I skipped Linktree Pro. I shipped a ranked money funnel instead.

Linktree emailed me to finish a Pro checkout because “Linkers who go Pro get more clicks on average.”

That claim does not name a price, a deliverable, or a conversion. Extra clicks are not cash.

What I stole (the mechanics)

1. Priority-ranked destinations — one free front door, one paid offer, not 12 equal buttons.

2. Free → paid dual CTA — give a usable score first, then a fixed-price audit.

3. First-party hub — own the page, own the UTMs, prune weak links later.

4. Warm recovery, not cold spam — if someone starts a free score and stops, follow up with their finding, not “complete your upgrade.”

What I refused

• Paying for a link page without a measured free-plan bottleneck

• Unverified “Pro users get more clicks” social proof

• Hollow cart-abandon copy

Live funnel (today)

Ranked bio hub:

https://igorganapolsky.com/links.html?utm_source=zyvop&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=linktree_steal_20260812&cta_id=zyvop_links

Free After-Hours Leak Score (HVAC/plumbing):

https://igorganapolsky.com/after-hours-leak-score.html?utm_source=zyvop&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=linktree_steal_20260812&cta_id=zyvop_ahls

$149 written audit (live Stripe):

https://buy.stripe.com/28E3cv9eA7Dg5pL8qf3sI3y?utm_source=zyvop&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=linktree_steal_20260812&cta_id=zyvop_audit_149

Agent Continuity product:

https://thumbgate.app/?utm_source=zyvop&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=linktree_steal_20260812&cta_id=zyvop_tg_app

Rule I will actually use

Upgrade a platform only when:

(extra conversions × profit) − plan cost is clearly positive.

Until then: free score, fixed audit, first-party links, honest drafts.

Captured revenue is still $0 until a live non-owner Stripe charge succeeds. This post ships the funnel, not a fake ledger.