LinkRescue is an automated affiliate link monitoring tool that crawls your content archive daily to find broken links, stripped tracking parameters, expired offers, and silent attribution failures that are costing you commissions.

How does LinkRescue detect broken affiliate links?

LinkRescue crawls your site via sitemap or page-by-page discovery, extracts all outbound links, and checks each one for HTTP errors (404, 500), redirect chains, missing tracking parameters, soft 404 pages, and content changes that indicate an expired or deprecated offer.

What does LinkRescue cost?

LinkRescue has a free Starter tier (1 site, 200 pages, weekly scans), a Pro tier at $29/month (5 sites, 2000 pages, daily scans, API access), and an Agency tier at $79/month (25 sites, unlimited pages, hourly scans, webhooks, whitelabel reports).

How much revenue am I losing to broken affiliate links?

Studies show that 5-15% of affiliate links break within 6 months due to program changes, URL updates, and merchant site redesigns. For a site earning $5,000/month in affiliate revenue, that could mean $250-$750/month in lost commissions from links you don't know are broken.

Does LinkRescue have an API?

Yes. Pro and Agency plans include API access for programmatic link checking. There is also an npm SDK, a GitHub Action for CI/CD integration, and webhook support on the Agency tier for real-time notifications.

LinkRescue vs Dead Link Checker

Continuous, affiliate-aware link monitoring vs basic one-time HTTP status checks.

Feature Comparison

Feature	LinkRescue	Dead Link Checker
Scan type	Continuous monitoring	One-time scan
Affiliate awareness	30+ networks, param tracking	Not available
Fix suggestions	AI-powered replacement offers	Not available
Soft-404 detection	Content analysis for fake 200s	HTTP status only
API access	REST API from $29/mo	Basic API via RapidAPI
Alerts	Email, Slack, webhooks	None
Pricing	Free / $29 / $79 per month	Free

Free dead link checkers are great for a quick one-time scan — but they only check HTTP status codes. They miss soft-404s, stripped affiliate parameters, content changes, and expired offers. And they don't monitor continuously.

LinkRescue goes beyond HTTP status codes. We detect affiliate parameter stripping, soft-404 pages that return 200 but show error content, and content changes on linked pages. Plus continuous monitoring means you catch issues in hours, not weeks.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why not just use a free dead link checker?

Free tools only check HTTP status codes once. They miss soft-404s (pages that return 200 but show 'not found' content), stripped affiliate parameters, and content changes. And they don't monitor continuously — you have to remember to re-check manually.

Is LinkRescue worth paying for over free tools?

If you earn affiliate revenue, yes. A single broken affiliate link on a popular page can lose you $50-500+/month in commissions. LinkRescue pays for itself by catching these issues before they compound.

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