A short link that reports 10,000 clicks tells you almost nothing: did anyone sign up, buy, or book? Revenue tracking closes that gap by attributing leads and sales back to the exact link — campaign, channel, influencer, or QR code — that drove them. This guide walks through the full setup on Slugy, from account to revenue report.
Why isn't click tracking enough?
Two links can each earn 1,000 clicks while driving wildly different revenue — one converts at 1%, the other at 5%. Click-only dashboards call them equal and your budget follows the wrong link. Revenue tracking adds the missing columns: conversions, conversion rate, and dollars per slug, so spend follows outcomes instead of traffic.
Setting up your Slugy account
- Create a free workspace — no credit card required.
- Connect a custom domain in Settings → Domains with the guided DNS setup, so links read as yourbrand.co/sale.
- Create one branded short link per campaign surface (ad, email, influencer, QR), and tag each with UTM source, medium, and campaign using the free UTM builder so GA4 and Slugy agree.
Enabling conversion tracking
Toggle Lead tracking on each link (Pro and up). From then on, clicks append slugy_id to your destination URL. Persist that id in a first-party cookie on your site, then POST it back from your server when the visitor converts. The complete code-level walkthrough is in how to track link conversions — every integration below builds on that same click id.
Integrating with your existing tools
Three connections cover most teams:
- Shopify (Growth) — a web pixel captures
slugy_click_idat checkout and posts the order to Slugy. Full steps in integrating Slugy with Shopify. - Zapier / Make — forward
lead.createdandsale.createdwebhooks to a catch hook and update your CRM, Sheets, or email flows. See the Zapier guide. - Slack — real-time lead and sale alerts plus a
/shortenslash command, covered in the integrations overview.
How do you read the revenue report?
Open Analytics in your workspace and switch the metric from Clicks to Leads or Sales. Filter by link, country, device, and time range. Compare dollars per link across influencers, ads, and emails; kill the spend that clicks but never converts. Route sale.created to Slack for instant visibility when big orders land.
Advanced features for power users
- Custom domains per workspace keep every surface on-brand.
- Link expiration and password protection time-box promos and gate drops.
- Geo targeting routes visitors to regional checkouts while attribution stays unified.
- QR codes on packaging and posters inherit the same tracking — shorten first, then generate the QR from the short link.
How much does revenue tracking cost?
Click analytics are free forever. Lead conversion tracking is a Pro feature at $8/mo; sales and revenue analytics are a Growth feature at $29/mo. Both paid tiers include everything below them — custom domains, QR codes, bio pages, and team workspaces — so the upgrade only ever buys you deeper attribution, never the basics. See pricing for exact link, click, and retention limits per plan.
Get started
Create one tracking-enabled link today, wire the cookie snippet from the conversion guide, and let the next campaign report revenue — not just clicks.