1. Make an account
Sign up at https://www.linkio.com/signup and confirm your email address.
An agent can make the account without a browser: Sign up as an agent. An account made that way is on self-serve billing at once.
2. Switch the account to self-serve
An account made in the browser starts on the managed plan. Switch it before you add money:
- Open the menu under your name at the top right. Find Your Mode.
- Select Self-Serve. In the Switch Mode? dialog, select Switch.
The menu does not show the mode choice when the account has a subscription, a paid order or credits. An agent
reads the mode with account_billing_mode and switches with account_billing_mode and mode: self_serve.
Moving back to the managed plan is done by Linkio's team.
3. Add your brand and its pages
A brand is the website that gets the links. Its target pages are the pages on your site that the links point to.
- Open https://www.linkio.com/clients/new (Add Your Brand).
- Type the website and the pages that you want links to.
With an agent: client_create adds the brand (name, website, and optionally the first target pages).
target_pages_add adds more pages. By default it also writes keywords and a description for each new page.
That step is paid: it holds the target_page_ai estimate for each page, and the answer says whether it
started. Pass autoGenerate: false to add the pages only.
4. Choose how Linkio's fees are paid
Linkio's fees are separate from what you pay the publisher. Use one or more of these:
- Your own provider keys at https://www.linkio.com/account/ai-keys. The provider bills you at cost and Linkio charges only its fee.
- Money on the account at https://www.linkio.com/shop.
- A card at https://www.linkio.com/billing.
With an agent: usage_receipt says whether paid work can start. The person adds the keys, the money or the card,
not the agent.
Details, the free start and the spending limits: Who you pay, and for what.
5. A key for your agent (optional)
Make a key at https://www.linkio.com/account/api-keys. Use the Automation level for an agent that orders, sends and records payments. A Reporting or Read only key can only read. Then Connect an agent.