What Is meralink? The Free Link in Bio Platform Built for India

meralink is a free link in bio platform purpose-built for Indian small businesses, professionals, and creators. One short URL — `meralink.in/yourname` — holds your WhatsApp, bookings, menu, shop, portfolio, and every other link you want to share. You put it once in your Instagram bio and never have to edit it again.

If you've used Linktree or Beacons before, the shape is familiar. The difference is everything we've added on top for the way Indian businesses actually operate: WhatsApp-first communication, UPI payments, token queues, walk-in waitlists, festival offers, and India-friendly pricing (₹0 for the features most creators outside India pay for).

Who meralink Is For

meralink is built for the people running India's everyday businesses — the kind of work that's hard to capture with a generic Western link-in-bio tool:

• Doctors and clinics — share appointment booking, location, WhatsApp consultation, and patient information in one link
• Salons, barbers, and spas — let walk-ins join a queue from outside, share rate cards, and book appointments without an app
• Tutors and coaching classes — publish class schedules, batch timings, demo bookings, and fee structures
• Restaurants and cloud kitchens — show today's menu, WhatsApp ordering, table waitlist, and festival offers in one place
• CAs, lawyers, architects, and consultants — surface services, contact options, and credentials professionally
• Photographers, designers, and freelancers — portfolio, pricing, booking enquiry, and contact in a clean page
• Shop owners and D2C brands — list products, take orders via WhatsApp, and run festival sales

What You Can Put on a meralink Page

A meralink page starts as a simple list of links and grows into a full mini-website as you add tools. Every tool is optional — you turn on only what your business needs.

Links and social profiles

Add unlimited links, organise them into sections, pin priority items, and connect every major Indian social platform — Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, X, Threads, Pinterest, plus messaging apps like Telegram, Snapchat, and Discord.

Bookings and token queues

Two distinct booking flows for two distinct businesses: appointment booking (customers pick a specific date and time slot) and token queues (walk-ins get a live token number and see when they'll be served). Doctors, salons, and barbershops use the queue; coaches and consultants use the booking calendar.

Menu, schedule, and notice board

Publish your price list or service menu, weekly class schedule, and a temporary notice (holiday hours, closures, announcements). All three are designed for businesses that update content often without wanting to maintain a full website.

Shop and affiliate picks

Run a lightweight WhatsApp-order shop with product images, prices in rupees, and a built-in cart that hands off to WhatsApp for the order. Or curate affiliate picks from Amazon, Flipkart, Meesho, Myntra, and Nykaa — every tap is tracked.

FAQ and SEO tools

Add the questions your visitors keep asking — and our system publishes them as structured data so AI assistants like ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews can cite your business. Combined with auto-generated ProfilePage and LocalBusiness schema, every meralink page is built to rank.

How meralink Compares to Linktree, Beacons, and Bento

Linktree, Beacons, and Bento are excellent products — but they were built for US and EU creators. meralink is built for Indian small businesses. Three concrete differences:

1. 1Indian-first features. WhatsApp ordering, UPI payment links, token queues, and walk-in waitlists are first-class tools in meralink — they're either missing or add-ons on the others.
2. 2Free where it matters. Things US tools charge for — custom themes, analytics, removing branding (Pro-only), unlimited links — are free on meralink for any Indian business that wants them.
3. 3Built for SEO and AI search. Every profile page emits ProfilePage, LocalBusiness, and FAQ structured data automatically. So when someone searches 'CA in Vashi' or 'salon near me', your page has a real shot at being cited.

Is meralink Really Free?

Yes. The whole product is free for the businesses we built it for — Indian small businesses, professionals, and creators. There's no card required to sign up, no link limit, no watermark, and no time-limited trial. We do have a Pro tier in the works for advanced features like custom domains and removing meralink branding, but everything you need to run a small business through your link in bio is on the free plan.

How to Get Started

Setup takes about 3 minutes. You pick your username (which becomes your link, like meralink.in/yourname), add a title and short bio, paste in your social links and WhatsApp number, and turn on whichever tools fit your business — booking, queue, menu, schedule, shop, or just plain links.

Once your page is live, copy the URL into your Instagram bio (and WhatsApp Business profile, and Google Business Profile, and anywhere else you want one link to do the job). You can iterate the page anytime — the URL stays the same.

FAQs About meralink

Is meralink an Indian company?

Yes — meralink is built and operated in India, designed specifically for the way Indian businesses operate. The product, payments, and support are all India-first.

Can I use meralink for my business outside India?

Technically yes — meralink works anywhere. But features like UPI payments, WhatsApp ordering, and token queues are most relevant to Indian customers, so businesses outside India may find a Western-focused tool more useful.

What's the difference between meralink and a regular website?

A website is a destination you build, host, and maintain. meralink is a single link page you set up once and update from your phone — no hosting, no developer, no maintenance. For most small businesses, a meralink page does the job of a website at a fraction of the effort.

Does meralink work for restaurants and cafés?

Yes — restaurants are one of meralink's best-fit categories. Show today's menu with prices, take WhatsApp orders with a built-in cart, run a waitlist for walk-ins, and post festival offers — all from one shareable link.

How do I customise the look of my page?

The Appearance dashboard lets you pick fonts, page colours, button styles (solid, glass, outline), button shapes, shadows, and wallpaper styles (single colour, gradient, or blurred image). Every change updates the live preview in real time.

Is there an app I need to download?

No app needed for either side. Your page is a regular web link that opens in any browser, and the dashboard works on phones — most of our users edit their pages from their phone over chai.