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The LinkTwin - Deep Link Shortener Zapier integration has 1 trigger, 3 actions and 2 searches. You can create, edit and delete deep links from other apps, read their click statistics, and react to every new link, all on the free plan.

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Overview

What the LinkTwin - Deep Link Shortener Zapier integration does

The LinkTwin - Deep Link Shortener Zapier integration connects LinkTwin, the tool that turns a URL into a short link able to open straight inside the right app, such as YouTube, Amazon or Spotify, to your other apps. It works through a Zap: an automation on Zapier made of one trigger, then one or more actions that run every time the trigger event happens.

Deep links made from a list. A new URL added to a spreadsheet or a form goes to Create Deep Link, and the short link it returns can be written back next to the original. A log of every link the team creates. New Link Created picks up each new deep link in your LinkTwin account and hands it to a sheet, so nobody has to export anything. Click numbers where you report. Get Link Statistics pulls the clicks of a given link over the date range you choose, ready for the next step to store.

Here is what Zapier does not do. It has no trigger for a link that gets edited or deleted, and none for a new click: the only event it watches is a link being created. Statistics have to be asked for, by a search step, one link at a time. And Delete Deep Link is final, with no undo. LinkTwin has no dedicated n8n or Make page on this site yet; before you pick a tool, the n8n vs Zapier comparison is worth your time.

Vocabulary

Zapier vocabulary in one minute

Eight words come back on every line of this page. Here they are in plain English, once.

Zap
The automation you build: one trigger, then one or more actions that run every time that trigger event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts the Zap. Once the Zap is switched on, Zapier waits for that event and nothing else.
Action
What the Zap does after it starts: the step that writes, sends or moves something on your behalf.
Task
The unit Zapier bills. One task equals one action your Zap completes successfully, and your plan counts those.
Polling vs instant
A polling trigger is checked on a timer for new items. An instant one is reported by the app the moment it happens.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap continue only when the incoming data meets your condition, and stops it otherwise.
Search step
A step that looks up something already stored in an app, so the steps after it can reuse what it found.
Connection
Your app account linked to Zapier once, then reused by every step of every Zap that touches that app.
Cost

What a LinkTwin Zap really costs

LinkTwin is not a premium app, so it works from the free plan. You pay in tasks, and the trigger costs nothing.

  • Free plan100 tasks a month, unlimited Zaps, two steps per Zap
  • TriggerNever billed, however often Zapier checks
  • ActionsOne task per link created, edited or deleted
  • Search or filterMakes the Zap multi-step, so a paid plan

New Link Created never uses a task, however often Zapier checks your account. Each action that succeeds counts one task: a link created, edited or deleted. A failed step counts nothing. The free plan gives you 100 tasks a month and Zaps of two steps. Find Link, Get Link Statistics or a filter turns the Zap into a multi-step Zap, which needs a paid plan. Since the trigger is a polling one, the grid below sets how long a new link waits before Zapier notices it.

Connect

Connect your LinkTwin account in three steps

  1. 01

    Open your connections

    In your Zapier account, go to the Apps page and click + Add connection. You need a LinkTwin account first, plus access to any links you do not own and want the Zap to touch.

  2. 02

    Pick LinkTwin

    Type LinkTwin in the search box of the dialog, select LinkTwin - Deep Link Shortener in the results, then click Add connection. A new tab opens on the LinkTwin side.

  3. 03

    Sign in and allow access

    Log in to LinkTwin in that tab and grant Zapier access to the account. The connection is then offered in every step that uses LinkTwin, in this Zap and the next ones.

First Zap

Your first Zap: a running log of new deep links

GoalEvery new deep link created in LinkTwin lands as a row in your spreadsheet, but only when it passes the rule you set in a filter.

  1. 01

    Set the trigger

    Create a new Zap, pick LinkTwin - Deep Link Shortener and New Link Created. Test it: Zapier brings back the three most recent links of the account, so you map on a real one.

  2. 02

    Add a filter

    Click the plus icon, add a Filter and set its three boxes: the field to look at, the rule, the value to compare. This makes the Zap multi-step, so it needs a paid plan.

  3. 03

    Add the spreadsheet row

    Pick your spreadsheet as the action app and its new-row event. Map the short link and the original URL from the LinkTwin test result into the matching columns.

  4. 04

    Test, then publish

    Run the action once and check the row in your sheet. If it looks right, click Publish to switch the Zap on for every link created from now on.

Triggers

The LinkTwin trigger

1 event starts a Zap when something happens in LinkTwin - Deep Link Shortener. Zapier checks for them at the interval your plan allows.

Actions

The three LinkTwin actions

LinkTwin - Deep Link Shortener gives you 3 actions. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Searches

The two LinkTwin searches

2 search steps look for data that already exists in LinkTwin - Deep Link Shortener, so a later step can use it.

