ChristopherRobin

Verified purchaser

Deals bought: 276Member since: May 2019
3 stars
3 stars
Jul 14, 2021

The Joy of Links

I really like LinkJoy, it's a bag of potential that's not quite there yet. A bit like a baby deer when it tries walking for the first few times 🦌

After 5 minutes, I was able to build a bio-link. It comes with templates and some of them are good starting points. The platform is easy to use.

The design options are disappointingly limited but the deal is a bargain. Without full control of colours, it's very unlikely I'd use this for anything so that really needs to be dealt with.

In fact, I'm surprised how many deals for marketing tools appear without that functionality given how fundamental it is to BRANDS, you know, those things that we're marketing? I don't just want blue, I want my shades of blue that have been carefully matched to the other colours in my brand palette.

If you're a brand that doesn't mind not using your brand's colours, I'm not sure you're actually a brand and are probably just confused. Brand isn't something I'd ever compromise on and with any marketing tools, like this, I'd expect that to be a priority.

Pros:

🌮 From the trusty folk behind ClientJoy who are a good team!
🌮 It's a hella deal for unlimited biolinks.
🌮 Loads of templates to base your biolink on.
🌮 Adding and removing blocks is easy enough but if you change your text to white, you can't see the text you've inputted 🤣 I thought I was losing my mind.
🌮 Retargeting functionality is pretty cool and a welcome addition.
🌮 CNAMES for each biolink 🔥

Cons / Improvements:
🤷🏼‍♂️ I couldn't really see any integrations, you can input snippets and tracking codes which is great and all but I have all these other tools for good reason....
🤷🏼‍♂️ If you upload a picture with the wrong dimensions it squishes it so for a moment I was looking wonkier than usual. I'd prefer to be able to crop it to the proportions required, inside the tool.
🤷🏼‍♂️ You can only select certain colours(10 background colours 🙀), you can't input hex codes or whatever so it's impossible to stay on brand. This could be a deal-breaker for me if it isn't dealt with in the near future.
🤷🏼‍♂️ UI needs some work. You select a template and it's fiddly to change the existing blocks. Maybe I'm spoiled and expect to be able to edit upon clicking?

It feels like very early days for LinkJoy and I totally understand, this isn't intended as an edge-lord review.

3 tacos
If LinkJoy matures, with a little time and care, this could be massive for agencies, especially as it's such a generous deal with ambitious goals.

However, if the colour options aren't updated, I'll have to refund all codes as it makes me look like a bit of clown trying to persuade clients that my choice of green is better than the one in their brand guidelines that cost them £2,000 🤣

If the colour options are updated, I'd update this review to 5 tacos but that's a MAJOR oversight that I can't forgive in any marketing tool.

If verified purchaser goes, I'll have refunded, keep your hair on Billy 🙄

Founder Team
Yash_Linkjoy

Yash_Linkjoy

May 9, 2024

Hi Christopher,

Thank you for this detailed review! However, there seems to be a misunderstand. I think while creating a link in bio, you just checked out themes (which are 8 and more are coming soon)

However, we have a module called Background in the same tab - that will allow you to put in your custom hex code.

Here's a screenshot for your reference - https://clientjoy-my.sharepoint.com/:i:/g/personal/yash_clientjoy_io/EbxGb0mYt2FMgDblSd0VbsAB-1c3jNbWJ81B8PVRwPwF9g?e=tcsBYS

I hope this changes things. Or have I misunderstood? Please let me know.

About integrations, we have Zapier coming out really soon!

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