YouTube link shortener with click tracking.
Turn a long youtube.com/watch?v=... URL into a short link you can say out loud, put on a thumbnail, or drop into your video description. Track the clicks and update where it points anytime — without changing the link.
Why shorten a YouTube link?
The raw URL works. It just reads like noise and tells you nothing afterwards.
Shorter than youtu.be, and readable
YouTube's own youtu.be link swaps the domain but keeps the random video ID. A linx.ly link can read linx.ly/video12 instead.
Know which video sent the click
Put the same product link in ten descriptions and YouTube Analytics will not tell you which upload drove the visit. One short link per video splits the report into clean rows.
Change where it goes, later
Sponsor page moved? Update the destination once and every description already carrying that link points somewhere new.
Short enough to say on camera
Viewers can type linx.ly/video12 from memory after hearing it once. Nobody repeats a 90-character URL full of tracking parameters.
Where the link goes on YouTube
Every slot YouTube gives you for a link, and what a short one does differently in each.
Video description
The main slot. Affiliate, product, and course links live here and usually run past 80 characters.
Pinned comment
The link viewers see without expanding the description. Short reads better in a narrow comment box.
Community posts
Announcements and drops that point off YouTube. Tag each post separately and see which one converted.
Channel links
The handful of links under your banner. Short ones fit the display limit without truncating.
Shorts descriptions
Space is tighter than on long-form. A short link leaves room for the caption itself.
Spoken in the video
Say linx.ly/video12 on camera and it is typeable from audio alone, with no description tap needed.
What you learn after the click
Every shortened YouTube link reports back. Not just how many taps, but who, where, and on what.
Built for links that sit in video descriptions
Descriptions are hard to edit at scale and impossible to measure. These fix both.
Name it yourself
Pick the back-half: linx.ly/video12, linx.ly/kit, linx.ly/sponsor. Readable on screen and in audio.
Editable destination
Point an old video's link somewhere new without opening the description of every upload.
UTM per video
Tag each link with utm_content=review or utm_content=tutorial, then read the report split by video.
QR code included
Every link generates a QR code automatically, ready for end screens, thumbnails, and print.
Expiring links
Set a sponsor or launch link to stop on a date instead of leaving a dead page in a two-year-old description.
Time-based redirection
Point the same link at different pages by time of day — your store during the day, a signup form overnight.
How to shorten a YouTube link
Four steps from a long watch URL to a link that reports back.
Copy the YouTube URL
Grab it from the address bar or the Share button. Any link you plan to put in a description works too.
Pick the back-half
Name it after the video: linx.ly/video12. Add UTM tags here if you want the report split per upload.
Put it where viewers see it
Description, pinned comment, community post, channel links, or spoken on camera.
Read the report
Clicks over time, countries, devices, referrers, and QR scans, per link.