Chainside Bitcoin Payments vs PrettyLinks – Affiliate Link Management, URL Shortener, Link Cloaking, Tracking & Branded Short Links

Chainside is a payment processor for Bitcoin payments, providing software to make the integration of a merchant with the Bitcoin network as simple as possible. Chainside provides therefore a simple interface abstracting all the complexity of Bitcoin and providing an integration experience similar to traditional payment methods. The Chainside Bitcoin Payment extension is designed to help WooCommerce merchants to accept Bitcoin payments in their store. By accepting Bitcoin payments you provide an extra option to your customers and get access to a large pool of users you may not have access to traditional financial infrastructure. When you add the extension to your store, a “Pay with Bitcoin” option will appear close to the other payment methods. If the Bitcoin payment option is chosen, the customer will be redirected to a Chainside checkout page where all the information needed to complete the payment (bitcoin address and bitcoin amount) will be shown. As soon as the payment is received, the customer is redirected to your WooCommerce store and your back-end will be notified. To use the extension, you first have to register (for free) on the Chainside’s platform at business.chainside.net, where you will be able to create an account and link it to you personal Bitcoin wallet. From you Chainside account, you can then create an object called webPOS which will be in charge of generating a payment order and communicate with your WooCommerce store. From the webPOS settings you will also be able to choose what is the source of the of dynamic exchange rate you wish to use, and how many confirmation of the Bitcoin network you wish to wait before a payment is considered as finalised.

PrettyLinks helps you shrink, beautify, track, manage and share any URL on or off of your WordPress website. Create links that look how you want using your own domain name! PrettyLinks 🌠 PrettyLinks enables you to shorten links using your own domain name (as opposed to using tinyurl.com, bit.ly, or any other link shrinking service)! In addition to creating clean links, PrettyLinks tracks each hit on your URL and provides a full, detailed report of where the hit came from, the browser, OS, and host. PrettyLinks is a killer plugin for people who want to clean up their affiliate links, track clicks from emails, their links on Twitter to come from their own domain, or generally increase the reach of their website by spreading these links on forums or comments on other blogs. PrettyPay™ Links 💵 PrettyLinks now comes with PrettyPay™. PrettyPay™ enables you to make one-click payments with Stripe to sell e-books, courses, downloads, subscriptions and really, anything — all from your domain name and brand. Share your PrettyPay™ links and start selling anywhere—instantly! Examples 👇 This is a link setup using PrettyLinks that redirects to the PrettyLinks Homepage where you can find more info about this Plugin: http://blairwilliams.com/pl Here’s a named pretty link (I used the slug ‘aweber’) that does a 307 redirect to my affiliate link for aweber.com: http://blairwilliams.com/aweber Here’s a link that PrettyLinks generated a random slug for (similar to what bit.ly or tinyurl would do): http://blairwilliams.com/w7a Features ✔️ 🔗 Create clean, simple URLs that redirect to any other URL Easily turn your long URLs into short ones within a matter of seconds. 💰 Seamless Stripe Sales* Create a branded, one-click path to payment with NEW PrettyPay™ Links. Share your link and start selling anywhere – instantly. 🔃 Supports 301, 302, and 307 redirects Redirect users using one of our three redirect types: 301 (Permanent), 302 (Temporary), and 307 (Temporary). 🖱️ One-Click Link Sharing Copy and manage your PrettyLinks all in one centralized area. ⚙️ Fully configurable slugs PrettyLinks will automatically generate 3-4 random characters to use as the slug, but you can also create your own slug to use for your URL. 🔎 Track the Number of Clicks and Unique Clicks per link Track how well your PrettyLinks are performing by viewing the number of overall clicks and unique clicks on your links. 📊 Generate Highly Customizable Reports Create reports where you can see a configurable chart of clicks per day. The report can be filtered by the specific link clicked, date range, and/or unique clicks. 💡 Extremely Intuitive Admin User Interface No need to guess where everything is located. PrettyLinks makes the setup and link management process as simple as possible. ⬇️ Download Click Details Need to download click data for your links? PrettyLinks has you covered. The plugin will generate a CSV containing all the information you need to successfully manage your links. … and so much more! Visit our site to learn more about what PrettyLinks can do for you. * Pro users benefit from no added payment processing fees, while a small 3% fee is added per-transaction for free users. PrettyLinks Pro 💪 PrettyLinks Pro is a significant upgrade that adds many tools and redirection types. Here’s a glimpse at some of the different features that PrettyLinks Pro offers: Product Displays (NEW!) Create beautifully styled and responsive displays for your affiliate links to drive more commissions with ease. Keyword & URL Replacements Using one of Pretty Link’s automation features, you can define a list of keywords and URLs, then PrettyLinks will automatically scan your site’s content and replace them with your pretty link. Advanced Redirect Types Take full control over how your users are redirected. With the Pro version, you can now offer Cloaked redirects, JavaScript redirects, Meta-Refresh redirects, Tracking Pixel redirects, and Geographic redirects. Automatically Create PrettyLinks for Posts/Pages Another one of Pretty Link’s powerful automation features. Whenever a new page or post is published, PrettyLinks will automatically create a pretty link for it. Link Categories & Tags Make link management easier by grouping your links together and assigning them a category or tag. Expiring Links Set an expiration date on your links and decide where the user is redirected to after clicking an expired link. Link Health Runs weekly scans on your site to look for and report any broken links you’ve created within the PrettyLinks plugin. You can learn more about PrettyLinks Pro here: Learn More | Pricing Integrations ⚡ Google Analytics – Easily start tracking your links within Google Analytics MonsterInsights – See how well your links are performing with the MonsterInsights plugin What’s Next 🤩 Enjoying your time with PrettyLinks? Consider checking out some of our other projects: MemberPress – Full-featured Membership solution for WordPress. Control who has access to your site and sell content securely through payment gateways such as Stripe, PayPal, and Authorize.net EasyAffiliate – Complete Affiliate Program management plugin for WordPress. Start an Affiliate Program to dramatically increase traffic, attention, and sales. ThirstyAffiliates – Link cloaking plugin made specifically for affiliate bloggers to start making money. Buy Now Plus – Easily start accepting Credit Card payments through a simple buy now button on your website or social media accounts using the Stripe gateway. Members – Roles and capabilities management plugin for your WordPress site. This is an excellent plugin to use alongside a Membership solution such as MemberPress.