Link in bio, October 2026: 0 open gaps — 0 closed, 0 opened.

What was read

6 companies placed; 0 read during October 2026.

• LinktreeSep 30, 2026
• BeaconsSep 30, 2026
• StanSep 30, 2026
• Bio.linkSep 30, 2026
• Link-in-bio fees on salesSep 30, 2026
• Creators selling from a profileSep 30, 2026

Gaps closed and opened

4 themes were raised about two or more of 6 read companies; 0 share no word with anything a company declares. Against the previous month: 0 gaps opened and 0 closed (0 now share a word with a declared capability, 0 no longer raised about two companies). Themes are compared by their words, so a theme the reading reworded counts as one closed and one opened.

Opened · 0

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Now answered in the declared names · 0

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No longer raised about two companies · 0

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• ● Billing, fees and cancellationraised about 4 of 6
• ● Customer supportraised about 3 of 6
• ● Customization and brandingraised about 3 of 6
• ● Free tier, trial and paywalled featuresraised about 2 of 6

Who entered

0 companies placed; 6 products sighted by a search and not yet read (own.page, Airlinkee, beehiiv Link in Bio, Taginbio, Hopp by Wix, Linkbout).

• own.page — sighted Oct 5, 2026 · source
• Airlinkee — sighted Oct 5, 2026 · source
• beehiiv Link in Bio — sighted Oct 5, 2026 · source
• Taginbio — sighted Oct 5, 2026 · source
• Hopp by Wix — sighted Oct 5, 2026 · source
• Linkbout — sighted Oct 5, 2026 · source

Pricing moves

5 of 6 read companies have a pricing entry on record; none recorded a pricing change this month.

• Linktree [COMPANY CLAIM] Sep 30, 2026Linktree runs four tiers: Free ($0), Starter ($8/mo, ~$6 annualized), Pro ($15/mo, ~$12 annualized), and Premium ($35/mo, ~$30 annualized), with a seller fee on digital-product/course sales that steps down from 12% on Free to 9% on Starter and Pro and 0% on Premium. source
• Stan [COMPANY CLAIM] Sep 30, 2026Stan sells two subscription tiers with no free plan: Creator at $29/month ($300/year) and Creator Pro at $99/month ($948/year), both with a 14-day free trial and a 0% platform transaction fee (standard payment processor fees still apply). source
• Bio.link [COMPANY CLAIM] Sep 30, 2026Bio.link now advertises a single 'Pro plan' at $7.49/mo (yearly billing, described as 50% savings) that bundles unlimited sites/visitors, AI chat, custom domain, white-label (no branding), and email list/post publishing — pitched as replacing roughly $84/mo of separate tools (Linktree/Beacons, ManyChat/ChatGPT widgets, Framer/Webflow, Mailchimp/ActiveCampaign, analytics/SEO tools). source
• Link-in-bio fees on sales [FACT] Sep 30, 2026Linktree's commerce/seller fee is tiered by plan: 12% on Free, 9% on Starter and Pro, 0% on Premium, charged on top of standard Stripe/PayPal processing fees. source
• Creators selling from a profile [FACT] Sep 30, 2026Comparison sources report Stan Store starting at $29/month with no free plan, while Beacons offers a free tier plus paid plans roughly $10-$90/month, and Linktree offers a free tier with paid tiers around $6-$30/month billed annually. source

What users raised

17 themes raised by users; the most raised: Billing, fees and cancellation (4 of 6), Customer support (3 of 6), Customization and branding (3 of 6).

• Billing, fees and cancellation 4/6
• Customer support 3/6
• Customization and branding 3/6
• Free tier, trial and paywalled features 2/6
• Complexity, setup and learning curve 1/6
• Creator plan feels limited, outgrown quickly 1/6
• generic or expensive storefront look 1/6
• missing native video calls or session scheduling 1/6
• No built-in e-commerce / digital product sales 1/6
• no built-in video calls 1/6
• No built-in video calls/live workshops/session recordings 1/6
• No email capture tools on lower tiers 1/6
• Not suited for monetization-focused creators 1/6
• Privacy and security 1/6
• Stripe account controlled by Stan, not creator 1/6
• Sync and offline 1/6
• tool shutdowns (e.g. Bento.me) 1/6

Funding by quarter

Withheld: something was read in 1 of the last 8 quarters. A series needs at least 2 to say anything a single reading does not.

The ledger this month

0 observed claims recorded this month.