Why Portage
Why Portage is free, and who makes it
Portage is a free link in bio from a small studio in Edmonton, Canada, for people who run their own show. Here’s who we are, how we’re paid, and what we’ll never do.
Who makes Portage
Portage is made by Cadenic Studios, a small studio in Edmonton, Alberta. Cadenic Studios is a sole proprietorship owned by Wyatt McPherson, and besides Portage it builds websites and apps for clients.
We run our own pages on Portage too, made in the same editor you’ll use: our space game, our sports app, Wyatt’s own page and the studio’s.
Edmonton is a city of market stalls, bands, rec leagues, tradespeople and side projects. That’s who Portage is for, here and everywhere else: people who run their own show.
Who it’s for
Creators and streamers, sole traders and small shops, bands, clubs and teams, tradespeople, people looking for work, and anyone who needs one good link. In Canada, Europe, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the United States or anywhere else, Portage is yours to use, and every feature comes with it.
Why every feature is free
Every feature works on every page, for everyone, and our terms promise that nothing you use today will start costing money. Here’s how that pays for itself.
The credit brings people
A free page carries a small Made with Portage line at its foot. That’s how new people find us, and it costs nobody anything.
Some people choose an extra
An identity check, a business check, or taking the credit off a business’s page. None of them unlocks a feature.
Some people give a gift
A gift buys nothing and asks nothing back. It keeps Portage free for everyone and pays for what we build next.
It shows what we can do
Portage is our studio’s own work, out where anyone can use it. Some people who like it ask us to build something for them.
What we’ll never do
Put ads on your page
Your page shows what you put on it, and nothing we’re paid to show. In our terms
Sell your data
Not yours, and not your visitors’. We never sell anyone’s data. In our terms
Take a cut of what you sell
Nothing is sold through your page. Your buttons go wherever you sell, and your buyers pay you there.
Follow your visitors around
No tracking pixels, no ad scripts and no cookie banner. We count visits without cookies and never store anyone’s IP address. In our privacy notice
Start charging for what’s free
Nothing you use today will start costing money. In our terms
Email you asking for money
The only mail we send about money is a receipt for something you bought.
Keep your page from you
Download your page, your numbers and your email list whenever you like. In our terms
How the studio is paid
Three ways, and every one of them is a choice.
Optional extras
An identity check, a business check, Unmarked to take the credit off a business’s page, and room for agencies that look after lots of clients’ pages. Each is paid for a year at a time, and none of them adds a feature.
Paid extras are sold in Canada today, by Interac e-Transfer.
Gifts
Anyone who wants to can give Portage a gift. It buys nothing, shows nowhere on your page, and asks nothing back.
Custom work
We make landscapes, blocks and whole pages to order, quoted in writing before any work starts. Custom work is open to everyone, wherever you live.
Interac e-Transfer is a trademark of Interac Corp. This website is not endorsed by or affiliated with Interac Corp. in any way.
Questions about us
Who owns Portage?
Is Portage really free?
Does Portage take a cut of what I sell?
Where can I buy paid extras?
Is my page stored in Canada?
Come and make your page
Type your name and see your page built. It’s free wherever you are, and nothing goes public until you publish.
Already have a link page somewhere else? Bring your page over