You don't own your Linktree. You don't own your Instagram bio link. Both sit on someone else's domain, on someone else's terms. For less than the price of a year of Linktree's paid plan, you can own yourname.com outright — registered in your name, with a simple link page already built on it.
One time, not a subscription · live in 24–48 hours · you keep the domain forever
This isn't a website pitch. It's cheap digital real estate, handled for you, before you need it.
Names get taken. Every day someone doesn't buy their own name as a domain is a day a squatter, a stranger with the same name, or a competitor can. Buying it back later costs far more than registering it now — if it's even for sale.
Platforms are rented land. A link-in-bio on Instagram, TikTok, or Linktree lives on someone else's domain and someone else's terms. Your own domain is the one address that survives a platform ban, an algorithm change, or a company shutting down.
The moment always arrives late. People want a personal domain exactly when they're job-hunting, launching something, or mid-negotiation on a deal — right when the name might already be taken, or a panic-registration gets zero design thought. Buying it now removes the scramble entirely.
The honest version: DIY is cheaper if you already know how to register a domain, point DNS, and build a page. This is for everyone else.
| Linktree (custom domain) | Carrd (custom domain) | DIY yourself | Kairus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domain included | No — buy separately | No — buy separately | You buy it | Yes, done for you |
| Ongoing cost | ~$10/mo + domain | ~$19/yr + domain | ~$15–18/yr renewal | ~$15–18/yr renewal, opt-in |
| Setup effort | DNS + dashboard | DNS + build it yourself | All of it, yourself | Zero — we do it |
| First-year cost | ~$135 | ~$35 | ~$15 + your time | $79 flat |
| Who owns the domain | You, if you remembered | You, if you remembered | You | You — explicitly, provably |
Pricing checked July 2026. Linktree's free plan has no custom-domain support — that unlocks on the ~$10/mo Pro tier, and Linktree still doesn't sell you the domain itself. Carrd's Pro Standard at $19/yr adds custom-domain support, again with the domain bought elsewhere.
Tell us who you are and what you want your page to say. We'll check the domain, confirm by email, and send the $79 payment link to lock it in.