Does the BeginThings bio link builder really take no commission?

Correct. It is a free tool that builds a page of your links. It does not process your payments and it does not take a cut of anything you sell, because it never sits between you and your customer.

Does my page show a BeginThings logo?

No forced branding. The page is about your name and your links, not ours. That is one of the main reasons to use it over a free tier that stamps its own badge on your page.

Do I need to create an account?

No. You build the page in your browser and get a link to share. There is no signup wall to get started.

How do I actually sell through it?

Add a payment link or a WhatsApp chat link to your bio page. The customer taps it and pays or messages you directly, with no platform taking a percentage of the sale.

Is Linktree ever worth paying for?

If you need advanced analytics, link scheduling or native social automations, a paid Linktree plan handles those. But if you mainly need a clean, on-brand page of links and want to keep 100% of your sales, a free builder is the better fit.

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Linktree takes 12% of every sale. Here is a free link-in-bio with no cut.

By Sourav Mahapatra · 2 July 2026 · 6 min read

You have one link. It sits in your Instagram bio, your TikTok profile, your YouTube about page, and it has to do the job of an entire website. So you send people to a link-in-bio page. Fair enough. The problem is what the most popular option quietly costs you.

The part of Linktree nobody mentions until it hurts

Linktree is genuinely popular, and the free plan looks generous. But read the fine print, because two things on it are easy to miss:

It takes a 12% commission on every sale you make through your bio link on the free plan. Not 12% of profit. 12% of the whole transaction. Sell a 1,000 rupee product and roughly 120 rupees disappears before you see a paisa. To cut that fee you upgrade to a paid plan; to remove it entirely you pay for the top tier at about 35 US dollars a month.
Your page wears their brand, not yours. The free plan stamps a "Made with Linktree" badge on your page that you cannot remove without the Pro plan (about 15 US dollars a month), and you cannot put your own domain on it below Pro either.

So the "free" link-in-bio is free until you actually succeed with it. The moment you sell something, it starts taking a cut. That is a strange thing to accept for a page that is, at its heart, just a list of links.

A link-in-bio page is a list of links. You should not pay a commission on your own sales to host a list of links.

What you actually need

Strip away the upsells and a bio link page needs to do three things: show your links clearly, look like you, and get out of the way. That is a solved problem, and it does not require a subscription or a revenue share.

Build a free link-in-bio page, keep 100% of your sales

The BeginThings bio link builder makes a clean, mobile-friendly page of all your links, with your name and your look, not a stranger's badge. It is free, there is no commission on anything you sell, and there is no account to create. Build it, copy the link, paste it in your bio.

Build your free bio link page →

No sign-up. No watermark. Runs in your browser, so nothing you type is uploaded to a server.

How to set yours up in five minutes

List the links that matter: your shop, your latest video, your newsletter, your WhatsApp. Lead with the one you most want tapped.
Add your name and a one-line description so a first-time visitor knows who you are in a glance.
Selling something? Pair the page with a payment link or a WhatsApp chat link so people can buy or ask in one tap, with no middleman taking a slice.
Copy your finished link into every bio you have. One link, everywhere.

When Linktree is still the right call

To be fair: if you want deep built-in analytics, scheduled links and native Instagram automations, a paid Linktree plan does those well. This is not a case that Linktree is bad. It is a case that a creator or small seller who just needs a clean page of links, and wants to keep every rupee they earn, should not be paying a commission for it. Most people are in that second group.

Your bio link is often the only doorway to everything you do. It should carry your name, cost you nothing, and take nothing from your sales. That is the whole pitch, and it is free to try right now.

FAQ

Does the BeginThings bio link builder really take no commission?: Correct. It is a free tool that builds a page of your links. It does not process your payments and it does not take a cut of anything you sell, because it never sits between you and your customer.
Does my page show a BeginThings logo?: No forced branding. The page is about your name and your links, not ours. That is one of the main reasons to use it over a free tier that stamps its own badge on your page.
Do I need to create an account?: No. You build the page in your browser and get a link to share. There is no signup wall to get started.
How do I actually sell through it?: Add a payment link or a WhatsApp chat link to your bio page. The customer taps it and pays or messages you directly, with no platform taking a percentage of the sale.
Is Linktree ever worth paying for?: If you need advanced analytics, link scheduling or native social automations, a paid Linktree plan handles those. But if you mainly need a clean, on-brand page of links and want to keep 100% of your sales, a free builder is the better fit.

Written by Sourav Mahapatra, who builds BeginThings: free browser tools and BeginRooms, a 3D workspace you can walk through. Take the 30-second tour or start a free 15-day trial, no card needed.