How to create a link-in-bio page

Seven steps, about ten minutes. The first six are the same whichever tool you use; where something is specific to eltree, it says so.

If you have not picked a tool yet, there is an honest comparison of every major option at eltree.app/alternatives, including the cases where something other than eltree is the right choice.

1. 1

   Decide what the page is for

   Before touching a tool, write down the three to five things you want a visitor to be able to do. That list is the page. Most bio pages fail because they were built as an inventory of everywhere the owner has an account, rather than as a route to a handful of outcomes. If you cannot name the top item, the page has no priority and neither will your visitors.

2. 2

   Pick a tool and claim your username

   Your username becomes part of the URL, so pick the one that matches your handle elsewhere — consistency across platforms is worth more than cleverness. On eltree, signing up and claiming eltree.app/yourname takes under a minute and costs nothing. If you need a custom domain, choose a tool that supports one before you start; eltree does not.

3. 3

   Add your links

   Paste the destination URLs in priority order, most important first. On eltree, pasting a URL pulls in the thumbnail, title and platform icon automatically, so a YouTube video arrives with its thumbnail and a Spotify release with its cover art. Where a link has no usable thumbnail, upload your own image — a tile with a real image will always beat a tile with a text label.

4. 4

   Write a bio that answers the obvious question

   One or two lines saying what you do and, if it applies, your current status — commissions open, tour dates live, accepting bookings. This is the text search engines and AI assistants read when they describe your page, so plain words beat clever ones. It is also the first thing a stranger reads, and they are deciding in about two seconds whether to keep looking.

5. 5

   Style it so it matches where people came from

   A visitor arriving from your Instagram grid should recognise the page as yours. Pick a theme, set your colours to match your usual palette, and choose a font that fits. On eltree all six themes, 30+ fonts and full custom colours are free — this is the step most tools charge for, and it is the step that makes the page feel like yours rather than like a form.

6. 6

   Publish and add the URL to every platform

   Publish, then put the URL in your Instagram bio link field (Edit Profile → Links), your TikTok profile Website field, your X website field, your YouTube channel links and your video descriptions. One URL everywhere means one page to maintain. Test it on a phone — that is where nearly everyone will see it.

7. 7

   Reorder it when things change

   This is the step everyone skips and it is where most of the value is. When a video takes off, move what it references to the top. When a campaign ends, take it down. Thirty seconds, roughly weekly. A page that has not changed in six months is answering a question nobody is currently asking.