Fair questions.
Some from creators, some from fans who clicked a link and got curious. Both kinds answered straight.
I clicked someone's goto-site.link and went straight to a store / video / ticket page. Where was their profile?
There isn't one — on purpose. gotosite is the opposite of a link-in-bio menu: a creator's link goes directly to the one thing they're promoting right now. The hop through our domain is instant and your address bar shows the real destination the moment you land. If the creator is pushing their merch drop this week, their link is the merch drop this week.
If a link sent you somewhere that seems like a scam or worse, email the exact link to abuse@goto-site.link — we review reports and shut off links that break the rules.
So it's a URL shortener?
It rhymes with one, but no. A shortener gives you a new random link per URL, forever accumulating. gotosite gives you one stable, named link whose destination you change — the point isn't shortness, it's that everything you've ever posted keeps pointing at your current priority. One address, re-aimed; not a thousand addresses, abandoned.
How do I know where a link goes before clicking?
Honestly: you don't, any more than with any short link — the trade-off of a stable address is that the destination lives behind it. What we control, we keep clean: one instant hop, no interstitial pages, no bait previews, and the true destination in your address bar immediately. Once you land, the normal rule applies anywhere on the internet: make sure the site is what it claims before you type anything into it.
What happens to my old posts when I re-aim my link?
They get better. Every old caption, description, and pinned comment carrying your link instantly points at the new destination. That's the core trick: your back catalog becomes a promotion machine for whatever you're doing now, with zero editing.
What if I'm promoting two things at once?
First, a gentle challenge: are you? Split attention converts worse everywhere, which is half the reason this product exists. But when it's real — merch and a tour — paid plans include extra links (/yourname-merch, /yourname-live), each aimed independently. The main link still deserves your one headline thing.
What gets counted when someone clicks?
A tally: which link, what day, roughly which country, phone or computer. No cookies on the way through, no tracking your fans across the internet, no profiles, nothing sold. The privacy page fits on one screen and we intend to keep it that way.
Do links ever stop working?
Not by surprise. Your link works as long as your account exists, and if you cancel, it holds at your home base for another 30 days so your old posts don't break overnight. Active handles are never reassigned to someone else.
Can I use my own domain?
No — and for this product it would miss the point a little: the value is one short, stable, sayable address, and ours is already that. Custom domains are a maybe-someday for Crew plans if enough people genuinely need it.
Why invite-only?
Two reasons. Handles are a small permanent namespace, and we'd rather the good ones go to people who'll use them than to squatters on day one. And we're a tiny team: growing in batches means the service stays fast and the support stays human. Request an invite with a line about what you make — replies take a couple of days.
How do I report a link?
Email the full link — including the part after the slash — to abuse@goto-site.link, plus where it took you if you caught it. Links aimed at scams, malware, or anything illegal get shut off, and repeat offenders lose their accounts.