Dynamic links (QR)

A dynamic link is a short, unchanging web address behind a QR code. You print the QR once, but you can change where it sends people whenever you like. Swap out a seasonal menu, point it at a promotion, or fix a broken link without ever reprinting a single sticker or table card.

Before you begin

Dynamic links live under Dynamic Links in the left menu. You need permission to view your restaurant to open this page. As the restaurant owner you have every permission by default; an employee only sees Dynamic Links once you grant them that permission.

What a dynamic link is

Every dynamic link has a fixed public address that looks like goto.makolate.io/ followed by a short code. That address never changes, so the QR code you print stays valid forever. Behind it sits a destination — the real page guests land on. Because you control the destination separately from the QR, you can re-point the link at any time and every printed code instantly follows.

Each link also keeps a full history of every destination it has ever had, so you can always see what changed and when.

Each dynamic link shows its public address, its current destination, and controls to copy, re-point, order more and view history.

Getting your first dynamic link

Dynamic links are provisioned when you order a reconfigurable QR placecard from Makolate. Once the order is placed, the link appears here automatically, ready to re-point.

1. Go to Dynamic Links in the left menu.
2. Click Get a QR Menu in the top corner (or the same button in the middle of the page if you have no links yet).
3. A Makolate storefront tab opens, already set up for your restaurant. Configure your QR placecard and complete the purchase there.
4. Come back to Dynamic Links — your new link is now listed as a goto.makolate.io address you can manage.

Tip

Ordering the placecard from this page keeps the finished link tied to your restaurant, so it shows up here for you to re-point, label and track.

Re-pointing a link

Changing where a link sends people is the whole point of a dynamic link. The QR stays the same; only the destination changes.

1. Find the link in the list and click the pencil (Edit link) button.
2. In the Edit Link dialog, type the new address into the Destination URL field.
3. Click Update to save. Everyone who scans the QR from now on lands on the new page.

Prefer to grab the destination from an existing QR code instead of typing it? Click the camera icon in the Destination URL field to open Capture from a QR code. Point your camera at any QR code to copy its address in, or paste an address into the Code link or URL box and click Open.

Enter a new Destination URL and click Update — the printed QR code follows automatically.

Copying and ordering more

To share a link, click the copy icon next to its address. The public goto.makolate.io address is copied to your clipboard and a Copied! note appears.

Need more physical copies that all point to the same link? Click Order more on that link. This orders extra placecards printed with the very same address — no new link is created, so all copies stay in sync when you re-point.

Viewing the change history

Click the arrow to the right of a link to expand its history. You will see when the link was first created and each time its destination changed, with the old and new addresses and the date of every change.

The history panel lists every destination the link has pointed at, newest first.

Related

MenusBuild the digital menu a QR link can point at.

Booking pageSend scanners straight to your public booking page.