A bio.link alternative built for makers

What bio.link does well

bio.link is a straightforward link-in-bio tool with a free plan. You get a clean page of links quickly, without learning a complicated editor. For many people that is all a bio link needs to be, and it does that job well.

If your bio link mostly points to social profiles and content, a simple link list like bio.link is a sensible choice.

It is also a reasonable starting point if you are not sure yet what your page needs. A simple page that exists beats a perfect one you never finish.

Just as simple, more useful for makers

makerhandle keeps the same quick setup, about two minutes, but organises the page around projects instead of links. Each project gets a name, description, link, tags, a status (Active, Building, Acquired, On hold, Discontinued) and a screenshot.

Then you pick one of seven templates (Stack, Showcase, Bento, Minimal, Spotlight, Terminal or Studio). They are designed so you cannot break them, and they make a set of side projects look like a portfolio. For ideas on what to include, read link in bio for founders.

Revenue you can prove

Most link-in-bio tools have no way to show that your product is real. makerhandle connects to Stripe with a read-only restricted key or to Shopify with a read-only app, then shows your revenue with a check mark and a history chart. You can list verified projects on the public leaderboard or keep revenue off entirely.

Keys are checked before saving, encrypted at rest and never shown again. See verified revenue.

Manual figures are possible too, shown without the check. Verified revenue works on the free plan too.

Private analytics and subscribers

makerhandle analytics use no cookies and store no IP addresses, yet show visitors, pageviews, bounce rate, visit duration, sources and UTM campaigns, locations, devices, browsers, project clicks, realtime visitors and a comparison with the previous period. You can export CSV or publish an optional public stats page.

Want to build an audience? Add a subscribe box with double opt-in and CSV export, or a button to your newsletter. Free covers 100 subscribers; Pro is unlimited.

Everything starts working the moment your page is live.

Pricing and choosing

makerhandle is free forever for five projects, three templates and seven days of analytics. Pro is $20 a year for unlimited projects, all templates and the theme builder, a custom domain with automatic SSL, a year of analytics and no badge.

Stick with bio.link if you want a plain list of links. Choose makerhandle if you want your projects, their status and their revenue on one page that looks good with no design work. See pricing.

You can start free and upgrade only if you outgrow it.