Use cases

# What people put behind a link

The same three things happen every time, you upload, you get one address, and the person on the other end opens it in a browser with no account. What changes is the job. These pages cover the jobs people actually arrive with, including the parts where we are the wrong tool.

[Start with a file](https://linkinseconds.com/signup)

54 pages · 5 categories

Photos, events and people9Documents, work and money15Websites and hosting4By file type11Compared with what you already use15

01

## Photos, events and people

Sets of images that have to open on somebody else's phone, with no app and no account, and, usually, an audience who will not tolerate a sign-in screen.

[Wedding photo sharing800 photos, a mixed-age guest list, and a photographer who delivers three weeks late.](https://linkinseconds.com/wedding)[Event photo sharingA crowd you have no email addresses for. A QR on a sign does the distribution.](https://linkinseconds.com/event-photo-sharing)[Share photos with familyWritten from the recipient's side: what a non-technical relative actually sees.](https://linkinseconds.com/share-photos-with-family)[Client photo proofsView-only proofing with comments, and an honest section on watermarking.](https://linkinseconds.com/client-photo-proofs)[Property listing linkPhotos, floor plan and walkthrough in one link, with a QR for the board.](https://linkinseconds.com/property-listing-link)[Class photosOne album for every parent in the class, with a password and an end date for children's photos.](https://linkinseconds.com/class-photos)[Trip photo albumPhotos, clips and the itinerary PDF from a group trip, opened on everyone's phone.](https://linkinseconds.com/trip-photo-album)[Baby shower photosGuests and faraway family in one link, as private as the parents-to-be want.](https://linkinseconds.com/baby-shower-photos)[Image to linkThe mechanics: single images, per-photo links, and what the viewer shows.](https://linkinseconds.com/image-to-link)

02

## Documents, work and money

One file or one pack, sent to someone whose attention you need, and a view log that tells you whether it landed.

[Share a pitch deckOne trackable link per firm, a password for a confidential raise, no re-sends.](https://linkinseconds.com/share-pitch-deck)[Proposal trackingKnow when a client opened the proposal, and follow up on evidence rather than nerves.](https://linkinseconds.com/proposal-tracking)[Product catalogue linkChange prices without changing the link, plus the WhatsApp catalogue comparison.](https://linkinseconds.com/product-catalogue-link)[Submit an assignmentPast the LMS upload cap, without breaking your course's anonymous marking.](https://linkinseconds.com/submit-assignment-link)[Resume linkA CV that always opens, plus what a link does and does not do inside an ATS.](https://linkinseconds.com/resume-link)[Portfolio linkA PDF portfolio or a whole hosted site behind one address you can print.](https://linkinseconds.com/portfolio-link)[View-only file sharingTurn the download button off, and an honest account of what that stops.](https://linkinseconds.com/view-only-file-sharing)[PDF menu QR codeA table-tent code you print once and never reprint through a price change.](https://linkinseconds.com/pdf-menu-qr-code)[Share a music demoA link that plays on the first tap, with the MP3-versus-WAV arithmetic.](https://linkinseconds.com/share-music-demo)[House manual linkA QR on the fridge that keeps working when the Wi-Fi or check-out time changes.](https://linkinseconds.com/house-manual-link)[Floor plan linkPlans that zoom on a phone, and one link that always shows the latest revision.](https://linkinseconds.com/floor-plan-link)[Fitness plan linkThe training block and the demo videos, updated each block behind the same link.](https://linkinseconds.com/fitness-plan-link)[Share a video with a passwordA private video link the viewer unlocks with a password, no account to watch.](https://linkinseconds.com/share-video-with-password)[Expiring PDF linkSet a date or a number of opens and the link stops on its own.](https://linkinseconds.com/expiring-pdf-link)[Email gate for a file linkAsk for an email before the file opens and see who opened it, with CSV export.](https://linkinseconds.com/email-gate-file-link)

03

## Websites and hosting

Static-site hosting is live: upload a ZIP and it goes live on its own subdomain with SSL. These four pages differ by what you are uploading.

[Host a static websiteA ZIP of a multi-page site, live at its own address with automatic SSL.](https://linkinseconds.com/host-static-website)[HTML hostingOne HTML page, live as a link, in about the time it takes to save the file.](https://linkinseconds.com/html-hosting)[Publish an HTML ZIPA zipped site with its assets, unpacked and served as real paths.](https://linkinseconds.com/publish-html-zip)[Deploy a Vite or React buildYour dist folder online, with hashed assets and client-side routing that resolves.](https://linkinseconds.com/deploy-vite-react-build)

04

## By file type

Start from what you are holding. Each page covers what the browser preview does for that format, what the size ceilings mean, and where the format bites.

