Short answer: yes. Linktree is the default link-in-bio page for Instagram and TikTok accounts, and nothing in its rules stops an AI character from having one. Its terms even count "AI-generated responses and media" as ordinary user content. The rules that matter are about honesty, impersonation and adult content.
No AI ban. Linktree's Terms & Conditions (effective 5 July 2026) treat AI-generated media as your content. You warrant it is "accurate and honest" and not "misleading, deceptive".
No impersonating real people or brands. The Community Standards ban profiles that "impersonate other individuals or organisations" and content "created with the use of generative AI in an attempt to impersonate, harass, sexualize (e.g. 'deepfakes'), or misinform with the intent to harm". Usernames can't use "someone else's name, like a celebrity or brand".
The account details are yours. "You must provide us with accurate information about yourself." The character is the page's face, not the account holder.
Selling needs a paid plan. Free and Starter can share links and free downloads. Selling digital products or courses needs Pro or Premium, in a supported country.
Fees. Free $0, Starter $7, Pro $14, Premium $30 a month (billed yearly; $9, $17 and $35 month to month). Stripe takes 2.9% + $0.30 per sale.
Read on 3 November 2026 on Linktree's own pages (sources at the end). This is a reading of public policy pages, not legal advice.
One page, many links. The face can be made up; the details behind it can't.
Yes. Stan's terms don't ban AI characters or AI-made products. They do ban impersonation, misrepresenting who you are, and adult content, and they name AI-generated imagery in that adult ban. Stan takes 0% of sales: you pay $29 a month (Creator) or $99 (Creator Pro), plus Stripe or PayPal fees.
For most character accounts the link-in-bio page comes before any shop. What people actually put there:
The other platforms: TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Pinterest, a newsletter.
A free download for an email: a wallpaper pack, a lookbook, a checklist. Linktree lets any plan share free digital products, so this works on the Free plan.
Affiliate links: the products the character features. In the US, Linktree also has its own affiliate marketplace and sponsored links. Each link still needs the disclosure the FTC expects (our affiliate guide).
Paid products, later: guides, presets, a course about how you run the account. That needs Pro.
What Linktree's rules say
Five lines in the Terms & Conditions and Community Standards matter for an AI character.
Honest content. Your content must be "accurate and honest: it shouldn't be misleading, deceptive". An AI character isn't deceptive by itself. A page that presents it as a real 24-year-old with a real life is where it starts to be. One line in the bio ("AI character, run by [you]") settles it.
Impersonation and deepfakes. Profiles that impersonate other people or organisations are banned, and generative-AI content made to impersonate, sexualize or misinform with intent to harm is named outright. A character that looks like a real, identifiable person, or a username built on a celebrity's or brand's name, breaks this. An original face doesn't.
Adult content. Linktree lets you link to legal adult content elsewhere if the link is marked sensitive, but you may not upload adult media, "share adult content created with generative AI to impersonate another individual", or "collect payment or donations for adult content through Linktree". The Earn help pages add that adult material can't be sold as a digital product at all.
No bots, no fake traffic. You may not use bots or scripts to create multiple accounts, or "generate clicks, traffic, conversions or revenue through automated means, bots, scripts, deceptive techniques or other artificial activity". The spam rules also ban creating "a large number of accounts" to advertise or to collect affiliate per-click money. One Linktree per character is fine; a farm of them isn't.
You are the seller. When you sell through Linktree, the terms make you the "Seller of Record", responsible for refunds, chargebacks, "any required legal disclosures" and consumer and marketing law. Products must be "true, accurate, and complete".
The page can belong to the character. The responsibility stays with you.
Linktree's own AI features
Linktree has AI features of its own, and the terms are blunt about them: output "may be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading", and "you are solely responsible for reviewing and verifying Output". Premium adds "AI integrations" and "Unlimited Instagram auto-replies". If you use auto-replies on an account whose face is already AI, keep them to sending the link and write real replies yourself. Our guide to what Instagram, TikTok and YouTube let you automate covers the platform side.
