YOUR POTENTIAL CUSTOMER SEARCHED FOR YOU – WHAT’D THEY FIND?

As I wrote earlier, “folks who don’t use (social media) platforms anymore might not be able to see your hours of business, your location, or your contact info.”

This from merritt k., in the aptly titled, “Have a Fucking Website.”

“If you’re a hair salon, or a tattoo artist, or a restaurant, or whatever, please just have a fucking website where I can go and see your rates and hours. Not all of your potential clients are on these platforms, and I suspect that even many of the ones who are appreciate a simple, unadorned site that tells them what they need to know at a glance.”

I made this stripped down LinkTree clone for free, and it’s hosted for free.

Photographer Noah Kalina made a much prettier “Linktree clone” using Claude Code, and it’s hosted on Dreamhost, which (after their current special) renews at $10.99/month for the cheapest hosting plan (as of 3/18/2026).

A QR code points where you tell it to point.

You can have up to 10,000 email subscribers on Kit for free.

This isn’t hard, it’s just not as easy as social media.

But look what social media gets you:

• You can’t reach all your followers
• You can lose access for almost any reason
• They’re run by horrible people

If people are actively searching for you, or they’re in front of your store and scanning a QR code, don’t send them to platforms where you can’t reach them.