[PDF to link converterA PDF as a URL, rendered in a viewer rather than dumped as a download.](https://linkinseconds.com/pdf-to-link-converter)[Video to linkStreams with proper seeking, so nobody downloads a gigabyte to watch ten seconds.](https://linkinseconds.com/video-to-link)[Word to linkA DOCX laid out as pages in the browser, read-only, no Word for the reader.](https://linkinseconds.com/word-to-link)[Excel to linkA workbook as a read-only table with a tab per sheet, no Excel for the reader.](https://linkinseconds.com/excel-to-link)[Share files onlineMany files, one link, the general case behind most of the pages above.](https://linkinseconds.com/share-files-online)[Send large files via emailPast the 25 MB attachment wall, by sending an address instead of bytes.](https://linkinseconds.com/send-large-files-via-email)[Direct Send (peer-to-peer)The file goes device to device over an encrypted channel, nothing uploaded or stored, no size limit.](https://linkinseconds.com/transfer)[QR code generatorA free, print-ready code for any file or link, with the sizing rules.](https://linkinseconds.com/qr-code-generator)[Audio to linkUpload an MP3, WAV, M4A or FLAC and get a link that plays in the browser, no app for the listener.](https://linkinseconds.com/audio-to-link)[ZIP to linkUpload a ZIP and share one download link; the receiver gets a download page, no account needed.](https://linkinseconds.com/zip-to-link)[QR code for videoA printed code that plays your video when scanned, no app. Swap the video later, same code.](https://linkinseconds.com/qr-code-for-video)

05

## Compared with what you already use

Written to talk you out of switching where switching would be a mistake. Each one says plainly what the other tool is better at.

[WeTransfer alternativeA share link that is not counting down to a deletion date.](https://linkinseconds.com/wetransfer-alternative)[Dropbox alternativeFor sharing one file cleanly, without the sync client and the account wall.](https://linkinseconds.com/dropbox-alternative)[Google Drive alternativeNo request-access emails, no downscaled preview, no folder permissions.](https://linkinseconds.com/google-drive-alternative)[Tiiny Host alternativeHTML hosting plus file links, compared honestly feature by feature.](https://linkinseconds.com/tiiny-host-alternative)[DocSend alternativeOpen tracking on a document you send, without a per-seat subscription.](https://linkinseconds.com/docsend-alternative)[Google Photos alternativeFor sending a set of photos outside Google; keep Google Photos as your library.](https://linkinseconds.com/google-photos-alternative)[Pixieset alternativeSimple photo delivery as one link, and where a real gallery platform wins.](https://linkinseconds.com/pixieset-alternative)[Netlify Drop alternativeA finished static site online without usage credits, and when you need Netlify instead.](https://linkinseconds.com/netlify-drop-alternative)[Smash alternativeA link that stays up and opens in the browser, versus a big transfer that expires.](https://linkinseconds.com/smash-alternative)[Issuu alternativeAn ad-free PDF link you can update in place, versus a flipbook platform with an audience.](https://linkinseconds.com/issuu-alternative)[WeTransfer vs SmashTwo transfer services compared on size, expiry and free plans, and when a link fits better.](https://linkinseconds.com/wetransfer-vs-smash)[Tiiny Host vs Netlify DropA simple static host versus a developer platform, and when to share a page like a file.](https://linkinseconds.com/tiiny-host-vs-netlify-drop)[DocSend vs Google DriveDocument tracking versus cloud storage, and a lighter tracked-link option.](https://linkinseconds.com/docsend-vs-google-drive)[Papermark alternativeOne tracked link instead of a data room: free view counts, Pro controls, and where Papermark still wins.](https://linkinseconds.com/papermark-alternative)[Pixieset vs Google PhotosClient galleries or a shared album: download control, storage, pricing and branding compared, plus a lighter album link.](https://linkinseconds.com/pixieset-vs-google-photos)

## Not sure which page you want?

Start from the file. A PDF, a resume or a catalogue goes to [PDF to link](https://linkinseconds.com/pdf-to-link-converter). Photos go to [image to link](https://linkinseconds.com/image-to-link). A folder of mixed things goes to [share files online](https://linkinseconds.com/share-files-online). A built website goes to [host a static website](https://linkinseconds.com/host-static-website). If you are comparing us with something you already pay for, the [comparison pages](https://linkinseconds.com/wetransfer-alternative) are written to talk you out of switching where switching would be a mistake.

Longer walkthroughs live on [the blog](https://linkinseconds.com/blog), plans are on [the pricing page](https://linkinseconds.com/pricing), and if none of it fits, [ask us](https://linkinseconds.com/contact): a real person answers.

Source: https://linkinseconds.com/use-cases