The fees
Free
Starter
Pro
Premium
Monthly, billed yearly
$0
$7
$14
$30
Month to month
$0
$9
$17
$35
Share free downloads
yes
yes
yes
yes
Sell digital products and courses
no
no
yes
yes
Stripe per sale (US)
2.9% + $0.30
2.9% + $0.30
Extra
featured links, basic analytics
no Linktree branding, mailing-list integrations, "sell and earn with 0% fees"
link rules, AI integrations, scheduling, unlimited Instagram auto-replies, data export
Pro and Premium have a 7-day free trial. Prices are $1 to $10,000 per product. The help center says Linktree's own transaction fee is "a percentage of the sale price, which depends on your plan", and the Pro plan card says "Sell and earn with 0% fees", so check the fee shown for your plan before you price anything. Selling works from the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and most of the EU; Linktree Shops, sponsored links and affiliate offers are US only.
Pro or a dedicated store? At $14 a month (billed yearly) and 0% from Linktree, Pro beats a 10%-per-sale platform once you sell about ten $15 products a month. Stan Store costs $29 a month for the same 0% (our Stan Store guide); Gumroad takes 10% + $0.50 a sale with no monthly fee (Etsy and Gumroad). A new character account selling a few things a month is usually better off on Free plus a percentage platform, and moves to Pro when the sales are there.
A monthly plan pays off only once sales arrive.
What it costs to have something to link to
The link page is the cheap part. What the links point to needs pictures and videos of the character that look like the same person every time. From our own numbers (Influgen in numbers): a picture costs about $0.02 to make, a second of video $0.10 to $0.16, and our critic kept 323 of the 672 frames it reviewed. A free 10-wallpaper pack is closer to 20 pictures, because about half fail the check.
How to set one up honestly
Open the Linktree in your own details; pick a username that is the character's own name, not a celebrity's or a brand's.
Say in the bio, in one line, that it's an AI character and who runs it.
Start on Free: platform links, a free download, disclosed affiliate links.
Move to Pro when you have something to sell and buyers asking for it.
FAQ
Does Linktree allow AI influencers? Yes. Its terms treat AI-generated media as normal content; it must be accurate and honest, and must not impersonate a real person or brand.
Can the Linktree username be my AI character's name? Yes, if the name is the character's own and not a celebrity's or a brand's. The account details behind it must be true information about you.
Do I have to say the character is AI on Linktree? Linktree has no written AI-label rule, but it bans misleading and deceptive content, and Instagram, TikTok and YouTube have their own label rules. One line in the bio covers it.
Can I sell AI photos of the character on Linktree? Non-adult digital products, yes, on Pro or Premium. Adult content can't be sold or paid for through Linktree, AI-made or not.
Is Linktree cheaper than Stan Store? For selling, Pro is $14 a month billed yearly against Stan's $29. Stan takes 0% of sales, and Linktree's plan card says Pro sells with 0% fees. Stan has more store features; Linktree is the simpler page.
What about Beacons? We couldn't load Beacons' own pages on 3 November 2026, so this guide doesn't cover it. Read its terms before you rely on a summary.
Sources
Read on 3 November 2026.
Linktree Terms & Conditions (effective 5 July 2026: Your Account, Your Username, Community Standards and content warranties, Monetization Programs incl. Seller of Record and Good Standing, prohibited artificial activity, 14. Generative AI), linktr.ee/s/terms
Linktree Community Standards (adult content, privacy and impersonation, spam and fraud, misinformation incl. generative-AI deepfakes), linktr.ee/about/community-standards
Linktree pricing page and FAQ ("Does Linktree charge transaction fees?", "Can I make money with a Linktree?"), linktr.ee/s/pricing
Linktree help center: "About selling digital products" (updated 21 Oct 2026), "About transaction and processing fees" (updated 12 Oct 2026), "Earn feature requirements and limits" (updated 14 Oct 2026), linktr.ee/help
Influgen in numbers, influgen.ai/data (cost per picture and per second of video; 323 of 672 frames kept)
Yes. Neither Skool nor Whop bans AI characters. Both ban impersonation and misrepresenting who you are, Whop bans false earnings claims and fake engagement, and Skool won't process payments for get-rich-quick offers or beauty products. Skool costs $9 a month plus 10% per sale, or $99 plus 2.9%. Whop charges 2.7% + $0.30 per card payment plus its service fee.
Yes. No big podcast app bans an AI host. Apple Podcasts requires you to say it, in the audio and in the show and episode notes. Spotify bans AI passed off as real in harmful ways and pays through its Partner Program (1,000 listeners, 2,000 hours) or the new Memberships (100 listeners, 90% to you). YouTube wants its AI label on realistic content.
