Click Notifications

Click notifications let you receive an email or browser push notification whenever one of your links is clicked. You can choose exactly which workspace members should be notified for each link.

Key features

• Per-link configuration - Enable notifications on the links that matter to you
• Choose recipients - Select which workspace members receive notifications for each link
• Email and push notifications - Get notified by email and optionally via browser push notifications on your desktop or mobile device
• Slack notifications — Post click notifications to a Slack channel by connecting the Linkly Slack app and running /linkly notify in your channel
• Automatic debouncing - At most one notification per link every 15 minutes, so you won't be overwhelmed by high-traffic links
• Bot filtering - Only real human clicks trigger notifications. Bot and crawler clicks are excluded
• One-click unsubscribe - Every notification email includes an unsubscribe link to stop notifications for that link

Browser push notifications

In addition to email, you can receive instant browser push notifications when your links are clicked. Push notifications appear on your desktop or mobile device even when Linkly isn't open.

Enabling push notifications

1. 1
   Go to Account Settings (under the Account tab)
2. 2
   In the Browser Notifications section, toggle the switch to enable push notifications for that browser
3. 3
   When prompted by your browser, click Allow

Once enabled, any link with click notifications turned on will also send push notifications to your device. You can enable push notifications on multiple browsers and devices — each one will receive notifications independently.

Clicking a push notification takes you directly to the traffic report for the link that was clicked.

Troubleshooting push notifications

If you're not receiving push notifications:

• Make sure Focus mode or Do Not Disturb is turned off on your device
• Check that notifications are allowed for your browser in your device's notification settings
• Try the Test button next to the toggle in Account Settings to verify delivery
• If you recently changed browsers or cleared site data, you may need to toggle push off and back on to re-subscribe

Slack notifications

You can also receive click notifications in Slack. When the Linkly Slack app is connected to your workspace, enable Send to Slack on any link to post a notification to your configured channel.

Setting up Slack notifications

1. 1
   Install the Linkly Slack app — click Add to Slack in the Slack integration page or from the Click Notifications section on any link.
2. 2
   In Slack, go to the channel where you want to receive notifications and run /linkly notify.
3. 3
   Back in Linkly, edit a link and toggle Send to Slack on in the Click Notifications section.

Notifications include the link name, short URL, country, browser, and a direct link to the analytics for that link.

Slack notifications use the same 15-minute debouncing as email: at most one notification per link per 15 minutes.

What's in the notification email?

Each notification email includes:

• Link name - The nickname of the link that was clicked
• Destination - Where the visitor was redirected to
• Country - The country the click came from
• Browser - The browser used (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc.)
• Platform - The device platform (desktop, iOS, Android, etc.)
• View Analytics button - Quick link to your workspace dashboard

How debouncing works

To prevent you being flooded when a popular link gets many clicks, Linkly sends at most one notification per link every 15 minutes. This applies to both email and push notifications.

For example, if your link receives 50 clicks in 10 minutes, you'll receive one email for the first click. After 15 minutes have passed, the next click will trigger another notification.

Debouncing is per-link, not per-workspace. If you have notifications enabled on three different links, each link has its own 15-minute window.

Unsubscribing

There are two ways to stop receiving click notifications for a link:

1. 1

   From the email - Click the "Unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any notification email. This instantly removes you from that link's notifications without needing to log in.

2. 2

   From the link settings - Edit the link, scroll to the Notifications section, and toggle your switch off.

Email clients that support RFC 8058 (such as Gmail and Apple Mail) will also show a one-click unsubscribe button at the top of the email.

API access

You can configure click notifications via the API by including the notify_user_ids field when creating or updating a link:

{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "name": "My Link",
  "notify_user_ids": [123, 456]
}

The notify_user_ids field accepts an array of user IDs. You can find user IDs via the workspace users API endpoint (GET /api/v1/workspace/:workspace_id/users).

Set notify_user_ids to an empty array [] to disable notifications.

Set notify_slack: true to enable Slack notifications for a link (requires the Linkly Slack app to be installed and a channel configured via /linkly notify). Set notify_slack: false to disable.