Lowlight Audio is losing sales through 11 dead shop links.
An illustrative example: a fictional channel, modelled on patterns in real scans. The channel, its videos, thumbnails, links and numbers are all made up, but this is exactly what a real report looks like. Get this for your channel
Lowlight Audio
Dead shop and affiliate links
11in 7 videos
Links a viewer clicks to buy something, that now end at a dead page, a broken site or a lost affiliate tag.
The most-watched videos with dead links
Sorted by views-
Cheap vs expensive cables: a blind test
1 dead link
hifi-cable.example· domain goneShow the dead link
hifi-cable.example/silver-2mThe whole website has disappeared — the domain no longer resolves.
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Best headphones under $300 (2024 update)
2 dead links
shop.example.com· returns 404 · +1 moreShow the dead links
shop.example.com/products/open-back-300The page no longer exists (404).audiostore.example/collections/under-300The page no longer exists (404).
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I tried every planar headphone under $500
2 dead links
kitcorner.example· domain gone · +1 moreShow the dead links
kitcorner.example/planar-500The whole website has disappeared — the domain no longer resolves.shop.example.com/products/planar-padsThe page no longer exists (404).
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Closed-back shootout: five under $400
1 dead link
shop.example.com· returns 404Show the dead link
shop.example.com/products/closed-400The page no longer exists (404).
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The $150 DAC that embarrassed my $900 one
3 dead links
shop.example.com· returns 404 · +2 moreShow the dead links
shop.example.com/products/tiny-dacThe page no longer exists (404).shop.example.com/products/tiny-dac-bundleThe page no longer exists (404).dacdepot.example/p/150The shop says this page is permanently gone (410).
Of 410 links in those descriptions, 380 work, 6 refused our checker and 24 are dead. 11 of the dead ones are shop links.
We only checked 60 of this channel’s 640 videos.
We have not checked the other 580. Subscribe and we check every one of them, every week, up to 1,000 videos.
Three answers, not two.
A shop that blocks our checker has not gone anywhere. Call that broken and you fix a link that was never broken, then learn to ignore the emails.
Working NORMAL
Resolves, and your affiliate tag survives every redirect on the way.
Could not check ADVISORY
The shop refused us. We say so rather than guess.
Dead ALARM
Confirmed twice, by a plain check and a real browser, before it reaches you.
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What you get
- Every video on your channel, up to 1,000, checked every week
- An email the same day our weekly check finds a dead link, not a monthly digest
- Cancel in one click, any time. Checks continue to the end of the period you paid for
- Full refund in the first 14 days, no questions asked, once per channel
How subscribing works
- Pay on Stripe’s secure page with your email, card and channel link. That is the whole sign-up.
- We check every video on your channel and email you the first full report.
- Every week after that, one email. Update your card or cancel from the link in any of them.
More than 1,000 videos? Tell us about the channel.
Questions.
How does it work?
You pay on Stripe’s secure page with your email and channel link — that is the whole sign-up. We read every public description on your channel, follow every link through its redirects to wherever it really lands, and email you the first full report. After that, one email a week: the day we find a dead link, or a line saying nothing broke.
Do you need access to my YouTube account?
No. We only read your public video descriptions, the same ones any viewer sees. We never touch a description and never ask for a login.
How sure are you that a link is really dead?
Sure enough to put our name on it. Anything our plain check calls broken is re-opened in a real browser before it reaches you, because some shops answer an automated check with a 404 they would never show a person. If the two disagree you get “could not check”, not “dead”.
Can I get a refund? How do I cancel?
Full refund within 14 days of your first payment, no questions asked, once per channel, and within 14 days of each yearly renewal. Cancel at clickvitals.uk/account, linked from every email, or just reply to one. Checks continue to the end of the period you paid for.
Is the example a real channel?
No. Lowlight Audio is made up, modelled on patterns from our real scans, and its links point at reserved example domains. No creator’s data is on show here. Your report shows your own videos.
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