🚀 Overview

DoLinker is a modern SaaS URL shortener that lets marketers, agencies, creators, and teams build branded short links, generate QR codes, track real-time analytics, and monetize with plan-based subscriptions. It’s designed for real campaigns—affiliate tracking, social bios, offline posters, events, and product launches—where reliability, speed, and insight matter.

Experience: Inspired by everyday growth workflows (UTM tagging, A/B link tests, link-in-bio hubs), DoLinker centralizes link operations so you can standardize branding, measure clicks, and iterate quickly.

Ideal for: Marketing teams, publishers, ecommerce, SaaS, agencies, influencers, and startups that need a hosted, white-label short-link platform.

✨ Key Features

• Branded Short Links: Custom slugs, reserved keywords, 301/302/307 redirects, password or expiration rules.
• Custom Domains & Subdomains: Map client domains via DNS (CNAME/A) with per-workspace SSL.
• Analytics Suite: Clicks, unique visitors, referrers, countries, devices, browsers, time-series trends; export CSV.
• QR Codes: High-res, downloadable QR codes with logo/brand colors for print and packaging.
• UTM Builder & Templates: Consistent campaign tagging with presets for teams and agencies.
• Smart Rules: Geo/device/language routing, timed redirects, link rotators for A/B testing.
• Link-in-Bio Pages: Curate multiple links, social icons, and CTAs on one branded profile.
• Teams & Roles: Workspaces, members, permissions, activity logs; client accounts for agencies.
• SaaS Billing: Tiered plans, trials, feature limits (links, domains, teammates, API quota), invoices & taxes.
• REST API & Webhooks: Create/manage links programmatically, receive click events, subscription changes.
• Abuse Controls: Domain blocklists, malware/NSFW filters (extensible), rate limiting and reCAPTCHA.
• Performance: Caching/CDN-friendly redirects, queue workers for analytics, lightweight footprint.

⚙️ Technical Stack

• Backend: PHP 8.x (Laravel-style MVC)
• Frontend: Blade/HTML5, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript (Alpine/Vue optional)
• Database: MySQL/MariaDB
• Caching/Queue: Redis or database queue for analytics, emails, billing jobs
• Server: Linux (Nginx/Apache), HTTPS (TLS 1.2+); PHP extensions: pdo, pdo_mysql, mbstring, openssl, curl, json
• Integrations: SMTP mail, Stripe/PayPal (billing), Google reCAPTCHA, GA/Pixel (optional)
• Browsers: Latest Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari (desktop & mobile)

🧩 Installation Guide

1. Upload & Dependencies: Upload files (e.g., /var/www/dolinker), then run composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader.
2. Environment: Copy .env.example → .env; set APP_URL, DB credentials, mail, cache/queue.
3. App Key & DB: php artisan key:generate, then php artisan migrate --seed.
4. Storage & Permissions: php artisan storage:link; set proper owner/permissions for storage and bootstrap/cache.
5. Cron/Queue: Add * * * * * php artisan schedule:run and run a queue worker for jobs/analytics.
6. SaaS Setup: In Admin → Plans, create tiers & limits; connect Stripe/PayPal keys if billing is enabled.
7. Custom Domains: Add customer domains; provide DNS (CNAME) instructions; issue SSL (e.g., Let’s Encrypt).
8. Go Live: Create first workspace, short link, QR code; verify analytics and redirects via HTTPS.

📦 Deliverables

• Full source code (GPL) for the DoLinker platform
• Database migrations & seeders (admin, plans, sample links)
• REST API documentation & webhook examples
• QR generator, analytics dashboard, UTM builder
• Admin panel for users, plans, domains, billing & moderation
• Setup docs (install, DNS, SSL, billing, troubleshooting)

📱 Supported Platforms

• Linux shared/VPS/cloud hosting (LEMP/LAMP)
• PHP 8.1+ and MySQL/MariaDB 10.x
• All modern desktop & mobile browsers

🧠 Notes

• License: Distributed under the GPL. You may study, modify, and redistribute the code under GPL terms.
• Compliance & Trust: Enforce HTTPS, enable abuse filters, and publish an acceptable-use policy. Do not use link cloaking to mislead users.
• Customization Tips: Add per-plan quotas (links, domains, teammates), SSO (OAuth/SAML), link pages templates, and custom webhooks.
• SEO Assurance: This description includes focused keywords (URL shortener SaaS, branded links, QR codes, link analytics) and semantic HTML for better visibility.

👨‍💻 Original Developer Credit

Credit to the original DoLinker author. For commercial licensing, official updates, or premium support, please visit the vendor’s marketplace listing:
Original Author on CodeCanyon.

🔒 Disclaimer

This resource is provided under the GPL for educational and development purposes. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the original author unless explicitly stated. All trademarks and brand names belong to their respective owners. For official updates and vendor support, please purchase a valid license from the original developer.