The Beacons alternative with no fee on your sales

Why creators look for a Beacons alternative

Beacons (beacons.ai) is an all-in-one creator tool: a link in bio page, a creator store, a media kit and email marketing tools. That is a lot of product, and it suits some creators very well. People look for a Beacons alternative when:

• The free plan takes a cut of sales. At the time of writing (September 2026), store sales on Beacons' free plan carry a 9% transaction fee. Paid plans reduce or remove it. Check Beacons' pricing page for current numbers.
• They only use the link in bio part. If you never send a newsletter or build a media kit, a simpler tool is quicker to set up and easier to keep tidy.
• Their audience pays by UPI. Creators in India want a UPI button and a WhatsApp chat button on the page, not just a card checkout.

Biolinko focuses on the bio page itself: links, content, payments, leads and analytics, on one fast page at biolinko.me/yourname.

Biolinko vs Beacons at a glance

Competitor details as of September 2026. Check Beacons' pricing page for current plans and fees.

Beacons fees vs Biolinko: what you keep when you sell

Fees matter most once you start selling. Here is the difference in plain numbers, using the fee Beacons lists at the time of writing:

• Beacons free plan: a 9% transaction fee on store sales. On ₹50,000 of sales, that is ₹4,500 before payment processing.
• Biolinko Pro: a 0% platform fee. On the same ₹50,000 you pay only Razorpay's processing fee, plus ₹299 for the month of Pro ($5 outside India).

With Biolinko, buyers pay by UPI, cards, netbanking or wallets, and the money lands in your own Razorpay account. Digital files are delivered automatically with an order page and email receipt, and every order is logged in your Sales dashboard.

Taking money on the Free plan

Not ready for Pro? The free UPI pay button opens GPay, PhonePe or Paytm with your UPI ID and a fixed or open amount. Money goes straight to you. There is no automatic file delivery, but for tips, advance payments or small services it works well.

An honest limit: Razorpay onboards businesses in India, so Biolinko's built-in checkout is made for Indian creators. If you sell from outside India, link a button to your Gumroad, Shopify or Stripe payment link instead.

Beacons link in bio vs Biolinko: the page itself

Both tools give you a mobile page for the link in your Instagram, TikTok or YouTube bio. Here is what the Biolinko page includes:

• 57 blocks, 46 of them free. Link buttons, video (YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok), music (Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud), image grids, FAQs, countdowns, polls, events, maps and more. See every block.
• 8 themes, all free, and 6 ready-made templates for creators, musicians, fitness coaches, cafés, freelancers and course sellers.
• Lead capture. Email and phone collectors and a contact form save leads to your dashboard. Pro exports them as CSV so you can import them into the email tool you already use.
• Analytics. Views, clicks per link, click-through rate, referrers, countries, devices and UTM sources, plus a weekly email report. Free keeps 30 days; Pro keeps everything.
• Speed. Pages are pre-rendered and under 40 KB before images, so they open in well under a second on 4G.

Beacons packs more into one account (a store, a media kit and email tools). Biolinko keeps the page light and quick to edit, and leaves newsletters to a dedicated email tool.

Built for creators in India

Biolinko is made in Kolkata, and it shows in the details:

• A free UPI pay button and a free WhatsApp chat button with a prefilled message. You can also make a chat link with our WhatsApp link generator.
• Pro priced in rupees: ₹299/month, ₹2,988/year (about ₹249/month) or ₹4,999 for lifetime access.
• Products priced in INR or USD, paid into your own Razorpay account.

The page still works for followers anywhere in the world. Only built-in selling is limited to Indian businesses.

Beacons vs Linktree vs Biolinko: which one fits?

People searching “Beacons vs Linktree” are usually choosing between an all-in-one tool and a simple one. A quick way to decide:

• Linktree is the best-known link in bio tool, with a free plan and QR codes. At the time of writing it charges a percentage seller fee on digital sales on its lower plans. See our Linktree comparison.
• Beacons is the all-in-one option: link in bio, store, media kit and email tools in one place, with a 9% fee on free-plan store sales at the time of writing.
• Biolinko sits in between: a focused link in bio page with more free blocks, UPI and WhatsApp built in, and a 0% platform fee on Pro sales.

If you sell courses and coaching and want a paid storefront, Stan Store is another option to compare.

When Beacons is the better choice

Beacons is genuinely the better pick if:

• You pitch brands and need a media kit. Beacons has one built in. Biolinko does not.
• You want to send newsletters from the same tool. Beacons includes email tools. Biolinko collects emails and exports them, but does not send email campaigns.
• You sell from outside India and want a store inside your bio page rather than a link to Gumroad or Shopify.

If you mainly need a clean bio page that takes UPI, starts WhatsApp chats and sells without a platform cut, Biolinko is simpler and cheaper. Some creators keep Beacons for their media kit and use Biolinko as the link in their bio, which works fine too.

How to move from Beacons to Biolinko

1. Copy the links you use most from your Beacons page.
2. Sign up free and paste them. Social profiles turn into icons and the rest become buttons, in about a minute.
3. Add a UPI button, WhatsApp button or email collector, and pick a theme.
4. Replace the Beacons link in your bios with biolinko.me/yourname. Your Beacons page keeps working until you do.

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