A search step finds a link that already exists so the next actions know which one to work on. In the editor, searches sit at the bottom of the action list, under the SEARCH heading. Adding one makes the Zap multi-step.

2

Get Link Statistics

Search

In Zapier“Get click statistics and analytics for a specific deep link.”

Fetches the click statistics of one deep link, given by its ID or short URL, for the date range you set.

When to use it
a report row or a message should carry the clicks of a specific link, without anyone opening the LinkTwin dashboard.
Watch out
the Date Range is required, and the search covers one link per run.

The three settings every search exposes

  1. Successful if no search results are found?
    Left on its default, a search that finds nothing stops the Zap and skips the steps that relied on it. Switched on, the Zap carries on empty-handed.
  2. Create X if it doesn't exist yet?
    This box turns a search into a find-or-create. LinkTwin offers no such variant, so a missing link is never created by a search here.
  3. If multiple search results are found?
    Three ways out when several links match: keep the first, which is the default, stop the Zap, or pass all of them on at once.
When it breaks

When a LinkTwin Zap breaks

Zapier attaches no help article to LinkTwin, so the cases below are the general limits that hit any Zap built on it.

None of them throws an error on day one. They show up later as a link that never reached your sheet or a task counter climbing too fast. When a run looks wrong, start with the Zapier troubleshooting page.

  • Existing links stay behind

    A Zap only reacts to what happens after you switch it on. Links created before that are never picked up; listing them is a separate job.

  • A Zap that creates its own trigger

    New Link Created followed by Create Deep Link makes a new link, which starts the Zap again, and again, until your tasks run out.

  • A bulk import held back

    If a huge batch of links appears at once, after a bulk import for example, Zapier's flood protection can hold the batch back.

  • No link counted twice

    Zapier remembers which links the polling trigger has already seen, so the same link does not start the Zap a second time.
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FAQ

LinkTwin and Zapier: the common questions

01Is the LinkTwin - Deep Link Shortener Zapier integration free?
Yes, as long as each Zap stays at two steps. LinkTwin is not a premium app, so the free plan accepts it, with 100 tasks a month and as many Zaps as you want. Each Zap on that plan holds one trigger and one action. Add Find Link, Get Link Statistics, a filter or a second action and the Zap becomes multi-step, which requires a paid plan. The trigger never touches the 100 tasks.
02How many tasks does a LinkTwin Zap use?
One per action that succeeds, nothing for the trigger. A Zap that turns each new spreadsheet URL into a deep link spends one task per link created. A Zap that creates a link and then posts it to your team chat spends two tasks per link. A step that fails is not billed, and Zapier checking your account for new links costs nothing, however often it looks. The more actions a Zap chains, the more each run costs, so keep Zaps short when the volume of links is high.
03Does Zapier see a new LinkTwin link right away?
No. New Link Created is a polling trigger: Zapier checks your LinkTwin account on a timer instead of being told by the app. On the free plan the check happens every 15 minutes; Professional brings it to 2 minutes, Team and Enterprise to 1 minute. On paid plans you can also run a check by hand from the editor. The type is decided on LinkTwin's side, so no setting makes it instant.
04What does it take to connect LinkTwin to Zapier?
A LinkTwin account you can sign in to, and access to any links you do not own but want a Zap to use. From the Apps page of Zapier you click + Add connection, search LinkTwin, confirm with Add connection, then log in to LinkTwin in the new tab and grant access. The connection is saved once and offered again in every later step that uses LinkTwin. Nothing else is asked on the Zapier side.
05Why does Update Deep Link ask for a Link ID?
Because LinkTwin needs to know which link to change, and it accepts either the numeric Link ID or the full short URL. Delete Deep Link and Get Link Statistics ask for the same thing. If no earlier step carries that value, add Find Link first: it looks a link up by ID, alias, URL or title. That search makes the Zap multi-step, so it needs a paid plan. Test it on a spare link first.
06What if the LinkTwin operation for the job is missing?
Then Zapier cannot do it for this app today. LinkTwin exposes one trigger, three actions and two searches: nothing fires on an edited or deleted link, and statistics are read on request, not pushed. A workaround is to keep your links in a spreadsheet that other Zaps read and update. If the missing step is central to the process, compare what other automation tools offer before you invest in workarounds.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for LinkTwin - Deep Link Shortener?
It depends on the criterion that matters most to you. On Zapier, LinkTwin brings a ready trigger, three actions and two searches that a newcomer can set up from the editor, and the free plan covers a two-step Zap. If you need operations missing here, check what each other tool exposes for this app. Price, the number of steps per scenario and who will maintain the automation are the other criteria to compare.
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