The Linkpop alternative for a shop with an address
Linkpop is a good front door for a Shopify store. It is a poor front door for a shop somebody can walk into.
A real Clay site, built from a Google listing
Linkpop exists to send Instagram traffic into a Shopify checkout, and if that is your business it does the job. A boutique with a street address, opening hours and customers who look you up before walking over needs something else: a page that says where you are, when you are open and what is in the window. Clay builds that from your Google listing and keeps the link list as one band on it.
Clay vs Linkpop
Your photographs, already sorted
Clay reads the pictures on your Google listing, grades them, crops them for the shape each band needs and puts the best one at the top. Nothing to upload, nothing to resize.
What it looks like when it is live
Drawn rather than described, the page, the address, and what it can switch on.
How it works
Search your business
Type your name, Clay pulls your photos, hours, reviews and contact details straight from your Google listing.
Pick a style
Choose a look and Clay builds a full site around your content. Change anything with a tap, no code, no templates to wrestle.
You're online
Publish to your own name.clay.site in minutes. Add a custom domain and connect your own tools whenever you're ready.
Real sites, made with Clay
Open one. It is the live site in a frame, not a screenshot, so what you see is what it looks like right now.
Questions
How long does it really take?
Most people are live in two to three minutes, search your business, pick a style, publish. There is nothing to install and no signup needed to see your site first, because it is built from your Google listing rather than from a blank page.
Is it free?
Yes. You get a live site on your own name.clay.site address with a small badge in the footer, and nothing expires. The paid plan is your own domain, the badge removed and the pro features.
Do I need any tech skills?
None. If you can type your business name, you can build a Clay site: the live page is the editor, so you tap the thing you want to change. There is no code anywhere, and nothing to install or keep updated, see the WordPress comparison for what that saves.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes, buy it wherever you like and point it at Clay on a paid plan; the certificate is issued for you. Until then the free name.clay.site address is a real one you can print, and it keeps working afterwards.
I do have a Shopify store.
Then Linkpop costs you nothing extra and works with what you already pay for. This page is for the shop that does not have one.
Can Clay be my link in bio?
Yes, that is one band on the page. The difference is that the same address also carries your hours, your map and what you sell.
Does Clay take payments?
No. What you sell is listed on the page and an order arrives as a message, so the sale is between you and the customer.
Try it with your business
Search your business and see your site in seconds, free, no signup.