Read receipts for links: track every open in real time

We accept read receipts on messages and emails. So why do the links we send — proposals, portfolios, offers — disappear into silence? A read receipt for links closes that gap: you find out the moment your link is opened.

What a link read-receipt actually tells you

• That it was opened — not just delivered.
• When — to the second, so you can time your follow-up.
• Where and on what device — city-level location and desktop/mobile, which hints at context (at their desk vs on the move).

How is this different from email open tracking?

Email open tracking uses an invisible pixel and is increasingly blocked (Apple Mail Privacy Protection pre-loads images, inflating opens). A link read-receipt is cleaner and more honest: it only fires when someone actively clicks the link you own. There's no pixel on someone else's content and nothing to inflate the numbers.

Privacy matters

A read receipt should be something you control on your own links — not surveillance. Good tools hash visitor IPs, keep analytics cookieless, and never sell the data. That's the line between a useful read-receipt and a creepy tracker.

Try it

Clikt turns any link into a read-receipt. Choose push, email or WhatsApp, share the link, and know the moment it's opened. Create one free →