’s a charge.
What it costs:
- £5 a change, paid once. Outside the UK it’s $6, €6, C$8, A$9 or NZ$10, depending on your page’s country.
- Pro and Team include one free change a year, once your plan is paid for (not during a free trial). The year runs from your last free change, not from January.
What happens to your old name: it sends people to your new one for twelve months. After that anyone can claim it. If you change again within that time, the name before goes straight away.
Your codes: printed codes follow your page, not your name, so there’s nothing to reprint.
Don’t see the button? We’re opening paid name changes to everyone in stages. If Settings asks you to write to us, email hello@linkz.io from the address on your account and we’ll sort it.
If it doesn’t work
- “That name’s taken.” Someone has it. Try a variation.
- “Sorry, that name isn’t available.” It’s kept back. Try another.
- “That looks like a well-known name, so we check these by hand.” Claim it and we’ll hold it for you while we check, then email you.
- “We’re all grown-ups here...” Our language filter caught it. If we’ve got it wrong, choose Let us know and we’ll look.
- “Names need a few more characters.” Names start at three characters.